The UPS or something can take a photo of the product or item they received. They are not verifying what's inside. They are just verifying the weight, a photo from few angles, available only in case of dispute.
Seller can also do that, but a third party doing it with no horse in the race can act like a notary. We are verifying what we saw. A camera "box" with X pounds of weight.
If seller wants them to verify the inside contents, he needs to Show them the inside contents. Then UPS will be confirming by photos that yes, an item with this serial number is there inside and we packed it. No guarantee of shutter count or working or not. Just what they see & record in a photo.
Its kind of slippery slope. What if its just a empty camera body? What is its a junk camera? What if buyer says these above falsely?
To save you a click, what @dang says in the first link is:
Please don't copy/paste comments on HN. It lowers the signal/noise ratio and makes for pain when we go to merge duplicate threads. If you want to refer to something you posted elsewhere, please use a link.
Better still, when you see a split discussion, email hn@ycombinator.com so we can merge them. We'll make sure your comment ends up in the winning thread.
> makes for pain when we go to merge duplicate threads
This was interesting. Would it only be an issue if the copied comment was a root comment of the article? Otherwise the copied comment would be under a different branch without possibility of collision with the copy under a different branch. If that the case?
Okay. Who is going to pay for this service? I'm not going to pay for it as a buyer. If I file a claim on eBay or Amazon, they'll almost always side with me.
The seller is going to pay as they are the most likely to lose the money if the sale goes south. The smarter ones would increase the price to account for it (if possible).
Yes, agreed, it could be just another cost like shipping material, shipping charges etc. Seller pays and recoups it from the profit margin, just like any other expenses.
Sellers already pay for insurance/signature/etc. when shipping high value items, this would be just an additional form of insurance that if a seller was going to use they'd roll the cost into the price of the item or shipping fee.
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22388197
The UPS or something can take a photo of the product or item they received. They are not verifying what's inside. They are just verifying the weight, a photo from few angles, available only in case of dispute. Seller can also do that, but a third party doing it with no horse in the race can act like a notary. We are verifying what we saw. A camera "box" with X pounds of weight.
If seller wants them to verify the inside contents, he needs to Show them the inside contents. Then UPS will be confirming by photos that yes, an item with this serial number is there inside and we packed it. No guarantee of shutter count or working or not. Just what they see & record in a photo.
Its kind of slippery slope. What if its just a empty camera body? What is its a junk camera? What if buyer says these above falsely?