Pay the insurance when you ship a gun!

[Scott Tschirhart]

I had to ship my .480 double rifle back to the maker for a minor repair. He called me today and he thinks UPS may have lost the rifle. He was very upset and apologized profusely.

Hopefully it will turn up, but if not, I am insured.

[JimT]

I hope it turns up Scott!

[AJMD429]

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Hope they find it - the scary thing is it isn't just another 'stock item' that would be easy to replace, AND is a fancy enough item that it might be more tempting to steal than a Mossberg 500 pump shotgun or Ruger 10/22.

I've always insured not only the 'value' but if possible, the 'cost to replace', whatever the item was.

I just sent a no-longer-made small engine carburetor for rebuild/cleaning, and insured it for $500 because by the time I located another used one (if even possible), had it rebuilt/repaired, or adapted some other one to the engine (if even possible), or re-powered the equipment (gearbox driven so maybe crazy), it would be quite expensive.

[samsi]

That stinks, I hope it turns up. As already stated it's not like you can buy another like it off the rack somewhere.

[4t5]

Start with this, Tracking # look up . https://www.ups.com/track?loc=en_US&requester=ST/

[marlinman93]

I hope it turns up too, but if it doesn't be prepared for a battle to collect on insurance! I've won more than I lost, but when I've lost it was because the shipper used every excuse in the book trying to wiggle out pf paying. Things like not having a receipt to show what you paid for a gun, or not having a canceled check, with both sides copied to prove you bought it for the insured price. It's not going to be fun or easy to collect insurance.

[Pisgah]

Good luck. I promise you this: they already have their "reasons" -- a long list of them -- why your claim will be invalid. I pray for unlimited patience and fortitude in your efforts...