vCare is an optional, performance warranty by SingPost to afford vPost members the added assurance that their packages will be protected against loss or damage during transportation (with certain exclusions).
Please note that vCare is not an insurance product and SingPost is not a licensed insurer.
vCare
Cover for loss or damage is not automatically provided for items sent via vPost.
You can buy vCare for items valued up to AUD10,000.00*. It costs 2% of the Declared Value plus Shipping Fee. Items are covered for loss or damage once vCare is fully paid.
Click here for vCare Terms and Conditions.
Please note that vCare does not cover loss or damage:
vCare exclusions
On all general merchandise but excluding items listed under lists A, B and C:-
List A – List of negotiable documents:
- Stamps
- Money
- Precious stones or gems
- All food stuff
- Antiques
- Works of art
- Fragile items
List B – Export restrictions/prohibitions
- Dangerous goods
- Explosives
- Flammable gas – ignites when leaking, aerosols, etc
- Flammable liquid – low flash-point, emitting flammable vapour
- Flammable solids
- Oxidising substances – e.g. organic peroxides
- Toxic substances – to contact & consumption
- Radio actives
- Corrosives
- Magnetized materials – affecting navigation
- Living plants & animals
- Perishables
- Narcotics & psychotropic substances
- Endangered species of wildlife & their by-products
- Obscene or immoral articles, publications, video tapes/discs & software
- Seditious & treasonable materials
List C – Other excluded items
- Banker’s drafts, bank notes
- Bearer bonds
- Bills of exchange
- Cheques
- Debentures
- Dividend warranties
- Promissory notes
- Share certificates
- Share warrants
- Travellers cheques
- Treasury bills
Key exclusions
You are advised to read the full text of the above exclusions. In addition, please note that SingPost shall not, in the provision of vCare, be liable for the following:
1. Loss damage or expense attributable to your willful misconduct;
2. Ordinary leakage, ordinary loss in weight or volume, or ordinary wear and tear of the vCare Article;
3. Loss damage or expense caused by inherent vice or nature of the vCare Article;
4. Loss damage or expense proximately caused by delay, outside SingPost’s reasonable control;
5. Loss damage or expense arising from any hostile use of any weapon employing atomic or nuclear fission and/or fusion or other like reaction or radioactive force or matter;
6. Loss damage or expense caused by insufficiency or unsuitability of packing or preparation of the vCare Article (packing shall be deemed to include stowage in a container or lift van but only when such stowage is carried out prior to vCare becoming applicable;
7. Rust, oxidation and discolouration; or
8. Bending, denting, scratching and twisting of the vCare Article.
vCare also does not cover loss damage or expense caused by:-
You are advised to read the full text of the above exclusions. In addition, please note that SingPost shall not, in the provision of vCare, be liable for the following:
1. Confiscation or detention of the vCare Article by custom house or other officials or authorities;
2. Mechanical and electrical derangement unless accompanied by visible external damage; or
3. Any consequential or indirect losses.
vCare is an optional performance warranty by SingPost to afford vPost members the added assurance that their packages will be protected against loss or damage during transportation (with certain exclusions). While we handle all packages with great care, loss or damage may occur due to unexpected events and accidents outside our control. In the case of an incident, SingPost’s liability as a shipper is capped at the full amount of shipping charges paid by you plus 50% of the item’s declared value for which a justified claim is made.
With vCare, however, you will be covered (subject to limited exceptions) for the full amount of shipping charges paid plus 100% of the declared value of the item for which a justified claim is made, subject to a maximum cap of AUD 10,000 for all items shipped under a single consignment note. For more details, please click here.
Please note that vCare is not an insurance product and SingPost is not a licensed insurer.
vCare is only available to register vPost members. To purchase vCare coverage for your packages, check the “vCare” box when selecting the packages you wish to check out.
vCare charges will be 2% of the declared value + Shipping Fee and no minimum charge for each package. Declared item value shall include, but is not limited to, the cost of the item, local shipping charges to vPost’s overseas shipping facilities and any other applicable charges paid. Limits of liability about each consignment note to which vCare applies will be AUD 10,000.
Click here for vCare Terms and Conditions.
If your shipment arrives visibly damaged, please make a note on the receipt that the delivery driver asks you to sign. Then open the package and carefully check your goods for signs of damage.
If the goods themselves are damaged, please email to our vPost Australia customer contact for instructions of how to submit a claim.