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Should I Buy Insurance when Shipping my Puzzles?

When you buy a very rare puzzle on the site, perhaps a puzzle that you have been searching for years, you want to be sure that it arrives at its destination in the same condition it left Rare Puzzles. Some visitors or new customers encourage me to pack their puzzles carefully. After that, they have to decide whether they want shipping insurance or not. We all have received very poorly packed shipments when buying on other online stores or on eBay. Are you familiar with these? Puzzle boxes just wrapped with a couple of thin pages from a newspaper. Wrapping paper that has been taped onto the original puzzle box and then it's impossible to remove. Loose puzzles within too large cardboard boxes. The puzzle opens inside because they didn't even tape it closed and the pieces are loose all over the place. However, if you have ever bought one of my puzzles, then you know you don't need to worry about packaging. Why? Because they will very likely be the best packages that you will receive. This is what a typical box will look like. Two layers of palletizing plastic protect each puzzle, even puzzles that are brand new and also keep the...

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