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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;green18, post: 758621, member: 10103&quot;]This from UPS&#039;s tariff.....</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><b><font face="Times New Roman"><p style="text-align: left">F. Definition of Articles of Unusual Value Which Are Not Accepted By UPS For</p></font></b></p><p style="text-align: left"><b><font face="Times New Roman">Transportation</p><p></font></b><font face="Times New Roman"><p style="text-align: left">1. Shippers are prohibited from shipping articles of unusual value via UPS.</p></font></p><p style="text-align: left"><font face="Times New Roman">Articles of unusual value shall be deemed to include, but are not limited to:</p></font></p><p style="text-align: left"><font face="Times New Roman">a. Any package with an actual value of more than $50,000;</p></font></p><p style="text-align: left"><font face="Times New Roman">4</p></font></p><p style="text-align: left"><font face="Times New Roman">b. Coins, cash, currency, bonds, postage stamps, negotiable instruments</p></font></p><p style="text-align: left"><font face="Times New Roman">(such as drafts, bills of exchange, or promissory notes, but excluding</p><p>checks), and money orders;</font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman"><br /></font> </p><p>Years ago I worked the customer counter at a UPS facility and this policy was upheld to the letter.&nbsp; That&#039;s not to say folks didn&#039;t bend the truth a little.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Funny thing though.....back in the eighties we used to deliver stuff to private homes directly from the US Mint.&nbsp; Also, my UHR double eagle was delivered to me by UPS just this past March (remember all the hoopla over drivers leaving these packages on customers doorsteps?).&nbsp; They must get around this rule by classifying these items as collectibles, or something like that.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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