Don't bother!

[Maelbrigda]

If you read their small print their compensation doesnt cover glass items or crockery. I learned this a couple of years ago when i sold my (highly collectable) tetley teapot from the 80's. All i got was a postage refund

[crafters_corner_2]

If you read their small print their compensation doesnt cover glass items or crockery. I learned this a couple of years ago when i sold my (highly collectable) tetley teapot from the 80's. All i got was a postage refund

Are you sure that's not Parcel Force?

[Maelbrigda]

At the time it was royal mail. Dont know if the rules changed when they reduced the compensation but i got a letter back from them saying crockery wasnt covered

[crafters_corner_2]

You are absolutely right. Have just found this on the Citizens Advice page re. compensation for damaged goods:

There are some situations where you would not be entitled to claim compensation. For example, if you sent china using Royal Mail’s standard parcels service rather than special delivery, you cannot make a claim if it is broken in the post.

That's that, then.

[buttons-and-bows]

And I was thinking of buying a little teapot i liked off ebid, glad I didn't now I will go to the shop

[pastime]

With shipping you can now get a parcel up to 1kg shipped for £0.75 plus VAT with UPS. You have to take to a collection point and the buyer has to collect from a collection point, but I am considering adding it to some listings on a trial basis.

Hi kreative,
Very interested to read your comment on UPS - I've never used them, went on their website looking for the option you mentioned, but couldn't find it.
Could you please point me in the right direction - like Knit_Wits and others, am fed-up with the whole lottery aspect of posting items these days, not to mention trying to wrap securely whilst trying to stay in the right sizing band and knowing that unless I charge £7 for any jewellery item I won't be covered if it's lost or stolen, but who is going to pay £7 postage for a silver necklace costing £14? There are now so many hoops to jump through that it's taken all the fun out of selling anything now. Sorry, mini-rant over!
Many thanks.