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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;George Chaney, post: 3778832, member: 19137&quot;]I&#039;ve been selling gold &amp; silver jewelry online for years without significant issues here in the U.S. I don&#039;t sell outside of the 50 U.S. States so I can&#039;t speak to how to deal with international issues.</p><p><br /></p><p>The one instance I had of what I considered attempted fraud was on an art nouveau sterling ring that was delivered to a condo community in NY. The buyer said they never got it though it was signed for. Ebay covered the deal so it didn&#039;t much matter to me, though I do believe the buyers account was suspended...lol</p><p><br /></p><p>Outside of that, no issues. My only charge back has been on a 15.00 video game of all things and the parents child bought the game, but didn&#039;t authorize the purchase. Instead of owning the childs behavior, they did a charge back...sigh...</p><p><br /></p><p>Regardless, on jewelry I insure everything over $50.00. Just as often, I will require a signature at delivery on items around $50.00 on up. A lot of items over a &quot;certain amount&quot; will arrive requiring a photo id of the named buyer along with a signature, and I include this fact in my description. These photo ID items I forgo eBays discounted shipping for specific shipping that pretty much makes fraud grab and go pretty risky; Hard to produce a valid ID with someone else name on it on the fly. I have my own USPS &amp; FedEx accounts for my business. I have never had an issue with USPS denying an insurance claim - ever. Matter of fact, they pay very promptly, and though they don&#039;t cover the postage amount, I always include it and it gets paid. </p><p><br /></p><p>On Etsy, I don&#039;t have any Fraud issues either - though the same rules I use on eBay for shipping apply to Etsy. I do offer free shipping on Etsy because I&#039;ve never had return issues Like I you see today on eBay.</p><p><br /></p><p>Examples of what I put on my listings to put fraudsters on notice;</p><p>&quot;Shipping via USPS First Class Mail, fully insured and may require a signature at delivery&quot;</p><p>&quot;Shipping via USPS or FedEx My choice, fully insured with a photo ID required along with the signature of the named buyer.&quot;</p><p><br /></p><p>Fraudsters are looking for easy grab and go merchandise and don&#039;t want to be seen. Just because you say signature required and all that doesn&#039;t mean you need to provided you&#039;re not charging for it. Anything suspicious always error on the side of caution and throw a signature requirement on.</p><p><br /></p><p>Most sellers will tell you I way over do it and they would be absolutely right. I am on the extreme side of things so keep that in mind <img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/wink.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=";)" unselectable="on" /> </p><p><br /></p><p>Hope this help![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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