@bikeden wrote:
If you are the seller and making a claim after eBay/PayPal has refunded the buyer for the loss, they will only pay you the wholesale value of the item, not the sold value of the goods.

I would be more inclined to send a $5000 item using TNT or Toll not Australia Post and definitely not 'LostWay'.

2 weeks ago Mr Tippy bought an item coming out of Melbourne. We are in central NSW. I nearly puked when he got a tracking number for Aramax (Fastway). He bought on the Friday, it arrived 9am on the Monday. I thought just coming from Melbourne would have been an issue in itself.

 

My previous experiences with them have also been good. Items coming from a medical supply company in Qld (on eBay), arrived overnight. I am acutely aware that I am in the minority though.