How to ship an expensive item to the US & have insurance plus Paypal seller protection.

[katlover1952]

My son is going to list a collectors gaming system which will likely sell for between $1.500 & $2,000. I have told him that this is likely an area that he could have trouble with scams unscrupulous buyers etc & that he should make sure he has Paypal Sellers Protection. In Canada he can ship expedited & have tracking, signature confirmation & insurance. On the Paypal site for US for expedited mail it says you cannot get signature confirmation & the insurance coverage is a maximum of $1,000. What do you use for US shipping to get these 2 bases covered? Also wondering if anyone knows if charge backs are covered. It says something about charge backs not being covered if INAD. This item will be brand new in a sealed box from the factory. Help with this is appreciated.

[reallynicestamps]

First off, I hope you will be allowing him to use your high-feedback account to sell this.

That in itself will discourage scammers.

Look into Priority Post and into couriers like UPS or FedEx. Ask about their Express services that prepay brokerage costs. They may sound more expensive , but ...

Look, your kid is a gamer, and I don't mean to cast aspertions, but this is a demographic with high levels of testosterone as well as some arrogance and entitlement. So anything that ticks them off is likely to go nuclear.

Including being charged duty and sales tax.

And US buyers do pay duty on imports over $200.

So... if you can make the duty (if the US charges duty on used items) payable before shipping, you have already dodged that bullet.

Couriers ship to the door and demand a signature (usually). If there is anything to collect they will not hand over the parcel without it.

Usually I prefer the postal system, but our public auction has been shipping high-value stamps to collectors for many years and use FedEx extensively.

[berubegirl]

Another option available to an experienced TRS seller such as yourself would be XpressPost USA and Int'l which provide signature option and is insurable up to $1000.00CAD. Not quite as much as you need but maybe a decent compromise for value/price.

https://www.canadapost.ca/cpo/mc/business/productsservices/xpresspostusa.jsf?mode=web

That is a link you can look at for the options offered thru XpressPost services.

Hope this helps....