mailing a quilt
#41
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I bubble wrap and use USPS Priority Mail with a perfect record. Oh that did it, but seriously I have been most happy with this method and all of my items have arrived in excellent shape and very quickly. I do not pay extra for the insurance, dumb? Perhaps, but I'm not claiming to be a genius.
#42
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Originally Posted by MTS
Doesn't matter.
Should they get lost or damaged, unless you have a certified appraisal for insurance purposes, the most - the MOST - you'll maybe get back is the cost of supplies.
The post office considers a quilt something you get at Kmart for $20. They're not in the least interested in your skill or the time you spent creating it.
Sorry, but that's the reality.
Send it USPS Priority w/ DelConf.
That's how I always send my gifts and packages - within the US, and also to Canada and international destinations.
You can send if Signature Confirmation if you want someone to sign for it but it still won't matter if the package is lost.
Same, btw, for UPS and FedEx.
They won't even insure the artwork.
Most of the well-known teachers/quilters - who ship their item all over the place to guilds/shows - have separate insurance policies to cover the items should anything go wrong.
Should they get lost or damaged, unless you have a certified appraisal for insurance purposes, the most - the MOST - you'll maybe get back is the cost of supplies.
The post office considers a quilt something you get at Kmart for $20. They're not in the least interested in your skill or the time you spent creating it.
Sorry, but that's the reality.
Send it USPS Priority w/ DelConf.
That's how I always send my gifts and packages - within the US, and also to Canada and international destinations.
You can send if Signature Confirmation if you want someone to sign for it but it still won't matter if the package is lost.
Same, btw, for UPS and FedEx.
They won't even insure the artwork.
Most of the well-known teachers/quilters - who ship their item all over the place to guilds/shows - have separate insurance policies to cover the items should anything go wrong.
#43
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Join Date: Sep 2011
Location: Hope Mills, NC
Posts: 36
Had a featherweight shipped by PO that was insured for 250.00 BUT I paid less, arrived broken and PO gave me 50.00 which doesn't include the shipping cost, you don't get that back, or at least I didn't. I don't buy insurance anymore unless it's a mfg product that I have receipt for.
#44
not applicable to quilts, but when you are shipping something breakable, like a machine, pack it so the box can withstand a four foot drop onto a hard surface. Really. They do not get handled gently by any shipping service. And forget about marking it Fragile or Handle with Care.
#45
Originally Posted by ptquilts
not applicable to quilts, but when you are shipping something breakable, like a machine, pack it so the box can withstand a four foot drop onto a hard surface. Really. They do not get handled gently by any shipping service. And forget about marking it Fragile or Handle with Care.
#47
Several years ago I made and shipped via UPS 3 quilts to my DIL for her friends who had triplets...each quilt had the child's name on it....long story short...package was delivered (per the driver's log)...and then stolen off the front steps before DIL got home...I had insured the box for $200...only had to send a description of the 3 quilts, the cost of fabrics, and how much time to make...and they "looked" for 2 weeks...and then sent me a check for $200...needless to say...I wasn't happy about making another set of quilts...but at least my fabric/shipping and time were paid for.
#48
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Join Date: Sep 2011
Location: Hope Mills, NC
Posts: 36
Yes I know about having them pack but I was purchasing this and I paid the seller extra for shipping and they pocketed the money and packed "ok" but not great like I would have. I have shipped 3 featherweights without an incident having said that, even the PO said it appeared as if someone had stepped on the box and that that happened sometimes. Still no $ for the machine so I removed the motor and sold it separate to recoup just a little.
#49
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Join Date: Sep 2011
Location: Hope Mills, NC
Posts: 36
Oh I have to add this. I mailed a box of patterns to Australia and they never got delivered and every time I went to file a track they would give me some runaround about how I had to wait this long for this or that long for that, FINALLY I filed the missing item ONE YEAR LATER and lo and behold it came back to me the VERY next day. We still couldn't figure out why it didn't ship neither could the PO so the PO guy was nice and didn't make me purchase more postage or insurance and it got there just fine this time, no difference in addressing..nada.
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