Instead of the standard “Is there anything fragile, liquid, hazardous, or perishable?”, I was asked “Is there anything fragile, liquid, hazardous, perishable, or lithium batteries?”
I said “yes, lithium batteries installed in the device as required by the new postal regulations”. Post office lady said “Fine, I need to write something on the box.” She then spent a couple of minutes scanning through some papers looking for the proper “US Postal Service Incantation to Ward off Evil Lithium Spirits” to write on the package. I got the distinct impression that they had just gone through some special “evil lithium battery” training and I was the first person to answer “YES, I’m mailing evil lithium batteries.” She then wrote the magic spell… and casually tossed the boxes about 5 feet into a bin.
And if something went wrong, you would of spent the next 20 years wearing an fetching orange jumpsuit and being queen beeotch to a hairy fella’ named “Tiny”.
I was under the impression that USPS will not allow Li-Ion to be shipped internationally, but is allowable domestically. I cannot order Li-Ion from the US to Canada via USPS, but would have to have it sent via UPS. Domestic shipments are OK, or every store such as Battery Junction would have to go out of business.
It seems stupid to me that shipping within the states by USPS is fine, but USPS will not ship to Canada even though Canada Post (who receives and delivers on the other side) has no anti Li-Ion restrictions.
Oops. I shipped Bort’s Lumatech in the oem plastic with the battery in the bubble. Uh oh. Hope it gets through. Just a 10440 though. They told me that was correct when I asked at the po.
