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Originally Posted by ersnyder

Sorry to hear about the loss Greg, please keep us posted how things progress with the legal dept. at FedEx.

We ship a lot via FedEx and UPS and the "declared value" of the shipment is key to recovering sums in excess of standard coverage as a result of loss or damage. I would think your best bet at recovery would be making your case that the Kinko's employee KNEW the value of your item exceeded standard insurance and had a responsibility to recommend, or at least suggest, declaring the value of $5K or whatever it was.

I hope it works out for you without having to line the atty's pockets!

Either this, or proving that the Agent repudiated the boilerplate terms by his words/actions at the point of transfer. In other words, you said "I want to send this Rolex watch fully insured at a value of $6K..." and he said "Sure...price will be $____." If such a representation was made, then the boilerplate terms in fine print on the back of the shipper's declaration could be overridden by the Agent's representations.

I hope this works out for you. And you didn't make any nasty comments about lawyers on that other thread....