Shipping older radios & insurance claims

[Bry Carling]

I think if that was the case, their web site would not allow 
my account to ship the item and insure it for $700 or $800

I do not use their customer counter waybills for the 
stroll-up, retail customer!

> Brian,
> 
> It's right there on the back of the waybill...read it.
> 
> ...and I just went through this with a client 6 months ago.  FedEx Air 
> Freight thrashed a beautiful 1940 Philco console that was professionally 
> crated, marked in red stencil 2" lettering, "This-Side-Up", 
> "Fragile-Electronics" and "Do Not Drop".
> 
> The client was witness to the event, that being  the rolling out of said 
> marked crate on a 100' roller ramp with sevral inches between the rollers, 
> causing said crate to go "whump-whump-whump" down the ramp at warp nine, 
> hitting the stop at the end with a crash.
> 
> They then pulled the "Ooops, sorry, this is in the 'Extroadinary Value' 
> disclaimer on the back of the waybill" routine, and limited damages to $500.
> 
> Perhaps you've not had to file a claim with them!
> 
> -Lin/KJ6EF
> 
> ======================================
> 
> At 02:57 PM 11/25/2007, you wrote:
> >No - if you ship to a business address using your Fedex
> >account they do not impose such a limit.  I can't speak
> >for residential shipments, ut I have shipped radios in the
> >$700 to $100 range and insured them for the full amount
> >with Federal Express.
> >
> >I don't know where people are being told these limits but it has not
> >happened to me at all.
> >
> > > 2. Do not ship any vintage radio over worth over $500 via FedEx; they have
> > > an "Exclusionary Rule" of $500 about anything of "Unusual Worth or Value",
> > > and they include vintage radios in that category.  I have seen a thread in
> > > here that suggests the limit is $100; my info is about 6 months old on
> > > this, so they may have gotten even stingier.
> 
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