Just finished packing a large box full of presents for my son and then discovered the prohibited and restricted lists which include clothes, alcohol, chocs aftershave and so on. Almost everything in the box is prohibited of restricted. Is there is any way round this?
Sending Christmas Parcels
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Prohibited by who?
Most carriers eg DPD
The following is only the start of the list:
Prohibited Items:
The following items (or any item similar in description or content) cannot be carried on any service.
Prohibited Items:
The following items (or any item similar in description or content) cannot be carried on any service.
- Active Mobile Phones Outside The EU
- Aerosol
- Aftershaves
- Air Bag
- Alcoholic Beverages
- Amber
- Ammunition
- Animals Or Organisms Of Any Form (Alive Or Dead)
- Antiques
- Any Articles (Or Part Of Them) That Are Made Up Of China, Glass, Porcelain, Earthenware Or Other Similar Materials
- Any Item Containing Petrol (Liquid, Gas Or Fumes)
- Aromatherapy Oil
- Art
I am struggling to find anything I can send, what nonsense some of them are.(DPD)
- Active Mobile Phones Outside The EU
- Aerosol
- Aftershaves
- Air Bag
- Alcoholic Beverages
- Amber
- Ammunition
- Animals Or Organisms Of Any Form (Alive Or Dead)
- Antiques
- Any Articles (Or Part Of Them) That Are Made Up Of China, Glass, Porcelain, Earthenware Or Other Similar Materials
- Any Item Containing Petrol (Liquid, Gas Or Fumes)
- Aromatherapy Oil
- Art
- Bank Card
- Basin
- Basins
- Batteries
- Beds & Headboards
- Biological Samples
- Birds
- Boiler/Boilers
- Bottles
- Bulbs
- Camera
- Camping Gas All Types
- Canvas Print
- Car Panel
- Cash, Credit Cards, Debit Cards
- Ceramics/Figures/Figurines
- Chainsaw
- Cheques
- China/Porcelain
- Chocolate
- Christmas Crackers
- Clock
- Clothing
- Coffee Machines
- Computer Monitor/Monitors/Imac
- Concrete
- Confectionery
- Counterfeit Currency
- Covid Test
- Credit/Debit/Cash Cards
- Crockery/Pots/Pottery
- Crystal
- Dangerous Goods
- Delicate Items
- Detergent
- Diamonds
- Documents
- Domestic Appliances (Washing Machines, Dryers, Fridges, Ovens)
- Driving Licence
- Drugs (Including Prescription)
- Engines
- Fiberglass
- Fire Crackers
- Fire Extinguisher
- Firearms
- Fireworks
- Fish (Live Or Dead)
- Fish Tank
- Fishing Rods
- Flammable Goods
- Food Items
- Fragile Items (All)
- Fragrance
- Framed Painting/Photograph
- Furniture (Including Flat-Packed)
- Furs
- Gearbox
- Gems Or Gemstones
- Glass (DPD Local)
- Glass/Glassware
- Granite Products
- Hamper
- Hazardous Goods
- Headlight
- Hover Board/Swegway/Segway
- Human Flesh
- Human Remains
- Infectious Substances
- Item Described As "Unknown"
- Ivory
- Jewellery Including Watches
- Juice
- Kayaks
- Knives
- Ladders
- Lampshades
- Legal Or Business Documents
- Lenses
- Lighter
- Lights/Lighting/Lamps/Chandeliers
- Liquids/Creams/Oils
- Lottery Tickets
- Machines
- Magnets
- Marble Products
- Mattresses
- Meat
- Medical Equipment
- Microscope
- Microwave
- Milk Powder (Formula)
- Mirror
- Mobile Phone/Mobile Phones With Or Without Sim To Any Address In Turkey/Pakistan/Ecuador
- Money/Cash/Currency/Vouchers
- Nail Varnish
- Oil
- Ornament
- Over Head Projector
- Packaging/Media Packaging
- Paint
- Painting/Pictures
- Passport
- Perfumes
- Perishable Goods (All)
- Personal Belongings
- Personal Items
- Petrol Or Diesel Tanks (Full Or Empty) In Any Item
- Pewter Figures
- Picture Frames
- Plant/S
- Poster
- Precious Metals (Gold/Silver/Platinum Etc.)
- Printer Toner/ Ink Cartridges
- Projector
- Real Fur
- Replica Weapons
- Resin
- Scanner
- Seatbelt Tensioner
- Settee
- Sewing/Knitting Machine
- Shoes
- Shower Screen
- SIM Cards
- Slush Syrup
- Slush Syrup
- Sofa
- Spectacles
- Stamps (Unless Franked)
- Steering Wheel
- Stoneware
- Suitcases/ Flight Cases (Not Acceptable As Packaging)
- Surf Board
- Telescope
- Television
- Tickets
- Tiles
- Tobacco And Tobacco Products
- Toilets
- Torches
- Trees
- Turntables
- TV
- Tyres
- Vase
- Vehicle Bonnet
- Vehicle Bumper
- Vehicle Door
- Velux
- Vermiculite Board
- Vouchers With A Face Value
- Washbasin (DPD Local, ExpressPak)
- Watch
- Water
- Weapons
- Wheels
- Window
- Window Frame
- Wooden Items (Australia)
Blimey - just looked on Hermes. Unbelievable list of prohibited stuff. Makes you wonder what they do carry! p.s. I see they also prohibit 'Filth
Prohibited Items:
The following items (or any item similar in description or content) can not be carried on any service.
Any person sending such an item may be subject to their order being cancelled without notice:
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The following items (or any item similar in description or content) can only be carried on a no protection basis on any service.
Any person sending such an item does so at their own risk:
Prohibited Items:
The following items (or any item similar in description or content) can not be carried on any service.
Any person sending such an item may be subject to their order being cancelled without notice:
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- Aerosol
- Aftershaves
- Air Bag
- Alcoholic Beverages
- Ammunition
- Animals of any form (alive or dead)
- Any Item Containing Petrol (Liquid, Gas Or Fumes)
- Aromatherapy Oil
- Bathroom Suites
- Batteries
- Biological Samples
- Camera
- Canoes / Kayaks
- Car Panel
- Cash, Credit Cards, Debit Cards
- Chainsaw
- Cheques
- Christmas Crackers
- Concrete
- Confectionery
- Counterfeit Currency
- Credit/Debit/Cash Cards
- Dangerous Goods
- Documents (Outside The EU)
- Driving Licence
- Drugs (including prescription)
- Engines
- Filth
- Fire Extinguisher
- Fish (live or dead)
- Food
- Food Items (Perishable Goods)
- Fragrance
- Gardening And Household Tools - Gardening And Household Tools, Unless Properly Protected
- Gearbox
- Gun
- Hazardous Goods
- Human Remains
- Infectious substances
- Item Described As "Unknown"
- Jewellery
- Juice
- Kitchen Appliances – White Goods/Coffee Machines/Microwaves
- Knives
- Ladders
- Leather (Landmark)
- Lighter
- Lights/Lighting/Lamps/Chandeliers
- Liquids/Creams/Oils
- Lottery Tickets
- Mattresses
- Meat
- Medical Equipment
- Milk Powder (restricted in China)
- Minerals (Landmark)
- Mobile Phone with or without Sim to any Residential address in Turkey/Pakistan
- Money/Cash/Currency
- Nail Varnish
- Oil
- Paint
- Paintings/Canvas Prints
- Passport
- Perfumes
- Perishable Good
- Perishable Goods (all)
- Plant
- Printer Toner
- Protein/Health Shakes (myHermes, Landmark)
- Replica Weapons
- Seatbelt Tensioner
- Settee
- Sharp Instruments - E.G. Knives Scissors And Axes.
- Sinks/Basins
- Slush Syrup
- Soap (OCS, Landmark)
- Sofa
- Spectacles / Sunglasses
- Stamps (unless Franked)
- Steering Wheel
- Tea (Leaves, Bags etc.)
- Telescopes
- Tickets
- Tobacco And Tobacco Products
- Toilets
- Unboxed Furniture
- Vehicle Bonnet
- Vehicle Bumper
- Vehicle Door
- Water
- Weapons
- White Goods (Fridges, Ovens, Freezers, Cooker Hoods, Etc)
- Window
- Windscreen
- Wooden Items (Myhermes, Landmark)
- Amplifiers - maximum Parcel Protection value for damages is £200.00, up to £1,000.00 for lost items.
- Apple Mac/Macpro - maximum Parcel Protection value for damages is £0.00, up to £1,000.00 for lost items. (iMacs are protected for loss only)
- Banjo/Guitar/Cello/Violin - maximum Parcel Protection value for damages is £100.00, up to £1,000.00 for lost items. Musical instruments must be sent in a hard case.
The following items (or any item similar in description or content) can only be carried on a no protection basis on any service.
Any person sending such an item does so at their own risk:
- Amber
- Antique
- Bottles
- Bulbs
- Ceramics/Figures/Figurines
- China/Porcelain
- Clock
- Coffee Machines
- Computer Monitor/Imac
- Crockery/Pots/Pottery
- Crystal
- Delicate Items
- Detergent
- Diamonds
- Documents
- Fiberglass
- Fish Tank
- Fishing Rods
- Fragile Items (all)
- Framed Painting/Photograph
- Gems or gemstones
- Glass/Glassware
- Hamper
- Lampshades
- Lenses
- Marble
- Microscope
- Microwave
- Mirror
- Ornament
- Over Head Projector
- Packaging/Media Packaging
- Pewter Figures
- Picture Frames
- Poster
- Precious Metals (Gold/Silver/Platinum Etc.)
- Projector
- Real Fur
- Resin
- Scanner
- Sewing/Knitting Machine
- Shower Screen
- SIM Cards
- Stoneware
- Suitcases/ Flightcases (Not acceptable as packaging)
- Television
- Tiles
- Torches
- Turntables
- Vase
- Velux
- Vermiculite Board
- Watch
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You can send alcohol and aftershave with Royal Mail.
I just lie, if ever I am asked. 
Both the DPD and Hermes lists are codswallop. The college I work at is a new building and both carriers have knowingly carried YUASA batteries which they delivered to us. DPD dropped off 3 separate packs today which are heavy YUASA back ups for the intruder systems. They may not know what they are to be used for, but the brown box with the company logo on, clearly states 'YUASA 12V Rechargeable Battery'. Both DPD and Hermes have delivered science laboratory equipment clearly marked as 'GLASS' Scientific Equipment. VERY FRAGILE! Handle with extreme care!
A friend of mine once worked for the Royal mail, and he observed that the billions spent on working out how to split the atom were wasted...
It would have been far more efficient to put one in an envelope marked 'fragile' and drop it off at the local post office
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A lot of items you can send, but they won't insure them. You have to say what you are sending, they then know the items which aren't insured, and hey presto, they vanish. "Sorry, we lost it, but you can't claim". Fishing rods are a prime example.
