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Best way to send guitar from US to Japan?
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constructordeguitarras
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RE: Best way to send guitar from US ... (in reply to constructordeguitarras)
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I just came from the post office. Never met such incompetent and combative people anywhere else. I knew the length plus girth had to be under 108 inches, and it was 106 and a fraction. But the woman didn't use her tape measure correctly and thought it was over. The second woman did it wrong too, until I showed her how. So it passed. Then she yelled at me, "So what's the argument?" "I have no argument with that," I said. Then their computer would not accept my request for insurance to cover $5000. It wanted another form, that they didn't have, for over $2500. So at my suggestion, I reduced the declared value to $2500 and it worked out. I figure insuring it for that much will keep an employee from stealing it, and insurance is a gamble anyway. And this way if there's tax and duty for my customer, it will be less. The box was nominally 50x20x8 inches and weighed 19 pounds 11 ounces. If I had been able to insure for $5000, it would have cost $175. As it went, it cost $146. The stress of dealing with them was worth the savings over UPS, etc. (At the end, she dropped my receipt on the floor on her side of the counter and walked away.)
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