Who do you send your forks with?

[mashman]

Hi all, just back from the post office and courier offices and they don't do insurance for items over 1500 bucks... and apparantly if i send them and i know they are worth more than 1500 bucks and they get robbed, i get nothing, 0, because they were under valued WTF!!!!!

Anyway, Who do you use?

or

How the hell do ya get a set of forks somewhere without the fear that if they "get lost" you'll actually have some form of comeback?

Cheers

[vifferman]

You sending them in for servicing/upgrading?
I just sent mine with the Post Office the first time, as mail, becuase it was cheap, then the second time with Post Haste (or whoever the local company is). If they're packaged well, you should be fine.
Alternatively, arrange for someone to take them for you.

If the items have to be signed for, in theory you'll be fine, but depends on the company: some actually sign for the goods themselves, and say they were delivered even if they weren't or was just dropped off when no-one was there to receive them. Did you try other companies, like DHL, UPS, or whoever? Sometimes they cost more, but you're almost certainly guaranteed delivery.

[mashman]

You sending them in for servicing/upgrading?
I just sent mine with the Post Office the first time, as mail, becuase it was cheap, then the second time with Post Haste (or whoever the local company is). If they're packaged well, you should be fine.
Alternatively, arrange for someone to take them for you.

If the items have to be signed for, in theory you'll be fine, but depends on the company: some actually sign for the goods themselves, and say they were delivered even if they weren't or was just dropped off when no-one was there to receive them. Did you try other companies, like DHL, UPS, or whoever? Sometimes they cost more, but you're almost certainly guaranteed delivery.

Leaky fork seal and a general look see at what can be upgraded/uprated within my budget.

See there's the problem. If they don't arrive i've just thrown, what, 2.5k down the drain, no comebacks etc... according to the post office, post haste etc... Maybe i should send them by international courier! I sent them to exactly the same place last year, but since then the rules at the post office have changed and they won't insure anything over 1.5k, and apparantly if you know that your goods are worth more they won't even give you the 1500 back should the worst happen, primarily because i was asking for it I assume...

Anyone going from Welly to New Plymouth over the next day or 2?

[ukusa]

you could check with your own insurance co to see if they're covered. Or just try a different courier co, use the yellow pages. There must be someone in there.

[White trash]

Courier Post. Never had a drama.

[nosebleed]

Try Daily/Mainfreight. The main option is base to base so CKT will need to collect them from the depot.

DO get insurance for cartage.

[mashman]

you could check with your own insurance co to see if they're covered. Or just try a different courier co, use the yellow pages. There must be someone in there.

that's my final stop. Ask my insurer. I thought the whole point of having a courier was to send things safely, financially covered etc... turns out that's not the case with most firms... haven't tried them all yet!!! fuckin tiresome job!

DO get insurance for cartage.

That's my problem, noone will insure them!!! I can fly them there for 130 bucks, excluding insurance, 100 more than any mainstream courier... WTF is going on!

[dogsnbikes]

Im with white trash never had a problem with courier post

if they are going to N.P ask them who they use and go with then

[Dodgy]

Just send the damn things in a way that you can track them. Are you worried about loss or damage or both?

[vifferman]

CKT use Fastway themselves, and apparently have had no problems with them, so however you send them, that's the way they'll be returned.

[Pussy]

NZ Couriers are pretty good, mashman

[mashman]

Just send the damn things in a way that you can track them. Are you worried about loss or damage or both?

Both. I can't afford to have them uninsured? Every courier i've tried wants me to jump through hoops to up my insurance cover to the value required and generally that's gonna take a few days. I need to get them up there ASAP as i'm out of the country for 6 weeks very very soon and when i get back i'm not gonna have time to fuck about with the Prila putting her back together because i'll be moving house, snowed under with work and hopefully trying to enjoy a bout of jet lag...

Sorry, i'm ranting! Why are they making things so hard these days!

[dogsnbikes]

Both. I can't afford to have them uninsured? Every courier i've tried wants me to jump through hoops to up my insurance cover to the value required and generally that's gonna take a few days. I need to get them up there ASAP as i'm out of the country for 6 weeks very very soon and when i get back i'm not gonna have time to fuck about with the Prila putting her back together because i'll be moving house, snowed under with work and hopefully trying to enjoy a bout of jet lag...

Sorry, i'm ranting! Why are they making things so hard these days!

If you can get them to me at bluebridge by next tuesday(I go home on wednesday) I will get them to CKT for you about the 5th.....
My off sider lives in N.P so he will be able to bring them back to WGTN for you either the 23rd dec or the 20th jan if thats any help to you

cheers barry

[mashman]

If you can get them to me at bluebridge by next tuesday(I go home on wednesday) I will get them to CKT for you about the 5th.....
My off sider lives in N.P so he will be able to bring them back to WGTN for you either the 23rd dec or the 20th jan if thats any help to you

cheers barry

Cheers Barry, you've saved enough lives this week mate I have a really shitty timetable for gettin this done, thanks for the offer, but it's just insuring the package that's holding things up... i'll call my insurer tonight and see if they'll cover the difference!

[dogsnbikes]

Cheers Barry, you've saved enough lives this week mate I have a really shitty timetable for gettin this done, thanks for the offer, but it's just insuring the package that's holding things up... i'll call my insurer tonight and see if they'll cover the difference!

if you get stuck email me