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Re: Shipping costs from Germany
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lugnet.market.shipping
Date: 
Sun, 28 Jan 2001 18:16:33 GMT
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> You are plain wrong here:
> 
> "Big Parcels are automatically insured up to a value of 1000,-DM / US$ 500.
> You´ll also get a receipt at the post office, that
> confirms the shipping of the parcel with address, size, value and date."
> 
> In Germany parcels to the U.S. and Canada are NOT automatically insured! When
> you will study your yellow shipping fee  booklet, you
> will discover a short note that says: "Insurance differs from country to
> country and may not be included. For details ask the staff
> at your next post office". Well, go ahead and do ask - they will tell you that
> no parcel to the U.S. and Canada is automatically
> insured! You have to file an additional insurance ($4.50). Insurance to small
> parcels is not possible at all.

I second that (the additional postage depends on the actual insurance amount),
plus, in order to send these insured parcels (Wertpaket) you have to seal them
using a proprietary seal. Such as the ring of Louis XIV., I suppose...

T.



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  Re: Shippingcosts from Germany
 
Ralph Döring <doe@gmx.de> schrieb in im Newsbeitrag: Fz0uDB.Gr@lugnet.com... (...) You are plain wrong here: "Big Parcels are automatically insured up to a value of 1000,-DM / US$ 500. You´ll also get a receipt at the post office, that confirms the (...) (26 years ago, 27-Jan-01, to lugnet.market.shipping)

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