I have never been this upset in my life with e-bay and it's buyer protection, seriously.
I'm am so gonna save on shipping from here on in and just get normal mail. And if it gets lost, I'm claiming, claiming, cliaming.
And when they ask why I didn't get registered or insurance, I'll just say to them, "well, that didn't help me out last time, did it now?"
And how do I go about claiming that with the USPS, if the seller has run off and hid?
In that case, why should any seller pay for registered, insured, express etc etc shipping. Because, in the end, it's not e-bay or paypal's problem, it's the buyer with the USPS for it not turning up.