[AusNOG] Courier insurance

Mon Dec 11 13:22:51 AEDT 2023

Hi,
Talking to your insurance agent about the costs of insuring various items
in transit is worth doing. Often as part of a larger business policy these
are not actually huge costs.

MMC

On Fri, 8 Dec 2023 at 16:24, Rhys Hanrahan <rhys at nexusone.com.au> wrote:

> Thanks everyone for the responses! I managed to cause quite a flurry of
> activity – I really appreciate it.
>
>
>
> Have been mulling over all the inputs and right now I feel like checking
> in as luggage is off the cards  - most of the responses have been horror
> stories 😃 We have done this before for our own internal equipment and
> it’s been OK, but I wouldn’t do it in this case. IMO even if I wasn’t as
> worried about the equipment, it can be quite a hassle, so easier just to
> ship it.
>
> To me right now the two front runners are:
>
>    - Quotes from sensitive freight companies – TSS and COPE are the two
>    I’ve seen recommended. From some rough info about TSS it seems like they’d
>    insure high value equipment without it costing and arm and a leg.
>    - Quote from our existing business insurance company – for a few day
>    period to cover the courier trip. We’ve started the wheels on getting this
>    quoted as well.
>
> But also:
>
>    - To be honest, the idea of just having general transit cover for
>    anything that leaves our offices is an attractive idea, as we already ship
>    new PCs etc from our offices nearly every day. And as luck would have it,
>    it seems like we just lost 1 of 2 Wifi Access points sent to the same site…
>    Glad it wasn’t the expensive equipment.
>    - Driving the gear to site is definitely a good option, but as Joe
>    mentioned, in this case it’d be a massive trip and the cost per day for the
>    customer for our time would outweigh even TNT’s insurance – though waiting
>    to see if they have someone who can make the trip!
>
> Thanks everyone!
>
> *Rhys Hanrahan* | General Manager / CTO
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> *Date: *Thursday, 7 December 2023 at 11:01 pm
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> *Subject: *[AusNOG] Courier insurance
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>
> Hi All,
>
>
>
> Just wondering how people handle the situation of transit insurance for
> domestic shipping of high value equipment? I am looking at options for
> TNT’s transit warranty and 1) It’s pricey and will cost thousands to get a
> warranty 2) They max out coverage at $40K it seems. I suppose we might be
> able to work around that with multiple separate shipments.
>
>
>
> We’ve got new Cisco gear worth 70-90K that we are shipping to one of our
> offices for configuration, then from NSW to a customer’s site in far north
> QLD. I’m not really keen on just trusting the gear won’t be damaged, so I’m
> looking for safe options to courier the equipment – I’m wondering if anyone
> is aware of good options for this sort of situation?
>
>
>
> We are also attending site so it’s possible that we could just check the
> boxes in as luggage, but I’m not sure if I trust baggable handlers any
> better. Typically we’d just ship directly to site, but we don’t really want
> to configure and test it entirely onsite as that has it’s own challenges in
> this case.
>
>
>
> Appreciate any suggestions. Thanks!
>
>
>
> *Rhys Hanrahan* | General Manager / CTO
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