how to mail a new Dyson battery with Royal Mail

barnaclebill

Hi, I am selling a new Dyson battery on ebay, we ordered the wrong one. It is in all the original packaging but reading the Royal Mail website is confusing, anyone done this before?

Buster_Danog

According to the prohibited items list lithium batteries need to be sent when in the equipment they are being used in. So a Dyson battery probably can't be sent unless it is in the Dyson product. I am assuming it is lithium.

"Batteries that are classified as dangerous goods by the latest edition of the Technical Instructions for Safe Transport of Dangerous Goods by Air published by the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) including wet spillable lead acid/ lead alkaline batteries (such as car batteries), lithium batteries when not sent with or contained in equipment, used alkaline metal, nickel metal hydride (NiMH), nickel cadmium (NiCd) and zinc-air batteries, and damaged batteries of any type. Please note this includes power banks.

• International  - Not allowed in the mail
• UK - Not allowed in the mail"

Belenus

You could consider selling it as collection only or list it on a local site such as Gumtree or Facebook marketplace, again for collection only.

FFHillbilly

This is still a mystery to me, if you type in "lithium battery or 18v battery" on eBay you will find hundreds of sellers offering to post batteries, some of them even from china, and all with almost zero mark-up infact they are way cheaper that buying from a physical shop with no postage.
if you try and post a lithium battery, assuming you can find a courier wiling to accept such a "dangerous task" they seem to want £50 minimum!(just for the postage)
how do the sellers on eBay do it, just don't declare it properly and hope for the best ?

Spoonie_Turtle

FFHillbilly said:

This is still a mystery to me, if you type in "lithium battery or 18v battery" on eBay you will find hundreds of sellers offering to post batteries, some of them even from china, and all with almost zero mark-up infact they are way cheaper that buying from a physical shop with no postage.
if you try and post a lithium battery, assuming you can find a courier wiling to accept such a "dangerous task" they seem to want £50 minimum!(just for the postage)
how do the sellers on eBay do it, just don't declare it properly and hope for the best ?

Quite possibly!

The other possibility if they are businesses is that they might have a contract with a delivery service - e.g. Evri don't allow private individuals to send liquids (not even hand cream) but QVC use them for everything including the whole range of different types of toiletries. 

HonestJohn

Couriers often allow companies to send dangerous goods if they have staff trained to pack them safely and within regulations. Quite often it is about labelling them correctly. II did some training to allow my old company to ship lithium powered products by air up to a certain power rating.
How did you get the battery? Was it delivered by a courier?

barnaclebill

I have sold it collection only, had to relist it as a Dyson repair company bought it not realising it was collection only and had to cancel, I messaged him and he told me he receives 10 batteries a week in the mail, people cover the dangerous goods sticker and just post it.

Buster_Danog

They might do but it is potentially dangerous. There is a similar issue with certain types of cleaning acid advertised on ebay. I believe people are sending it through the post when they are not meant to. I would rather pay more for it at a plumber's shop than risk a postie getting burned, or a lot of other parcels getting damaged.