Miscellaneous I'am stressed by fedex

[mizmar]

And comon guys...its a rare, near impossible to replace, uber expensive package and your telling the OP not to worry. Really? Can you do that?

Yeah. And there are many threads asking for advice on insurance, specialist shippers etc.

But the OP was about panicking about the delivery being stationary for 8 hours...
Not not showing up on the tracking page, nor having landed in Mogadishu.

 

[jcn664]

The rare and collectible saxes I bought in USA were picked up, flying in the cabin to Sweden, all import fees paid at the airport in Sweden ....... . Back then I had to wire the money to seller in advanced, we had currency restriction .... The seller delivered the saxes to hotel after they have been picked up at a tech in New Jersey so it would be good playing condition. Then internet arrived, card solutions and on-line buying. I was never stressed just eager.

I'm sure the Buescher alto is going to be a good one.

It was for my saxophone buescher tipped bell and it's arrived and i love so much this horn, but i prefere saxello by King

 

[LostCircuits]

Here is a "light at the end of the tunnel" that may turn out very valuable for any instrument shipping. Over here UPS is my carrier of choice anyway but check this out:

https://about.ups.com/us/en/our-stories/customer-first/ups-is-the-first-major-logistics-provider-to-broadly-roll-out-rf.html?WT.mc_id=EML_MKTO_un_jun_rfid_cta_button_110646&mkt_tok=OTM1LUtLRS0yNDAAAAGiWwmy5JJVdgbslmT4ttZsbQ9DIkmscexJN4_wrCb0tpaUMB7b1SV4EBt6SoCGHKqc0FdWPPj0Kr21zhFTcjXgs-qdygR1NlWOSb8-v0xm_avDk8V7

 

[Dr G]

FWIW, FedEx has a statement of limited liability for musical instruments older than 20 years with value in excess of $1000. Check their handbook for details. I encourage everyone to avoid shipping a valuable vintage instrument with FedEx. They may accept your money at the counter if you haven’t stated the age, but they will fight in the instance of filing a claim for loss or damage.

 

[JayeNM]

all carriers do that. Nobody will insure a really valuable vintage horn shipment to its full value anymore. Yet people ship VIs or Silversonics or violins, guitars etc....all the time via UPS, FedEx, USPost...

only the last offers best at $5000 max coverage (domestic, costs around $65) and honestly I did not check their policy fine writing on what asterisks may exist for instruments,,,,

Gotta use third party insurance on Fedex or UPS if you really wanna CYA...