mmurph Offline Upload & Sell: On
|
USPS insurance is incredibly expensive compared to other shippers. It is at least 3x as much as FedEX insurance. I think USPS insurance comes to 5% of the shipped value, or something like that? I suppose it also depends on distance?
USPS insurance is actually fairly cheap if you ship "Next Day/Overnight." I suppose they don't lose as many of those packages?
So - you get to pay through the nose for insurance, because of their relative incompetence.
+++
I have gone to "self insuring" for most items anyway. Instead of buying insurance, I decided that I will pay any for loss or damage out of the money that I save on insurance. At a 5% rate for insurance, you would be at "break even" if they lost or damaged 1 package out of 20.
That is if they agree to pay for the claim! I have filed 3 claims, all for over $2,000, and never received a dime because of bureaucratic incompetency and illogical "excuses."
The losses were:
1x with USPS, 1x with Airborne, 1x with FedEx.
++++
No offense against Tamron, but it seems like this illustrates the relative advantage of the Sigma Dock, and being able to update and micro adjust the lens yourself. I wish Canon had a similar capability for their tele zooms.
|