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e-bay purchase - 7/28/2008 9:02:43 AM    Ghostrider   Posts: 19 Joined: 6/24/2008 Status: offline I know alot of you good folks deal with e-bay. I have won the bid on some  ball  jars. I want to add insurance because there is more than one jar. The seller sent me an invoice that did not include insurance. Before I pay I'd like to add it but I don't know how. I e-mailed the seller but have not heard back from them. Any help would be appreciated. I'd also like to put pictures in the forum of some of my finds- don't know how to do that either. Ghostrider Post #: 1

RE: e-bay purchase - 7/28/2008 9:25:47 AM    wvhillbilly   Posts: 473 Joined: 5/21/2006 From: West Virginia Status: offline First for the insurance - Youll have to probably wait for a response from the seller so he knows what is going on. For the pictures Click the "Click here to Upload" at the bottom of the white box you type in. 2nd browse and find the picture file in your computer then click it and click upload. 3rd check the "Embed picture in post" at the bottom of the typing area. And when you click Ok to post your message the pics should be there. If the file is ove 200kb you will have to crop it to get it to upload. Hope this helps! _____________________________ Check out my bottles for sale! http://www.freewebs.com/dennpbottles/ (in reply to Ghostrider) Post #: 2

RE: e-bay purchase - 7/28/2008 9:26:00 AM    lobeycat Posts: 3593 Joined: 9/8/2003 From: RED SOX Nation Status: offline yeah Ghost the only way to add insurance is by contacting the seller and having him add it to your total. Should only cost a few $. Just don't send payment until he contacts you about the matter. And be sure to check your package when it arrives to make sure he actually added insurance. They'll be a sticker. Your pics can be added by checking the Embed picture in post box and clicking the Click here to upload link in the post/relpy box. if you need to resize your pics because the files are too large this is how... To reduce a pics size in Windows, go to your pictures file right click on the pic and choose "open with" then "paint". If that option's not there browse for it. After that, the option will always be there. In Paint at the top Click Image then resize/skew. In the two boxes type 80%, 75%, 70%, what ever it takes to get the pic down to a manage size. 300x700 or so will get you a nice close up of a single bottle. Then to crop it click the box thing in the first pic then right click on the pic and choose "select all". Now you can slide the picture to the left by left clicking and holding on the picthis will crop the left side. Now drag the pic up as much as needed and crop the top. Click on the white space, this will close "select all" Now left on the blue dot in the second pic and close up the white space and as much of the right side pic as needed. Do the same for the bottom. Any of that make sense? Just fool around you'll get the hang of it. Lobey. Attachment (1) _____________________________ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dc86_Weoye0 ya never come back (in reply to Ghostrider) Post #: 3

RE: e-bay purchase - 7/29/2008 8:54:53 AM    coreya   Posts: 44 Joined: 4/30/2007 Status: offline Just a quick observation about insurance and the post office, If the dollar amount is under 50.00 dollars i would not bother as the insurance only covers the cost of the item not the added postage ie 15.00 item and 12.00 shipping & handeling total 27.00, insurance only covers the 15.00 portion. Also its my understanding that the post office will not cover glass items. the hassel to collect is not worth the time spent jumping thru the postal Service hoops. (in reply to lobeycat) Post #: 4

RE: e-bay purchase - 7/29/2008 9:14:35 AM    towhead Posts: 883 Joined: 12/31/2004 Status: offline It appears that only extremely fragile items cannot be insured...This does not appear to include bottles....USPS Insurance Info: http://pe.usps.gov/text/dmm300/503.htm#wp1063624  _____________________________ J (in reply to coreya) Post #: 5

RE: e-bay purchase - 7/29/2008 9:44:23 AM    Ghostrider   Posts: 19 Joined: 6/24/2008 Status: offline I still haven't heard back from the seller. I've got 6 ball standard jars coming. What do ya'all think? Insurance or not? Ghostrider (in reply to towhead) Post #: 6

RE: e-bay purchase - 7/29/2008 4:11:39 PM    coreya   Posts: 44 Joined: 4/30/2007 Status: offline those are some pretty tough jars and since you payed 2.99$ or so is it worth 1.80 to insure 2 dollars? most sellers will pack halfway decent so I personaly would not spend the money. Just my 2 cents worth. ps I dont know how I missed that one!! great buy < Message edited by coreya -- 7/29/2008 4:13:59 PM > (in reply to Ghostrider) Post #: 7

RE: e-bay purchase - 8/1/2008 2:33:28 PM    Ghostrider   Posts: 19 Joined: 6/24/2008 Status: offline I went ahead and paid the original price, (no insurance). I never did hear back from the seller one way or another. I'm impaitently waiting for the mail. Just a side note. I paid priority shipping for a jar and it has been a total of 7 days, 5 buisness days and no jar. Ghostrider (in reply to coreya) Post #: 8

RE: e-bay purchase - 8/1/2008 2:53:24 PM    GuntherHess Posts: 4902 Joined: 12/13/2004 From: Frederick Maryland Status: offline I insure glass items through USPS all the time. Keep in mind if the item is lost the shipper gets the refund not the buyer. And it takes a long time. When buyers insure cheaper items (<$20) I normally just buy delivery confirmation and insure it myself. The buyer will get thier money faster and less trouble for me. Lately I have just been including delivery confirmation in the shipping cost if people dont get insurance (they usually dont since I have 100% feedback). That way there is never a question whether I shipped item or they got it.  _____________________________ Looking for Frederick Maryland and Dr Fahrney Bottles 2008 Medicine Bottle Price Guide on CDROM http://www.mattsoldhouse.com/MC/bottles/BottleBook2008.htm email http://www.mattsoldhouse.com/MC/bottles/email.jpg (in reply to Ghostrider) Post #: 9

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