On the comparison chart labeled "Auctiva Shipping Insurance vs. USPS Insurance"
the first column is titled "Insurance Coverage (Auction's Closing Price)"
This is not accurate. It is in fact (Auction's Closing Price + the S&H charged)
This is a FALSE comparison between USPS and Auctiva as USPS does not charge to insure the shipping cost.
In other words...
So if I sold an item for $45 and shipping was $7 USPS would charge $1.35 for up to $50 in coverage shipping but Auctiva would charge $2.20 ($1.70) for basically the same coverage.
Also, the USPS and UPS give the option to select the amount of coverage. Does Auctiva? In other words in the above scenario would I have the option to select just $50 of coverage? Or if I sell something and the combined shipping and cost is $100.01 am I stuck paying an extra $0.75($2.45 - $1.70) for $0.01 of coverage?
eBay's checkout and shipping calculator is set inline will all the major shippers so your buyers would get a SUPRISE if you use Auctiva's checkout and you would be short changed and loose money if you try to purchase insurance manually from Auctiva afterward.
Does anyone else think there is something wrong here?
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