I used to carefully descriptively label the outside of every package, hoping to inform package handlers of the contents, so they might handle them more appropriately. I also sent many with only generic info, such as "perishable, keep from hot and cold".
It seemed as though my careful labeling was like painting a target on those packages. Almost every one labeled descriptively had some shipping calamity befall them. Only once, after I switched to more generic labeling, did instances of successful shipping increase dramatically.
For instance, I used to prepare the packages, then take them to the carrier's offices, either UPS or USPS, to pay the postage and turn over the packages. I can hardly describe the problems that created, I would drive the twenty miles to my nearest USPS office, only to have them refuse to accept the package of queens, for various and unfathomable reasons. The UPS office, has sometimes responded similarly -- but has usually been an easier choice. I have learned to pay the shipping charges on my PC at home, print the shipping label, then simply drop the prepaid packages, with generic descriptive labeling, at the appropriate shipper's office - I've had only one shipping failure, since adopting this method.
Insurance: I can make more money with the time saved, not jumping through the required insurance hoops, than I could ever recoup, if the claims were actually paid.
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