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R005t3r

R005t3r

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When shipping anything of value, insurance is always the prudent choice. Occasionally the shipper may overlook this option. It is therefore on you, the customer to make a written request via email to demand that the shipment be insured. This will protect you from loss and provide legal recourse should your demand not be met; resulting in material and financial loss.

Personally I would not choose UPS to ship anything.
 
When a business accepts your credit card, they agree to the terms of the processor supersedes their own. Which includes ensuring that item you purchased is delivered. If a product you purchased is marked as lost in the mail, simply contact your credit card provider for a charge back.
 
Stevent said:
When a business accepts your credit card, they agree to the terms of the processor supersedes their own. Which includes ensuring that item you purchased is delivered. If a product you purchased is marked as lost in the mail, simply contact your credit card provider for a charge back.
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Since this was posted in the North Sylva forum my guess is that is was a warranty item that got lost while it was being shipped back in which case there wouldn’t be any credit card payment for anything.
 
LeoSky said:
Since this was posted in the North Sylva forum my guess is that is was a warranty item that got lost while it was being shipped back in which case there wouldn’t be any credit card payment for anything.
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Good catch, very possible that’s the case. Most of the time warranty does a great job, but some including myself have been badly burned before. If you purchase a firearm or part with a credit card and there is a problem, the business you purchase from is obligated to take it back for refund or exchange. In this case it’s a bit late, but maybe good info for others reading.
 
Canada Post insurance - is NOT valid for glass items or items that contain glass - so about pointless for a scope. And Canada Post views the party that sent the item as their customer - so only that "customer" can buy insurance coverage - Canada Post will pay the parcel sender if the parcel sender goes through their hoops to make a claim - as the parcel receiver - you are SOOL
 
Gatehouse said:
UPS is absolutely the best shipper in my rural area. The driver will even call me about shipments. Canada Post is Canada Post, reliable but not fast. And they don’t ship ammo
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My warranty repaired device was stolen at the UPS sorting plant; as borne out by the evidence presented to me. Police report was filed.
 
Gatehouse said:
UPS is absolutely the best shipper in my rural area. The driver will even call me about shipments. Canada Post is Canada Post, reliable but not fast. And they don’t ship ammo
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Ditto.

UPS is the only one that comes out to my place… I kinda feel bad for them when I see this dusty truck come down my gravel road.
 
JeffMan said:
Ditto.

UPS is the only one that comes out to my place… I kinda feel bad for them when I see this dusty truck come down my gravel road.
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I think it's area dependent. The UPS drivers here have always been great. Back when Campar shipped ammo those guys were great, too. They would call and tell me when they would be in my area (out of town)

Fed ex, Purolater etc...not so good.

But I also recall Campar and UPS horror stories back in the day from other regions.

If I ever ran into our UPS guy having lunch I would absolutely pick up the tab for him.
 
Gatehouse said:
I think it's area dependent. The UPS drivers here have always been great. Back when Campar shipped ammo those guys were great, too. They would call and tell me when they would be in my area (out of town)

Fed ex, Purolater etc...not so good.

But I also recall Campar and UPS horror stories back in the day from other regions.

If I ever ran into our UPS guy having lunch I would absolutely pick up the tab for him.
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I pulled ours out of the ditch with my BIG tractor. He was good and stuck. I was worried I’d rip his truck apart.
 
R005t3r said:
My warranty repaired device was stolen at the UPS sorting plant; as borne out by the evidence presented to me. Police report was filed.
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My brother's shotgun was stolen that way too and UPS only covered 100$ since it wasnt fully insured.... luckily the police found the thief 1.5 years after the fact and my brother got his goods back. Since then i ALWAYS insure my stuff with UPS.
 
Canada Post has a system that by-passes home delivery - (FlexDelivery ?) - the parcel receiver sets up to go to a Post Office building to get the parcel - it is not delivered to the house - does not sit on porch or wherever - BUT the receiver has to set that up and go get the parcel - I have sent parcels that way, twice - once to a buyer in Calgary and once to a buyer in Yukon (?) - same mailing (Post Office Box number) address, but different city and Postal Code. So the parcel is NOT delivered to the address shown on one's Driver Licence - parcel goes to a Post Office and is held there until the parcel receiver picks it up. Will be "old hat" to some of us rural folk, (to go and get a parcel from the Post Office) but might be "news" to some younger or urban folk.
 
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Dynas said:
Did you read post 3? Warranty repairs are likely out of the window.
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Yes. I know. You could/should insure those because there’s no CC transaction.

However you can end up being insurance poor. If you buy a lot of items on CGN and insure them all, you will spend a lot of money on insurance. Personally I don’t buy the insurance and so far have never lost a parcel.
 
Insurance has concept of "self insure" - each to their own limits. For a $500 or less item. I probably won't pay insurance premiums anymore - I could likely lose several of those and be money ahead ( I think) (and, so far, I have never lost an item - coming here or going out) - however, for items like $5000 or more, I do pay the insurance premium - I could not easily absorb that loss - is not something that I do very often. Sort of like glass insurance on a vehicle - we have always driven two vehicles -- never made a glass claim in 10 or 15 years - I could probably buy a new windshield for one vehicle now, and be money ahead.
 
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