PO ripped me off!!!!

wolfmann601 said:
Could someone please tell me just how USPS insurance works. If I ship a $100 Benchmade and insure it for $500 will I immediately get $500 if it's stolen?

It is the USPS, the process has got to be convoluted, or I am wrong and the claim process is simple??????
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I had a MO lost in transit to my Bro, Scott Tanguay..he let me know that it never showed..I still had the receipt. I mailed him another and filed a lost MO report at the PO..about 9 weeks later I got a refund. I have never had to use any of the insurance I buy on knives...but I insure everything...I cant afford to rebuy any of my knives...I am just a poor boy. Wish I was more help. Gene
 
wolfmann601 said:
Could someone please tell me just how USPS insurance works. If I ship a $100 Benchmade and insure it for $500 will I immediately get $500 if it's stolen?

It is the USPS, the process has got to be convoluted, or I am wrong and the claim process is simple??????
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They don't just accept your word for the value of something. You will have to show them something that will prove what the replacement value for the knife really is.
 
yes, if you say it's worth $500 and it gets lost, you get $500 back. no matter if you were shipping a piece of dog poo or a $500 knife.
 
Most of the dealers will tell you they try so hard to weasel out of paying every insurance claim that even if you finally succeed in making them pay up you'll have put more time into than the payment is worth, unless it was a higher-dollar shipment than most.
 
aj1985 said:
All my shipments they have been. The value of the item is the insurance value if an individual buys insurance.

I'm in Canada so anything going from here to the US or coming here to Canada has the value on the box. (This is my biggest problem when ordering)

Buy insurance I'm covered, but more likely to be held up at customs, longer wait times, higher chances of getting stolen.

Do not buy insurance I'm screwed if it gets lost, but fast shipping times, No wait at customs, and less chance of some one stealing it since it's such a low value listed.

aj

p.s overall one way or another I get screwed
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Wouldn't you still rather have insurance so that it is covered just incase it does get stolen?:confused:

Sounds like you should move to the States if you get screwed either way.:D
 
coletrane811 said:
Sucks to hear this bro. This is the reason I unsure EVERYTHING I ship through the PO. No matter if it's $5 or $500.

I don't trust the PO one bit. Reason being is I've been told completely different things by different postal workers. One person told me that anything that gets shipped priority AUTOMATICALLY gets $100 insurance. After shipping like this for a few months, I inquired about this at another location and they told me that was incorrect. When I told them that I was told this at the location I usually frequent, they just laughed and said, "They're always giving people wrong information." I couldn't believe my ears. I asked, "Why don't you guys go up there and tell them?" They had no response. The place (USPS) is a croc. The only reason it's successful is because it's cheap and there really isn't another option. Yeah, you could ship through FedEx, USP, or DHL, but you're still using there business in every other aspect of your shipping life. They're never going to get better and that's that.
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Didn't somebody else have that same problem with the insurance? It sounds familiar. The USPS service that comes with the $100 insurance is Express Mail - not Priority Mail.

It you're shipping merchandise you should always insure it - and it is better to purchase the insurance that requires a signature. The minimum insurance coverage doesn't require a signature so the parcel can just be left on the porch, while the signature required insurance means somebody has to open the door and sign for it or it goes back to the post office - much safer.
 
Anything less then $200 insured is the dump and run category, no sig required. If you insure for less then $200, use a pink signature confirmation slip, that will force a signature, unless of course the whole package is stolen or the sig forged.

Also you will have to show proof of value, even if it's less then $100. Usually you have to wait 30 days to file a claim, then 30 days to get the money. IFF the postal employee files the forms for you. I had to start all over once after they lost the forms.

Overall I've been happy wiht usps, but they have not been perfect.
 
I'm working on a claim for a missing USPS international shipment right now. We will see how that goes.:rolleyes:

I'm just glad my buyer was cool about the whole thing.
 
mycroftt said:
Didn't somebody else have that same problem with the insurance? It sounds familiar. The USPS service that comes with the $100 insurance is Express Mail - not Priority Mail.

It you're shipping merchandise you should always insure it - and it is better to purchase the insurance that requires a signature. The minimum insurance coverage doesn't require a signature so the parcel can just be left on the porch, while the signature required insurance means somebody has to open the door and sign for it or it goes back to the post office - much safer.
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Exactly, Express Mail is auto insured, too bad it starts at like $15. Sorry, forgot to mention that. Thanks Mycroftt.
 
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