posted on October 1, 1999 07:12:05 PM new
I have only been working auctions just over a month, but i am a fast learner, So far i have learned as a Buyer to only send a Postal Money Order, The kind you can only get from your local Post Office. When you use this type Money Order it becomes a Federal problem if something goes wrong with the purchase(Dealer Will Not Send Your Order).At that point you take your Money Order Back To the Post Office And File a Complaint(MAIL FRAUD). As a dealer i always use Priority Mail (Cost $ 3.30 up to 2 pounds)with Delivery Confirmation (Cost extra 25 cents)and Insurance (cost 85 cents up to $50.00. This Price is for the 48 States. Now Let Me break this down for you. Priority Mail almost always delivered in 4 days or less. Delivery Confirmation you can track the package from the time it leaves the Post Office to the time it is signed for at its destination. on your PC or Web Tv. The U.S. Post Office can now handle claims for $ 50.00 or less at the local Post Office no more waiting months on your claim to be paid. Plus Free Shipping boxes by asking for Priority Mail free boxes & envlopes. All This for less than $ 5.00 Now Tell Me Is Your Peace of Mind on Buying And selling on Internet Auctions Worth The 85 cents for a Money Order and The $ 5.00 For shipping.(no I don't work for the Post Office)But A good deal is worth passing around. Let me know how you feel about this deal and if you now use it or plan to and how it works for you, David
posted on October 4, 1999 03:39:17 PM new
I don't sell anything large enough for what David recommends although it does make sense to me for somebody shipping larger items than my postcards. I did have a postal experience today that I would like to check against everybody else's. Since my buyers don't like to pay $3.20 for Priority Mail, I have been mailing postcards with a piece of cardboard for protection in a white No. 10 envelope First Class. Today at the post office I was told that I would have to pack them from now on in padded envelopes due to "automation" or they would be returned to me. Also, a buyer had sent extra money for insurance and they said they couldn't insure it, but I would have to send it Registered Mail at $6.50. Anybody know what gives here? Am I going mad?
posted on October 5, 1999 06:48:51 PM new
Sounds Like some lazy postal clerk is giveing you the runaround you can insure anything that you put a stamp on and the cardboard inside is nothing as long as the postage is paid. i send envelopes that are packed so full they are almost tube shaped. like i stated lazy postal employee. TRY THIS next time you enter the post office and see that lazy bum ask to see the postmaster in private tell him your story,thein have him call the lazy bum into his office and have a face off with the postmaster as a witness. if this don't work send a letter to attn: Postal Inspector C/O G.M.F. for (Your City) thein set back and watch the Show...David
posted on October 5, 1999 08:02:06 PM new
Jerseycoa,
Davida's advice is right on. You can also contact the Customer Service Division of the USPS in Washington and a senior person will read the riot act to the Postmaster who will then skin the clerk alive.
They actually take customer service very seriously in Washington even if the local branches don't seem to know it yet.
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Bob
