I just spent a length of time browsing through PayPal policies. All I can find is that the rules of the shipper must be followed. For USPS mailing rules, this is the reference: ------------------------ Seller Tools - PayPal Shipping - U.S. Postal Service
Does U.S. Postal Service® offer insurance? Yes, indemnity coverage is available online through PayPal for up to $500.00 USD for lost, rifled, or damaged articles. Insurance available at post office locations provides coverage up to $5,000.00 USD. Insurance purchased online cannot be combined with additional insurance purchased at a post office. You can purchase USPS insurance online with: Express Mail® - Express Mail provides insurance up to $100.00 USD free of charge. Additional incremental insurance up to $500.00 USD costs $1.00 USD. First-Class Mail® parcels Priority Mail® Parcel Post® Global Express Mail - Global Express Mail provides insurance up to $100.00 USD free of charge. Additional incremental insurance may be purchased at a local post office. For Global Airmail Parcel Post®, you may purchase insurance at the post office. The amount of insurance coverage is contingent upon the destination country. For Global Priority Mail®, insurance is not available for purchase online or at the post office. ------------------- Summary, as I see it -- Global Express has some insurance built it. Global Airmail regular depends on the receiving country. The lowest level, Global Priority, has no insurance. I think the policy stated on that eBay auction is really the seller's policy, not Paypal. Or it's the rule in one of the countries that he/she has shipped to. The rules for sales in UK and other countries may be entirely different. If someone wants to bid on this item, perhaps they should question the seller, first, for the source of the statement. Remember -- you can find 'anything' on eBay!!! <G> Alice in Oregon -- where it's my DH's birthday, and I sent a balloon bouqet with jellybeans to him at work. I trust it will make his workday a bit more interesting. --- Malvary J Cole <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Was just having a look at e-bay, and found this > item. Was interested that the > shipping to anywhere non-US is $25 because, > according to them, PAYPAL policy > is that anything sent outside the US must be > insured. This is the first time > I've heard that - is that a fact? To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
