Give me an education about this "PIRATE SHIP" method that has been discussed here.

oh! i stand corrected, thanks for the clarification L

in my defense, i've never used their "extra services" and anything i sell and ship over $150 rides FedEx with full boat insurance and delivery signature.

but the point still stands, that if you have a problem and need to make a shipping claim, it's all done via e-mail. which is an arduous process.

I've only had a couple claims and neither were processed through pirateship. Those, one through FedEx and the other a total cluster-uck through International Priority Mail, were also both "ardously processed through email" including formal demand letters. Both resulted in successful full payments.