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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;doug5353, post: 2238042, member: 73555&quot;]I post this once a year on most of the collectibles websites/blogs where I participate, just for general information. Invariably, someone will reply that they&#039;ve shipped such items hundreds of times with no problems, LOL LOL.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>FedEx has somewhat &quot;similar&quot; terms, with some important exceptions.</p><p><br /></p><p>Excerpted from:</p><p>UPS® Tariff/Terms and Conditions of Service – United States</p><p><br /></p><p>UPS does not accept for transportation,</p><p>and Shippers are prohibited from</p><p>shipping:</p><p>–</p><p>Articles of unusual value, which shall</p><p>be deemed to include, but are not</p><p>limited to:</p><p>•</p><p>Any Package with an actual value</p><p>of more than $50,000, except that</p><p>the actual value of Packages declared</p><p>in accordance with the Enhanced</p><p>Maximum Declared Value provisions</p><p>of Section 53.1 (“Maximum Declared</p><p>Values”) cannot exceed $70,000;</p><p>•</p><p>Any pallet with an actual value of</p><p>more than $100,000;</p><p>•</p><p><b><span style="color: #ff4d4d">Coins, cash, currency, bonds, postage </span></b></p><p><b><span style="color: #ff4d4d">stamps, money orders, and negotiable </span></b></p><p><b><span style="color: #ff4d4d">instruments (such as drafts, bills of </span></b></p><p><b><span style="color: #ff4d4d">exchange, or promissory notes, but </span></b></p><p><b><span style="color: #ff4d4d">excluding checks);</span></b></p><p>•</p><p>Unset precious stones, and industrial</p><p>diamonds;</p><p>•</p><p><b><span style="color: #ff4d4d">Any article that contains more than </span></b></p><p><b><span style="color: #ff4d4d">50 percent by weight of gold or </span></b></p><p><b><span style="color: #ff4d4d">platinum, or any combination there</span></b></p><p><b><span style="color: #ff4d4d">of in raw form including, but not </span></b></p><p><b><span style="color: #ff4d4d">limited to, bullion, bars, or scraps </span></b></p><p><b><span style="color: #ff4d4d">of these metals. [more @]</span></b></p><p><br /></p><p><span style="color: #ff4d4d"><span style="color: #000000"><a href="http://www.ups.com/media/en/terms_service_us.pdf" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.ups.com/media/en/terms_service_us.pdf" rel="nofollow">http://www.ups.com/media/en/terms_service_us.pdf</a></span></span>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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