Shipping Items with Li-ion Batteries. | Selling

flipistics · 2023-09-20T19:03:27.171000Z

I have a question regarding shipping items with Li-ion batteries. I was told by my local post office that they will not accept anything with lithium ion batteries, no matter what they are (even watches). Apparently that's what they were told to do by people above them. It's my understanding that this is incorrect. Even the ABCs of Shipping on Canada Post's website, which was updated about a month ago, say that items containing them can be shipped out via ground (with a few conditions and possible UN labelling requirements). I am a SfSB member, although that shouldn't matter. When I called the support number, the person had no idea about the policies and simply gave me the number to call Transport Canada (which seems pointless, since this seems to be an internal Canada Post communication issue). I know we have a few people on these boards that work in Canada Post offices as well as other people who regularly deal with this kind of thing. Am I correct in being able to ship these types of things out (things like cell phones, digital cameras, etc), and if so, how the hell do I get this communicated to the local post offices? I realize I could probably just install the battery in the camera (especially if they're 4 cells or less), box it up, and send them out without a UN label anyway. I'd much rather have the battery separate outside of the camera, slap a UN 3481 label on the box, and prevent any internal electronics issues if the box gets bumped around too much and the power button is activated or something. @dinomitesales

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