Just be patient my dear friends…it’s just a hot topic now but our Chinese vendors will always find a way to ship them when the heat is off. We’ve been through this before, right? Relax
Relax, I hope not,
quote from here UPS 747 Crash Highlights Lithium Battery Danger - FLYING Magazine
“Both crew members were killed when the 747-44AF crashed on Sept. 3, 2010, near Dubai.”
What will happen is that they will alter the planes to make the crew and plane safe if a fire does start.
And that will increase the cost of transport, and guess who will pay that extra, for me it will be money well spent.
Cheer David
send them by boat.
People complain about how slow the deliveries are now, heaven help us if delivery stretches out to 3~4 months 
Cheers David
I got the same email :_(
I replied asking whether it would be possible to order lithiums any more. Waiting for reply.
If this is really the concern, it's easily remedied by individually packaging cells in zip lock baggies. They might still have inspections to make sure vendors are shipping batteries properly, but at least batteries would get through.
Also see this sticky:
http://www.fasttech.com/forums/stickies/t/1037107/hk-post-delay-in-outbound-air-mail-services-10
So what if one does not receive an email from FastTech? Or must I make the inquiry first before I receive a notice of cancellation?
Wallbuys posting this on their site:
About Battery
Now even Singapore Post can not ship the pure battery, then we have to stop selling batteries
but Singapore Post said if the battery is in the flashlight,then that is available, so if you really need battery, you can choose SKU9839 and send me a email, we will put battery into flashlight.
we will try our best to solve this shipping problem asap
Well heck. I ordered 8 panasonics from Fastech a week ago. They have shipped but they are sitting in Hong Kong as of 4 days ago. No email from Fastech. Not sure what that means for me. Will my batteries by returned, go through, or destroyed? Buying batteries is starting to getting annoying. I lost $65 on a battery purchase from Bob a year ago when he apparently disappeared. If I loose these too, I will not be a very happy camper 
rdfronty, I doubt they’ll be destroyed. If they are detected they will be returned to FastTech otherwise I’m sure you’ll get them soon enough.
Uhm……did you use paypal? For the $65?
I assume the panasonic is lithium?
Prepare for flashlight dummies acting as containers for shipping batteries!
A long time ago I bought some NCRA batteries from aliexpress seller and interesting thing was that they were shipped from Sweden! or via Sweden PO in Singapore if there is something like that!!! Either way tracking number was in RE………SE format and indicated as it was shipped from Sweden!
If you are from EU maybe this can help you get some batteries, this seller has many types of Panasonic and Sanyo cells but, just to warn you, his prices are no match for FastTech, for example 4 pcs of NCR18650B protected are $35.20 so that would be $8.80 per cell while FT sells them at $8.065 per cell.
So, if someone is interested I can pass the link…
Yes I used PayPal for the purchase with Bob a year ago. BUT was stupid and did it as a gift as per his requests. However I had previously purchased perhaps 4 times with him, I didn’t expect it to become issue. He was a an outstanding guy - just got badly sick and has disappeared.
It’s not shipped from Sweden. “Direct Link” is a postal service from Asia to the rest of the world, just like everything people get shipped using Singapore Post isn’t shipped from Singapore but actually shipped from Shenzhen or Hong Kong.
If FT cancels the order you will get an email or ticket on your FT account. You can track your order status at FT. I got my cancellation ticket a few hours ago for an order of Pana PDs made on the Sep 16.
ALL cargo and baggage should be put in fireproof containers. Many things can start a fire that are more dangerous than batteries.
Wasn’t it the batteries in the planes backup system that caught fire? not loose ones being shipped?
I wonder how they ship consumer goods containing lithium cells.
Here the FAA have recorded incidents involving lithium battery fires:
http://www.faa.gov/about/office_org/headquarters_offices/ash/ash_programs/hazmat/aircarrier_info/media/Battery_incident_chart.pdf