I think you will find that the $50 is discretionary by AP.

So without insurance they will just say NO.

You would have to lodge a case with the ombudsman to try to get a better result, but they have no teeth either.

Ahhh Auspost has changed their policy. They no longer do the $50 non insured items cover but this applied to parcels not envelopes. Now Auspost don't even consider this if there is no insurance purchased.

So are you saying that you don't  pay for this?  It sounds good if that is the case but the PO would hate me because I post a lot of large letters each day - still......

Yes I belive that recording the information that the item was "lost in the mail" as follow up Feedback would help other sellers especially if you add their eBay id in Caps as Tippy*toes suggested. It would also show at a glance that it has happened before. At the moment there is no record of this.

I am pretty sure my Post Office would not sign a registered post lodgement receipt unless I used registered post.

I print out the Selling Manager sales sheets (Use a snapshot). The Post Office stamps this as my Postage Register each time I go.  The SMP records in archived have the post codes in the details.

I'm done selling on ebay as the defects have just pushed me over the edge,I am receiving requests by buyers that they haven't received their items while other buyers have received theirs that were posted out around the same time.

These buyers chose standard postage over registered as I can't force a buyer to use registered post.

So now my paypal account is in the minus $$$$ and being held until I refund.

But if I'm forced to refund then I have not only lost my items but also lost the money.

So what is going on with AP all of a sudden with parcels not being delivered.

And I know that I will no doubt receive posts stating that I should have posted registered but it's a matter of having a sale or not and for the buyers to be honest or not.

So either the buyers are trying it on or the post has lost/stolen the items.

Never have I had this problem before until now,so if I lose and have to refund I will be loosing lots of money.

Which will be a lesson learned by me and I will never sell on ebay agian.

I don't think AP is losing any more items than usual but I do think a lot more buyers are trying it on.

Unless you have proof of posting you will lose any dispute

Digi, I know your post was two weeks ago...but with regards to preferring buyers not use the request system:

I just went to "ask a question" on a listing where my purchases have disappeared into a black hole.

I was attempting to contact the seller directly, as a first approach.

The "ask a question" defaulted me into the resolutions/request centre, if I wanted to ask a question about items not received.

If that is now the current normal, then a buyer will be opening cases if an item is slow even if trying not to.