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 <r...@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 > *m:* 0414 83 83 43 | *e:* r...@nexusone.com.au > > *“Ask us about how our Channel Partnership and Referral Program can earn > you passive income”* > > [image: www.nexusone.com.au] <http://www.nexusone.com.au/> [image: > signature_1237010360] <http://www.fusiontech.com.au/> > > *NEXUS ONE* *|** FUSION TECHNOLOGY SOLUTIONS* > *p:* 1800 NEXUS1 (1800 639 871) or 1800 565 845 *|* *a:* Suite 12.03 > Level 12, 227 Elizabeth Street, Sydney NSW 2000 > www.nexusone.com.au *|* www.fusiontech.com.au > > *The information in this email and any accompanying attachments may > contain; a. 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Fusion Technology > Solutions Pty Ltd, Nexus One Pty Ltd does not accept any responsibility for > loss or damage arising from the use or distribution of this email.* > > *Please consider the environment before printing this email.* > > > > *From: *AusNOG <ausnog-boun...@lists.ausnog.net> on behalf of Rhys > Hanrahan <r...@nexusone.com.au> > *Date: *Thursday, 7 December 2023 at 11:01 pm > *To: *"ausnog@lists.ausnog.net" <ausnog@lists.ausnog.net> > *Subject: *[AusNOG] Courier insurance > > > > 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. 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