> You know me and you know I believe in insurance, however from a practical
> standpoint, there are some issues. Let's say you sell a $100 item and
package
> it, go stand in line at the Post Office to fill out the customs and
insurance
> forms and mail it to your buyer in the UK or where ever it happens to be.
> The items turns up lost. Now as the shipper, you are responsible for
filling
> the claim with your friendly postal employees. To say that is a royal
pain
> in the a## is to grossly understate the facts. The question becomes do
you
> just send the buyer a check for his $100 or do you waste 25 hours of your
life
> trying to get your claim settled. I'm not saying to not buy the
insurance,
> as I usually do or have a conversation with the buyer about it. I have
> shipped stuff arounf the world, and have yet to have one lost. The
choice of
> insurance in the IS is mine and you get it. Overseas, it becomes the
buyers
> chioce and if the don't want it, the loss becomes their responsibility.
My 2
> cents worth. Bill Barber
As the buyer, I never buy insurance on epay items. I'm certainly not rich,
but I don't need to insure items worth $100. Do you even need it for $500?
But from a sellers point of view, it makes sense, since the buyer is paying,
and since it avoids the fraud of their claiming they didn't get the item.
Wayne
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