Guitar Courier - To Berlin - Help ?

Wazmeister

Hi all,

It looks like my Masterbuilt Tele is heading to Berlin...

Any ideas of the best courier to use, bearing it mind the £3000 insured value ?

Thanks in advance,
Waz

guitars4you

www.interparcel.com - I choose the UPS option - Not sure how much cover they offer as I have a dedicated policy to cover me for shipping 

Twinfan

£2000 is the maximum cover, however I agree with Mark - UPS via Interparcel is my preferred shipping method.

guitars4you

You'll always live with some fear factor whilst goods are in transit - I've ran with a separate dedicated insurance policy for 15 years, yet never had to actually use it - Thank God maybe - But at around £350 a year It has cost me over 5K

So do you take the risk and don't bother with such a policy - So providing any potential loss is under 5K then in my instance I'd be better of

In truth they have so many get out clauses within the small print that I'm not so sure it is worth anything regarding insurance policies offered by the couriers and their agents

meltedbuzzbox

I would check with @GavRichList its not the same guy he sold to on eBay in Berlin

JezWynd

Deliver it yourself? As @guitars4you says, the small print is designed to foil any claim. So either get a cheap ticket and take a day off work or else invest the insurance fee in additional packing materials that will guarantee it survives a 20' tumble off a conveyer.

It would be interesting to know if anyone has ever received full compensation for insured damage in transit.

Failing all that, Transglobal Express/UPS is my preferred option; additional insurance is an option that appears near the end of the on-line booking process.

peteri

I used UPS to ship to Munich last week, was about £80 collected with £4k value - recommended

Just booked it direct with UPS, but do set up an account otherwise you can't reprint stuff.

Wazmeister

JezWynd said:

Deliver it yourself? As @guitars4you says, the small print is designed to foil any claim. So either get a cheap ticket and take a day off work or else invest the insurance fee in additional packing materials that will guarantee it survives a 20' tumble off a conveyer.

It would be interesting to know if anyone has ever received full compensation for insured damage in transit.

Failing all that, Transglobal Express/UPS is my preferred option; additional insurance is an option that appears near the end of the on-line booking process.

Mate, I have thought about that...!

We visited Berlin in April for the first time, and it was amazing

Wazmeister

guitars4you said:

www.interparcel.com - I choose the UPS option - Not sure how much cover they offer as I have a dedicated policy to cover me for shipping 

Mark, wonder if you could help me out here; what weight for a MB Tele/Case/Fender box should I declare ?

Appreciate all the input guys

guitars4you

14kg is fine - might be a touch under but I always go 14

116 x 46 x 17 is the box dimensions in a reg Fender size box

Glad you sold it - I was close to contacting you on a couple of occasions to buy for the store - Well priced so somewhat surprised it took a few days to sell

Wazmeister

guitars4you said:

14kg is fine - might be a touch under but I always go 14

116 x 46 x 17 is the box dimensions in a reg Fender size box

Glad you sold it - I was close to contacting you on a couple of occasions to buy for the store - Well priced so somewhat surprised it took a few days to sell

Mark, thanks so much for that info mate...

Well, it's on hold at the moment, so who knows ???

It might yet be available

guitars4you

Wazmeister said:

guitars4you said:

14kg is fine - might be a touch under but I always go 14

116 x 46 x 17 is the box dimensions in a reg Fender size box

Glad you sold it - I was close to contacting you on a couple of occasions to buy for the store - Well priced so somewhat surprised it took a few days to sell

Mark, thanks so much for that info mate...

Well, it's on hold at the moment, so who knows ???

It might yet be available

no problem - good luck

DLM

peteri said:

I used UPS to ship to Munich last week, was about £80 collected with £4k value - recommended

Before I get home to find the locks have been changed again: https://media.giphy.com/media/3CiLrTgKkqL0k/giphy.gif

mgaw

my Novo went to sweden via interparcel /ups no issues at all

dbphoto

I was over in Berlin from Friday morning until Sunday night.

I have come back broken.

Nothing to do with couriers of course.........