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BobWithout getting in to the insurance vs. no insurance morass, I will state that anyone who ships an item worth more than $50 and doesn't just pay out of his own pocket for a delivery confirmation EVEN IF THE GUY SAYS HE DOESN'T WANT INSURANCE is absolutely, certifiably crazy.
During the last year I have had three sales which were all around $250, two of which were non-sports related, that said they didn't get their purchase. Besides the initial heart failure, I easily checked the USPS website and saw where all had been delivered. It turned out that a wife, a daughter and a nephew had in each case picked up the package and then had left in a closet, in a basement and the last one was an undisclosed location. Two sent nice apologies the third never responded other than with a "harumph, I got it."
The reason I started using delivey confirmation on ALL transactions involved a Goudey Waner I sold on ebay which, like the roach motel, made it in to the Memphis post office but never made it out. The envelope, sans card, was later discovered in a break room.