Ribena

nightswimmer

freebie_junkie wrote:

food and drink isnt allowed to be sent via royal mail anyway!

Yes it is.

For a list of things that you can't send via Royal Mail in the UK, see here .

and i reckon foreign cutoms would have something to say about it too!

That depends on the country in question, so you should always check out their customs infomation before sending food. However, as an example, you can you can send food and drink to individuals in the US. If you are a business, or are sending to a business, you will have to fill in a FDA form first.

For details of sending food to the US see here.


They don't have black currants in the US, so I can understand ex-pats willing to pay to get some Ribena shipped there.

carrie483

nightswimmer wrote:

They don't have black currants in the US, so I can understand ex-pats willing to pay to get some Ribena shipped there.

Really??? Poor sods lol. Although America have loads of stuff (like pilsbury stuff yum) that we can't get here. I'm gonna go look on Ebay lol.

Carrie

nightswimmer

carrie483 wrote:

Really??? Poor sods lol.

Well, I think they do have them, but for some reason, it's not a flavour thats used much in everyday proucts like it is here.

Although America have loads of stuff (like pilsbury stuff yum) that we can't get here. I'm gonna go look on Ebay lol.

hahaha

apprentice_tycoon

regarding nightswimmers list of stuff that you can't send by Royal Mail 'filth' is a bit vague isn't it?

tigermatt

In a slightly related story - A "cooked, left-over brussel sprout from christmas" sold on eBay for £1,550! (FREE Royal Mail delivery... :rolleyes:)

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/cooked-unwanted-brussel-sprout-from-christmas_W0QQitemZ5651954281QQcategoryZ88433QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

black-saturn

Hes not doing very well in his auctions though. Hardly anythings sold and he lists 98 of each item so what he has sold has been taken up in listings fees.

tigermatt

salthegal wrote:

You know what, I never knew you were allowed to sell food and drink items on ebay!

It's a questionable item because the selling of such products is highly regulated etc. etc.

I have reported the listing just incase there is a problem - most of these people probably haven't familiarised themselves with the laws anyway.

black-saturn

tigermatt wrote:

In a slightly related story - A "cooked, left-over brussel sprout from christmas" sold on eBay for £1,550! (FREE Royal Mail delivery... :rolleyes:)

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/cooked-unwanted-brussel-sprout-from-christmas_W0QQitemZ5651954281QQcategoryZ88433QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

The winning bidder was on 0 feedback so it was obviously a hoax.

nightswimmer

apprentice_tycoon wrote:

regarding nightswimmers list of stuff that you can't send by Royal Mail 'filth' is a bit vague isn't it?

It's very odd. Maybe someone should write to RM to clarify their definition of filth!

carrie483

tigermatt wrote:

In a slightly related story - A "cooked, left-over brussel sprout from christmas" sold on eBay for £1,550! (FREE Royal Mail delivery... :rolleyes:)

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/cooked-unwanted-brussel-sprout-from-christmas_W0QQitemZ5651954281QQcategoryZ88433QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

Why didn't i think of this, maybe i should quickly cook one and name it Sarah - a partner for Nicholas to keep him happy. :rotfl: