<prompt> Human: I am an American living in Germany working on my PhD. I am renting an apartment from someone who recently finished their PhD and moved away. He asked me to send the rent money 600 EUR in cash through a certified post called Einschreiben. The first few months, it went OK. However, the last time, I was stopped by the post officers, who told me that Einschreiben does not guarantee money being sent through the mail. They told me that I would need to send money through a more expensive envelope called secure Post, and that it only guarantees up to 500 EUR this way. I sent 500 EUR through secure Post this way and then emailed the landlord. I told him that the post officers stopped me, that Einschreiben does not guarantee money, and that if I want to send money through the mail, I would need to send multiple secure Posts. He replied:i would not over-formalize these issues.Why don t you just send the money without that see it:The problem is that the insurance covers a 500 max, however, Einschreiben is very safe. If a letter would hence not arrive, the would only reimburse 500 and i can take the risk for the rest.I understood this to mean that I should send Einschreiben, not secure Post. I sent back an email saying OK. I will send the remainder as well as next months rent total 700 EUR via Einschreiben tomorrow. The mail went to his home, he received a letter saying that he can pick it up from the post office, but when he arrived, the letter was gone probably someone stole it. We have started an investigation through the post, but it seems unlikely that the money will be recovered. He has now written me several emails saying: you wrote me that only the express form cover insurance until max 500, and i said i will take the risk for everything above, i.e. the 85. I wanted to say that i will pay this more expensive letter form of course and that we should do it from now on, instead of the normal einschreiben, this is clear from our email conversation. i do need the money. If we assume the worst case, the bette mis stolen and nothing is refunded, what would be your suggestion to manage this situation?The question now is: what should I do? I think that it is his fault, but I can understand his point of view. Part of me is thinking that I should consider offering to split the loss with him. Would this be stupid to do? I can sympathize with his loss, but on the other hand, this would never be my choice for sending the rent, and he said he would take the risk...  <response>: cash through the mail to a landlordI found your problem. 