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Old 22 January 2019, 09:56 AM
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Do any of you know a cheap courier to use to post something to China?
Its a laptop battery - weights only a few hundred grams. 32cm x 17cm x 3cm
Old 22 January 2019, 10:34 AM
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mm !
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Many companies won’t take a battery due to the nature of the item.

your best bet is to ring around. DHL probably
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Originally Posted by dpb
mm !
You're going to have to elaborate a bit more I think
Old 22 January 2019, 11:24 AM
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Originally Posted by RobsyUK
Many companies won’t take a battery due to the nature of the item.

your best bet is to ring around. DHL probably
This battery was posted to me from China, and a man in a royal mail van handed it to me.

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Why do you have to send it back? Its probably more effort/cost than the battery is worth.
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thats what id have thought to

it cant be centimeters surely ?
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Originally Posted by Puff The Magic Wagon!
Why do you have to send it back? Its probably more effort/cost than the battery is worth.
Its faulty and I want my money back(£59), I might just open a dispute with paypal.
The laptop in question is now on ebay and will be sold in 4 days time.

I have to say, the rules about batteries is just stupid, I can ship a battery, so long as its attached to a device - WTF is the difference between being attached to a device and stand alone?

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Originally Posted by dpb
thats what id have thought to

it cant be centimeters surely ?
What can't be centimeters?
Old 22 January 2019, 06:26 PM
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Originally Posted by urban
Its faulty and I want my money back(£59), I might just open a dispute with paypal.
The laptop in question is now on ebay and will be sold in 4 days time.

I have to say, the rules about batteries is just stupid, I can ship a battery, so long as its attached to a device - WTF is the difference between being attached to a device and stand alone?
The difference is that when it's attached to a device, the overload circuitry and additional casing etc inside that device will reduce the risk of the battery catching fire and downing the airplane it's sitting inside of.
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This is how Nintendo does it.
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Originally Posted by JackClark

This is how Nintendo does it.
Thats just a joke, especially based on markjmd's comment about circuitry, They might as well have just shipped it without anything.

Anyway, the seller has agreed to refund the costs, less original shipping, and I don't need to return the faulty unit.
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If you used Paypal to buy the goods, you can get free returns P&P up to £15, up to 12 times a year, I`ve used it a few times.now.
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Originally Posted by JDM_Stig
If you used Paypal to buy the goods, you can get free returns P&P up to £15, up to 12 times a year, I`ve used it a few times.now.
Yep, got that too, but the underlying problem is sending a lithium battery.
I could have just packaged it all up and lied about the contents, but seems there are consequences if its found out by someone.
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