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<p>[QUOTE="jf7fsu, post: 858637, member: 9418"]I bought a $500 gold coin on ebay two years ago and it arrived with a slit in the priority mail envelope and no coin. I promptly emailed the seller who swore she put it in but just dropped it in the envelope!!? No baggie, no holder no nothing. Luckily she did insure it and I went to the USPS and filed a claim and they granted it. I brought in the envelope to show them and it took about three weeks and I got a money order from the USPS. I have no doubt a mail handler or sorter stole the coin. </p><p><br /></p><p>Lesson Learned: SIGNATURE confirmation is the way to go, delivery confirmation is a joke. </p><p><br /></p><p>Another Lesson Learned: When selling, do not ship overseas without certified, insured, registered, whatever they take. Once it leaves the US it is gone and no way to track it. I shipped two coins to Hong Kong and the buyer claimed to have never received them. My tracking showed they left the US but that was it. I couldn't refund his money and felt terrible. I gave him all the insurance info but now I won't sell internationally.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="jf7fsu, post: 858637, member: 9418"]I bought a $500 gold coin on ebay two years ago and it arrived with a slit in the priority mail envelope and no coin. I promptly emailed the seller who swore she put it in but just dropped it in the envelope!!? No baggie, no holder no nothing. Luckily she did insure it and I went to the USPS and filed a claim and they granted it. I brought in the envelope to show them and it took about three weeks and I got a money order from the USPS. I have no doubt a mail handler or sorter stole the coin. Lesson Learned: SIGNATURE confirmation is the way to go, delivery confirmation is a joke. Another Lesson Learned: When selling, do not ship overseas without certified, insured, registered, whatever they take. Once it leaves the US it is gone and no way to track it. I shipped two coins to Hong Kong and the buyer claimed to have never received them. My tracking showed they left the US but that was it. I couldn't refund his money and felt terrible. I gave him all the insurance info but now I won't sell internationally.[/QUOTE]
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