USPS Insurance Increase?
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Rates for some things did just go up. As far as the Insurance, It seems the cost of something worthless just tripled.
Did you ever actually try to collect on postal Insurance? Good luck.
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Woaaaahhhh......just compared a cue I recently expressed to the Chicago area. The ins cost was $5.90 extra then and is now $21.15.
Still probably cheaper overall than UPS or FedEx though. Worth a check.
The advantage for using the Express Mail option for more valuable items is now gone. The insurance with that product was much cheaper than priority.
Gonna have to swing by my local p.o. and give 'em an earful tomorrow. lol
Still probably cheaper overall than UPS or FedEx though. Worth a check.
The advantage for using the Express Mail option for more valuable items is now gone. The insurance with that product was much cheaper than priority.
Gonna have to swing by my local p.o. and give 'em an earful tomorrow. lol
A lot of times it was as much or cheaper than regular insured priority.
And yes, I know that making a claim can be a pain in the ass but at least theres a small chance of success.
I just received something by media mail that cost about 1.3% of value to insure. I think that's not horrible but I hope they destroy less than 1% of the packages they handle. I usually go self-insured for what I ship if it's replaceable.
I think they went to tracking on nearly everything at no extra charge.
What do you have to do to get a claim paid other than point out it was never delivered (or delivered broken)?
From my experience they have a system almost designed to ware you down. For starters if a package is lost it is like 90 before you can even make a claim. After all since no one knows where the package is it may show up.
Then it will be months as they do their investigation what ever that means. They may at some point claim the package was in fact delivered and they put you having to almost prove it wasn't.
Even if you required a signature they will drag their feet wasting your time with visits to the post office and endless calls trying to find out what is going on with the claim.
They may at a point say they have lost the claim and start you completely over like it just happened. Should you ever get paid you are looking at a good 6 to 9 months from the time it all started if you haven't just given up and stopped calling.
apparently the USPS has had too many claims & have to raise their rates?
Bob - legally, if you claim you mail something, then the USPS claims they delivered it. now you'll have to PROVE that YOU mailed it (return receipt), but they don't have to prove it. it is ASSumed that the government did their job.... (brokers use this loophole with legal documents in court all the time)
Bob - legally, if you claim you mail something, then the USPS claims they delivered it. now you'll have to PROVE that YOU mailed it (return receipt), but they don't have to prove it. it is ASSumed that the government did their job.... (brokers use this loophole with legal documents in court all the time)
I'll be willing to bet. UPS & FedEx are far more easier to deal with on claims then USPS....Always, Always, Always keep every stinking piece of paper.
Third ALWAYS 100% of the Time required Signature.
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Its been like that for years. In hindsight its only $30 on a $2000 item so its not terrible but still the increase went from $10 to $30 over night.
Im not exactly sure what FedEx would charge for the same service but Im going to check the next time I ship.
Maybe they had to raise the rates because they decided to start paying some claims.
I have gotten things from ebay that were shipped in USPS priority boxes wrapped in brown paper. If you bought these boxes from Office Depot they would be a few dollars a box but they are free from the post office.
Maybe they had to raise the rates because they decided to start paying some claims.
Hey, I am all for that!
Maybe they had to raise the rates because they decided to start paying some claims.
All you have to do is google something like
"Have you ever had a claim paid by the post office"
and read the horror stories. It seems that on broken items you have no chance even if they crushed the package. They will deny due to it not being packaged properly. It is a standard denial they use. They just don't F'n pay.
Having said that, it is amazing how well they actually do getting packages to the destination. I feel pretty safe using the USPS it will pretty much always get there. I sold a knife on ebay once that just disappeared. I finally sent the guy a refund with an apology.
Then like three months later I get an email from him telling me, guess what, the knife is here. The package was the worst for ware but the knife was fine and he loved it. He sent me the money right away.
Never did know where the knife was all that time, maybe behind a counter in some usps warehouse who knows, but they did finally deliver it.
Here is a funny story that may involve you. I sold like 75 old Billiard Digest Mags on ebay and for some reason I think it was to you. Anyway the package due to it's weight I guess broke open and they went all over the place.
They delivered what was left in the box and I just gave the guy (I think you) a full refund and told him to keep them. Over the next few weeks I began getting packages from the post office with a few mags in each.
They just took a shot and sent them to the address on the subscription label on the mags that was mine and was correct. I got almost all my mags back. The PO really made an effort to do the right thing and I thought that was amazing for all the bad stuff we say about them.
Not me that I recall.
The worst case of packaging damage I've had was when I bought several boxes of books and the sender tried to get more than he should have in each box. Somewhere along the way the shipper -- we'll call them FedUps -- decided the boxes were too heavy to lift, so they rolled them. The boxes all arrived round.
The only way to make sure your merchandise will be replaced in case of loss or damage (even if it occurs while in transit to a new owner) is to get an all-risks rider on your homeowner's or renter's policy.
It used to cost me about 13 cents, later about 15 cents per $100 valuation per year.
I used that insurance to replace a $1200 lens stolen off the company dock. The delivery guy said it was signed for, and had the electronic sig copy, but the signature was forged, supposedly from a guy who worked at the dock but he was absent from work that day and we had the personnel records to prove it. I got $1200 plus tax replacement cost and the only thing I had to tell State Farm was that it was stolen and when, nothing about any other details.
Some years later I moved from AZ to TX, and a different policy with a different insurer paid to replace $2500 of gear that got trashed when my bike hit a gravel patch that sent me and my backpack full of camera gear flying. Again, a simple statement of loss got me a check within a week.
So anyone buying or selling expensive items might think about listing them on an all-risks rider on their homeowner or renter policy, the insurance riders are a breeze to set up and those guys pay off a lot easier than Fedups or USPS or whoever, and if they don't pay up easy you know it is time to change homeowner's insurance.
It used to cost me about 13 cents, later about 15 cents per $100 valuation per year.
I used that insurance to replace a $1200 lens stolen off the company dock. The delivery guy said it was signed for, and had the electronic sig copy, but the signature was forged, supposedly from a guy who worked at the dock but he was absent from work that day and we had the personnel records to prove it. I got $1200 plus tax replacement cost and the only thing I had to tell State Farm was that it was stolen and when, nothing about any other details.
Some years later I moved from AZ to TX, and a different policy with a different insurer paid to replace $2500 of gear that got trashed when my bike hit a gravel patch that sent me and my backpack full of camera gear flying. Again, a simple statement of loss got me a check within a week.
So anyone buying or selling expensive items might think about listing them on an all-risks rider on their homeowner or renter policy, the insurance riders are a breeze to set up and those guys pay off a lot easier than Fedups or USPS or whoever, and if they don't pay up easy you know it is time to change homeowner's insurance.