Posting ego batteries is OK!!!

[fred]

So, before delivering a package to the post office counter today, I phoned royal mail.

I asked the kind lady what I need to do to send a mobile phone to my mum, complete with battery.
She said it must be switched off, have the battery in it, and be securely packaged - it does not need a dangerous goods sticker!

So,I said, I also need to send an ego battery (e-cig battery) to a friend! I explained that its a metal tube, with battery, electronics and switch. She asked did it have liquid in. I explained how a modern ecig works, and the various parts, and that there was no liquid in the ecig.
She still wasn't sure, and got in touch with dangerous goods department.

Upshot is, as long as there's no liquid in an attached atty, the device is switched off and securely packaged, ego batteries are fine to post.
She also said it is fine to send 2 bottles of juice, up to 50mg/ml in the same package (probably OK to send more, but that's all I needed).

She then said if the woman at the post office refuses to send it, or demands to open it, she must call the dangerous goods department on 0345 600 5744.

Write this number down folks, and take it with you to the post office. They have no right to look in your parcel!

[buggritt]

Who at the Post Office is looking in your parcel? That's a first.
Royal Mail however, do have the right to examine or destroy anything they think could be dangerous.
A bit annoying for us as the public being asked what's in your parcel, but must be far more tedious for them asking the same thing time after time.

[fred]

Sept 1, 2014 13:59:34 GMT buggritt said:

Who at the Post Office is looking in your parcel? That's a first.
Royal Mail however, do have the right to examine or destroy anything they think could be dangerous.
A bit annoying for us as the public being asked what's in your parcel, but must be far more tedious for them asking the same thing time after time.

The nosey old bag at the post office counter in the back of local shops!

Look here!

Not the first time at all 

[fred]

Sept 1, 2014 13:59:34 GMT buggritt said:

Who at the Post Office is looking in your parcel? That's a first.
Royal Mail however, do have the right to examine or destroy anything they think could be dangerous.
A bit annoying for us as the public being asked what's in your parcel, but must be far more tedious for them asking the same thing time after time.

The nosey old bag at the post office counter in the back of local shops!

Look here!

Not the first time at all 

[ukric]

Is there anything they'll send you out in writing ?

[ukric]

Is there anything they'll send you out in writing ?

[buggritt]

Well fred, that post was also by you, so it's not exactly widespread.
No Post Office employee, or self employed Sub Postmaster, has the right to open your mail. The dangerous goods act has caused endless bother and misinformation. Even the helpful kind lady at Royal Mail has it wrong. A mobile phone containing a battery does need a warning label, though that can easily be put on by the clerk

[fred]

That post most certainly was not from me

Think you'll fond it was by jmw2309!!!

[fred]

Sept 1, 2014 15:21:06 GMT buggritt said:

Well fred, that post was also by you, so it's not exactly widespread.
No Post Office employee, or self employed Sub Postmaster, has the right to open your mail. The dangerous goods act has caused endless bother and misinformation. Even the helpful kind lady at Royal Mail has it wrong. A mobile phone containing a battery does need a warning label, though that can easily be put on by the clerk

Not according to the dangerous goods department at the royal mail - you know, the ones that make/enforce these rules 

Interpretation of these ambiguous rules on the internet and supplied to the nosey old bag can be very subjective.

I'll take the word of the dangerous goods department over anyone else's interpretation of the rules they've laid down.

[fred]

Sept 1, 2014 14:51:05 GMT ukric said:

Is there anything they'll send you out in writing ?

Doubt it, but I'll give it a try.

[buggritt]

Sept 1, 2014 15:22:53 GMT fred said:

That post most certainly was not from me

Think you'll fond it was by jmw2309!!!

My apologies, I stand corrected.
However, still a one off.
Clearly, no post officer worker has the right to open your mail. They can refuse to accept it.
I would use a different Post Office rather than have a confrontation every time I go there.