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In lugnet.castle, David Laswell wrote:
> In lugnet.castle, Josh Wedin wrote:
> > So I sold it on ebay and shipped it through USPS. The bidder never asked for
> > insurance, delivery confirmation, tracking, etc. You see where this is
> > going?
>
> Not to sound unsympathetic and all, but all of that stuff is technically
> your responsibility, not the buyer's. Contrary to popular belief, the buyer is
> only responsible for guaranteeing arrival of payment.
Under my terms, once I've given it to USPS and I can prove it, it's not my
problem any more, it's the buyer's. Title passes to the buyer at the moment I
transfer it to USPS. If the buyer chooses not to buy insurance that would be the
buyer's decision. As a buyer I rarely do, I self insure. And I accept the
possibility of lost items as a result.
> Upon receipt of payment,
> the seller is legally obligated to guarantee either arrival of the purchased
> item(s), or return of the payment. Opting for insurance is therefore the
> seller's responsibility, since they are supposed to either return payment or
> send replacement product if the buyer never receives the purchase. You can pass
> the additional costs on to the buyer as S&H, but the only thing they should be
> out if you can't replace a lost purchase is the cost of sending you the payment
> (eg, the cost of an envelope and postage stamp). This is why every trade/sale I
> make domestically is always shipped through UPS. They automatically give me a
> tracking number, they automatically insure for $100, and since I can send it
> from work (deducted from my paycheck), it saves me an inconvenient trip to the
> post office. Yes, it's more expensive, but not by much. Shipping outside of
> the US is a completely different matter, as UPS Worldwide Express shipments are
> ex-pen-sive outside of North America, and even shipping to Canada requires a
> certain level of unpleasant paperwork.
Do you have a cite for any of this? You speak rather authoritatively. I note
that in some previous discussion here you spoke rather authoritatively but
turned out to be incorrect.
XFUT to market.theory as this is a .market topic, not a .castle one.
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