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- From: reb@Ingres.COM (Phydeaux)
- Newsgroups: misc.consumers
- Subject: Re: How to get UPS to pay up AND what's a good alternative
- Message-ID: <1992Sep1.184540.12466@pony.Ingres.COM>
- Date: 1 Sep 92 18:45:40 GMT
- References: <1992Aug31.160132.7562@holos0.uucp> <BtLwEB.337@usenet.ucs.indiana.edu> <1992Aug27.202436.17653@scott.skidmore.edu> <1992Aug29.024259.8680@zip.eecs.umich.edu> <Btwt2H.LL5@news.cso.uiuc.edu>
- Reply-To: reb@Ingres.COM (Phydeaux)
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- In article <Btwt2H.LL5@news.cso.uiuc.edu> tmkk@uiuc.edu (Khan) writes:
- >In article <1992Aug31.160132.7562@holos0.uucp> lbr@holos0.uucp (Len Reed) writes:
- >>In article <1992Aug29.024259.8680@zip.eecs.umich.edu> monkey@quip.eecs.umich.edu (Xinbing Liu) writes:
- >>
- >>>Now wait a minute. A few days a ago someone in California sent a package
- >>>to our lab via FEDEX overnight. It's some delicate optics costing over
- >>>$30,000.
- >>
- >>>The sadder thing is, the package was not insured, FEDEX said they would give
- >>>us $100 if we want.
- >>
- >>Gee, I don't really see how you can blame this on FEDEX. Sure, they messed
- >>up, but how can anyone not know that you have to insure valuable equipment
- >>when shipping it by *any* carrier. What kind of moron puts $30,000 worth
- >>of sensitive equipment in a box and ships it uninsured?
- >
- >On the other hand, FedEx screwed up $30,000 worth of equipment which the
- >poster paid them to deliver safely. Seems to me that FedEx is
- >responsible for the package while it's in their posession. Supopse you
- >loaned me your $30,000 projection TV set, and while it was in my
-
- The FEDEX airbill *clearly* states that they are only responsible for
- loss or damage up to $100 -- unless you purchase insurance at an
- additional cost. While I have *never* had a problem, IMHO it's pretty
- stupid to put delicate instruments through *any* of these services
- without insuring them.
- reb
-
- ps: Fedex is usually very good, but accidents will and do happen.
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