Posted By:
RobI once won an ebay item (~$40) from a reputable collector and never received it. He asked me to wait a few more days and it never came. He gave me a refund even though he could've just told me to screw off, so I gave him 1/2 the money back and we therefore split the cost.
What I don't understand is how the post office can:
1) be paid money to do a job
2) not do the job (deliver to wrong address, package gets lost, whatever)
3) then tell the customer that (s)he's SOL cuz delivery confirmation or insurance wasn't purchased. why should we have to buy protection in case the post office doesn't do their own job that we're paying them to do in the first place!!!!???!!
and del con doesn't even guarantee you anything. if its delivered to the wrong address, you don't get money back but it'll say it got delivered.
if you go to a restaurant and they bring your meal to the wrong table, dont' you expect a refund? maybe the waitress will tell you "sorry, you should've purchased insurance!!"
to me it seems more reliable to ship UPS, but they're so much more expensive for small items.
Rob
