UPS lost my Bikeflights shipment
11-03-22, 02:59 PM
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"Respondents, I am not saying we as a society shouldn't utilize insurance. It's probably better if everyone has slightly less money as opposed to most people having slightly more and a not insignificant percentage having their lives devastated."
Not sure I follow your reasoning. Yes, obviously I'd like to recover the bikes. Doesn't change the fact the purchasing insurance is a losing proposition.
We are all aware (I would hope) that purchasing lottery tickets is on average a losing proposition by a significant margin. However, we can find numerous instances of individuals who've made a net profit playing the lottery. Does that invalidate the fact that lottery players lose money on average?
Same reasoning applies here. Yes, I may indeed have experienced negative variance, but purchasing insurance is still on average a losing proposition.
We are all aware (I would hope) that purchasing lottery tickets is on average a losing proposition by a significant margin. However, we can find numerous instances of individuals who've made a net profit playing the lottery. Does that invalidate the fact that lottery players lose money on average?
Same reasoning applies here. Yes, I may indeed have experienced negative variance, but purchasing insurance is still on average a losing proposition.
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11-03-22, 03:44 PM
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"Essentially, the point of insurance is to spread the risk (cost of a loss) across a population. That is, everybody is bearing the cost of small insurance payments to avoid a small risk of a large loss."
Seriously, do you guys read any of my responses? I fully understand this and have already addressed it, as evidenced by my prior statement, which I will reiterate verbatim:
"Respondents, I am not saying we as a society shouldn't utilize insurance. It's probably better if everyone has slightly less money as opposed to most people having slightly more and a not insignificant percentage having their lives devastated."
"That service isn't going to be free."
Well, obviously.
Seriously, do you guys read any of my responses? I fully understand this and have already addressed it, as evidenced by my prior statement, which I will reiterate verbatim:
"Respondents, I am not saying we as a society shouldn't utilize insurance. It's probably better if everyone has slightly less money as opposed to most people having slightly more and a not insignificant percentage having their lives devastated."
"That service isn't going to be free."
Well, obviously.
Financially, insurance does NOT leave "everyone" with "slightly less money." This statement that you keep repeating is just plain wrong. Incorrect. False.
Insurance provides benefits NOT JUST to claims recipients, but to ALL PEOPLE WHO PURCHASE IT. That is WHY they purchase it. The fact that you can't recognize it DOES NOT change the logic or reality.
I'm guessing that this lost bike (which could've been insured - d'oh!) might be the most valuable thing you own, in which case it may be an iota more difficult for you to understand why others might willingly insure their $50K cars and $500K houses. But it's really not that hard to understand. At least it's not for most people.
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11-03-22, 05:48 PM
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You don't understand it, even though it has repeatedly (and in different terms) been explained to you.
Financially, insurance does NOT leave "everyone" with "slightly less money." This statement that you keep repeating is just plain wrong. Incorrect. False.
Insurance provides benefits NOT JUST to claims recipients, but to ALL PEOPLE WHO PURCHASE IT. That is WHY they purchase it. The fact that you can't recognize it DOES NOT change the logic or reality.
I'm guessing that this lost bike (which could've been insured - d'oh!) might be the most valuable thing you own, in which case it may be an iota more difficult for you to understand why others might willingly insure their $50K cars and $500K houses. But it's really not that hard to understand. At least it's not for most people.
Financially, insurance does NOT leave "everyone" with "slightly less money." This statement that you keep repeating is just plain wrong. Incorrect. False.
Insurance provides benefits NOT JUST to claims recipients, but to ALL PEOPLE WHO PURCHASE IT. That is WHY they purchase it. The fact that you can't recognize it DOES NOT change the logic or reality.
I'm guessing that this lost bike (which could've been insured - d'oh!) might be the most valuable thing you own, in which case it may be an iota more difficult for you to understand why others might willingly insure their $50K cars and $500K houses. But it's really not that hard to understand. At least it's not for most people.
11-03-22, 06:37 PM
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11-04-22, 04:14 PM
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As far as shipping insurance. Most of the shipping damage I've encountered has been due to poorly packed items. And despite selling the insurance, the shipping companies are reluctant to reimburse for damages related to poor packing.
With computers, it is common to have all items controlled so they won't bounce around in the box, and the whole item surrounded by 2" of foam.
Bicycles seem to cram too much stuff into an undersized box.
Unfortunately it becomes a problem for E-Bay purchases where a buyer purchases an item with the expectation that it will be carefully packed and shipped to arrive intact. And a seller claims it was good when it left their control. Although I've had at least one item that I wondered if it was shipped broken. Why on earth would a seller have packed a power supply loose on top of a glass computer screen?
The OP's item was different since the label somehow wasn't scanning properly, and should have been replaced with a valid label.
With computers, it is common to have all items controlled so they won't bounce around in the box, and the whole item surrounded by 2" of foam.
Bicycles seem to cram too much stuff into an undersized box.
Unfortunately it becomes a problem for E-Bay purchases where a buyer purchases an item with the expectation that it will be carefully packed and shipped to arrive intact. And a seller claims it was good when it left their control. Although I've had at least one item that I wondered if it was shipped broken. Why on earth would a seller have packed a power supply loose on top of a glass computer screen?
The OP's item was different since the label somehow wasn't scanning properly, and should have been replaced with a valid label.
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