Take the seller to court, or lump it. Those are now the choices. Not pleasant but that is it. You could trash their reputation which sometimes proves effective though. __Name?_
Dealing with the US Post office relating to insurance is tricky and fraught with problems. With the post office you are at the whim of the local post master. In a previous post there was a comment regarding payPal canceling both the buyers and sellers account. The reason for that action is reasonably clear after a read of the applicable sections of the TOS. The seller refused to return the buyers money and had no money in his accounts to allow PayPal to cover this, that will get your account closed. The buyer back charged the credit card payment and this sticks PayPal with the bill. This is also a clear violation of the TOS, account closed. Now, one last time. If you are purchasing a valuable item from a seller who you do not personally know then obtain a written commitment that the seller will ship the item by REGISTERED mail only. You will receive your item intact even if the seller packs it in a used paper grocery bag. That is the USPS priority mail rate and $7.35 additional, extra insurance will increase this additional fee. I might be off a dollar or so on the $7.35 but it is close. If you accept anything else for shipping you can have these little problems. On Thu, 15 Feb 2007 11:19:30 -0500, George wrote: >I too have dealt with a couple of similar situations where the poor packing >was to blame for a partial or total loss of the shipped item. The shipper will never pay in such a situation and the sellers always claim it was not their fault. I've had machines placed in a totally empty box with very little or even no packing and the seller says it wasn't their fault. Money, on my part as the buyer, has always been lost in such cases. In one such case I didn't even get the machine back. USPS claimed they sent it back to the seller and the seller claimed they never got it. Neither party would take any responsibility. Guess who did "get it" in this situation??? >Oh well just the "fun" of EBAY I guess. >Enough said, >George
