Deadlord36 wrote:Sniping feedback is childish. If you can't be an adult about eBay dealings, don't buy and sell thru them.
PurpleDragon wrote:I really do not think that insurance/DC is an option for a seller if he truly wants to protect himself from a possible negative or legal action...and like any business, that protection should be folded into the costs and passed onto the customer. I would be a heck of a lot happier if I pay $4.00 for shipping and the USPS sticker shows up at $3.75 (w/insurance or DC) than if I pay $3.00 and the sticker reads $2.00.I guess if you consider ebay a casual endeaver and not a business then feedback and customer satisfaction means nothing. However, if it is a business then it needs to be conducted as such. That means that if an item is lost in the mail then it is the seller's problem and not the buyer's. Do you think if Dell sends out a $2000 computer that does not arrive that they just tell the customer "well, we sent it out...tough luck." No, Dell is on the hook for that $2000.Ebay is a collection of some of the biggest bluffs in the business. Sellers almost never end up in court for lost items because they dupe buyers into believing that a seller is not responsible once a package is handed off at the post office. Ah, no, sorry. You need to check on your case law then because you will find that the seller is on the hook until the package ends up at the buyers door. That is why businesses get insurance for these things and they write off such things on their taxes under operating costs.Granted many of the people selling on ebay are not doing it as a business. However, people such as Cougarrinard, Guido, et. al., are and if they are trying to claim otherwise, well then I am sure some people might like to check into them about tax evasion. Heck, there are insurance companies that are offering medical coverage to people that own businesses on ebay.-PD