Insured shipment from the U.K. to the Netherlands

[Emilio]

Ok, I hope this thread doesn't sound to selfish.

I'm living in the Netherlands and recently missed out two great watches because a U.K. resident was not able to ship insured to the Netherlands.

Dutch Royal Mail offers a service to insure a package up to €5500 for only €25 (give or take). But only when it's shipped from the Netherlands so can't be used the other way round.

Does any of you know how U.K. residents can ship a watch insured for a normal price?

Thanks in advance! (Not only from me but also from fellow Dutch watch collectors).

[longbear]

have a look at this recent thread:

http://forum.tz-uk.com/showthread.ph...gh-value-watch

Especially #21; RM domestic up to £2500, RM International only £250

/L

[village]

I believe DHL cover up to £4K

[JackW]

This is a difficult one Emile, but so far I've found that the well known couriers are quite expensive and third party insurance is both expensive and not widely available. Thanks to a kind forum member I now know that mbe is a good option. If you use the search function I think there's a thread about it. Good luck!

[MattMoore]

Came here to recommend mail boxes etc (MBE) they quoted me £35 for a 5k value watch to go to Sweden.
The nice thing is that they package and photograph contents etc as part of the inclusive insurance

[alslater]

Another vote for MBE - used twice - insurance is not cheap, offers choice of carrier - both of mine went FedEx and that had no issues..

al

[RustyBin5]

EasyJet. Jump on a midweek afternoon flight for 45 mins and meet in Schipol airport for a F2F


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[aksing]

I've sold to a member in Sweden who has bought many watches from here over £1K and he just told me to send with tracking and any loss would be on his side, seems he has had no issues so far.

[Emilio]

Thank you all for the reactions!

Will try MBE next time!