BEWARE OF Auctiva hidden fees, ...kinda

I don't have it on any of mine either.

I assume you clicked it by accident in your account details.

Oh yeah! UmbrellaAero is CORRECT. Just paid 6.50 to auctiva today, because they conveniently check the default to add their own shipping insurance when you open an account. You will not see a charge until one of your buyers pays through Auctiva's checkout and purchases insurance. Auctiva charges you for their insurance (.25 less then the PO), but since you don't even know that the box is automatically checked and auctiva is going to charge you, you turn around and purchase it from the Post Office as well. Had to go in and change the settings today. Everyone should double check.....My Account~Settings~Auctiva Shipping Insurance Settings~First option (use auctiva's shipping insurance)

When I looked at mine, it is indeed checked. When I unchecked it, the pop-up says it is free. Is it?

I think its a warning that Auctiva is free, and if people don't get shipping insurance etc (a way of paying for the service) then Auctiva may have to start charging for their services.

After all they do provide free hosting, great customer service (in my opinion anyway), and a load of other great extras. Makes sense they need to get some money from somewhere.

The insurance is not much use for me though Anything I post is covered by the Royal Mails standard post service, so no point me insuring it if its already covered.