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So I'm at the post office this afternoon getting ready to send a guitar across the counrty via Priority Mail insured for $2,500 when the clerk asks if I'd like to send it via registered mail instead. I ask why registered would be better and the clerk informs me that it's much cheaper that way ... and it was, about $18 bucks cheaper. The breakpoint where the cost of registered mail + insurance thereon becomes cheaper than the regular blue-tag postal insurance occurs when the valuation of the shipped item exceeds about $1,000.
The clerk also informed me that they're far more careful with registered packages becuase if it was smashed or lost along the way to its destination there was a some chance that the responsible carrier might lose their job whereas there's no chance of that happening with any other type of delivery. I had no idea and I've been shipping guitars for the better part of 20 years.
The clerk also informed me that they're far more careful with registered packages becuase if it was smashed or lost along the way to its destination there was a some chance that the responsible carrier might lose their job whereas there's no chance of that happening with any other type of delivery. I had no idea and I've been shipping guitars for the better part of 20 years.
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