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I need shipping advice

I have a very heavy item to ship to CA. The item is only selling for $150.00. The item weighs in at about 100Lbs packed. UPS is the least expensive shipper. From the east it will cost about $80.00 to ship COD per the buyers request. We have talked and I have good references on him. The item is crated well enough to survive, I hope. The problem is how can I insure this package to protect me from loss of the item plus shipping? Can I insure for more than a COD amount on an item? I'm guessing that I would need to cover the cost of the item plus shipping both ways. That's $310 of insurance on a $230.00 COD. Or is the easiest way around this to just insist on prepayment and insure to cover my butt? Or does UPS pay for the return?
mrderrick

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ghostrider45
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Sure you can insure for more than the COD amount. For UPS you pay $1 for every $100 declared value past $100. On COD you take the risk - if it comes back you eat the shipping.

Pack well- UPS is not kind to heavy items, though in my experience they do OK on small light stuff up to around 50 lbs.
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