Selling watches to the USA

[Podie]

I’ve recently agreed a deal to send a watch to the US.

Happy with the seller, the parcelling up, etc... but not the Post Office.

Just been to have the item weighed, and they’ve told me that watches are exempt from insurance! WTF?

I can’t believe that you guys haven’t sold abroad, nor that it is impossible to get an item insured and tracked in this day and age.

Help!

[Maxf]

When I have received watches they have generally been insured through https://www.parcelpro.com/default.aspx

[Psychobert]

Courier? Be a deal more expensive, but I wouldn't trust the PO either.. Had things delivered from the USA, but never bought from there..

[benny.c]

http://www.mbe.co.uk/

Select the courier service you want (Parcelforce, Fedex, UPS etc) and then pay MBE's insurance on top to cover the value of the watch. I think I paid around £85 to send a £1,500 Speedy II to Australia.

http://www.mbe.co.uk/pack_ship/enhanced_cover.aspx

[Podie]

benny.c said:

http://www.mbe.co.uk/

Select the courier service you want (Parcelforce, Fedex, UPS etc) and then pay MBE's insurance on top to cover the value of the watch. I think I paid around £85 to send a £1,500 Speedy II to Australia.

http://www.mbe.co.uk/pack_ship/enhanced_cover.aspx

Looks good. Drop-off point round the corner from the office too.

Cheers!

[benny.c]

No problem The only thing I found slightly annoying was that I'd spent a while packaging the watch well but they insisted on checking the condition of the watch and packaging it themselves for the extra cover to be valid. No big deal really and I'll know in the future.

[Podie]

benny.c said:

No problem The only thing I found slightly annoying was that I'd spent a while packaging the watch well but they insisted on checking the condition of the watch and packaging it themselves for the extra cover to be valid. No big deal really and I'll know in the future.

Could take them a while to get into my parcel...

[Podie]

Just trotted round to my local MBE and shipped off the watch to the good ol' US of A.

Friendly service, no queues, knowledgeable staff and the watch is tracked from A-B and properly insured - having been checked by the staff themselves.

Brilliant. Great, shout - thanks Benny.

[benny.c]

Glad to have been of help. I found my local branch to be exactly the same with very good service.