"On 11/10/06, John Forbes wrote: > Yes, but we are not talking about people sending boxes full of potatoes. > In this case, there is evidence that a box was sent. It simply hasn't > arrived. What was in the box is immaterial. > > Why the idiot insured it for less than its full value is a mystery. > > By "idiot", I mean the buyer, though the seller should of course have > insisted on insuring for full value.
Very simple, to save money on the shipping and or customs/duty charges. AKA Tightwad" And furthermore, since reading back & learning that the purchaser used PayPal, you may have seen the last of that money. The buyer has 6 weeks in which to make an Item Not Received complaint. Outside that window, as I understand it, not a chance. It is a very false economy to underinsure. Notwithstanding the likelihood of getting any recompense from USPS...... BTW any decent-sized package coming into UK with a declared value of over GBP18 (36 for 'gifts') is up for inspection & subsequent customs surcharge; having said which, it's all done on a totally random basis, in house at Mount Pleasant PDO. God only knows why the fellow chose to underinsure it (since you gave him the choice). Do let me know how it goes. Rgds Peter Camera Direct 2054-10 Kida Kajiki-cho Kagoshima-ken Japan 899-5241 -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
