USPS INSURANCE - NOT AVAILABLE ANYMORE FOR COLLECTIBLES SALES!!

[john-strategies]

Just end up talking with eBay about the fact that:

With the "new" shipping format to buy your shipping label through eBay, USPS is no longer offered, however they only offer "SHIP COVER INSURANCE", so if you SELL any NUMISMATIC item (And most other Collectibles too), you will NEVER recover your money in case of a CLAIM because "SHIP COVER INSURANCE" do not cover this category.

As a result, be aware that from now on if you sell a Collectible  and use eBay shipping "INSURANCE IS NOT AN OPTION"

[septdo-56]

Pretty sure USPS insurance never covered numismatic goods...

[orangehound]

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@john-strategies wrote:

Just end up talking with eBay about the fact that:

With the "new" shipping format to buy your shipping label through eBay, USPS is no longer offered, however they only offer "SHIP COVER INSURANCE", so if you SELL any NUMISMATIC item (And most other Collectibles too), you will NEVER recover your money in case of a CLAIM because "SHIP COVER INSURANCE" do not cover this category.

As a result, be aware that from now on if you sell a Collectible  and use eBay shipping "INSURANCE IS NOT AN OPTION"

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Are you trying to insure a Priority Mail package with a value under $50/$100?   I am under the impression that USPS Insurance will show as an option if:

• First Class Package
• Parcel Select
• Priority Mail if the declared value is over $50 (or $100 if you are Top Rated Seller).

So, for example, if you are trying to ship Priority Mail for an item with a declared value of $45, then you will not have USPS insurance as an option because it is already included with the price.

Coins appear to be a payable claim.

[pjcdn2005]

You can use a third party insurance company such as Shipsurance.  I believe that they do insure collectible coins.

[anthology-of-treasures]

Pirateship offers $100 of free USPS insurance regardless of your eBay account status. You can import your eBay orders there. Don't need a eBay account. Offers cubic pricing. No junk text in your labels to crop out. Commercial pricing. No monthly fees. Pirateship uses a different 3rd party insurer for insurance over $100 than eBay does.

[john-strategies]

USPS insurance has always covered numismatic goods.
I have in different occasions recovered my money for lost Numismatic coins, all of them successfully using USPS.

[john-strategies]

I am referring to Numismatic items with values over $100. Under $100 values you are absolutely right.

[john-strategies]

That is my point. Shipsurance, which is the only option eBay offer to create your label through eBay Does Not insure collectible coins of any type.

[a_c_green]

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@john-strategies wrote:
I am referring to Numismatic items with values over $100. Under $100 values you are absolutely right.

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Given all the previous issues with the new Shipping form, I'd be more inclined to think that it's just another programming oversight.

[john-strategies]

I am referring to items with values over $100, which is often the case when you sell Numismatic items.

[orangehound]

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@john-strategies wrote:
I am referring to Numismatic items with values over $100. Under $100 values you are absolutely right.

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So, just so I am clear ... with a Numismatic item that SOLD for more than $100 and shipping Priority Mail, you do not have a drop-down menu giving you the option to select either ShipInsure or USPS Insurance?  (For anyone curious, the reason I put "sold" is because eBay does not permit one to declare a value over the sold price).

If true, then .... glitch ... oversight ... mistake ... etc. by eBay that needs to be corrected, and we should call a blue into this thread so that it can get reported to the appropriate group at eBay.

(I don't sell coins, but I have both insurance options with > $100 value goods sold in other categories)