An Post insurance on registered/courier delivery

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Hi
I may need to send a package to China.
I was looking on the An Post site and the 2 options are registered post (14.75) or Courier post (57.90).
Registered post insures your stuff up to 35 euro.
Courier insures it up to 350 euro.

I find this a bit ridiculous.
I'd be prepared to use registered post but i find it hard to believe that An Post can just lose your stuff, tell you where it got lost :pac: and just recompense you 35 quid.

What i'd be sending would be worth nearly 200. But why should i pay nearly a third of its worth (57.90) just to make sure i'm covered in the event of An Post fcuking up.

Anyway around this.
Any more reliable services i could use which aren't exorbitant.
Thanks.

The Lovely Muffin

Registered post can be insured up to a maximum of €325 euros - I've sent items before and had them insured for €325.

You need to tell the person at the counter who is serving you how much you want it insured for.

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Registered post can be insured up to a maximum of €325 euros - I've sent items before and had them insured for €325.

Sending something nationally, yes it's 320 euro
But not if you're sending something to China. Then it's 35 euro. Ridiculous.

You need to tell the person at the counter who is serving you how much you want it insured for.

Yeah i know thanks. Not sure how i can make them insure it for 320 euro though in this case. :mad:

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The Lovely Muffin

take everything wrote: »

Sending something nationally, yes it's 320 euro
But not if you're sending something to China. Then it's 35 euro. Ridiculous.



Yeah i know thanks. Not sure how i can make them insure it for 320 euro though in this case. :mad:

I've posted items abroad and insured them for up to €325 euros.

I sent one item to the UK and insured it for around €200.

It can be done.

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The Lovely Muffin wrote: »

I've posted items abroad and insured them for up to €325 euros.

I sent one item to the UK and insured it for around €200.

It can be done.

Right, thanks.
How do you do it.
Is it just cross your fingers and hope to get a clueless post office worker. :pac::)
Or is there something else involved.
Thanks.

Edit: yeah, you're talking about the UK. I'm just wondering about China. Doubt there's any way around it.
Shouldn't expect much from the usual Irish crap service i suppose.

allthedoyles

But why should i pay nearly a third of its worth (57.90) just to make sure i'm covered in the event of An Post fcuking up.

Shouldn't expect much from the usual Irish crap service i suppose.

You need to take some responsiblility yourself too .

Make sure you address the package correctly with proper printed address label .

Many of the slow/non deliverable items are caused by poor handwriting / incorrect address .

And make sure you have a return address on the package in the event of non-delivery

littlejp

Look at it from An Post's point of view. Once a package leaves Ireland they have very little control over it. They probably know more about the systems in place in the U.K. and Europe and so can be more confident in parcels being save and so can insure to a higher value.
I wouldn't imagine they can do the same with China when passing items onto the Post Office.

When you send something abroad registered it is handled by the Postal System in the destination country. When you send it by Courier Post it is handled (afaik) by DHL on behalf of An Post and so can be considered a safer option to insure.