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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;calcol, post: 5182854, member: 77639&quot;]If you ship valuables very often, consider private insurance.&nbsp; You’ll have to pay an up-front annual fee, but after that, it’s cheaper than the USPS insurance.&nbsp;&nbsp; A BIG advantage of private insurance is that you put a big fat ZERO in the value slot of shipping forms … makes it much less likely to attract thieves.</p><p><br /></p><p>Registered mail is still the safest way to ship … especially when declaring the value to be zero.&nbsp; But it can be very slow.&nbsp; It must travel securely, be stored securely and be signed-for at each handoff.&nbsp; I’ve had a registered parcel sit for two weeks in one intermediate stop.&nbsp; BTW postal clerks are happy to sell you priority or express service for registered mail, but it won’t travel a bit faster.</p><p><br /></p><p>When I want faster service, I use FedEx (ground or express, depending).&nbsp; FedEx ground has comparable prices to USPS.&nbsp; Main disadvantage is my private insurance charges more for FedEx than registered mail.</p><p><br /></p><p>In these COVID days, it’s safer for me to ship FedEx.&nbsp; With registered mail, I have to stand in line at the PO and spend time with a clerk.&nbsp; With FedEx, I do all the forms and payment online, then hand the parcel to a driver or put it in a drop-box.</p><p><br /></p><p>Cal[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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