Author:  mhn1957  Posted:  Mar 18, 2010 18:09  Subject:  Re: Insure/Noninsure Checkboxes when Submit Order  Viewed:  38 times  Topic:  Suggestions Cancel Reply

BrickLink ID Card mhn1957 (357) Location:  USA, Ohio Member Since Contact Type Status Collage Jan 17, 2002 Seller  Store: Brick Onion

In Suggestions, fosterbengoshi writes:    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 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 self-insuring or requiring the buyer to pay insurance to the shipper. This doesn't have to be part of the option. BUT, I can see abuse potential where everyone is paying insurance and the seller is using it to cover himself in case he loses a paypal charge-back, in which case, the buyer is really only paying extra for a guaranteed no bad feedback on a charge-back. Mark (MHN1957)

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

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 [...] (173 months ago, Mar 18, 2010, to Suggestions)

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

[...] [...] I'm having a hard time seeing the need for this idea. What difference would it make if the insurance fee is paid to the shipper, to a different third party or [...] (173 months ago, Mar 18, 2010, to Suggestions)

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