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How To Safely Ship Cartridges For Retip

Now I am not worried about securing them in the box, I got that part down.

What I am worried about is safe and timely arrival. I am shipping a Transfiguration Proteus and ZYX 4D for replacement diamonds, probably to VAS. The MSRP of these two cartridges was $10k when new, in used condition certainly the value is lower. But if they are lost I would essentially spend equivalent to MSRP for like replacements.

How do you ship and insure high dollar items such as this? Given the recent news about USPS I am hesitant. Although I was thinking of using a registered parcel, but I don’t think I can insure for a significant amount. FED EX is what I typically use, but their capacity seems to be maxed out these days, and packaging takes some odd routes.

Anyone have any tips they are willing to share about sending a small and light but high value package these days?
neonknight

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nandric
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Expensive cartridges should always be insured. The cost are
modest. Track/trace is not insured. I lost 1300 euro this
way. Post. nl lost my packet and deed not made any excuse. 
Packets are delivered by cheap immigrant workers who don't
speak the language of the host country while the computer 
can't read each hand writing. 


 
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nandric
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Dear chakster, The state can be seen as ''laws making machine'',
Politicians think in terms of ''output'' . What they forget is that
each law needs ''execution'' to work. But it is impossible to use
a half of the population by execution. Think of the former Sovjet
Union in which one half of the population worked by KGB in
order to check (spy) the other half. There are millions packets
which crosses the border each day. The champion of free trade

Holland charges 12 % import duty  + 21% VAT ( = 33%). The
problem of execution is that it is impossible to check each packet.
So only ''at random checks'' are possible. Why should just your
packet be checked? This is what philosopher call ''possible word''
in contradistinction  to the ''real one''. In the ''real one'' nobody is
willing to pay 33% tax. People are inventive you know...


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