[meteorite-list] (Vaguely OT) Letter of Commendation

From: Tom Knudson <peregrineflier_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Mon Mar 21 13:24:54 2005
Message-ID: <004501c521cb$c0813ca0$2d107918_at_Michelle>

I agree Dave, but what if, as a seller, I offer insurance and state in my
auctions that if you are do not get insurance, I am not responsible, does
that cover me? As far as delivery confirmation, I just about always get it,
sometimes at my own expense, just to cover myself (as a seller). I also
like to ship Priority mail, I think the PO takes a little more care of them.
  As a buyer, I use my judgment, who the seller is, how much I paid for the
item and such. It is to easy for a seller to not send it and say it must
have got lost, to bad you did not insure it.
  Also, I don't much care for delivery confirmation, I once received a
package with delivery confirmation, not in my mail box, but from my the girl
next door, sure they confirmed that it was delivered, but to who is a
different story all together!

Thanks, Tom
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----- Original Message -----
From: "David Freeman" <dfreeman_at_fascination.com>
To: "Kathy Wallace" <kwal2000_at_swbell.net>
Cc: "met list" <meteorite-list_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Sent: Saturday, March 05, 2005 2:22 PM
Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] (Vaguely OT) Letter of Commendation


> Dear Kathy, All;
> Through out over 900 auctions in the past year and a half, and nearly
> 90% mailed USPS, I will tell you that as a buyer, if you do not require
> your seller to offer insurance and delivery confirmation, YOU are
> asking for trouble.
> If you are a seller and do not require your buyers to buy insurance, YOU
> are asking for troubles too.
> I can not see why anyone would transact good money and then pay good
> money to ship, and not get all the insurance and delivery confirmation
> that they can get. One would not purchase an automobile and not carry
> insurance on it to provide for a loss or damage.
> I see those that are shall we say "tight with their money" but insurance
> and delivery confirmation are not the place to skimp or cut corners. I
> have also found that there is a percentage of dishonest individuals that
> seem to relish the lost article thing, or have no control over their
> deliveries so, they scream "my item didn't arrive" and low and behold,
> the delivery confirmation number provides the exact time and date of
> delivery to the whiner. The delivery confirmation costs 45 or 55 cents,
> if the buyer cannot afford that then I just do not sell to them. Same
> with insurance, if one wants something bad enough to pay good hard
> earned money for the item, then it is worth the $1.30 or $2.20 or $3.20
> to insure against loss. If you have a meteorite that is worth more than
> $100, I recommend that it be sent REGISTERED MAIL so there is a
> signature track each time a postal employee passes it along, and it also
> is under lock and key the entire journey.
> Those that are too cheap to protect themselves deserve to get ripped off
> in my not so humble opinion.
> Sorry for the soap box....just the facts jack. One in fifty of my
> transactions requires that I go look up a tracking number when someting
> is late, or lost, or distroyed by the postal system.
> Dave F.
> mjwy
> From a sunny, calm, 43 degrees in SW Wy.
>
> Kathy Wallace wrote:
>
> > Hi List,
> >
> > I am new to meteorite collecting and would like to relate the following:
> >
> > I would like to commend two of the members of the meteorite list.
> >
> > As you know awhile back, the list was rampant with talk of "lost in
> > the mail" meteorites.
> > Although I didn't write, I had a really bad Christmastime problem of
> > not receiving 2 shipments.
> >
> > The first was from Michael Cottingham. I purchased a number of
> > meteorites thru his 1/2 price
> > sale of 12/6/04. Well, close to Christmas, I had not received the
> > meteorites but thought it could
> > just be slow mail what with the Christmas mail rush, so I finally
> > emailed Michael asking when he
> > had mailed my package. Michael emailed me the shipment date and that
> > it was sent priority mail.
> > I checked with the Post Office regarding lost/possibly stolen mail.
> > They said that since there was
> > no delivery confirmation, certification or insurance, there was
> > nothing they could do and sent
> > me to the local Police. The Police laughed and said they could do
> > nothing, it was a Federal problem.
> > Back to the Post Office for more runaround. NOTE: Be sure to at
> > least get a delivery confirmation
> > since this will let the Post Office track your item. If your item is
> > over a certain amount (whatever you
> > consider high enough) you should either insure, certify, or register
> > (the safest way).
> >
> > To make a long story short... I never received this package, but like
> > the true gentleman he is,
> > Michael gave me the option of my money back or credit for the meteorites
> > (which he definitely did not have to do) and last week I purchased new
> > meteorites
> > using the credit from the lost ones. These arrived yesterday. They
> > are all wonderful.
> >
> > The second item was purchased at about the same time from Mark
> > Bostick. After several emails, and still no book, Mark, without my
> > asking, sent me
> > a replacement (again, something he did not have to do).
> > It arrived within a few days. Great book.
> >
> > My sincere thanks and know that I will continue to buy from you,
> > Michael, and you, Mark.
> >
> > Kathy Wallace
> >
> > P.S.
> >
> > Since I am giving praise, I want to express my thanks to Rob Elliot of
> > Fernlea Meteorites, who
> > (at his own expense) sent me my order by Federal Express so it would
> > arrive by Christmas and Impactika - Anne Black who was so very helpful
> > with TX meteorites for my husband's Christmas present.
> > THANKS to all of you.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
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