no more optional shipping insurance

Brooker_Dave

http://blog.auctionbytes.com/cgi-bin/blog/blog.pl?/pl/2009/7/1248976445.html

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sunnysea83

why is that such a big deal, i would just have my postage options as

1st class £x.xx
1st class rec £x.xx
special delivery £x.xx

or for heavy items
parcel force x.xx

your still givin the buyer the chance to buy insurance by buyin the insured postal options!

Brooker_Dave

sunnysea83 wrote: »

why is that such a big deal, i would just have my postage options as

1st class £x.xx
1st class rec £x.xx
special delivery £x.xx

or for heavy items
parcel force x.xx

your still givin the buyer the chance to buy insurance by buyin the insured postal options!

What happens when everything is "free" postage?

sunnysea83

but its not at the moment and as ive tried to do already you cant add insurance to the current free postage at the moment.

On play.com its free postge so you add the postage to the starting price and play.com do take quiet high fees too, i think people make a big deal out of all the changes ebay make when its not neccessary.

steviebabes

Sending items by first or second class post has always been a problem when its worth more than £39. Recorded delivery is not insurance. You can add insurance to standard parcels but this is not tracked. What is needed is an enhanced recorded delivery service with compensation, rather like international signed for. I wonder if this is what ebay are working on in conjunction with RM? If it is it would be an excellent step if it wasn't too expensive.

custardy

what RM needs to provide is a non next day special delivery type service

cyberbob

Good at least it may reduce the amount of sellers conning buyers into insurance. When we all know that insurance is for the seller as it is there responsibility to get the item to you Insurance options are just a way of sellers trying to fleece the less knowledgable buyers.

Premier_2

Brooker_Dave wrote: »

What happens when everything is "free" postage?

Ebay only currently require one domestic postal delivery service option to be free in categories that require free p+p.

frivolous_fay

custardy wrote: »

what RM needs to provide is a non next day special delivery type service

Funny, what I've often wished for is a next day service that doesn't require a signature :rotfl:

(Not for ebay!)

custardy

while we are on about postage

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT&item=120453266960

this confused me a bit

custardy

frivolous_fay wrote: »

Funny, what I've often wished for is a next day service that doesn't require a signature :rotfl:

(Not for ebay!)

RM tracked
http://www.royalmail.com/portal/rm/jump2?mediaId=46800683&catId=400028