Author:  ToriHada  Posted:  Mar 18, 2010 17:03  Subject:  Insure/Noninsure Checkboxes when Submit Order  Viewed:  566 times  Topic:  Suggestions  Status: Implemented Cancel Reply

BrickLink ID Card ToriHada (8887) Location:  USA, North Carolina Member Since Contact Type Status Collage Feb 12, 2003 Seller  Store: Thorz BrikTopia

Please give sellers the OPTION to require buyers to select insure or not insure when submitting an order in their shop. Currently, BrickLink only offers a single checkbox for insurance only, which need not be checked for the order to go through. As mentioned here: http://www.bricklink.com/message.asp?ID=435576 having the buyer make a deliberate affirmative choice to insure or not insure is better than the buyer making a passive choice which may not be a conscious choice at all. This could work similar to the "I Will Pay By" choices given by sellers who accept multiple forms of payment, the "I Will Pay In" choices given by sellers who accept payments in multiple currencies, and the "I would like my order to be shipped by" choices given by sellers who offer multiple shipping options. See therobo's checkout page for an example of these choices. If a choice is not made by the buyer, BrickLink will not allow the order to be submitted. The order can only be submitted if the buyer makes a choice. As with the shipping choices, each seller could add a sentence or two explaining the insurance and no insurance choices. I think allowing this OPTION could help eliminate or resolve some of the problems that arise with orders that are lost or damaged during shipment. Again, this is an OPTION for those sellers who want it. If anyone does not want to use it, they don't have to. Foster

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Re: Insure/Noninsure Checkboxes when Submit Order - akunthita (1077)

This is a great idea! I voted yes! In Suggestions, fosterbengoshi writes: [...] (172 months ago, Mar 18, 2010, to Suggestions)

Re: Insure/Noninsure Checkboxes when Submit Order - BrickInstruct (1101)

Brilliant! This way the buyer is forced to choose and the seller knows directly wether or not insurance has to be included. Can't see anything wrong with it at this moment. (172 months ago, Mar 18, 2010, to Suggestions)

Re: Insure/Noninsure Checkboxes when Submit Order - toontexas (2036)

[...] I also want the option for the seller to mandate insurance, ie. no opt-out possibility for a buyer. Tony (172 months ago, Mar 18, 2010, to Suggestions)

Re: Insure/Noninsure Checkboxes when Submit Order - BLUSER_191932 (27)

[...] I think it's good for buyers to have that option: No surprise of insure shipping on the invoice when they don't want to pay for it, and no discution when the order dissapears [...] (172 months ago, Mar 18, 2010, to Suggestions)

Re: Insure/Noninsure Checkboxes when Submit Order - BLUSER_191932 (27)

[...] I think it's good for buyers to have that option: No surprise of insure shipping on the invoice when they don't want to pay for it, and no discution when the order dissapears [...] (172 months ago, Mar 18, 2010, to Suggestions)

Re: Insure/Noninsure Checkboxes when Submit Order - Brickwilbo (1534)

[...] Like it. Although as buyer by not checking "Insure" I've choosen already at checkout. Dutch TNT shipping method "signed for" is insured for damage/loss to €50. Shipping [...] (172 months ago, Mar 18, 2010, to Suggestions)

Re: Insure/Noninsure Checkboxes when Submit Order - Darth_Smithy (1307)

Great idea! Voted yes. In Suggestions, fosterbengoshi writes: [...] (172 months ago, Mar 18, 2010, to Suggestions)

Re: Insure/Noninsure Checkboxes when Submit Order - LEtgomyeGO (363)

Voted "Yes" big time on this one. The more a person has to actively choose something as opposed to passively allowing or not allowing - the more responsible they become. (And [...] (172 months ago, Mar 18, 2010, to Suggestions)

Re: Insure/Noninsure Checkboxes when Submit Order - mhn1957 (357)

[...] Excellent idea. I also like the idea where sellers could require insurance, and grey the no insurance box. I think it should be clear if a seller is collecting a fee and [...] (172 months ago, Mar 18, 2010, to Suggestions)

Re: Insure/Noninsure Checkboxes when Submit Order - Bricks.of.Fury (1593)

What if the system defaulted to include insurance at check out. The buyer would have to opt out and a warning could pop-out explaining the ramifications if the package is lost [...] (172 months ago, Mar 18, 2010, to Suggestions)

Re: Insure/Noninsure Checkboxes when Submit Order - 1001bricks (52383)

[...] 1) PayPal mainly WON'T care of your 'contract' with the buyer. So the Buyer can check "I swear I will NEVER sure you", and the next day... start a claim. Because PayPal [...] (172 months ago, Mar 18, 2010, to Suggestions)

Re: Insure/Noninsure Checkboxes when Submit Order - bagelboybugle (3408)

[...] Having read the thread thus far, perhaps I miss something, but, I personally think there is no harm in it morally, having the moral upper hand when buyer actively declines [...] (172 months ago, Mar 18, 2010, to Suggestions)

Re: Insure/Noninsure Checkboxes when Submit Order - Deepwoods (3703)

How would you handle the case where certain shippings are not insurable, the buyer may not be aware of this & select to include (& pay for) insurance assuming that their package [...] (172 months ago, Mar 19, 2010, to Suggestions)

(Cancelled) - ToriHada (8887)

(Cancelled) (165 months ago, Oct 17, 2010, to Suggestions)

(Cancelled) - ToriHada (8887)

(Cancelled) (161 months ago, Feb 18, 2011, to Suggestions)

Re: Insure/Noninsure Checkboxes when Submit Order - ToriHada (8887)

[...] Bumped... :) (105 months ago, Oct 1, 2015, to Suggestions)

Re: Insure/Noninsure Checkboxes when Submit Order - ToriHada (8887)

Wow! This nearly six year old suggestion of mine was implemented. Yay! Thanks Admin. :) Thor In Suggestions, ToriHada writes: [...] (97 months ago, May 14, 2016, to Suggestions)

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