Shipping comics insured

[proudrebel-migration]

How do you guys ship comics worth several thousands of dollars? Apparently Fedex packages containing "collector's items" are limited to a declared value of $500. Is the USPS the best bet or is there another possibility? I need to ship comics worth about $5000 to England and I want them completely insured (I'll be nervous about it anyway).

-- Dave

 

[murph0]

I think you have to go via USPS. I believe 1,000 dollars is the max insurance coverage for UPS.

 

Brian

[Bugaboo-migration]

I agree with murph0. I think that U.S. Mail Air Parcel Post is probably your best bet and you can get insurance with it as well.

[Rickdogg]

You can send the book to me & I will gladly mail it for you hahahaha. JK

[Bugaboo-migration]

......man.......ya just gotta love rickdogg.

[Lockjaw]

I just went to the site...it looks like 5 thousand is the limit for insured items. If $5,000 worth of comics is being shipped by the original poster on this thread, he/she is in luck.

[Bugaboo-migration]

Very lucky......although, I think they're shipping more than one book and the total is $5,000. So, even if they are worth more than 5 grand, they could always just split them up into more than one package and insure them seperately.

[proudrebel-migration]

Correct Bug, its 3 boxes that total $5000. Not sure what they weigh yet, but the shipping ain't gonna be cheap.

[uclapeterg]

Dave,

 

You can go with another company that will insure packages that are shipped FedEx. I think the insurance is $1 per $100 so in this case it would be $50. I used this service when I shipped to Canada when USPS won't insure for more than $600.

 

Hey guys, the best way to send the comics via USPS is registered and insured(cheaper service than just insuring and supposedly it goes a "safer" route), but does anyone know if you can send a comic registered and insured to another country?

 

Peter

[aardvark88]

I can ship a cgc bk fr Canada to USA reg'd but not insured. The delivery person is supposed to ask for a signature, but if he forgets & just leaves the parcel at the doorstep & the neighbor walks off w/ a nice free X-mas present, then the sender of the parcel (in Canada) is SOL (never insured).

Sender in Cda can also ship $5k of bks to Europe via Xpresspost Europe. Min. charge $35 Cdn for weight of 1 cgc bk. Insurance extra. Faster than spcl delivery, slower than fed ex.