If you only offer items to be sent via post (i. E no collection in person) then you are responsible to ensure they are delivered to the buyer. So if they get lost in the post they are YOUR problem (i.
E its your loss) - end of story The fact that you offered recorded delivery is irrelevent. All that recorded delivery does is give YOU proof they were delivered, so the buyer cant claim they WERN't delivered. If they get lost in the post the loss is STILL yours.
You were stupid not to insure the goods AND have recorded delivery (and maybe automatically charge the customer £1.20 postage or even not charge anything extra) HOWEVER - IF you. Say that items are to be collected BUT offer to post giving several options (e. G, insured, not insured, fast delivery, or other method specified by the buyer at buyers cost) and the buyer selects one of these options, then the goods become the buyers property as soon as they are shipped.
(the important thing is that the offer for sale is for goods to be collected by the buyer. And that offers to post are "extras" offered by the seller in case the buyer does not want to/cant collect. Another important thing is that the buyer is offered the option to select his own method of shipping (obviously at his cost)) In this case if they get "lost" then its the buyers problem not yours, So as far as you would be concerned it would be irrelevent them claiming they had not received the goods, cos your responsiblity for them would have ended as soon as the goods were sent.
It would be up to them to claim from the delivery service they chose.. If they had just asked you to post them then you don't even have to prove that you actually posted them. THEY would have to prove you didn't As far as e-bay All what you say is irrelevent ALL that matters is that YOU were responsible for ensuring the goods were delivered. Unless YOU can prove that they were the buyer can claim whatever they want, cos YOU cant prove they are lying.
Result is YOU will have to refund the £200.(cos you failed to deliver the goods purchased) If you had insured the goods with the post office then you could have claimed against them, but since you didn't then the loss is YOURS.
I cant really gove you an answer,but what I can give you is a way to a solution, that is you have to find the anglde that you relate to or peaks your interest. A good paper is one that people get drawn into because it reaches them ln some way.As for me WW11 to me, I think of the holocaust and the effect it had on the survivors, their families and those who stood by and did nothing until it was too late.