Value of an item won in an auction?

[bobg]

Just a passing comment in case it's relevant, but the bloke in the local Post Office suggested that I was wasting my money insuring (for postage) an item I sold on E Bay, for the actual selling price I received. He said that the PO wont accept an E Bay invoice as a valid evidence of "real value". He was too busy for me to find out what they would accept.

 

[classic33]

This question is useless without the context as there is surely one.

Did the OP win a pile of junk at auction?

One person's junk is another's treasure.

Why does the context of the question have to be questioned. A pile of junk, won at an auction, would be worth What I'd paid for it. Reason being, that is what I felt it was worth, whatever the amount. And I do go to quite a few auctions.


However for those that want a fuller story , for them to comment on, read on.
Item in question is/was a printhead, won on ebay. I have given the cost, to myself, as the value of the item. Others are saying its worth more. I paid what I thought it was worth. Seen during the week at just under £100. I paid a lot less than that.

This doesn't sit well when it comes to official form filling, as I'm finding out. "It must be worth more than what I paid, so please enter the actual value of the item."

As far as what the PO will accept as proof of value, they won't accept a shop receipt as proof.