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Posted By: Judge Dred

I would be disappointed if I had paid for insurance at the sellers request and the seller did not insure the item through the postal service. Someting else to consider is that if you are the seller you might seriously consider using the signature for package option if you are going to use some method of "self insurance". I would be up front about it to the buyer because they might not see this so clearly.

Typically the USPS is very reliable and they don't lose too many packages. My guess is that people would worry more about a damaged package. Usually damaged merchandise can be protected against with a little extra effort in the packaging process.