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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;calcol, post: 3438867, member: 77639&quot;]You&#039;ve mentioned this before, and it deserves more emphasis.&nbsp; A great advantage of private insurance is that when you ship a package, you put a big fat ZERO in the value slot on the form.&nbsp; Insurance companies (at least mine) make this a condition for the package to be covered. </p><p><br /></p><p>With a stated value of zip, larceny minded employees of USPS or other carriers aren&#039;t going to give it a second look unless you give clues. Be careful what you say to the clerk.&nbsp; They aren&#039;t supposed to ask what&#039;s in the package other than going the through the litany of forbidden and special items.&nbsp; If they should ask specifically, say &quot;business papers&quot;, which won&#039;t be a lie because you will have included some correspondence too.&nbsp; Destination and return addresses should not indicate coins, precious metals, collectibles, grading, etc. </p><p><br /></p><p>Be careful about your choice of shipping box.&nbsp; Carrier-supplied boxes are fine and so are plain boxes.&nbsp; Think twice about re-using boxes that originally carried merchandise.&nbsp; An Amazon, Dell, Samsung, Apple, etc. logo on a box will get the attention of thieves.&nbsp; Another clue would be a dense package (high weight for the volume).&nbsp; If you&#039;re going to ship 20 gold Eagles, put them in a big box!&nbsp; It&#039;ll cost a little more, but carrier employees won&#039;t have precious thoughts when they lift it.</p><p><br /></p><p>I would guess the chances of a package being x-rayed are pretty slim; the daily volume is too large.&nbsp; Chances are likely increased if it&#039;s from certain zip codes or destined for certain zip codes.&nbsp; Send something to a government office in DC or a military base, and it&#039;s likely to be x-rayed.&nbsp; Some sorting facilities may use automated sniffers for explosives or drugs.&nbsp; If one of these raises an alarm, the package will be x-rayed and may be opened.&nbsp; Don&#039;t reuse boxes that formerly contained chemicals, medicine, fireworks or ammo.&nbsp; The x-ray machines are digital, and the digital images will be kept for a while.</p><p><br /></p><p>When feasible, ship smart.&nbsp; Ideally, the only ones who should have a clue about what&#039;s in the box are you, your insurer and the recipient.</p><p><br /></p><p>Cal[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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