International shipments of liquids

[mpit7628]

Hello everyone.  I recently contacted a seller in the U.S as to whether they would consider shipping up into Canada.  I found their listing on eBay.com with no international shipping and so I sent along a message to inquire about this.  The product is a bit silly.  It has past memories of when I was little.  My father who passed away when I was young used this product.  It is called Heet.  It was used back in the 60's for arthritis.  The Heet comes in a glass bottle, about 4 inches tall and also comes with the original box.  The seller states that is is a quarter full.  

                 I received a message back that because it has liquid in it they can't ship here.  I have received perfumes, colognes  and all kinds of paints for various hobbies including an entire guitar painting kit and so I was curious as to whether the seller is correct in this matter.  Thank you in advance.  Have a great day folks!

[femmefan1946 · Accepted solution]

With acetone and  alcohol as ingredients, the problem would be that it is flammable not that it is liquid.

But technically so are perfumes, which are alcohol based.

It's the seller's choice where and how he will ship. Your best bet is to put Heet (my dad used it for his rheumatism too, well named!) on your notify list so if it comes up with another seller you can try again.

[mpit7628 · Accepted solution]

There appears to be no actual rules in place pertaining to the shipment of certain liquids. There appears to many holes in the system. Newer versions of Heet are being sold on eBay with shipping worldwide. Another seller had the same bottle of Heet listed with Global Shipping and it was sold. I do believe it all depends on the seller. If they had been willing to ship up here I probably would have received it no problem. My husbands guitar kit had all kinds of solvents and paint thinners etc,. and it was shipped to Canada.

[femmefan1946 · Accepted solution]

My shock about shipping flammables was pre-internet. The wood stove stor e I was running ordered a really excellent chimney fire extinguisher, which worked by being lit and flooding the chimney with smoke which denied oxygen to the fire. And it was stopped at Customs because they considered it a firework, and we didn't have the right packaging or permits. The product was happily shipped all across the USA by USPS, but....