eBay shipping question

slum22

For items over $750 eBay recommends delivery signature confirmation as a requirement for seller protection. If I purchase insurance my understanding is that USPS will require a signature automatically for that level of insurance anyway, so do I have to purchase the separate Signature Confirmation for $2.25 from USPS for eBay protection, or will the signature from the insurance satisfy that requirement? Thanks for any input.

grote15

You must purchase signature confirmation in addition to insurance because you need signature confirmation that can be viewed on line with tracking for paypal, and the signature you get for insuring the package through the USPS is not viewable on line, only in the USPS system.

charrigan

Grote is, as usual, 100% correct.

slum22

Thanks guys. I appreciate the info.

charrigan

PayPal is now $750. It used to be $250, but was changed in May 2014.

"11.1 PayPal Seller Protection.
PayPal Seller protection is protection we provide Sellers from Claims, Chargebacks, or Reversals that are based on:

Unauthorized Transaction or
Item Not Received
PayPal Seller protection is available for eligible payments from buyers in any country. When a U.S. seller sells an item to a U.K. buyer, the U.K. buyer protection rules will apply to that transaction.

Section 11 of the User Agreement currently requires that sellers obtain signature confirmation for transactions of $250 USD or more in order for a transaction to be eligible for Seller protection for an Item Not Received Claim. That Section also currently includes a table for the corresponding foreign equivalency amount. This section will be changed to increase the dollar amount required for signature confirmation from $250 USD to $750 USD, and the foreign equivalency amounts are also being increased. "

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charrigan

P.S. - I'm still using sig. conf. for most of my packages over $250, even though it isn't PP required. It's like $2 and avoids headaches, so why not?