Selling a camera with li-ion battery warning!

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For all the sellers and buyers out there. Most might know but some will not and I am one that didn't.
If you are selling a camera with extra battery and sending it by Royal Mail be careful. The law is on two batteries are allowed to be sent and I was warmed that if I had more I could be found out as RM have started scanning packages and if the find more than two li-ion batteries in the package they will destroy your parcel and you will be entitled to no insurance money.

I asked if I could send third battery in a pad envelope and was told no, you can only send batteries now if the are in the sealed manufactures packaging.

Since I sold my camera for £800 I was not prepared to take risk and had to remove battery and gave the buyer a small refund.
 
anyway thanks Jon‘s reminding， will ask the RM if i have more than 1 battery
 
jollyjack said:
For all the sellers and buyers out there. Most might know but some will not and I am one that didn't.
If you are selling a camera with extra battery and sending it by Royal Mail be careful. The law is on two batteries are allowed to be sent and I was warmed that if I had more I could be found out as RM have started scanning packages and if the find more than two li-ion batteries in the package they will destroy your parcel and you will be entitled to no insurance money.
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LOL. I suspect someone's pulling your leg.
 
I sent a camera and they mentioned if there was a battery but I said it was in the camera in all it's original packaging and all packaging was well packed inside more.. And they never questioned it.
 
Throttle said:
I sent a camera and they mentioned if there was a battery but I said it was in the camera in all it's original packaging and all packaging was well packed inside more.. And they never questioned it.
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Same here,and I told them it had a couple of spares all packed up in the box :)
 
I also recently sent a camera I had sold with three batteries and I can only say that it completely depands upon who serves you at what ever PO you go to. There is no consistency at all !
 
jollyjack said:
For all the sellers and buyers out there. Most might know but some will not and I am one that didn't.
If you are selling a camera with extra battery and sending it by Royal Mail be careful. The law is .....
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I don't think it's a law.

Steve.
 
My advice is check the website and follow what it says and be careful about believing the counter staff they are not always right.
I made a complaint about the way I was treated in 2 post offices while trying post a legal package containing a knife.
 
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Linked to this, I noticed for the first time this year when flying that spare lithium batteries can't go in hand luggage either.
 
ancient_mariner said:
Linked to this, I noticed for the first time this year when flying that spare lithium batteries can't go in hand luggage either.
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I flew Edinburgh to Heathrow at the start of June with 5 batteries for the X-Pro in my hand luggage, one in the camera and the others in a battery wallet thing. The bag was scanned and I was allowed on the flight with no problems whatsoever.
 
Hand baggage is where LiIon batteries should be, ideally with their plastic caps on. If you don't have the caps (or there never were any), stick each battery in a plastic bag or ensure the contacts can't be short circuited by some other means.
 
We flew Air Transat to Canada and the only requirement specified was that batteries did not travel in hand luggage.
 
I think they want batteries in the cabin on flights because if they ignite, it's will be noticed a lot quicker than if it's in the hold.
 
ancient_mariner said:
Linked to this, I noticed for the first time this year when flying that spare lithium batteries can't go in hand luggage either.
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I think you will find that they have to go in hand luggage and can't go in checked in (hold) luggage.
 
Tigger.ufo said:
I think you will find that they have to go in hand luggage and can't go in checked in (hold) luggage.
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I would have agreed, but at the terminal check in desk, in the list of things excluded from hand luggage, along with knives, liquids etc was spare Lithium batteries. I rather suspect this was a mistake.
 
I suspect you are right, as every other airline I have looked at specify that spares must be carried on. :)


.....I couldn't find anything at all about batteries on the Air Transat site apart from in medical equipment or scooters! (but it is ok to take a gas haircurler on board!) :rolleyes:
 
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One other interesting thing to note is that since the Royal mail introduced these new rules and the counter staff started asking whats in the parcel I have never ever had so many parcels going missing and all of them recorded deliveries. i personally suspect someone at the counter liking to sound of whats in the parcel and helping themselves but I have noticed a big jump in parcels I send going missing.

Paul
 
but according to their own website they were wrong - you can send up to two batteries in the device and two spares. - another incident of counter staff not having a clue and just saying whatever they think isntead of checking
 
jollyjack said:
Post office told me, then made me open the package and removed battery and would not allow me to send it separately.
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They were wrong.


....although they were correct that you can't send the battery on its own! :rolleyes:
 
i may understand flight policy restrictions. but on royal mail? what the difference it makes to them? as long as within same country, and delivered only on land, who cares. and why should i tell stranger on post office counter what is in my package?! saying about camera is like asking for theft i think. but it is only me.
 
sosen13 said:
i may understand flight policy restrictions. but on royal mail? what the difference it makes to them? as long as within same country, and delivered only on land, who cares. and why should i tell stranger on post office counter what is in my package?! saying about camera is like asking for theft i think. but it is only me.
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I think the restrictions are probably there because even your domestic mail can be sent by 'plane.

As to why the post office counters staff don't always understand the regulations, I have no idea. I wouldn't expect them to be able to remember everything (I know I couldn't). but why they can't check in the regulations book is a mystery to me.
 
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