Ship a phone to China, any idea?

buzz

I am trying to post a phone to a friend in China but An Post wont take it because there is a battery in it.

Any idea on how to post this or what company to use?

Banjo String

buzz wrote: »

I am trying to post a phone to a friend in China but An Post wont take it because there is a battery in it.

Any idea on how to post this or what company to use?

Take the battery out?

Buzz Killington the third

Surely phones in China cost a fraction of what they cost here. If not, ship without the battery, I'm sure they'll get one of those very cheap, after all it's probably made there.

kneemos

Banjo String wrote: »

Take the battery out?

See kids this is what an exclusive education gets you.

dharma200

Package phone up, don't say it is a phone, fingers crossed.

They said it to me when I wanted to post phone to Scotland. I went back in an hour later with same package and said it was a hard drive. Phone arrived without problem. Some get through some don't. Stupid rule.

buzz

Im posting this to a customer, can hardly ask them to buy their own battery.
I don't want to take the risk of sending it non declared, if it is held up in customs etc...

Anyone ever tried fedex or DHL etc?

nxbyveromdwjpg

Fedex will ship it

Davidth88

Seems like a strange forum to post a question like that.

However , good luck getting that into China , their Customs are very hot on anything being shipped INTO the country , they basically don't allow anything in.

Drakares

Fedex, DHL, UPS?

Plazaman

Ah eBay, you've tricked us again you little scamp.

The Backwards Man

Last night I had the strangest dream. . .

TommyKnocker

The Backwards Man wrote: »

Last night I had the strangest dream. . .

Let me guess, you wandered lonely as a cloud?

The Backwards Man

TommyKnocker wrote: »

Let me guess, you wandered lonely as a cloud?

I sailed away to find ya. ..

GarIT

dharma200 wrote: »

Stupid rule.

When something is known for exploding and causing a rapidly expanding almost unstoppable electric fire where the only way to deal with it is to let it burn out I think they are right to be nervous putting it on a plane.

It's not likely but it's possible, so putting it on a plane is risking peoples lives.

biko

Send it on a slow boat to China.

Lapin

And what happens if they need to get their laundry cleaned ?

spyderski

Try www.parcelzone.net

The Backwards Man

Lapin wrote: »

And what happens if they need to get their laundry cleaned ?

Oh no, they got to keep on moving

gramar

GarIT wrote: »

When something is known for exploding and causing a rapidly expanding almost unstoppable electric fire where the only way to deal with it is to let it burn out I think they are right to be nervous putting it on a plane.

It's not likely but it's possible, so putting it on a plane is risking peoples lives.

I'd say 99% of passengers on any given flight carry mobile phones.

anncoates

The Backwards Man wrote: »

Last night I had the strangest dream. . .

that somebody loved you?

Halo Kitty

Where in China are you sending it to.. I have a friend in Shanghai who said that the person would have to pay duty on delivery.. Could be 10% of the value.
To post a card or letter can take a month to be delivered.. Even if the address is written in Chinese..

biketard

I live in Taiwan and they've completely stopped anyone sending Li-Ion batteries here. I'm guessing China has the same policy now. Funny thing is some countries don't have a problem with it at all.

For those that mentioned lots of people bringing them on aeroplanes, yes, you can bring them on board, but you can't check them in. They're very strict about that now. It's likely to do with the air pressure and how the batteries react to it.

You could probably ship it by sea I guess, but it would take months.

Supercell

Good luck posting to China, I speak from much experience trying when I was dating my now wife.
Stuff can take months to get there, if indeed it arrives at all.
If its not written in Chinese writing more than likely it will go missing, unless you are shipping via Fedex or DHL, which seem to be the only reliable way to send packages but cost an arm and a leg to do so.

Sir Arthur Daley

Op if you cannot get the phone shipped to china you have to get china shipped to you. Have you heard of parcel motel?