I would be interested to know if anyone had made a successful claim for a rod damaged in transit . I spent a considerable amount of time trawling through the small print of a number of couriers , all that I looked at[ at the time ] specifically excluded damage cover for fishing rods , others wouldn't cover items made from specific materials , as I recall one of these materials was carbon fibre . All I would say is read ALL the small print before purchasing the service or additional cover , buyer beware . All this said , I still sent many many rods to all corners of the globe , packed in a strong tube , with one exception they all arrived safely . In the pandemic I sent a rod to a chap in Italy , at the time certain Italian cities had exclusion zones around them and wouldn't allow parcels through ,as a result the rod over several months went back and forth several times from the distribution centre to the destination until the exclusion zone restriction was lifted , eventually . after several months it got through unscathed , this was with UPS . In my earlier post I advised not to use YODEL , I state this as I once saw a Yodel employee 'sorting' the goods in the back of his van , I presume he was looking for a specific parcel , his technique involved throwing lots of parcels out of the van on to the pavement , once he found his parcel , he threw them all back in again !
