lameduck Posted February 9, 2013 Share Posted February 9, 2013 I need to send a bottle of perfume to the states.but new laws phohibit perfume sent on planes.perversly you can buy duty free and get on a planeI wonder how chanel manage to send to the statesany ideas? Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/28980-post-restrictions/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
EDmummy Posted February 9, 2013 Share Posted February 9, 2013 Saw this in post office today and thought it was new. My husband tells me it's been so since 2010 at least. First I've heard about it. Told my mum today in Australia and she's gutted as I send her a bottle of perfume a couple of times a year. It's absolutely ridiculous! Quite annoyed!! Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/28980-post-restrictions/#findComment-615154 Share on other sites More sharing options...
EJTH Posted February 10, 2013 Share Posted February 10, 2013 If you want to send perfume overseas now you need to use an online site and have it delivered locally. Haven't used it but a friend recommended it for US - http://www.perfumebee.com/One for Australia - http://www.myperfume.com.au/ Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/28980-post-restrictions/#findComment-615251 Share on other sites More sharing options...
lameduck Posted February 10, 2013 Author Share Posted February 10, 2013 thankyou very much EDMUMMY and EJTHbut this is rare discontinued perfumeand not generally known in this countryso I really dont know what to doI enquired about surface mail and was told if they have room on a planethey often put the sea mail on boardso you just cannot win. Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/28980-post-restrictions/#findComment-615308 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Huguenot Posted February 11, 2013 Share Posted February 11, 2013 There must be a way - you're giving up too easily.Try parcel delivery firms, and even contact the perfume manufacturer, it would be good PR for them to demonstrate how they go one step further for loyal customers. Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/28980-post-restrictions/#findComment-615392 Share on other sites More sharing options...
lameduck Posted February 11, 2013 Author Share Posted February 11, 2013 just recieved letter from post office sent a bottle of perfume to italy on 12th jannew law came into force on the 14th. letter read found a parcel and disposed of contents.i have one missing on route to italy. Italian giving me a hard time, I will reimburse him.phoned up royal mail had a row, told him posted in innocence 2 days before new laws,more or less told tough, they apparrantley intercepted perfume at heathrow, took it to belfast where i am sure it is now sitting on some irish customs mans wifes dresser, and so called disposed of it.i have accused them of theft, was told not theft, i sell perfume on ebay and i restrict my selling destinationsbecause of corrupt countries, and am appalled that our english post is no better. they could have sent it back the odd 20 miles back here then threatened me instead they charged me a fiver to send it and they then stole it.please look at their limitations and dont get caught outlynne Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/28980-post-restrictions/#findComment-615637 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loz Posted February 11, 2013 Share Posted February 11, 2013 As far as I can see, the rules on perfumes were slightly relaxed (for UK addresses) on 14 Jan, so the fact that you posted 2 days before didn't actually help your argument. International stays the same as that is governed by international (ICAO) rules.Royal Mail could have had you prosecuted for attempting to send 'dangerous goods'. You have the liability to ensure what you send is allowed under the rules. As you did send it, they are entitled to dispose or destroy as they see fit.http://postandparcel.info/51769/news/companies/royal-mail-revising-ban-on-mailing-perfume-and-aftershave/http://www.royalmail.com/sites/default/files/6966-DG-A5-Business-customer%20booklet_0.pdf Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/28980-post-restrictions/#findComment-615649 Share on other sites More sharing options...
lameduck Posted February 11, 2013 Author Share Posted February 11, 2013 In response to Lozi sent this in innocence i in fact did not find out about this law until about a week agoand am not putting myself up here to judged by anybody, i started this thread because i have another customerin the states and rather than break the law, thought anybody out there may have a solution, and maybe if something you send innocent or whatever and somebody or company steals your itemyou may have different thoughtslynne Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/28980-post-restrictions/#findComment-615651 Share on other sites More sharing options...
giggirl Posted February 12, 2013 Share Posted February 12, 2013 Reading the title, "post restrictions", I thought maybe admin had been a little too harsh with someone and there was rebellion in the rank and file. Not so. Lameduck, ebay can be a good resource for discontinued/hard to get perfumes. Have you perhaps considered looking at ebay in the US so that the perfume can be sent by domestic courier within the US? Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/28980-post-restrictions/#findComment-615810 Share on other sites More sharing options...
lameduck Posted February 12, 2013 Author Share Posted February 12, 2013 thankyou for your response gigirlI have been selling rare perfume for sometime now usually only at xmas on ebay.the perfume i have is here, I sold a bottle for ?130 on saturday night to los angelesI have told the lady please do not pay me until i can find a way to ship to you.It was a cheap bottle destroyed about 20 pounds + postage, every courier now will not take perfume Royal mail do not even want to take it sea mail, amazon are still sending perfume i can still buy from hong kong and spain. i am suddenly a criminal, i must have sold hundreds of bottles of perfume and posted them all over the world. thankyou for your thoughts and kind responselynne Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/28980-post-restrictions/#findComment-615828 Share on other sites More sharing options...
giggirl Posted February 12, 2013 Share Posted February 12, 2013 So you are an ebay seller? I hadn't picked that up - I thought you might be shipping to a friend or relative or something.Oh dear - if you've been selling perfume on ebay then these new regulations will knock that on the head. So does this mean you can't take perfume on a plane any more? That will piss off the duty free shops. Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/28980-post-restrictions/#findComment-615838 Share on other sites More sharing options...
lameduck Posted February 12, 2013 Author Share Posted February 12, 2013 hi ggirlyou can buy perfume duty free board a plane as normalyou just cannot send it airmail, so when i said ok sea mail will be finethey told me no if theres room on a plane we send on a plane.but my sister worked in the post office and has she pointed out freight goes down to southampton liverpoolairmal goes to heathrow, so if the docks and airport were side by side that would be possible as they are not its crap. its another case of big companys can do what they wishlynne Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/28980-post-restrictions/#findComment-615843 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Huguenot Posted February 12, 2013 Share Posted February 12, 2013 I'm guessing these restrictions have been introduced to prevent miscreants getting flammable or explosive materials onto a plane when the passenger is not present.So I imagine that perfume sales through duty free would be unaffected.I still think you're giving up too easily lame duck. Clearly airmail is out of reach unless you set up some sort of specialist relationship with couriers that will require industrial scale time and money.However there must still be distributors working with sea mail.I actually do this in reverse: to purchase stuff in the US for US citizens I get stuff delivered to a US based fulfillment house who then collect and mail to me in larger packages at more irregular intervals.It costs me a couple of weeks, but if these perfumes are as rare as you say, I'm sure your customers would both understand and wait.Get creative! Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/28980-post-restrictions/#findComment-615844 Share on other sites More sharing options...
lameduck Posted February 12, 2013 Author Share Posted February 12, 2013 Thankyou for your encouragement Hugenottrouble is i am 60 odd and to be truthfull im pretty thickand i would not know how to go about itynne Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/28980-post-restrictions/#findComment-615854 Share on other sites More sharing options...
EJTH Posted February 12, 2013 Share Posted February 12, 2013 Under the new regulations you simply won't be able to. http://www.royalmail.com/sites/default/files/International-prohibitions-and-restrictions-leaflet-consumers_0.pdf Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/28980-post-restrictions/#findComment-615953 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loz Posted February 12, 2013 Share Posted February 12, 2013 giggirl Wrote:-------------------------------------------------------> Oh dear - if you've been selling perfume on ebay> then these new regulations will knock that on the> head. They're not 'new' restrictions - they've been around since at least 2008.http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showthread.php?t=809059 Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/28980-post-restrictions/#findComment-615956 Share on other sites More sharing options...
lameduck Posted February 12, 2013 Author Share Posted February 12, 2013 Loz i do hope you never need a colonoscopyas you are so far up your own axxeyou could inspect it your selflynne Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/28980-post-restrictions/#findComment-615989 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loz Posted February 12, 2013 Share Posted February 12, 2013 What exactly is wrong with you lameduck? All I am doing is pointing out the law. In my first post I actually tried to help you see what the law is and why the post office rejected both your package and your claim. In the second I was just correcting giggirl's misunderstanding.Why are you taking this personally? What do you want from this thread? Sympathy? Are you actually claiming victim status here? You did wrong and you lost your perfume. Suck it up. Wildly lashing out and abusing me won't change that. For a 60 year old, you have a lot of growing up to do. But I suppose, as you yourself pointed out, you are "to be truthful, pretty thick". Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/28980-post-restrictions/#findComment-616013 Share on other sites More sharing options...
lameduck Posted February 12, 2013 Author Share Posted February 12, 2013 loz i do not need you showing me the law actually if you read my first post i was pointing out to maybe stop somebody elsemaking the same mistake, whilst also wondering if anybody else had any ideasas to how to go about this. there are an awful lot of nice people on this forum.why dont you join them and be less patronising Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/28980-post-restrictions/#findComment-616016 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loz Posted February 13, 2013 Share Posted February 13, 2013 lameduck Wrote:-------------------------------------------------------> loz i do not need you showing me the law I dunno. You seem to have been completely ignorant of it, then complained bitterly when it was applied to you. Then you claimed our postal people are a bunch of thieves. Hardly the actions of someone completely au fait with the law.> why dont you join them and be less patronisingI haven't even begun to be patronising. Stick around. I'll probably start on your grammar, punctuation and spelling. Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/28980-post-restrictions/#findComment-616029 Share on other sites More sharing options...
giggirl Posted February 13, 2013 Share Posted February 13, 2013 Low blow Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/28980-post-restrictions/#findComment-616060 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loz Posted February 13, 2013 Share Posted February 13, 2013 Maybe, but I consider deserved after that unnecessary, petty little outburst. Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/28980-post-restrictions/#findComment-616227 Share on other sites More sharing options...
lameduck Posted February 13, 2013 Author Share Posted February 13, 2013 you really rate yourselfyou are a very self righteous person Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/28980-post-restrictions/#findComment-616264 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Huguenot Posted February 13, 2013 Share Posted February 13, 2013 Anyway, there I was, Kilimanjaro, 76.... Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/28980-post-restrictions/#findComment-616280 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loz Posted February 13, 2013 Share Posted February 13, 2013 lameduck Wrote:-------------------------------------------------------> you really rate yourself> you are a very self righteous personOh no! I'm being incoherently abused by a cheap perfume salesperson. Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/28980-post-restrictions/#findComment-616296 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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