Thanks D out of interest does the UK have a similar Carriage of Goods
Act (Our law in NZ is basically a copy of yours BTW)
The "Fats and Grand Piano" case was a landmark judgement and often
used for reference--bottom like is an internal carrier is only liable
for $1500
On 21/07/2010, at 12:47 PM, cheater cheater wrote:
> David,
> take all the precautions you take with normal synths. A sturdy wooden
> crate is necessary, ATA case inside wooden box is better. The most
> important part - some synths have a heavy PSU inside.. make sure the
> guy removes it from the case and packs it in a box separately.
> Otherwise it's not unlikely the thing will run off and ruin all the
> electronics inside. It's happened a few times. Removing the PSU is
> ∗loads∗ cheaper than fixing the damage it'll make if it breaks loose.
>
> Cheers,
> D.
>
> On Tue, Jul 20, 2010 at 21:05, David Bulog <d2ba@...> wrote:
>> re shipping a heavy synth like CS-80 is there a Carriage of Goods
>> Act in USA
>> or UK/EU?
>>
>> There is a very famous case in New Zealand
>> http://www.nzila.org/conferences/docs/auckland/Philip_Rzepecky_Carriage%20of%20Goods.pdf
>>
>> see section 3.0 "Fats and the Grand Piano" worth $172,000
>>
>> thanks in advance
>> David
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