Advice please on the best way to post used batteries in the UK that I am proposing to sell on?
Is there any RM service that will give you some cover?
Is there any RM service that will give you some cover?
Posting used batteries UK
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What do you mean by 'cover'?... Insurance in case of loss or insurance in case of accident or fire? In either case, you are NOT allowed to send Lipos through RM unless they are part of, or connected to, a device. Strange I know - but that's the rules and there are other rules as well Prohibited goods - items you can't send through the post That said, I frequently buy new and secondhand batteries off Ebay, including Lipos, and the seller wraps them very carefully and pops them in the post to me with Royal Mail. People do it all the time, I believe....
But if you want to be above board you will need to use a 'specialist' carrier, pay more and follow some extra rules. A quick and easy Google search will find you some of these specialist carriers.
https://www.google.com/search?sourc....2..0....1..gws-wiz.....0..0j0i13.aYaQI1PiulM
Yeah, it seems like people just pack them well and use RM, that’s how I received one a bit back.
I need to send one but I’m a bit worried as had a couple of experiences lately with people claiming they haven’t received stuff when they have! So, in this situation where would you stand with ebay/RM if it was a battery?
I need to send one but I’m a bit worried as had a couple of experiences lately with people claiming they haven’t received stuff when they have! So, in this situation where would you stand with ebay/RM if it was a battery?
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You can only send lipos by Royal Mail when you meet all the rules and, obviously, to try to declare an 'illegal' shipment when posting in order to be able to get some sort of recorded delivery protection would be a no-no. As I suggested, you'll need to do some Google investigations yourself about other options.
Possibly of little use to you as an idea, but I read a post somewhere online from someone saying that they had bought a new Lipo battery and it had arrived in the post with a small, cheap LED lamp with some wires (which were not connected to the battery). The poster just couldn't work out what the LED lamp was for until someone explained to him that the seller had included it as the 'device' which the battery could be used with, thus circumventing the rules. Quite sneaky, I thought.....
It seems strang then that people are shipping batteries (undercover with RM) worth say £100 with no potential cover against fraudulent traders!
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Some people are more trusting as, unlike you, they have had not (yet) had any negative experiences. You're being sensible though as scamming Ebay sellers with claimed non-delivery of untracked items is fairly common. Although unrelated, becoming more common also is claiming that goods are in the UK and then they ship them from Asia. However, the buyer is almost invariably refunded in a non-delivery dispute.
I don't sell on Ebay but I recently received this email from them. It may change the situation or it may not as many unscrupulous sellers, often those from abroad, currently just 'invent' a tracking number...
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