Royal Mail insurance may not pay compo for what an item is worth though, and there's
the main problem.
Say you buy a bargain bit of antique jewellery in a charity shop for ?5. Sell it on ebay for ?200. Send it Special Delivery as strongly advised and horror of horrors it goes missing in the post!
You'd think, no probs, you can prove what the item sold for on ebay and you sent it special delivery so you'll be able to claim your ?200 back. Not so! RM will only pay out on your loss, the cost to you. If it cost you more than you sold it for, they'll pay the selling price. They pay the lower value. You need to provide a receipt/invoice showing what the item cost you. If you kept your receipt you'll get a fiver, if you didn't you'll get diddly squat!
It's rare that SD items go missing but it does happen more often than you would think. We bought an ipod touch on ebay, was sent SD and was lost in post. Had tracking number etc and 'vanished' midway between sender and us.
I only post to UK on ebay, but I always send my items at least by recorded even if sold for only a couple of quid. I'm always mindful that I need to keep receipts and that once in a blue moon I may have one of my items go missing.
I haven't sold for a while on ebay so haven't yet got round to looking at alternatives who may pay out on the sale price...
Posted By: Hendrikos on January 16th 2014 at 17:02:35
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- Selling an Eggs Box ?3.60 game on eBay. (General Chat) - Arizona Bay, Jan 16, 16:37:26
- If paid via paypal get the money out quick as I had a buyer (General Chat) - Men without hats, Jan 16, 20:13:16
- You've answered your own question (General Chat) - norway, Jan 16, 19:30:03
- Nope, seller is responsible for the delivery of items. (n/m) (General Chat) - Hendrikos, Jan 16, 21:39:15
- For that sort of money I'd just have tooken it to the Oxfam shop (n/m) (General Chat) - CB41, Jan 16, 18:05:06
- ignore it (n/m) (General Chat) - pants, Jan 16, 17:54:39
- Can't really - this was the winning bidder, and I didn't put "UK Only" on the auction. (n/m) (General Chat) - Arizona Bay, Jan 16, 18:02:28
- How much are you selling Barbie Rapunzel 2 for ? (n/m) (General Chat) - Pit, Jan 16, 17:24:33
- Don't do it (n/m) (General Chat) - Jumbo1, Jan 16, 16:55:49
- Just go to cashconverters like all the top, top bagheads, you tit (n/m) (General Chat) - MIKEWALKER, Jan 16, 16:43:51
- 'There you go son, there's fivepence for your big bag of stuff worth ?50". (General Chat) - Arizona Bay, Jan 16, 16:45:26
- This fannying around over posting computer games doesn't tally (General Chat) - MIKEWALKER, Jan 16, 16:48:06
- He could sell it on amazon as well you ninny (n/m) (General Chat) - pants, Jan 16, 17:57:06
- I'm a renaissance man, what can I tell you? (General Chat) - Arizona Bay, Jan 16, 16:55:47
- This fannying around over posting computer games doesn't tally (General Chat) - MIKEWALKER, Jan 16, 16:48:06
- 'There you go son, there's fivepence for your big bag of stuff worth ?50". (General Chat) - Arizona Bay, Jan 16, 16:45:26
- Proof of postage is of no importance where ebay/paypal are concerned. (General Chat) - Hendrikos, Jan 16, 16:41:23
- I have sent t shirts all over the show visa ebay and paypal with no problem (n/m) (General Chat) - Men without hats, Jan 16, 17:35:52
- but if he can recover from Royal Mail, does that matter? (General Chat) - CWC, Jan 16, 16:54:42
- as i understand it, int signed for just enables the sender to track and haproof of receipt (General Chat) - Tombs, Jan 16, 17:03:32
- if you get proof of posting then I'm pretty sure you can claim up to a certain (low) value (n/m) (General Chat) - CWC, Jan 16, 17:40:11
- as i understand it, int signed for just enables the sender to track and haproof of receipt (General Chat) - Tombs, Jan 16, 17:03:32
- shirley..... (General Chat) - Cheltenham_Canary, Jan 16, 16:45:12
- Which is fine for UK but doesn't apply for all countries. I don't know about Latvia, (General Chat) - Hendrikos, Jan 16, 16:49:37
- RM do international signature.....so no probs. (n/m) (General Chat) - Cheltenham_Canary, Jan 16, 16:52:45
- Which is fine for UK but doesn't apply for all countries. I don't know about Latvia, (General Chat) - Hendrikos, Jan 16, 16:49:37
- Royal Mail do International Signed For postage. (n/m) (General Chat) - Arizona Bay, Jan 16, 16:44:35
- i got my fingers burned doing that (General Chat) - Tombs, Jan 16, 16:49:53
- Royal Mail insurance may not pay compo for what an item is worth though, and there's (General Chat) - Hendrikos, Jan 16, 17:02:35
- they pay the lower of 'market value' or the capped amount (General Chat) - CWC, Jan 16, 17:47:09
- Good luck with that one (n/m) (General Chat) - Hendrikos, Jan 16, 21:37:34
- the thing i sent and they "lost" was worth a few hundred quids (General Chat) - Tombs, Jan 16, 17:07:16
- they pay the lower of 'market value' or the capped amount (General Chat) - CWC, Jan 16, 17:47:09
- Royal Mail insurance may not pay compo for what an item is worth though, and there's (General Chat) - Hendrikos, Jan 16, 17:02:35
- i got my fingers burned doing that (General Chat) - Tombs, Jan 16, 16:49:53
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