Flammable gas to France?

mrbadexample

:hello:

I thought this would be a good place to post, as it's a shipping query.

I want to send some Micronox cylinders to a friend in France. The company will not ship them direct (I think it's basically too much hassle), so I am considering buying them and forwarding them to him.

Bearing in mind that these are very small cylinders of compressed, flammable gas, can anyone point me in the right direction for a suitable courier?

Cheers! :beer:
MBE

mrbadexample

Awww...c'mon....someone must know of a solution?

Please?

unrich

Using bable fish to translate "Gas Welding Torch Kit" into "Kit de torche de soudage à gaz".

Paste it into google and you get http://www.google.co.uk/search?hl=en&q=Kit+de+torche+de+soudage+%C3%A0+gaz&btnG=Google+Search&meta=

And they might be able to find some themselves.

Campden

If they are very small, send them by Royal Mail, anything under 2kg will be cheaper that way.

If there is a problem over pressurised gas in an aeroplane, send them by surface post.

custardy

Campden wrote: »

If they are very small, send them by Royal Mail, anything under 2kg will be cheaper that way.

If there is a problem over pressurised gas in an aeroplane, send them by surface post.

prohibited items

ftp://ftp.royalmail.com/Downloads/public/ctf/rm/Royal_Mail_general_ts&cs_29_October_2007web.pdf

mrbadexample

custardy wrote: »

prohibited items

ftp://ftp.royalmail.com/Downloads/public/ctf/rm/Royal_Mail_general_ts&cs_29_October_2007web.pdf

That's why I was asking.

Incidentally custardy, how much is it supposed to cost to send a postcard to France? I put first class stamps on. Sometimes they arrive in a few days. Other times, someone puts them in a box for 3 weeks. Then they put a sticker on the postcards saying "insufficient postage", and send them anyway. What's that all about then?

mrbadexample

unrich wrote: »

Using bable fish to translate "Gas Welding Torch Kit" into "Kit de torche de soudage à gaz".

Paste it into google and you get http://www.google.co.uk/search?hl=en&q=Kit+de+torche+de+soudage+%C3%A0+gaz&btnG=Google+Search&meta=

And they might be able to find some themselves.

Sadly, they no longer sell Micronox in France. The chap that needs it makes jewellery and stuff, and these particular cylinders fit his little welder. If he can't get them, then he'll have to replace the welder, which would be rather expensive.

Je pense c'est ça qu'il a dit.

custardy

mrbadexample wrote: »

That's why I was asking.

Incidentally custardy, how much is it supposed to cost to send a postcard to France? I put first class stamps on. Sometimes they arrive in a few days. Other times, someone puts them in a box for 3 weeks. Then they put a sticker on the postcards saying "insufficient postage", and send them anyway. What's that all about then?

airmail starts from 50p for europe
http://www.royalmail.com/portal/rm/content1?mediaId=53800712&catId=400036

mrbadexample

custardy wrote: »

airmail starts from 50p for europe
http://www.royalmail.com/portal/rm/content1?mediaId=53800712&catId=400036

What if you're happy with surface mail? Is that an option?

custardy

starts at 48p if youre worried about that 2p
http://www.royalmail.com/portal/rm/jump2?catId=400033&mediaId=400037

Yes, but some restrictions do apply. Letters and postcards to Europe can only be sent by Airmail. Also, our Surface Mail Letters, Printed Papers and Small Packets services are not available to Chad.