aqmay
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posted on January 3, 2010 07:47:22 AM new
can we tell buyers they have to pay extra for ins. ?? here is what one buyer said.....
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max40
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posted on January 3, 2010 09:29:40 AM new
That seller is asking for trouble.
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lostsub
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posted on January 3, 2010 10:19:11 AM new
Sellers are responsible for getting the package to you safely and in one piece, no matter what they put in their listings. They will lose every time in a chargeback case if they (the seller) don't purchase insurance (in case of breakable items). Sellers need to allow for that and include it in their shipping cost and be done with it, simple as that. Unless the seller is willing to take the risk of loss or damage.
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pixiamom
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posted on January 3, 2010 12:40:31 PM new
Ditto max and lostsub. The seller is trying to get the buyers to pick up the cost of insurance at the peril of getting the listing pulled, at best, or getting NARU'd, at worst. To what end? Smart buyers know the seller is responsible for damage or non-delivery- why should they buy insurance? The seller may want to buy insurance but the days of sloughing it off to the buyer are over.
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photosensitive
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posted on January 3, 2010 02:04:47 PM new
How about the buyer who requests insurance and signature confirmation when it is not offered? I am bidding on a photograph that I really, really want. I am sure the first class postage quoted will not cover insurance and that it is not included. I also don't want to risk the photograph to my new mail box, which I have not had a chance to replace. It has already turned some of my Christmas cards into sodden, frozen pulp. If I am high bidder I asked the seller if I can pay for insurance and signature confirmation so that I can pick it up at the post office. Way down on my list of priorities are paying the cheapest postage or getting my money back if anything goes wrong.
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hwahwa
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posted on January 3, 2010 02:32:19 PM new
Seller does not have to take out insurance if she has another copy or she can persuade the buyer to take something similar as replacement or she just reach into her deep pocket and reimburse the buyer.
iF The buyer offer to pay for insurance,and if the item arrived damaged she can have a choice of getting cash or getting a replacement.
Some folks may decide on getting cash if they dont like what they see.
If your order a pair of shoes from Nordstrom and it arrived damaged,Nordstrom will just ship you another pair.
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KProducts_49
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posted on January 3, 2010 07:18:53 PM new
I'm have pondered this problem for quite a while. I have gone almost completely to Flat Rate with $1.00 added. Anything under $25 I don't insure and if push comes to shove I will return their money... saves me the grief. Anything over $25 I spend the bucks and insure it myself.... again it saves me the grief.
It is just the way it goes in today's quick to complain, lack of patience or reason.
However, they are the exception (fortunately) not the rule.
--Peace
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pixiamom
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posted on January 3, 2010 07:35:33 PM new
Photo, you have a valid point, but as a seller, you would cost me more than insurance and delivery fees. Handling out of the ordinary items requires extra vigilance on my part and perhaps 1/2 hour waiting in line at the post office. How do I recoup my cost? Edited to add: perhaps if you replaced your mail box this would not be a problem?
[ edited by pixiamom on Jan 3, 2010 07:42 PM ]
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hwahwa
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posted on January 4, 2010 08:16:20 AM new
or get a mail box at the post office.
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ladyjewels2000
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posted on January 4, 2010 09:16:37 AM new
pixiamom - can't you just add insurance and signature confirmation online? If photo is willing to pay for priority - the post office will even pick it up at the seller's door.
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photosensitive
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posted on January 4, 2010 09:30:42 AM new
A new mail box is high priority but there are so many immediate things that must be done with the move that it can not be done before the photograph is mailed. I am hoping that we luck out on the weather. The print was not as expensive as I feared it would be. Wonder if the holiday kept the bidding down?
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agitprop
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posted on January 6, 2010 05:15:56 PM new
When ever I get a buyer ask for items to be wrapped against extra cold or wet conditions (on their end) I seal it in plastic wrap or a baggie. Stops the wet getting inside and ruining the paper.
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