Sam Ismail wrote:
> >You might even read the
> > contract/shipping reciept as many UPS items go through a handling
> > service that routes items to UPS and charges a hefty fee on top of that.
> > If you read their fine print you'll see that certain ones do not insure
> > items such as monitors, computers, etc even though they show a certain
> > amount of insurance whether the automatic $100 or you pay for
> > additional.
>
> I don't know this to be correct. If you pay for shipping insurance with
> UPS and as long as you declared what was truly in the package, UPS will
> pay for the damage. My company has made at least 3 claims on computers
> that were virtually destroyed in transit even though they were packaged
> well. UPS did eventually pay all three claims. Yes it did take a while,
> but they did honor the insurance. If they didn't, it would be called
> fraud.
Sam, reread the above statement. The carrier that routes the packages to UPS is the
one that makes this statement on the reciept. UPS is slow but I agree, they do
eventually pay out. They have a habit (like the government) of depreciating the
actual value they'll pay on it though.
> > transaction are surely the few that make the others look bad. I
> > personally stay away from Ebay and other auctions due to the fact that
> > many items are so wanted by people that they get stupid sometimes and
> > offer way over what an item should cost in any condition because they
> > think they're going to get a "last of a dying machine" for their
> > collection.
>
> This is exactly why I don't buy through Ebay anymore. And more
> importantly, anything I used to buy on Ebay, with the high bid price
> pushed up by fools, not to mention the shipping costs, I'd find locally a
> week later for a tenth of the cost of what I paid on Ebay.
And sometimes 1/100th. I saw a C128D on there a week or so ago that got $250 for
just the base unit and keyboard. I GAVE one away that same week, working and like
new.
> > Well that was my opinion...they say that "opinions are like assholes,
> > everyone has one and they usually stink" (excuse the profanity but it
> > makes the whole thing work better - in my opinion)
>
> Words are pure. The only thing "profane" about words is how they are
> interpreted by the hearer. ;)
I appreciate your comment.
> Don't blame me...I voted for Satan.
Didn't we all? The better of two evils and we got the other - my former "boss".
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