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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;lordmarcovan, post: 3572688, member: 10461&quot;]I had a similar issue with one claim, years ago.&nbsp; They did not accept the (Krause) priceguide data I provided.&nbsp; I ended up eating the whole thing and taking a total loss.&nbsp; This was only on $170 worth of coins (and an accompanying money order), but at the time, that was a really big sum for me, and a very painful loss.</p><p><br /></p><p>I think if you insure a coin for a certain amount, you should receive <i>exactly that amount</i> in the event of a proven claim.&nbsp; For the USPS to lose one&#039;s coin and <i>then</i> quibble over the value of it adds insult to injury.</p><p><br /></p><p>Now, I know they have to be vigilant against insurance fraud and all that, but if&nbsp; a shipment is indeed lost, then they should pay up- for the <i>full coverage amount</i> the customer paid for!&nbsp; Or deny the claim altogether, if there isn&#039;t enough evidence.&nbsp; I do not understand the half-measures and partial refund thing.</p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;m sorry, Dear Uncle Sam, but <i>first</i> I have I pay you and your employees somewhat exorbitant fees <i>not to steal my coins</i>... then when somebody <i>does</i>, you give me the runaround and refuse to honor the &quot;protection money&quot; I paid you for, thereby robbing me <i>twice</i>?&nbsp; It boils my britches.&nbsp; It&#039;s still a bitter memory 25 years later.</p><p><br /></p><p>Around the same time that happened, it was in the news that some full mailbags had been found in a river near the post office where I had shipped those coins from.&nbsp; Seems somebody wanted to make a shortcut on their route and didn&#039;t feel like delivering all that stuff.&nbsp; My outgoing coins were not in those bags- there was record of them reaching their destination in the Pacific NW.&nbsp; I think they were stolen by an unauthorized person who signed for them, or maybe my trading partner lied about receiving them.&nbsp; So maybe I was out of luck anyway.&nbsp; Maybe I naively overlooked something.</p><p><br /></p><p>I finally just gave up in disgust.</p><p><br /></p><p>Doubly annoying was the fact that there was a <i>US Postal</i> money order in the package with the coins (I was &quot;trading up&quot;, you see), and though I had the receipt for that, I did not get a refund for it, either.&nbsp; Robbed again.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie79" alt=":rage:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie78" alt=":punch:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie20" alt=":banghead:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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