[78-L] Question about insurance

[Roger Wade]

Malcolm,

In 12 years of selling records online I've filed three claims with  
USPS insurance.  All three were paid in about 10 days with a postal  
money order mailed from my local post office.  One claim was for a  
lost package, the other two were for records that arrived cracked.

For the past 3 years I have used the insurance provided through  
Endicia but have not had to file a claim.

Roger Wade
Really Old Records

http://www.reallyoldrecords.com

http://stores.ebay.com/Really-Old-Records?RefID=store

http://www.amazon.com/shops/reallyoldrecords

http://astore.amazon.com/discographiesplus-20

http://www.myspace.com/reallyoldrecords



On Jan 3, 2010, at 2:23 PM, Malcolm - Venerable Music wrote:

>
> I then instructed the seller that he could also file the claim for the
> broken record at which point they could deny him coverage because of
> improper packing, but I would not be on the hook for it. As far as  
> I can
> tell, the only time postal insurance really works in if the package  
> is lost
> in space?? Anyone ever successfully file a claim for a damaged item  
> & have
> the postal service pay out? If so, how long did it take?
>
>
> Malcolm
> (the other, other one in Georgia)
>
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> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Taylor Bowie" <bowiebks at isomedia.com>
> To: "78-L Mail List" <78-l at klickitat.78online.com>
> Sent: Sunday, January 03, 2010 1:50 PM
> Subject: [78-L] Question about insurance
>
>
>> A friend of mine recently had a very unpleasant go-round with a  
>> well-known
>> eBay record seller who sent him a cracked record.  When my friend  
>> asked
>> for
>> his money back,  the seller demanded that my friend file the  
>> insurance
>> claim.
>>
>> I've bought and sold books and records through the mail for many  
>> years,
>> and
>> on the few occasions there was a problem...I never expected the  
>> buyer to
>> file the claim about something I'd sold and which arrived damaged  
>> or not
>> at
>> all.  I would refund the money and then file my own insurance claim.
>>
>> Any of you other buyers or sellers run into this?  Seems to be  
>> that it's
>> the
>> responsibility of the seller to follow through on problems with a
>> purchase,
>> and not the buyer.
>>
>>
>> Taylor
>>
>>
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