Author: Mike Byrne
Date: 14:28:48 03/28/03
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On March 26, 2003 at 23:22:25, Alex wrote: >I am soooooooooo.......sick of getting ripped off by internet sites!!!!! Alex. I had about 20 Ebayers pay me for auctions via Paypal - no problems so far , but it is risker than getting paid up front - because it can be challanged. Paying through Paypal is just like using a credit card - with about same risk as using a credit card. I follow these steps in accepting Paypal through EBay. 1. Must have +5 rating NO negative feedbacks. 2. Address must be Paypal veriable. 3. In all of my auctions, I either require insurance or I pay for insurance out of the shipping fees. Although, a signature for a proof of delivery is ALL that is required - if there is no insurance, SOMEBODY will get stuck. Unless stated otherwise, once you ship an item, it is owned by the buyer. Most buyers DO NOT REALIZE that and with their typical mail order companies - they assume if the product is not delivered - they will not have to pay and mail order companies - becasue of volume are OK with this because they are self insuring.. (There is a DISCONNET HERE) But imagine the case when the items gets lost, you have proof of shipping but not proof of delivery - well it could get ugly real fast and for small dollar items - it's not worth the headache. So I always make sure shipping is insured and I save the receipt. Post office or UPS loses the item or it gets destroyed - you are not out of any money and the buyer is not out. Everybody stays happy and life goes on. Insurance is just $1.30 fper $50 USPS and even lower for UPS. 5 out of 10,000 USPS shipments are either lost or damaged (0.5%).
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