[Jewelry making - Article 00309] - Re: [Orchid] Shiping to Canada - now UK

[Stephen Walker]

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Hello Ian,

>     has anyone any experience of shipping valuable items between the
>     US and the UK?

    I know how reckless this sounds. But I mail work to the UK uninsured
    and it gets there just fine most of the time. Only one package lost
    in 8 years, usually mailing 5 to 10 parcels a year. Most of the
    parcels are declared value $200 to $400. Do the math. If the cost of
    insured parcel post air or FedEx adds 10% to the cost, and the
    actual risk of loosing a package is 2% or less, it costs less to
    loose the odd package now and then. Half the time the tax collectors
    let the parcel pass for free, which is also a savings. 

    If the work is irreplacable, that risk may be too much and I
    probably would not ship something worth more than $1000 that way.
    Insured parcel post air is the way to go if you use the post office. 

    I wish I could ship to Canada as easily. Sad to say about 20% go
    missing to Canada. 

Stephen Walker

 
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