[78-L] International transactions

[Darrell Lehman]

Well said!!!!

Benno Häupl wrote:
> .
> Please let me explain how the international postal logistics work.
> A shipment is always the property of the sender until it is being handed over to
> the recipient. So, if a record is broken, it's the seller's record that was broken,
> not the buyer's. And the buyer is still entitled to get ''his record'' or a full refund.
> This procedure was signed by all Postal Services globally, by the members
> of the Universal Postal Union.
> You don't believe that the shipment is the seller's until delivery?  Why then can
> a sender call back any letter or package before it is being delivered?  USPS calls this
> service ''intercept'' and charges about $20 for it.
> Let's say I send you a package and you do not know that I do. You would not think,
> would you, that you own the package while it is in transit, although you do not even
> know that it is coming your way?
> This is why the seller is always responsible. Nothing invented by eBay or PayPal.
> This has been agreed in official treaties by all Postal Services on earth at the creation
> of the Universal Postal Union in 1874, 139 years ago.
> I always wondered why sellers insure with USPS. Way too expensive and hard to
> deal with when there is a problem. Third party insurers like U-Pic, ShipSurance
> or ShipSaver (via Endicia) charge only a fraction, about $1 for $100 insured -
> and they insure full value and not the low value declared on the customs form.
> I also hear that they pay out claims within 2 or 3 days.
> You can also ''self insure'' instead of feeding insurance companies with premiums.
> If you add 50 cents or a dollar to the shipping costs of all your packages and put the
> money away in a cookie jar - then you can pay all claims from there, and invite your
> loved one to a fine restaurant at the end of the year with the money left over.
> Hope this helps some.
> Benno
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