Acording to UCC ( uniform comercial code) trade regulations, as well as those by the FTC ( in case of interstate/international deals as most are ) , seller is ALWAYS responsible for an assured delivery as per original advertisement unless agreed ( you would need to prove this ) otherwise, or if item is being sold "as is " I once bought a BVM bandit RTF for $8000, and had it sent FedEx in a BVM jet case as per the recomendation of BVM and the seller who advertised the plane on the BVM web site. Insurance was applied to the entite $8K value. The plane came damaged ( in shipping ) , and a claim was filed, and several times DENIED by FedEx on grounds of "inadequate/anappropriate" packaging ... unfortunately the seller who was LEGALLY responsible never owned up to his end of responsibility and I was SCREWED as the buyer .. If i had taken this to court, i would have easily walked back out with my original $8K plus incurred legal fees ... obviously i had not taken that path, and still wonder sometimes if i should have ....

just always BE CAREFULL !!!!!


by the way, if you buy a plane that is advertised as "mint" and it somes with pavement scrapes all over it as if it was cart wheeled, likely the shipper will not honor any insurance claims , they are not dumb and can figure out of they are being screwed .... ( sorry for the poor buyer who got shafted with that deal if any of you know what im talking about ...[] )


Wojtek