Hi Keith: A friend of mine who mails very valuable jewelry all over the USA almost always sends his valuable packages via US Mail, registered. He tells me that registered mail most always be signed for, and that such mail is kept locked in a safe. I will ask him if he also insures the packages, but I suspect that insuring each package separately for thousands of dollars is not practical. I'd bet he is covered under some type of special insurance plan available to jewelers, and that a similar plan is probably also available to camera owners. In fact, I recall seeing a company that offers such insurance on the Nikonian thread. How do home owners insurance plans work in the UK, i.e., aren't personal articles covered after a deductible is paid?
Elliot----- Original Message ----- From: "KEITH LONGMORE" <keith@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <leicareflex@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Wednesday, September 12, 2007 1:34 PM Subject: [LRflex] Loss
Hi HowardMy commiserations, too. They say that insurance companies are in business to make a (obscene!!) profit, not to help us in our misfortunes. DHL seem to be even more greedy! A warning to all who use couriers: I needed to send something valuable to Germany a while back, and was shocked to discover that I could only get £25 insurance from most couriers. Much maligned Royal Mail, in the shape of Parcel Force, offered £100 for the same service. See, it's not all bad here!!! :-) ( although the real value was more than twice that) I must add though, that I have had things stolen both in US Mail's hands, and in TRNC mail's hands too (for which read Turkish Mail). Not a nice experience.... that's the world we live in, I'm afraid. :-(Cheers Keith L ------ Unsubscribe or change to/from Digest Mode at: http://www3.telus.net/~telyt/lrflex.htm Archives are at://www.freelists.org/archives/leicareflex/
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