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Moderator
 United States
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Do not tell the USPS that they are coins. Use the term numismatic collectibles or some other term. This will help you avoid snooping eyes and hands
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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"hobby supplies" works well, too, and do not skimp on the insurance/value declaration if sending overseas.
Bubble wrap completely around the 'pages' of the binder, so it goes between them, then tape the bubble-wrapped pages to each other, and finally more bubble wrap around the entire thing before placing into the first box. Padding of some kind around on all sides. Place 1st box inside 2nd box. Like mentioned earlier, make sure to label both with To and Sender addresses and tape enough to create mini Fort Knox's.
It doesn't really matter about where the recipient signs, whether at the shipping company or at the delivery address - just as long as one is required. It might be nice to ask them which they prefer. (I *hate* going to our local post office - sometimes you can't even get into the parking lot, let alone the snake-around-the-building line.)
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Forum Dad
United States
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Use the term numismatic Yep, then half of them will think it's a part for a drill. |
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Pillar of the Community
United Kingdom
2490 Posts |
Be very careful. Some carriers have very specific wording on "unacceptable items". When I worked for the Devils Haulage Line (as it is known in some parts) we accepted consignments listed as coins, even though the conditions excluded "antiques" and "precious metals".
When they went missing, "well we can't check every declaration, and you have no claim as the goods were an unacceptable commodity"
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Pillar of the Community
Philippines
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Whenever it's really important for someone about something being sent, and loss is not an option, I would go for the carrier Pros, DHL or UPS, insured, door to door and addresee signature required, go for worldwide package tracking.
Sent 20Kilos materials for testing to Germany this way, big bite on cost, but I rested easy, only way it can't reach destination would be a major disaster.
Any other way, the risks just grows and grows, balancing cost to risk ratio is always a tough call, but it becomes easy when failure is not an option.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Sent 20Kilos materials for testing to Germany this way, big bite on cost, but I rested easy, only way it can't reach destination would be a major disaster. Ever see the Tom Hanks movie Castaway? |
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Pillar of the Community
Philippines
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Hi collect4fun! Quote:
Ever see the Tom Hanks movie Castaway?
No, I was too busy then, any interesting notes on that movie? |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Ever see the Tom Hanks movie Castaway?  |
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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whatever you do...DO NOT declare the contents as coins.
YOU will have NO claim in case of "loss".( theft, 'gone missing" etc...
AND... WHY would you have to declare the contents if mailed within the USA?
all of you who say send Registered mail because everyone who handles it must sign......
definitely NOT CORRECT.. the item is scanned and that is it..... AND if you live in a rural area... USPS will just put it in your mail box....saying NOTHING on the tracking... or that it was deliverd... OR if the post people know you... will hand it to you.....
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Castaway LOVED that movie!  |
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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Registered mail must have changed, then, because the way it used to be handled was that it was kept separate from the regular mail stream in it's own red mailbag, and was the first thing unpacked and dealt with when the mail came into a different office along it's journey. The number was noted by every clerk who touched it along the way, and because of this, it had a high traceability.
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Forum Dad
United States
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AND... WHY would you have to declare the contents if mailed within the USA? If it's insured you do, because certain things cannot be insured. You must also declare if ANY package is liquid, hazardous, or perishable. Quote:
all of you who say send Registered mail because everyone who handles it must sign......
definitely NOT CORRECT.. the item is scanned and that is it. It most certainly is correct. Every day of the week. The package also must be completely sealed with paper tape not plastic so they can postmark along every single seam so tampering is evident if it occurs. The package is signed for and checked for tampering at every exchange and most of the time during transit is in a locked cage. |
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Do you know how the Hope Diamond arrived at the Smithsonian Institution? Famed jeweler Harry Winston sent it via USPS Registered Mail when he donated it. Total postage including insurance was $145.29 in 1958. If Registered Mail is secure enough for the Hope Diamond, it is safe for anything. http://www.usps.com/postalhistory/_...eDiamond.pdfAs an aside, the unfortunate mailman who delivered the package had a bit of a downturn in luck afterwards, including a crushed leg in one accident, a traumatic head injury in another accident, the early death of his wife via heart attack, and the loss of his house due to fire  |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I wasn't even part way through with reading your post and I thought about the curse. Never even considered the postman. Funny that they have the actual history of him in there too. Not a superstitious person but that stone definitely does not have a good history. Don't know if I would say cursed, but still no happy stories around that thing.
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Pillar of the Community
Philippines
1156 Posts |
With that diamond, all the bad luck gets amplified around it, it definitely has bad 'karma', whatever that means
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Posted 09/24/2009 08:29 am
