Posting prohibited items

theonlywayisup

in_the_Cotswolds wrote: »

I've delivered perfumes and aftershave sent by Boots, Superdrug etc. If they can post it I'm sure you can.

Business customers of Royal Mail adhere to different rules and regulations. As has been shown, there is no issue for a private customer to use Royal Mail to send aftershave/perfume but they have to adhere to the rules on sending these items. They are slightly different for personal apropos business customers.

For instance - personal customers

Perfumes and aftershaves (including: Reed diffusers; body sprays; room fragrance sprays (non-Aerosols only); essential oils; eau de parfum and eau de toilette but excluding non-flammable perfumed creams, gels oils or lotions)

International - Not allowed in the mail
UK - Allowed in the mail, see restrictions and packaging guidelines below:
Volume per item must not exceed 150ml.
No more than four items in any one parcel.
Must be sent in its original retail packaging, placed in strong outer packaging and cushioned to prevent breakage.
An ID8000 label must be applied (see example ID8000 label).
The sender's name and return address must be clearly visible on the outer packaging.
These items must be presented at a Post Office® counter.

Business customers -

Perfumes and aftershaves (including eau de parfum and eau de toilette but excluding non-flammable perfumed creams, gels, oils or lotions)

UK destinations - Allowed in the mail, with restrictions and packaging guidelines below:
European destinations (restricted to 11 European countries: Austria, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Germany, Hungary, Luxembourg, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia and Slovenia)
- Allowed in the mail with restrictions and packaging guidelines below:
Other European & International destinations - Not allowed in the mail
Volume per item must not exceed 150ml.
No more than eight perfumes or aftershaves can be sent in any one parcel.
The perfume or aftershave must be within its original retail packaging and then placed in strong outer packaging.
The inner packagings must be packed, secured or cushioned to prevent breakage or leakage of their contents into the outer packaging.
An ID8000 label must be applied for items posted to UK addresses (see an example of an ID8000 label).
The sender's name and return address must be clearly visible on the outer packaging.
For UK addresses - These items may only be sent using our 1st Class or 2nd Class products paid for via franking or on account (VAT exempt 1st and 2nd Class Account Mail), Special Delivery® paid for via franking or on account, Royal Mail Tracked® and Royal Mail Sameday®. Please note Royal Mail Tracked Returns®, Business Response, Freepost® and all variants of Royal Mail 24 and Royal Mail 48 are excluded.

custardy

Flickering_Ember wrote: »

As far as I'm aware, Hermes will let you send perfumes...although they're far from ideal.

This stuffs pretty easy to check. Its not exactly secret stuff.

Perfumes and aftershaves – As well as being classed as liquids, these are flammable and are prohibited

https://www.myhermes.co.uk/help/carry-guide/


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jwil

Nobodylistens wrote: »

My local post office staff always want to know what is in my parcels - I swear sometimes they are just being nosy, because they often comment on why people are buying that etc - so what do I do? Lie? What should I tell them it is? Especially if they can hear the liquid moving. If I tell the truth then they definitely can't take it.

They have to ask. It's not them being 'jobsworths', they need to make sure you are not sending anything prohibited, and make sure it's labelled correctly for restricted items.

That said, I'd also be annoyed if they were commenting on the contents. If you have looked up the conditions around posting something and are complying with the rules, then there should be no reason for them not to accept it.

General_Grant

I've sometimes said "nothing on the prohibited list" and "not of value". The second phrase is so that they may not ask for further information in order to sell insurance. Sometimes that is enough but at other times they continue to ask for the actual content.

woolythoughts

General_Grant wrote: »

I've sometimes said "nothing on the prohibited list" and "not of value". The second phrase is so that they may not ask for further information in order to sell insurance. Sometimes that is enough but at other times they continue to ask for the actual content.

I often have to do that since the staff at my local PO think they are dictators.

I normally take great pleasure in first pointing out that they only need to know the item is not restricted and not what it is.

If they still insist, I say its a gimp mask and double ended dildo.

That normally shuts them up as they are more elderly ladies who look like they are going to have a fit of the vapours at the thought.

mimi1234

I've posted fragrance in the past, it has to be below a certain amount, still in it's original packaging and cellophane wrapped / bubble wrapped. You also have to stick one of those stickers on the back and tick "fragrance" or whatever the wording is on it.

donnac2558

I have posted quite a few bottles of perfume without hassle.



Always within the UK, has the correct label on it and when asked?


Yes, in original packaging.


Never had a problem.


Oh, and all the packages that do not follow the rules come to Belfast and are destroyed.:rotfl:


Yes, we know our suspious packages.:D

Contains_Mild_Peril

They've changed the rules fairly reently - a lot of the stuff that was previously restricted is now prohibited, including perfume. I just checked Hermes' website and they now prohibit all liquids (including things like gels and lotions as well as bottled fragrances). I'm now trying to figure out how to return a laptop battery, since I bought the wrong one (my mistake but the listing could have been clearer). It was sent to me via Hermes, but is on their prohibited list as well as Royal Mail's. Despite this, the seller seems to sell many laptop batteries.

Spoonie_Turtle

Contains_Mild_Peril wrote: »

They've changed the rules fairly reently - a lot of the stuff that was previously restricted is now prohibited, including perfume. I just checked Hermes' website and they now prohibit all liquids (including things like gels and lotions as well as bottled fragrances). I'm now trying to figure out how to return a laptop battery, since I bought the wrong one (my mistake but the listing could have been clearer). It was sent to me via Hermes, but is on their prohibited list as well as Royal Mail's. Despite this, the seller seems to sell many laptop batteries.

Hermes have very different restrictions from Royal Mail so it's best to check and think of them separately.