I no longer trust Australia Post as I lost $1.000 worth of items sent registered post and paypal found against me on all four items.despite various forms of registration.

I now insist on a "DO NOT SAFE DROP " sticker on EVERY ITEM I POST .

With smaller items I am still trying to negotiate a way to get tracking on large letters etc as they used to print a label when asked.

Recently on a current affair there was vision of posties and couriers leaving parcels in unit letterbox areas and the items being  relocated {stolen !!!!! ) within a minute.

For items with tracking if the posty leaves it they do not scan normally so you are at risk of losing items.

If it has do not safe drop on it then the posty will scan the item when delivered or picked up from the post centre.

Since using the stickers my"non delivery" "item not received" figures have changed substantially.

And to be honest if somebody will not pay for registered post on a small item I prefer not to sell to them. 

It costs me less money as most items an not be replaced so it is better to deal only with honest people.

Also any lost item customers automatically go on my banned bidder list, and there is a group of us who exchange information as well.

Today I communicated with a buyer who has been fantastic, but my settings stopped her buying from me, so I did a manual overide and told her . She was very understanding and also understood fully because she had the same problem.

If Ebay will not let us tell the truth or be treated fairly we need to form our own networks.