John wrote.........

"I find no reason for anyone who does not explain to an eBay seller who offers clay composition chips that some type of safe, secure method of packing must be used."

So, are you saying that Jim is wrong because he did not take the time to tell this seller how to mail the idea HE was selling? I would think that if a seller is charging $5 & $3.50 as Jim pointed out then the seller would use that money to send the item correctly. I understand you trying to inform people on the correct way to ship. Then again, it is not every buyer's concern to lead the seller of an item by the hand & send E-Mail after E-Mail TRYING to get that seller to understand something that they just quite frankly don't WANT to understand. I guess the bottom line is I'm getting tired of eBay sellers ripping people off when it comes to "postage & insurance" as I said in the previous post.........Andy - Las Vegas