posted on April 29, 2001 09:51:32 AM new
Good Morning All! Quick question...if I ship a package via USPS and insure for less than $50.00, is the recepient required to sign for it. I think they are required if OVER $50.00 (could be all insured packages) - I'm just not sure about if UNDER $50.00. Thanks in advance for your help!
posted on April 29, 2001 12:36:39 PM new
I have received and sent packages insured for over a thousand dollars that were left on a doorstep with no signature. One such package addressed to me was left a few blocks away at an address with the same street number but a different street name (which was not even close to mine). Fortunately, the person who got it was honest enough to call me. The only way to guarantee a signature is to pay $1.75 for a signature required delivery confirmation slip (pink). And make sure you don't check off the box that says "signature not required." (What the heck is that for anyway?)
posted on April 29, 2001 02:11:11 PM new
Packages insured for over $50 are SUPPOSE to have to be signed for. This may not always happen, but if the PO can't provide the signature of the recipient, they are on the hook for paying the claim.
And make sure you don't check off the box that says "signature not required." (What the heck is that for anyway?)
This gives permission to the PO that in the event no one is home to sign for the package, the mailman can sign the slip (saying that he delivered it) and leave it on the porch. In such a case, if it disappears off the porch, USPS is not liable. Guess they must think someone in America actually trusts the mailman...
posted on April 29, 2001 02:17:11 PM new
Auctionee:
A few years ago I had an insured package disappear. After a few months, the PO sent me a bad photocopy of a delivery notice with an "X" on the signature line as "proof" that it was delivered. I know the recipient and if he says he didn't get it, I believe him. In any case, shouldn't the mailman have insisted on something that looks like a signature and not just a letter X? So as I see it, 1) they often dont ask for a signature and 2) if they don't get one, they just fake it.
As for the box that says "signature not required," I think you missed something. I paid $1.75 for a "signature required delivery confirmation" (something recently introduced at the PO). On this form there is a box you can check if you don't require a signature. I have asked them to explain to me why someone would pay 1.75 for signature and then check that box. So far, no answers. The only think I can come up with is that it is there so the mailman can check it when he fails to get a signature and he can then say since it was checked, he didn't have to. I guess the PO really likes that X.
