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Originally Posted by Pup6913
Valid point and I agree to some extent. Problem is when the seller adds the insurance to an item and charges the consumer for it they get pissed because they didn't ask for it, or they decide to buy somewhere else, or they give you BS offers for your items to offset the cost of shipping/handling. Another thing is why is it my responsibility for you to recieve your item I am not the PO and do not get paid to deliver your item anywhere but there. This is what we pay the PO for. They offer insurance same way Ebay sellers do, they don't make it mandatory that is why it is optional. Why doesn't the real problem step up and do something about lost and damaged mail 
If I sell a card for $10 and add $2 for shipping you are in to it for $12. I go mail it with tracking info but you decided to not get insurance on it because its only $12. You get the tracking # and all is well untill it is lost or shows up busted. Now where in there is this the sellers fault and their responsibility for the item, especialy since you have the choice to get insurance.
Nobody sells to take a loss. I also see this causing a great mail fraud scam.
I sell you an item, you get it and if you don't like it and there are no returns or I refuse return because there is no legitamite excuse for it other than buyers remorse whats to say you have no integrity and file a PO claim for the item just to get some or all Money back????
Ebay is only making it easier for the Scammers out there. Just wait and see and I hope I am wrong. |
Mention in your listing that you have to add the cost of insurance to the shipping price, because Ebay stipulates that sellers are responsible for guaranteeing that buyers receive the item(s) they purchased. Every Ebay seller will be in the same boat from here on in.
Also, as the seller, it's your responsibility to get the item to me. We entered into a contract, and I fulfilled my end of the contract by paying you for the item. I didn't buy the item from the post office, I bought it from you. The fact that the post office doesn't mandate that you purchase insurance doesn't obviate you from your responsibility. Furthermore, insurance on a $12 item is negligible.