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 Author: ihave36paws View Messages Posted By ihave36paws
 Posted: Apr 9, 2025 09:00
 Subject: Insurance dropped to $20.00 Ground Saver
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ihave36paws (14733)

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UPS Changes to Ground Saver Insurance

Starting April 2, 2025, UPS has reduced Ground Saver®'s free Declared Value
Coverage from $100 to $20.

Is ground saver the same as Ground Advantage? If so I was wondering what other
Sellers are doing about the latest change in the insurance on Packages.

If you set up second shipping method in BrickLink will it show both of them on
the checkout page so that the Buyer can pick insurance if he wants it on the
order. I have Instant Check out set in my store.
 Author: Nubs_Select View Messages Posted By Nubs_Select
 Posted: Apr 9, 2025 12:51
 Subject: Re: Insurance dropped to $20.00 Ground Saver
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  If you set up second shipping method in BrickLink will it show both of them on
the checkout page so that the Buyer can pick insurance if he wants it on the
order.

But regardless of which method they choose they will always have full insurance
since insurance is for the seller not the buyer so having the multiple options
may confuse buyers
 Author: Ziegelmeister View Messages Posted By Ziegelmeister
 Posted: Apr 9, 2025 13:21
 Subject: Re: Insurance dropped to $20.00 Ground Saver
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In Shipping, ihave36paws writes:

  Is ground saver the same as Ground Advantage? If so I was wondering what other
Sellers are doing about the latest change in the insurance on Packages.

No, Ground Saver is UPS, Ground Advantage is USPS. I never fully understood
why USPS decided to use that name when UPS and FedEx had already been using "ground"
in their methods for decades.

But regardless, I also don't understand why UPS Ground Saver exists when
it's generally the same price as UPS ground and takes 1-3 days longer to
arrive.
 
 Author: peregrinator View Messages Posted By peregrinator
 Posted: Apr 9, 2025 13:27
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peregrinator (1089)

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In Shipping, Ziegelmeister writes:
  But regardless, I also don't understand why UPS Ground Saver exists when
it's generally the same price as UPS ground and takes 1-3 days longer to
arrive.

I've found that Ground Saver is about the same price as USPS Ground Advantage
(sometimes a tiny bit less) - and UPS sometimes uses USPS for last mile delivery
of Ground Saver packages.
 Author: peregrinator View Messages Posted By peregrinator
 Posted: Apr 9, 2025 13:28
 Subject: Re: Insurance dropped to $20.00 Ground Saver
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peregrinator (1089)

Location:  USA, New Jersey
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In Shipping, peregrinator writes:
  In Shipping, Ziegelmeister writes:
  But regardless, I also don't understand why UPS Ground Saver exists when
it's generally the same price as UPS ground and takes 1-3 days longer to
arrive.

I've found that Ground Saver is about the same price as USPS Ground Advantage
(sometimes a tiny bit less) - and UPS sometimes uses USPS for last mile delivery
of Ground Saver packages.

Ground Saver is just a rebranding of UPS SurePost by the way.
 Author: axaday View Messages Posted By axaday
 Posted: Apr 12, 2025 17:40
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In Shipping, Ziegelmeister writes:
  In Shipping, ihave36paws writes:

  Is ground saver the same as Ground Advantage? If so I was wondering what other
Sellers are doing about the latest change in the insurance on Packages.

No, Ground Saver is UPS, Ground Advantage is USPS. I never fully understood
why USPS decided to use that name when UPS and FedEx had already been using "ground"
in their methods for decades.

But regardless, I also don't understand why UPS Ground Saver exists when
it's generally the same price as UPS ground and takes 1-3 days longer to
arrive.

I just use USPS and drop off in person on the way home from work, but maybe your
extra money on UPS has a brown truck come and get it at your house?
 Author: ihave36paws View Messages Posted By ihave36paws
 Posted: Apr 12, 2025 10:08
 Subject: Re: Insurance dropped to $20.00 Ground Saver
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ihave36paws (14733)

Location:  USA, Pennsylvania
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Thank you everyone for the help




In Shipping, ihave36paws writes:
  UPS Changes to Ground Saver Insurance

Starting April 2, 2025, UPS has reduced Ground Saver®'s free Declared Value
Coverage from $100 to $20.

Is ground saver the same as Ground Advantage? If so I was wondering what other
Sellers are doing about the latest change in the insurance on Packages.

If you set up second shipping method in BrickLink will it show both of them on
the checkout page so that the Buyer can pick insurance if he wants it on the
order. I have Instant Check out set in my store.