In light of recent events.....shipping procudures...

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Posted By: Dave

With the soap opera that has just wrapped up concering one of my recent ebay purchases here are my thoughts to be "safe" as a seller...interested in anyone else's thoughts...

items under $100- I'll send with option of buyer paying for insurance....but no matter what I'll send a delivery confirmation.

items $100-$250 I'll only send with insurance and delivery confirmation to be required of the buyer to purchase

items over $250- Insurance required, signature confirmation required...

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Posted By: barrysloate

I insist on insurance whenever I sell anything. Considering we are talking about antique baseball cards mandatory insurance is not unreasonable.

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Posted By: dennis

just have a set charge for the item that includes delivery confirmation and insurance. items under $100.00 $4.50 would cover it and go from there. then you'll be problem free.

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Posted By: Judge Dred (Fred)

There are so many different ways to go with shipping. I think that at a minimum, as a seller, you should at least do some type of tracking (delivery confirmation, registered, etc) on anything over $50. The cost for something like that is about $5 if you send it 3 day. That's about 10% of the value of the item sold. This is more protection for the seller. Having proof of attempted delivery to a certain zip code goes a long way towards relieving suspicion. The postal receipt (from the post office) typically has the zip code to where the package was sent.

If you're afraid that people wont bid on an item because of a perceived overage in shipping charges then put a $3 amount for the shipping charge and eat the $2. Seriously, a couple of dollars towards maintaining a good reputation as a seller is peanuts in the spectrum of it all.

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Posted By: T206Collector

What I do is this -- $3.50 flat shipping fee, which covers the first auction you win from me and each subsequent auction you win before I send the first. If the value of the item goes over $50.00, I will purchase insurance out of my own pocket. If something gets lost, it's all on me.

I, of course, include this info in my listings. I believe that I get higher and more bids because of it and thus offset my cost that way.

Why put the onus on the buyer to do anything? Make him happy!

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Posted By: Joann

I usually make insurance optional for smaller items, but put it in the shipping charges so it's automatic for anything over $100 - $125 or so. It depends on what I think the card will sell for.

But after reading the other thread about how PayPal tilts toward the buyer, I'm thinking about making it mandatory for anyone that uses PayPal. That's just so I don't end up being responsible for the mail performance. And maybe a little to try to create some fairness in a system that allows honest sellers to be penalized for events that (in my opinion, and I don't really know) are beyond the scope of the protection that PayPal is trying to provide for the buyers.

I'll probably change something after this though - either include it in shipping or whatever.

Joann