This may be a dumb question but how did they know?
So are they objecting to the amount of bottles in one package or what they contain?
Unless the 3 beers in question were three 19 litre kegs!:whistle:Great question. It shouldn't be either, as beer is not on the prohibited (or even restricted) list and the post office weight limit is 20kg (30kg for Parcelforce)
Unless the 3 beers in question were three 19 litre kegs!:whistle:
In the post office they often ask you what's in it if you go to a counter which I conside a gross invasion of privacy. It should be enough to ask if you've read the list of prohibited items and agree that you're not posting one of them. I always go to the auto-machines if they have them because they don't stick their noses in to your business.
Volume should not exceed 1 litre per item.
Surely there's your answer. One litre per item [parcel] is two 500ml bottles?
I don't think so because a) I've sent 4 bottles before (and told them it was 4) and b) the instructions on wrapping items on the link I posted imply that an "item" is a bottle (it talks about wrapping each item individually and packing the box so items can't move around)
Yesterday in my angered haste I posted this thread. I don't mean to be rude, but I am interested to know why I can't post more than 2 beers. They do ask what's in the parcel which is so annoying anyway, maybe next time I'll say "plans to blow up the death star".
@Hoddy thanks for the advice. I'm not too keen on Royal Mail for reasons like this, long queues, staff who spend 3 hours trying to upsell me all their products considering there is a long queue etc.
The woman at the desk asked what's in the package, I told her, she asked how many bottles so I said 3 and she said I couldn't post more than 2. I said I miscounted, and really there are only 2 and she said Royal Mail scan packages and if they find more than 2 bottles of beer they destroy it. How a scanner can detect beer and the no. of vessels its in is beyond me but I didn't want to have an argument with her, considering a queue was behind me.
Sounds like you just got unlucky with the person you got. I always carry a copy of their leaflet on restricted items so I'm ready to go into battle if they don't know their own rules!
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