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Posted By: runscott

After reading the various Paypal threads, I decided to keep using Paypal, but raise my shipping from $1.50 to $2.00 and purchase delivery confirmation for all non-insured Paypal purchases.

Wandered merrily into the post office this morning with my small bubble-mailers containing $15 uninsured, Paypal-purchased cards...nope, can't get delivery confirmation because the envelopes are less than 3/4" thick. To solve this problem:

1. either send by priority mail
2. ...or send by certified mail
3. ...or mail in a box or stick pieces of cardboard in the bubble-mailer, then purchase delivery confirmation
4. ...or up the insurance to $51 (blue form instead of green), costing an additional 80 cents, and if the buyer says he didn't get the card, the post office will track it for an additional $3.

Guess what I decided? bye-bye Paypal. The b*stards are charging me to use their service, and it isn't worth it.