Post Office wanting to know all contents.

barmonkey

Yet to get an answer, but what happens to the small stuff put in letterboxes, I could put an awful lot of batteries in a large envelope.

George_Michael

Yet to get an answer, but what happens to the small stuff put in letterboxes, I could put an awful lot of batteries in a large envelope

You could also drink 5 or 6 pints of beer and then drive home without having an accident and without getting stopped by the police, but just because you didn't get caught doesn't make it safe or legal.

barmonkey

George_Michael wrote: »

You could also drink 5 or 6 pints of beer and then drive home without having an accident and without getting stopped by the police, but just because you didn't get caught doesn't make it safe or legal.

that's a stupid reply, well done.

I ask because when you take your package to the counter they mark on the system to say it has been checked, if you put it in the box they cant do that.

techspec

The CROWN post office involved seem to have toned down the way the ask, since my angry rant - and even seem to feel the parcel first now - before asking me. They miss some items out. But not one item i have posted this week has contained what i said. I just say pen, dvd, book etc - as my mail is private. I decided to do this, after posting an XBOX GAME became a farce. "Whats in ther parcel?". " a game" , i replied. "Is it electronic" "I supose so". "Are the batteries in it?" "No - its just the game - it doesn't take batteries". "So how does it work then?" "Arhhhhhhhhhhhhh"

But all of the none crown PO's i have visited since, have NOT asked the contents. They seem to have a brain - and have put the chart up near the counter - and ask people to confirm there are no prohobited items in the parcel.

techspec

Gary123456790 wrote: »

In post offices would be a start. National newspaper adverts would be useful as well.

Many people are unaware of these changes. Big posters in the post office would alert everyone in the queue.

Gary.

Exactly.

The post office near wher i am is the slowest in the country. You could read a book by the time your served.

Yet they CHOOSE not to display these new lists or a poster for us to read while we wait. They dont want to miss out on selling us special delivery by checking our mail.

an9i77

I just say 'nothing on the banned list' now when asked. If they prompt further I say I' ve read the list and there's nothing in there that shouldn't be. That's all they really need to know. Seems to shut them up.

Esoog

paulofessex wrote: »

I personally think they should have the list of prohibited items on clear display and for them to point at it and ask if your parcel contains any of those items, and then also ask if the contents have a value of more than £'s to avoid asking WHAT is in the parcel.

That's what the chap does at my local one, gets out his list and says "it's not got any of these in has it?"

marking_bad

Blimey, there is a big essay on batteries in the prohibited list, can anyone tell me this, is it ok to send a mobile phone in a box through the post?

Jonboy_1984

Regarding the couriers we sell aerosols at work. To ship them relatively freely on road transport to mainland UK with the company we use, we have had to register each product with them, provide an MSDS sheet for each product, details of the capacity of the product, max number of a product in any one parcel and an out of hours contact number.

We then have to label each parcel with a UN label at point of packing.

This is to comply with the "limited quantity" part of the ADR(?)hazardous goods shipping legislation to help avoid red tape for transporting small amounts.....

GabbaGabbaHey

porto_bello wrote: »

Let's be honest, huge quantities of clocks, watches, calculators, torches, electronic toys and games, not to mention batteries themselves are being sold on-line and sent via RM, every day. [That's just the sort of stuff that immediately comes to mind].

Have you actually read the regulations?

Most of the item you mention are acceptable provided that the batteries are installed in a piece of electronic equipment (or, for new batteries, are in their original packaging).

(Like some others on here, I just tell the PO staff that there are no prohibited items in my parcel, and that has always been sufficient).