Right. Maybe not a tightwad...insurance is just another form of gambling. The insurance company is gambling that in most cases the item will arrive safely and they'll get to keep your money. An individual that doesn't insure for the full amount is also gambling that it will arrive safely and they'll save some money.
I insure largely, because I assume that if it's insured that it's a slight deterrent to in-transit theft. If not insured the most one will get at the counter is a "Sorry". Tom C. ----Original Message Follows---- From: "Digital Image Studio" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List <[email protected]> To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" <[email protected]> Subject: Re: ebay woes Date: Wed, 11 Oct 2006 10:20:20 +1000 On 11/10/06, John Forbes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Yes, but we are not talking about people sending boxes full of potatoes. > In this case, there is evidence that a box was sent. It simply hasn't > arrived. What was in the box is immaterial. > > Why the idiot insured it for less than its full value is a mystery. > > By "idiot", I mean the buyer, though the seller should of course have > insisted on insuring for full value. Very simple, to save money on the shipping and or customs/duty charges. AKA Tightwad -- Rob Studdert HURSTVILLE AUSTRALIA Tel +61-2-9554-4110 UTC(GMT) +10 Hours [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://home.swiftdsl.com.au/~distudio//publications/ Pentax user since 1986, PDMLer since 1998 -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
