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Amazon Fined for Shipping Lithium Batteries on Passenger Planes

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Re: Amazon Fined for Shipping Lithium Batteries on Passenger Planes

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Post by dmd »

duskwuff wrote: post #5
heartbreak wrote: post #4

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Why doesn't my iPhone 7 box have this sticker? It flew via UPS, does that make any difference? If I recall correctly a UPS flight crashed due to a battery fire a few years ago.

Only "raw" batteries are restricted. Once they're inside a finished electronic product, they're often fine. (Go figure.)

This is why so many external USB battery packs for phones and the like have a flashlight built in - it's a legal loophole that lets the manufacturer pretend it's a flashlight, and not a "raw" battery.

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Post by mandlar »

dmd wrote: post #21
duskwuff wrote: post #5

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Only "raw" batteries are restricted. Once they're inside a finished electronic product, they're often fine. (Go figure.)

This is why so many external USB battery packs for phones and the like have a flashlight built in - it's a legal loophole that lets the manufacturer pretend it's a flashlight, and not a "raw" battery.

Interesting. Although I actually find it useful that they include the flashlight. Win/win.

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Post by 0xfeba »

tuna-piano wrote: post #18

A while back I wanted to buy an air soft gun on Amazon. I tried buying one, but Amazon gave a note that they couldn't deliver air soft guns to my state. So, I added 10 different air soft guns to my cart, went to the checkout step, and something like 3-4 of them did not get marked as illegal. Not sure if their item flagging has improved since then, but keeping track of all the special considerations of their products…

The states that have legislated airsoft and BB guns as "firearms" or other weapons, tend to not joke around if they find out people own them and they are "unregistered".

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Post by asdgasfg »

yAnonymous wrote: post #24

>These dangerous goods include lithium batteries, which are banned from being transported as mail or cargo on a passenger aircraft unless they are installed in or packed with equipment ...so transporting a Galaxy Note 7 is fine.

Yes, but they ask that you follow certain restrictions[0].

[0] https://www.southwest.com/html/advisories/swa_travel_advisor...

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