Yup, i agree with what nigel said, thats my way of thinking too.
One caveat though, ebay is a murky place, often as a seller i find buyers
will not want to pay for any shipping insurance and tell you that its ok to
ship without insurance.
Of course the problem with that is that if the package gets lost, or the
item arrives broken, the buyer will more than likely file a paypal claim
against me for a full refund and Paypal will almost certainly take the
buyers side regardless of the fact that insurance was not requested / paid
for....
Ive not been burnt like that yet, but it is a concern. I do pretty much
insist that any large parcel i send going overseas is posted with fedex or
ups though, with tracking and proof of delivery- and i always pack gear up
really carefully to avoid any rough handling.
Btw, i shipped my Cs80 from the US seller to the UK, declared as $50 broken
keyboard ;)
(that was about 5 years ago though- im not sure id risk that again)
> My policy is that it's up to the buyer to choose to insure their goods or not.
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> Obviously they are waiving any indemnity if the goods arrive damaged or not at all. In the past I have requested that the value of an item be listed on a customs declaration as much lower to avoid taxes but know that I am also taking a big risk not insuring the item, & I have done the same for buyers of my gear. That's just the way it is.
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> On 06/06/2011, at 12:26 PM, dzlvs8@... wrote:
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>> aaaand then how do I insure them for their value and convince the shipping
>> company that the "faulty" audio accessories were broke during transit.
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>> -----Original message-----
>> From: Laurie Curry <laurie@...>
>> To: yamahacs80@yahoogroups.com
>> Sent: Mon, Jun 6, 2011 01:49:03 GMT+00:00
>> Subject: Re: [yamahacs80] Re: Has anybody else sent money to
>> dzlvs8@... and not received their stuff?
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>> ship them as Faulty audio accesories.... that is the cheap way for customs
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>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Quazimodo <noddyspuncture@...>
>> To: yamahacs80@yahoogroups.com
>> Date: 06/05/2011 04:38
>> Subject: [yamahacs80] Re: Has anybody else sent money to dzlvs8@...
>> and not received their stuff?
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>> This has been a point I have thought over long and hard ever since I was
>> also stung by UK customs on something I thought an unfair and excessive
>> charge. OK, you can buy CS parts and have them shipped - and by their very
>> nature you would want them insured as they are rare and costly - BUT... is
>> there no loop-hole, such as if the item is deemed 'broken' (like a box full
>> of spares 'legally' could be) then no (or very little) tax needs to be paid?
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>> Just a thought..
>> Cheers,
>> TOM
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>> --- In yamahacs80@yahoogroups.com, "dzlvs8@..." <dzlvs8@...> wrote:
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>> > yeah, well the package has to be insured. Im willing to help people out as
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>> > much as possible. I wouldnt complain about not being able to do illegal
>> > things. If you think I would ship $650 worth of CS parts across the world
>> > without insuring it, thats nuts.
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