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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Numismania, post: 1926497, member: 28971&quot;]I had a buyer, in the last few weeks, contact me to TELL me how to package the coin.&nbsp; I told him I&#039;ll ship it as I normally do.&nbsp; I admit, the buyer messaged me, basically threatening that if it was not packaged to his liking, it&#039;d be coming back.&nbsp; When that buyer received the coin, I was told that it was shipped more securely than what he requested, and that he rarely sees sellers package as well/securely as I do.</p><p><br /></p><p>As for &#039;self insuring&#039;, I see that as a way for the seller to &#039;get off the hook&#039; for paying for any insurance.&nbsp; Yes, you want to/have to keep your shipping costs to a minimum when shipping &#039;free&#039;, but sellers are rolling the dice on whether it shows up unscathed, or at all. I understand other &#039;private insuring&#039;, but again, I see that as a way for the seller to keep shipping costs to a minimum w/out actually paying a fee for it (and I question a lot who say the DO use private insurance).&nbsp; A lot do ship that way, but, I don&#039;t.&nbsp; An ins &#039;tag&#039; on the package is just another form of tracking, when using a USPS form.&nbsp; These days, the more proof you have it was shipped properly, the better.&nbsp; If there are no tracking/ins identifiers on a given package, an &#039;I never received my item&#039; claim is bound to happen, always from buyers who know the shipping rules, and use that info to their advantage.</p><p><br /></p><p>Don&#039;t get me wrong, ANY shipping costs, when you ship &#039;free&#039;, is not &#039;free&#039; to the seller, and you DO want to keep it at a minimum, but there&#039;s a difference between keeping your shipping costs to a minimum, and shipping &#039;cheaply&#039;.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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