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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;nerosmyfavorite68, post: 8267724, member: 134416&quot;]Yes, exactly, panzerman!</p><p><br /></p><p>Plus, I usually have some kind of understanding with the postman.&nbsp; I.e. some packages can get delivered on special days/when I&#039;m home, etc. The worst-case scenario with post is that the item ends up in the mailbox.</p><p><br /></p><p>There&#039;s always registered mail.&nbsp; Slow, but effective.</p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;m currently going through a DHL test run.&nbsp; There&#039;s this semi-expensive coin which I really want, but I&#039;m really nervous about DHL. The folks there went out of their way in virtually all areas to be nice to me.&nbsp; We decided upon flipping the order of my purchases, and using an inexpensive coin as a test. I really want to be a repeat customer.&nbsp; Let&#039;s hope that DHL is semi-ok.</p><p><br /></p><p>Or, I&#039;m wondering if perhaps they could send it to a dealer in France,who could then send it via post?&nbsp; I&#039;d be willing to pay an extra fee.</p><p><br /></p><p>If DHL isn&#039;t a disaster, delivers on Saturday and requires a signature, then we&#039;ll have no problems.</p><p><br /></p><p>After the debacle with my turntable (ended up here safely, just was a 10/10 nightmare to pick up), FedEx and I are as Beethoven was to <i>A Clockwork Orange.</i>&nbsp; Why does anyone use them, and how do they stay in business?&nbsp; In the case of my coin, FedEx would have been 80 Euros and would have offered no guarantees.&nbsp; Thanks, FedEx!</p><p><br /></p><p>In DHL&#039;s case, it&#039;s not so much the cost; it&#039;s the uncertainty.&nbsp; The post is the one case in life where I strongly prefer the government entity/quasi-government entity to private firms.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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