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Shipping out of the UK be Mindfull -

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Gspragge

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A package was shipped Jan7 2013 and arrived in Texas this last Monday ! Perhaps a new record, but a happy ending never the less. As buyer I take the responsibility of it arriving or not as the seller has no control after it's sent.

Inside was a note from Royal Mail ;

"I found a letter from Royal Mail saying the box was opened for inspection on the other end for "undeclared dangerous goods." It said that the x-ray thought they were dangerous, but when they opened them, they found they were not."

So everything is scanned by a gormless computer which just flags things. So when shipping out, aside from the obvious of the item being empty, it has to be seen to be empty, that is wide open for inspection and clean too. I would recommend tagging the item as empty and inert and in the event of a dummy or drill type which can't be opened perhaps a technical data sheet explaining the thing would be helpful if it's looked at.

This is not necessarily a bad thing and it really requires the same due diligence as before except now you KNOW it will be inspected in some way. The good thing here is that a clearance from the UK would be quite good to have on the receiving end as well.

Well I wasn't in any hurry either :tinysmile_cry_t2:
 
Excellent that Royal Mail has at least this time worked as they should. Over here the situation is different, we have a law on "postal Secret" which means that nobody else but sender and receiver are allowed to open a postal shipment. If in x-ray is detected just a "forbidden" item the parcel is not returned to sender but seized at postal export teminal where the sender may personally pick it up. If they suspect the contents is "dangerous" they'll hand it over to Army EOD who neither opens it but destroys. EOD personnel get a special payment for each dangerous task and if they open the parcel ( sender's approval needed however ) and they find it inert they don't earn their extra peanuts. Thus they rather destroy it all.
 
Its funny how big stuff like 15cm Nebelwerfer rockets come freely to me from Europe but i cannot send even 2cm inert round anywhere with our postal service.In same time they deliver my rockets without any problems. :tinysmile_cry_t2:

This is why i have to use courier service nowdays.They are expensive but delivery works.
 
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