Hi,
I have used The UPS Store and UPS to ship as far away as Australia. If
you use the UPS Store to pack the item, they almost can guarantee you a
smoother process if there is damage incurred in transit. I can't say
enough good things about them, especially because at this moment, an
item packed and shipped by them arrived damaged and as far as I can
tell, the damage claim was "rubber stamped" as approved and has been
resolved. Incidentally, this is the 1st time in 5 years that this
particular store has had to file any claims and during the week that I
filed, they had 4 other claims filed, so there was a massive problem in
the UPS system somewhere. I am NOT an employee of UPS or the UPS Store,
so this is a testimonial, I guess. Good Luck!!!