Friday, December 12, 2008

USPS Insurance Hassle

Hi!

Today we are going to talk about United States Postal Services(USPS)! So let's say you have decided to mail a package with USPS and lets say the package has something that is really valuable. Well in that case you need to buy insurance. Why would you ask? Well apparently USPS is not responsible for any loss or damage if you don't get insurance. Now how is this even possible in the USA? So basically if I don't get insurance I am paying someone money to potentially lose my package? Comes to mind the following quote from Everyday Regular Normal Guy 2 (youtube it if you are interested):

She really hurt me,
She called me stupid face,
How is that even possible?
A person can be stupid ,
But a face, that's impossible!

Now let's get back to USPS. So you have decided to get an insurance for your package. For a small fee you can get pretty good coverage. But hold on, don't be so happy! If your package will be lost you have to present bill of purchase, proving the value of lost item. Now what about that tea that I bought in China? Or what about something personal, like it is not worth a lot of money but is very precious to you? Should one just lie and insure for a higher value and present a bill of purchase for something else, which was purchased earlier? Or just hope it will not get lost and insure for a small value, or don't insure at all? Well I'll let you decide on these issues.

Take Care,

Roma