Re: Beware of using Fedex

They will only pay the *shipper* the insurance money (and he already has my money from the sale). Now he will have $3200 for that Leica M6. UPS said "the store will probably just send you a new one". I told them it wasn't a store, but an ebay purchase. They said " oh ".

I am trusting that the man who sold me the camera will pay me the insurance money. Of course, UPS will want to wait a looooong time just to make sure it doesn't show up somewhere. So, do I buy another one, hoping that it doesn't show up? Or am I just out $1600 for a few months until they are sure it won't show up? My take on it is that UPS will pay me $100 for my inconvenience, but pay the $1600 to the seller. Now, that's inconvenient.

At 04:55 PM 3/31/2004, you wrote: 
I don't understand this. When shipping packages do you not declare a
value and pay extra for insurance? The usual insurance is  $ 100 but one
can buy extra insurance.

What am I missing?

Regards,
Akhil


On Wed, 31 Mar 2004, Jimmy Wong wrote:

> Do --NOT-- use Fedex to ship used cameras valued over $100.
>
> This was pointed out to me by Bill Maxwell, the Rollei screen and repair guy.
> He learned of this when one of his customers lost a Rolleifex valued at over
> $1000, only to be reimbursed for $100. He also states the UPS has similar
> limitations. He says the ONLY shipper that will pay full amount of insurance
> is USPS.
>
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> http://consumeraffairs.com/delivery/fedex_ground_insurance.html
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