Hogs advice? Please!

sal paradise

sal paradise

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Has anyone ever shipped a blade to France? Any suggestions USPS, UPS, Fed Ex.

How did it go?

advice greatly appreciated.

Sal
 
I do from time to time.
Never ship out of the country without using Express mail.
It is the one that can be tracked.....
 
Wow, Great Information. So glad I posted this as I knew the Hogs wouldn't fail to help. I don't post alot (obviously) learned along time ago that when new to something tis better to open the ears and eyes than foolishly open the mouth. Believe me, It is quite obvious when reading who is trying too hard to impress with all of their "Hog" knowledge and who by dint of years of rutting and wallowing and snorting are able to succinctly impart the cool wisdom of dirty hoggishness.

Thanks alot Jaxx and all the other Hogs who help out a newbie.;)
 
I shipped a blade to France once. They surrendered to it as soon as it hit customs.





Thank you. I'll be here all week.
 
I agree with most of what was said on that previous thread as long as you don't have a problem. If you do have a problem than you go into the unknown especially when dealing with the Postal service. I've never had to file a claim but I've read a few horror stories out there so that's why I put the liability back on the buyer. Also does anyone know if USPS will cover the value of a used knife or an appreciated value knife? I've always been under the impression that you had to have some type of store receipt to claim value on a knife.
 
USPS cover according to the declared value and insurance purchased....to avoid fraud this has to be the true market value...but allowing for the blade just having been bought you have unequivocal evidence of it's market value...so as long as you don't insure for a higher sum than this you are fine.

Original receipts are irrelevant....otherwise antiques would never be shipped...or anything else which appreciates as an investment...if you move around knives for "spa" treatment and they are lost or for sheaths and the same thing happens then you would need to go to the exchange for a similar knife selling recently to validate the sum you insured it for if you had owned it a long time and it was something like a SHBM. I would photo the knife tho before sending it in those circumstances as proof of condition...
 
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USPS cover according to the declared value and insurance purchased....to avoid fraud this has to be the true market value...but allowing for the blade just having been bought you have unequivocal evidence of it's market value...so as long as you don't insure for a higher sum than this you are fine.

Original receipts are irrelevant....otherwise antiques would never be shipped...or anything else which appreciates as an investment...if you move around knives for "spa" treatment and they are lost or for sheaths and the same thing happens then you would need to go to the exchange for a similar knife selling recently to validate the sum you insured it for if you had owned it a long time and it was something like a SHBM.
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Interesting, I'm assuming you've lived in the US before and had a problem with them that got resolved? So I guess if there's a problem I just print a copy of my BF transaction and give it to them and I'm good to go? Did you get a refund right away?
 
I shoot for Great Britian and England and travel to the States every year ( funds allowing) for your National Championships in long range rifle shooting.....this is usually just before the Fall Knob Creek...in 2008 I bought a number of knives and this had me over my weight limit baggage wise...so I posted them to myself...had a load of problems with our customs losing the package...happened again nearly with a knife Jeremy H sent to me...had to start processing the insurance claim on the Knob Creek knives and after doing this the package then thankfully was found...after knob Creek I carefully checked what the score was on insurance for knives being bought off the exchange...many of mine were being sent to me with me having to agree to take the risk and I wanted to ensure this was properly covered.

If you go onto the USPS web site after searching for ages there is actually a good bit of information on the topic...I had all this cut and pasted the first time this was raised and ready to post it but when I came to do so the thread had been locked.

However it is still there if you want to check on it....and yes all you would need is the receipt of posting and insurance....this is the "Biggie" receipt wise which you must have...and then proof of market value which would be the print out of the sale or a sale of an equivalent knife...photo's of those you send help on the issue of condition...which is relevant to market value...and that is it...save for having to wait for the relevant time frame before you can make a claim saying the item is "lost". All told USPS were fine with me....especially when you allow for the fact that the knives that went missing were during the phase of being examined by our customs over here...and not in their "system"...

Hope this helps:thumbup:
 
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