Bump since I’ve spent the last few hours banging my head against this wall
Due to a saga with with an Iridium keyboard that has to be returned I’ve got to figure out the safest way to do it, with a signature required and cover that might actually mean something if the worst came to the worst. Normally I’d be less paranoid but the seller hasn’t given the impression of being very trustworthy so far.
As far as I’ve been able to figure out:
Parcelforce don’t cover musical instruments but presumably they pay out their standard cover of £150. Not enough really.
DPD would be my first choice normally but this is too big, they have a maximum length of 90cm domestically (but 1.75m internationally for some reason).
Evri can do it but they’re Evri. To be fair, I’ve had less trouble with them the past few years compared with the Hermes days but giving them something of this value still feels kind of wrong.
Tufnells come up via Interparcel but god knows what they’re like.
That seems to leave UPS as far as I can tell, on paper they cover musical instruments I think up to £1000. In practice I think you’d have a hard time making a successful claim anyway which makes me wonder if it’s even worth bothering considering how much insurance costs. And anecdotally, I’ve had several long-winded nightmares with them lately on the delivery side.
Anyone got any good insights or experiences here?