I recently sold the old 1988 Dynapath Delta 20 control system out of my old CNC mill.
https://www.ebay.com/itm/253189786151?ssPageName=STRK:MESOX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1559.l2649
These parts are NOT cheap. They are ever harder and harder to find, and they command a pretty penny. If I were to sell each card and component individually I could have gotten more for them but I was not motivated to do that.
My original $1600 asking price was based on the next-closest-thing I could find on eBay:
https://www.ebay.com/itm/Autocon-Dy...899386?hash=item233ac5d67a:g:Qy8AAOxy3yNTf1n9
It didn't sell so I dropped the price a couple hundred and relisted. And again, and again, each time by $200+, until it finally sold for $500. I wasn't happy with the $500, but supply & demand, ya know. So I sold it for $500 with the idea it was worth a lot more, based on comparables found on eBay.
When I went through the UPS online wizard, there was a box to input the value of the item being shipped. I put $1,000. This is the first time I've shipped with UPS and I didn't devote a lot of thought to the number I put in that box; just the "gut feel" of what it was worth.
UPS "lost" the box between hops and it was never delivered (I'm pretty sure they kicked it off a loading dock or ran it over with a forklift, and then threw it in the dumpster). I've already gone through the 10-day "investigation" phase and now we're into the "claim" phase. I've already reimbursed my buyer his $500 and now it's my turn to be reimbursed by UPS. I thought "sweet, I'll actually get what I thought it was worth!" But no, they want proof of value. Why then did they ask me the value? I thought it would be easy-peasy. I put $1k in the box, paid a premium for insurance on that value (so I thought), and that should be that. And I DID pay extra to list it with a value of $1000 over $500. Here's the difference:
Here's what they say:
I feel that I'm owed $1,000 but the way they have me over a barrel I can't very well prove it (and I shouldn't friggin have to). I feel like if I submit the eBay listing showing that the auction was won @ $500, it's a safer bet that they'll actually pay me that. But if I try to prove it's worth $1,000 all I have are comparables on eBay. I'm not sure they'll entertain that - and I don't want to end up no compensated at all, because I made a crappy case for myself.
Anybody here have experience with UPS in these matters and predict or advise what I should do?
https://www.ebay.com/itm/253189786151?ssPageName=STRK:MESOX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1559.l2649
These parts are NOT cheap. They are ever harder and harder to find, and they command a pretty penny. If I were to sell each card and component individually I could have gotten more for them but I was not motivated to do that.
My original $1600 asking price was based on the next-closest-thing I could find on eBay:
https://www.ebay.com/itm/Autocon-Dy...899386?hash=item233ac5d67a:g:Qy8AAOxy3yNTf1n9
It didn't sell so I dropped the price a couple hundred and relisted. And again, and again, each time by $200+, until it finally sold for $500. I wasn't happy with the $500, but supply & demand, ya know. So I sold it for $500 with the idea it was worth a lot more, based on comparables found on eBay.
When I went through the UPS online wizard, there was a box to input the value of the item being shipped. I put $1,000. This is the first time I've shipped with UPS and I didn't devote a lot of thought to the number I put in that box; just the "gut feel" of what it was worth.
UPS "lost" the box between hops and it was never delivered (I'm pretty sure they kicked it off a loading dock or ran it over with a forklift, and then threw it in the dumpster). I've already gone through the 10-day "investigation" phase and now we're into the "claim" phase. I've already reimbursed my buyer his $500 and now it's my turn to be reimbursed by UPS. I thought "sweet, I'll actually get what I thought it was worth!" But no, they want proof of value. Why then did they ask me the value? I thought it would be easy-peasy. I put $1k in the box, paid a premium for insurance on that value (so I thought), and that should be that. And I DID pay extra to list it with a value of $1000 over $500. Here's the difference:
Here's what they say:
I feel that I'm owed $1,000 but the way they have me over a barrel I can't very well prove it (and I shouldn't friggin have to). I feel like if I submit the eBay listing showing that the auction was won @ $500, it's a safer bet that they'll actually pay me that. But if I try to prove it's worth $1,000 all I have are comparables on eBay. I'm not sure they'll entertain that - and I don't want to end up no compensated at all, because I made a crappy case for myself.
Anybody here have experience with UPS in these matters and predict or advise what I should do?