Bonded courier. With handcuffed Halliburton. Private jet.
Kidding.
I shipped various things back and forth with Steve L at VAS (I’m in Texas now) without a problem. Ditto Peter L at Soundsmith. Probably used Fedex or Priority.
But, I’m a little wary of USPS these days- have gotten a couple of records that were trashed in transit (I buy a lot of records, used, from all over)- and short of using DHL Express or equivalent for overseas (a vintage rectifier from India took only 7 or 8 days), I’m not sure what the best option is. I think UPS really gets you on the insurance charge last time I used them.
When I was shipping stuff back and forth with Franc Kuzma in Slovenia, he used TNT (I think they got bought by Deutsche Post?). He’d ship and I’d get it next day in NY metro. Crazy.
I know some folks that were shipping cartridges to UK for work-- they’d choose super speedy over high dollar insurance- it is a calculated risk. The less time the object is in the system, the less opportunity there is for bashing, smashing and crashing.
For what it’s worth, I did try to find someone to ship a safety deposit box of jewelry from NY to Tx. Impossible. There were/are companies that handle stuff for the diamond trade but nobody wants to take the risk for high value stuff short of a dedicated truck which in my case was unnecessary.
On the other hand, I had a friend in NY who would have vintage cars palletized and air freighted abroad-- I think back in the oughts, it was 5 grand one way. Which is actually pretty reasonable when you are dealing with something of extremely high value.
Good luck. I’m sure you’ll be fine. You definitely want signature and tracking, as well as expedition. Insurance too, if it isn’t crazy money.
Kidding.
I shipped various things back and forth with Steve L at VAS (I’m in Texas now) without a problem. Ditto Peter L at Soundsmith. Probably used Fedex or Priority.
But, I’m a little wary of USPS these days- have gotten a couple of records that were trashed in transit (I buy a lot of records, used, from all over)- and short of using DHL Express or equivalent for overseas (a vintage rectifier from India took only 7 or 8 days), I’m not sure what the best option is. I think UPS really gets you on the insurance charge last time I used them.
When I was shipping stuff back and forth with Franc Kuzma in Slovenia, he used TNT (I think they got bought by Deutsche Post?). He’d ship and I’d get it next day in NY metro. Crazy.
I know some folks that were shipping cartridges to UK for work-- they’d choose super speedy over high dollar insurance- it is a calculated risk. The less time the object is in the system, the less opportunity there is for bashing, smashing and crashing.
For what it’s worth, I did try to find someone to ship a safety deposit box of jewelry from NY to Tx. Impossible. There were/are companies that handle stuff for the diamond trade but nobody wants to take the risk for high value stuff short of a dedicated truck which in my case was unnecessary.
On the other hand, I had a friend in NY who would have vintage cars palletized and air freighted abroad-- I think back in the oughts, it was 5 grand one way. Which is actually pretty reasonable when you are dealing with something of extremely high value.
Good luck. I’m sure you’ll be fine. You definitely want signature and tracking, as well as expedition. Insurance too, if it isn’t crazy money.