Posting Guitars

Duppy03

Has anyone got any recommendations for the best method and courir service for posting a set neck?

Winny_Pooh

Case within a padded box.

Interparcel, using the UPS service

SteveRobinson

It's critically important how you pack the guitar to minimise the risk of a headstock break.

This is how to do it: https://www.lespaulforum.com/dano/packing.html

mikeyrob73

Bubble wrap, bubble wrap and then some more bubble wrap :-) 

i have sent a few over the year via courier and always feel sorry for whoever is unwrapping them at the other end, Guitar bubble wrapped, gig bag or case bubble wrapped then boxed. More bubble wrap on the box so there is no movement of the guitar in the box as well, when it shakes it shouldnt move at all. 

Bubble wrap is your friend 

Duppy03

Top tips, cheers fellas. So once packed up (hardcase into a cardboard box) how much you expect to pay for a courier so the guitar is fully insured?

mort

Winny_Pooh said:

Case within a padded box.

Interparcel, using the UPS service

I thought Transglobal were the better choice now as their insurance is cheaper than Interparcel?

SteveRobinson

Insurance cost is a percentage of the insured value of the guitar.

Jack_

Insurance provided by a shipping company is a con anyway.

Winny_Pooh

Jack_ said:

Insurance provided by a shipping company is a con anyway.

I've only claimed once but Interparcel were fine to pay out £130 towards a repair based on a paper quote. 

Duppy03

Just went through the quote process with Interparcel/UPS and for the guitar to be fully insured to the value of £500 and it was £45. For a little less Hermes will cover repairs for up to the value of £100 and full value of the guitar should the parcel go missing. 

Jack_

Duppy03 said:

Just went through the quote process with Interparcel/UPS and for the guitar to be fully insured to the value of £500 and it was £45. For a little less Hermes will cover repairs for up to the value of £100 and full value of the guitar should the parcel go missing. 

Hermes.

Just no.

No.

gavin_axecaster

Hermes don't offer compensation for instruments.
https://www.myhermes.co.uk/help/carry-guide.html

ICBM

gavin_axecaster said:

Hermes don't offer compensation for instruments.
https://www.myhermes.co.uk/help/carry-guide.html

But no doubt, like Parcel Farce, they will take the money for the insurance without informing you of this...

ewal

Just arranged UPS via Transglobal something like £27 including £400 insurance. I bubble wrapped everything then packed out the box with old cushions.

Duppy03

@ewal didi you use a hard case too?

JohnnyPlectrum

ICBM said:

gavin_axecaster said:

Hermes don't offer compensation for instruments.
https://www.myhermes.co.uk/help/carry-guide.html

But no doubt, like Parcel Farce, they will take the money for the insurance without informing you of this...

...and to be fair to UPS, the moment you enter 'guitar' in the contents a box pops up saying max £100 for damage, £1000 for loss.
It's a gamble for sure.

SunDevil

Forget the insurance, pack for a nuclear holocaust and pay the extra for the shipping 

No company is better than another 

Jack_

SunDevil said:

Forget the insurance, pack for a nuclear holocaust and pay the extra for the shipping 

No company is better than another 

This is 100% the approach I take, and I agree re: companies.

Modellista

JohnnyPlectrum said:

ICBM said:

gavin_axecaster said:

Hermes don't offer compensation for instruments.
https://www.myhermes.co.uk/help/carry-guide.html

But no doubt, like Parcel Farce, they will take the money for the insurance without informing you of this...

...and to be fair to UPS, the moment you enter 'guitar' in the contents a box pops up saying max £100 for damage, £1000 for loss.
It's a gamble for sure.

If you do UPS via ParcelBroker there's specific instructions about how to pack so the instrument is insured for damage as well as loss.  Put it in a hard case inside a cardboard box basically.  So it is possible to get a >£1000 instrument fully insured for shipping.

ICBM

modellista said:

JohnnyPlectrum said:

...and to be fair to UPS, the moment you enter 'guitar' in the contents a box pops up saying max £100 for damage, £1000 for loss.

It's a gamble for sure.

If you do UPS via ParcelBroker there's specific instructions about how to pack so the instrument is insured for damage as well as loss.  Put it in a hard case inside a cardboard box basically.  So it is possible to get a >£1000 instrument fully insured for shipping.

And still, they refused to pay out more than £100 when they broke the neck of a vintage Rickenbacker belonging to a friend of mine which was in a Rickenbacker moulded hard case, bubble wrapped and in a strong cardboard box. The case was cracked too - not surprising given the boot prints all over the box.

Modellista

ICBM said:

modellista said:

JohnnyPlectrum said:

...and to be fair to UPS, the moment you enter 'guitar' in the contents a box pops up saying max £100 for damage, £1000 for loss.

It's a gamble for sure.

If you do UPS via ParcelBroker there's specific instructions about how to pack so the instrument is insured for damage as well as loss.  Put it in a hard case inside a cardboard box basically.  So it is possible to get a >£1000 instrument fully insured for shipping.

And still, they refused to pay out more than £100 when they broke the neck of a vintage Rickenbacker belonging to a friend of mine which was in a Rickenbacker moulded hard case, bubble wrapped and in a strong cardboard box. The case was cracked too - not surprising given the boot prints all over the box.

On what grounds?