By the way, just found this on UPS' website description of Terms and Conditions for shipping with insurance of $50K.
Items Not Accepted for Transportation
No service shall be rendered in the transportation of any of the prohibited articles listed in the
applicable UPS service guide or UPS Tariff/Terms and Conditions of Service. UPS does not
accept for transportation, and shippers are prohibited from shipping:
(1) Articles of unusual value (as defined below);
(2) Hazardous waste, defined as a solid waste that meets any of the criteria of the hazardous waste
as described in 40 C.F.R. § 261.3;
(3) Human remains, fetal remains, human body parts, or components thereof;
(4) Common fireworks;
(5) Packages with an actual weight of more than 150 pounds, or packages that, when measured to
determine the billable weight, exceed 108 inches in length, or exceed a total of 165 inches in length
and girth [(2 x width) + (2 x height)] combined, or in the case of import shipments, exceed 130
inches in length and girth [(2 x width) + (2 x height)] combined. If found in the UPS system, they
are subject to one or more of the following additional charges: Over Maximum Weight ($50),
Over Maximum Length ($50) or Over Maximum Size ($50);
(6) Packages with a value of more than $5,000 shipped as a result of a request for service made
through the internet by a shipper who has a UPS Internet Shipping account only;
(7) Packages with a value of more than $1,000 returned via Print Return Label, Print and Mail
Return Label, Electronic Return Label or 1 UPS Pickup Attempt Return Services;
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Packages with a value of more than $500 shipped via a UPS Drop Box;
(9) Prepaid Letters with a value of more than $100;
(10) Packages with a value of more than $999 when Shipper Release is selected;
(11) Packages with a C.O.D. amount in excess of $500 shipped via a UPS Drop Box;
(12) Packages shipped internationally containing jewelry (not including costume jewelry) having a
value of more than $500;
(13) Packages presented for shipment at locations of The UPS Store®, or any Third Party Retailer
containing any hazardous materials requiring shipping papers, firearms, or ammunition;
(14) Packages tendered via UPS Returns Services containing hazardous materials (except for
ORM-D Ground packages, as set forth below), firearms, or requiring Delivery Confirmation Adult
Signature Required service; and
(15) Any other items prohibited by the UPS Rate and Service Guide, or ups.com.
Shippers are prohibited from shipping and UPS will not accept for transportation packages
containing articles that UPS is not authorized to accept or that UPS states in the UPS
Tariff/Terms and Conditions of Service that it will not accept, when such packages are presented
for shipment at UPS Customer Centers, locations of The UPS Store®, or any Third Party
Retailer.
UPS will not be liable or responsible for the loss of or damage to any package, the contents of
which shippers are prohibited from shipping, which UPS is not authorized to accept, which UPS
states that it will not accept, or which UPS has a right to refuse. The shipper agrees to indemnify
UPS, its parent corporation, and affiliated companies, their officers, directors, employees, agents,
and their successors and assigns, from costs, fees, or expenses UPS incurs as a result of the
shipper’s noncompliance with governmental laws or regulations applicable to the package, or
UPS requirements applicable to the package, from shipper’s tendering any prohibited item for
shipment, or from shipper’s failure to comply with the terms of the UPS Tariff/Terms and
Conditions of Service.
Definition of Articles of Unusual Value Which Are Not Accepted By UPS For
Transportation
Shippers are prohibited from shipping articles of unusual value via UPS. Articles of unusual
value shall be deemed to include, but are not limited to:
(1) Any package with an actual value of more than $50,000;
(2) Coins, currency, postage stamps, negotiable instruments (except checks), money orders,
unset
precious stones, and industrial diamonds;
(3)
Any article that contains more than 50 percent by weight of gold or platinum, or any
combination thereof in raw form, including, but not limited to, bullion, bars or scraps of these
metals.
UPS will not be liable for any loss of or damage to articles of unusual value. UPS reserves the
right, but is not required, to return to the shipper any package containing an article of unusual
value. Such return will be made solely at the shipper’s risk and expense.
