I've never had a damaged delivery or something go missing. I'm therefore wondering if shipping insurance is worth it nowadays, that parcel shipping is so good? Overall I've probably spent over £1k in insurance and received nothing in return. If something went missing or got damaged now, and I hadn't been paying insurance, then I'd likely still be better off.
Isn't this how insurance works, they take more than they pay out.
Any thoughts on this? Is it worth insuring for half the value, so at least you get something in the worst case?
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With postage, eh, its just a case of taking your chances or stumping up for the peace of mind (and making sure you read the t+c to make sure you’re covered against any event you want to be covered against).
It's all down to your attitude to risk. Do you want to underwrite the risk yourself, or pay someone else a relatively small sum to cover it for you.
If you can afford to lose the contents of a parcel, then don't bother with the insurance.
The law of averages (which is - crudely - how the insurance is priced) suggests that if you've already sent a lot of parcels with no losses, then you're due a loss sooner rather than later.
The law of sod guarantees that the first parcel you send uninsured will be the one that goes AWOL.
Big parcels ie guitars and small parcel ie pedal size.
And damage.
Boring I know ha.
In the event the buyer wanted to keep the guitar, so I asked him to get it fixed up and send me the bill, which I paid.
It then took something like 4 months of wrangling to get a relatively modest bill paid, despite having pictures of the packing at my end, of the object received, of the damage, and of the repair bill. In the end I drafted a County Court claim form, gave them a copy and said words to effect of 'this is being issued on Friday afternoon if you do not capitulate and pay up in cleared funds by 12 noon'. I think I received the money at around 12.01.
These days I won't ship without a hard case, a stout cardboard box and a crap ton of packing material in between, AND insurance, although Crom knows the time it takes delaying with these buggers makes one wonder whether it's worth it.
DPD wouldnt quote for me as an individual as the package was too big..
So it meant taking a whole day off for it.
I figured I could drive to Birmingham from London for the store opening time and be back for lunch and just spend £20 on fuel to cover it, which is incredibly cheap at the moment as Im getting 2 months to a tank haha!
If returning an item for a refund I would always use insurance and the shops suggested carrier.
This thread title has got that song in my head!
I posted something last week. Worth let's say £140. But I had the £40(?) post office cover thinking that if it got lost it would be upsetting but not the end of the universe and the £40 would be of some comfort. If it was a £1400 guitar then I would be more concerned,etc,etc. Hmm, sorry I'm no help.
...it's just a rumour that's been spread around town that someone got killed in...
All policies have to state what’s covered, and what’s excluded (the “small print”).
Thats why I despair when people ask for the cheapest insurance option. The cheapest is generally the one least likely to pay out.
- Amplifiers - maximum Parcel Protection value for damages is £200, up to £2,500 for lost items.
- Guitar - maximum Parcel Protection value for damages is £100, up to £1,000 for lost items. Guitar must be sent in a hard case.
Not great!Shipping a £1000 amp, you basically pay £60 for £200 of damage cover, that you'need need to fill a ton of forms in to get and cover in the highly unlikely event it gets lost. in this day and age with tracking an item to your door, do things go missing? I know couriers used to do dodgy stuff, but surely that's not possible now?