Originally Posted by
BigKidsAttic
I go direct to the courier (whichever i'm using - usually for large sized parcels, MyHermes) and the only one i've had a problem with is Royal Mail.
As for insurance, call me strange, but I don't think it should even be asked for.
Why, you ask.
Well, if i've paid for a service to deliver an item, then it should be up to the courier/delivery to deliver it in the same condition upon which I handed it over (securely/sufficiently packaged).
Unfortunately, I have resorted to Insurance for a few items ever since a run in with Royal Mail "Losing" an expensive item, only for it to turn up 6 weeks later with an "Insufficient postage" label on it. And the reason for the Insufficient postage was due to the Postage sticker placed on at the Post Office had come off somewhere along the line.
This cost me in Postage/Insufficient Postage Fee/PayPal Fee/Feebay Fee.
To me it seems like a company accepting responsability is a thing of the past.
Anyway, that's just what I think and I know everyone has a different opinion.