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Fedex minimum insurance for special handling

I remember reading the answer to this question before but didn't find it on searching.

What is minimum amount of insurance to purchase for a shipment that makes Fedex take special care of the package? I remember it's some amount $2000 or $5000 something like that. Once someone sent something to me and Fedex called me a couple of times when it was on the way and after it was delivered to make sure it arrived ok. I asked about it and they told me the insurance amount made them take care of it that way.
wireless200
thorman
1,262 posts
 
Doesn't matter if they can pick it up they will still throw it off the truck and let it bounce a couple times and then leave...They do suck...! I guess you can tell i had a bad experiance huh??
kennyt
1,226 posts
 
Funny, FedEx just bounced a 135# amp box I just sent and didn't ask me anything, it was declared for $5,500.

Fortunately it was double boxed in factory packaging and made it safely.

I find as a general rulle, the heavier something is the more likely it will be damaged. If you have concerns, ship things on a palette freight.
wireless200 OP
415 posts
 
Well, I hope my luck holds. I've shipped a lot of stuff with Fedex including 3 or 4 sets of speakers and never had a problem. I've had problems with UPS and USPS - a number of problems. I won't use either of them if I can help it. But Fedex has gone above and beyond several times. I know all it takes is one slacker to bust it up but whatcha gonna do?
ckorody
643 posts
 
Wireless - I know that UPS has the special handling thing you are referring to - my shipment was over $5K and it qualified, not sure how low it goes
trelja
3,223 posts
 
I've shipped a lot of stuff via FedEX, with the default value of $100 up to maybe $20K. I've never found the insured amount to have any bearing on anything that happened in terms of the shipment.
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