USPS Mail Theft

[BillyCoxDodgers3B]

Originally Posted by bnorth

Most postages have the cost displayed. Just by knowing postal rates you can see if and how much insurance it has. Most cards and other small things of value I send in a small flat rate box with zero insurance. Have never lost one and I have sent 100s of them. The most valuable being around 30K with most of the value being one card(25K). I have used Registered once when sending a small handful of 100s to a fellow member but that could have been delivered faster in a covered wagon with old horses.

I don't mean to sound disrespectful or foreboding, but that only means that you're far overdue for something to happen to one of your mailings. When that happens, you'll be changing your tune quite quickly. I wish nothing but the opposite for you.

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When you ask for insurance, you have to state the value of your item. It also states the value on the receipt.

[bnorth]

Originally Posted by BillyCoxDodgers3B

I don't mean to sound disrespectful or foreboding, but that only means that you're far overdue for something to happen to one of your mailings. When that happens, you'll be changing your tune quite quickly. I wish nothing but the opposite for you.

I have sent so much stuff that even if I lose something big just the savings I have from not getting insurance would easily cover any loss. Yes it will suck and I will probably act like a spoiled child for a very short time.

Insurance is there to make the people selling it money and let postal employees know what packages to steal.