[Elecraft] Shipping high value items by UPS

[JOE]

On 9/25/2018 8:15 PM, elecraft-request at mailman.qth.net wrote:
> Message: 6
> Date: Tue, 25 Sep 2018 14:36:59 -0400
> From: Grant Youngman<ghyoungman at gmail.com>
> To: Elecraft Reflector Reflector<elecraft at mailman.qth.net>
> Subject: [Elecraft] Shipping high value items by UPS
>
> The thread started by the gentleman who thought his KX2 might be dead and needed to go to Elecraft motivated me to make this comment about shipping.

I shipped my K3 back to Elecraft earlier this year via UPS and $2,500 
insurance.  I use a local hardware store in my town that has UPS service 
at the normal rates.  They said they use a company that contracts with 
UPS for shipping.  The company that provides the UPS service to the 
hardware store requires inspection of high value packages, reportedly 
due to some fraud cases in the past.  Because they know me well they 
took my word that I double boxed it and packed it well, I didn't have to 
unpack it.  I had shipped many things with them in the past with no 
problems.

For the return address, I use my local post office where I have a PO 
box.  It's a little known fact that the USPS will accept packages for PO 
box holders from any private carrier, UPS, FedEx, etc.  They will also 
sign for some packages requiring signature if you have a signature on 
file.  This solves my problem of packages left on my doorstep for people 
to potentially steal.  This also solves the problem of people/businesses 
that will not ship to a PO box.

This is how I address packages to be mailed to me.

My Name
34 Main Street  #(my PO box number)
East Haddam, CT 06423

A really nice feature of the post office.  Look at:

<https://www.usps.com/manage/po-boxes.htm>

73, Joe, K1ike