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newintown
Joined: 01 Jan 2007
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Posted: Tue Oct 16, 2007 7:29 am Post subject: insurance with post office... |
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i'm sending my belongings home via PO, i don't have much & its the cheapest method.
i wondered is it risky posting my laptop back tucked securely in one of my boxes?
its not worth a lot, and i don't really want it to accompany me around SE asia.
anyone any experience? |
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Atavistic
Joined: 22 May 2006 Location: How totally stupid that Korean doesn't show in this area.
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Posted: Tue Oct 16, 2007 2:17 pm Post subject: Re: insurance with post office... |
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newintown wrote: |
i'm sending my belongings home via PO, i don't have much & its the cheapest method.
i wondered is it risky posting my laptop back tucked securely in one of my boxes?
its not worth a lot, and i don't really want it to accompany me around SE asia.
anyone any experience? |
Use DHL or UPS or one of those. |
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ttompatz

Joined: 05 Sep 2005 Location: Kwangju, South Korea
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Posted: Tue Oct 16, 2007 3:17 pm Post subject: Re: insurance with post office... |
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newintown wrote: |
i'm sending my belongings home via PO, i don't have much & its the cheapest method.
i wondered is it risky posting my laptop back tucked securely in one of my boxes?
its not worth a lot, and i don't really want it to accompany me around SE asia.
anyone any experience? |
Old, cheap laptop - stick it in a box, itemize it on the invoice (list of contents) and put a value on it.
It should be just fine - especially if you send it EMS rather than ground. Trackable, tracable and signature required.
Air parcel will also do the same, for a little less money but MAY take a bit longer.
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gerald.in.korea
Joined: 15 Oct 2007
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Posted: Tue Oct 16, 2007 3:25 pm Post subject: |
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I mailed an old lap top to London with no problems using Korean Post |
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newintown
Joined: 01 Jan 2007
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Posted: Wed Oct 17, 2007 4:54 am Post subject: Re: insurance with post office... |
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ttompatz wrote: |
newintown wrote: |
i'm sending my belongings home via PO, i don't have much & its the cheapest method.
i wondered is it risky posting my laptop back tucked securely in one of my boxes?
its not worth a lot, and i don't really want it to accompany me around SE asia.
anyone any experience? |
Old, cheap laptop - stick it in a box, itemize it on the invoice (list of contents) and put a value on it.
It should be just fine - especially if you send it EMS rather than ground. Trackable, tracable and signature required.
Air parcel will also do the same, for a little less money but MAY take a bit longer.
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im sending it the cheapest way - i think thats by ship. its going to take 3 months. i'm not that inclined to mention it on the invoice as the great british postal service has let me down frequently in the past. |
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