Petitioning Royal Mail!

[fsn]

Gentlemen.

If friend Bach is a postman and one surmises, Welsh, do you not think he has enough trauma in his life? Rather than "scragging" him, we should extend the hand of sympathy and kindness.

[fsn]

Interestingly radioactive material can be sent internationally as well  . Anyone in need of my wmd arsenal?
How will modelling shops now receive their stock?

In Britain not many modelling shops stock radioactive materials. Is it different in Germany?

[Fenton]

What about all those radioactive controlled cars that they sell!

[petercooman]

Protons? 

[Wulf]

I've sent a note about this to a bunch of people selling paint on eBay too.

[Techno]

Good idea Wulf.
Cheers - Phil

[Leon]

I've sent a note about this to a bunch of people selling paint on eBay too.

Excellent, thanks for that, that was one of my jobs to do when I get in tonight.  Can you forward me a list of who you've messaged if possible?

[Wulf]

Oh... I didn't note... one selling lots of 5, one selling packs with 8 in them...

..erm... no idea, sorry 

[Leon]

Oh... I didn't note... one selling lots of 5, one selling packs with 8 in them...

..erm... no idea, sorry 

No worries, some of them will get a second message, but the more the merrier!

[Leon]

1000 supporters, amazing response in only 15 hours!

[Fenton]

1000 supporters, amazing response in only 15 hours!

Someone on TMP was saying that this was to do with Dept of Transport and not Royal Mail..as DHL and some others have been instructed to do the same thing...This correct Leon?

[Squirrel]

Having trouble signing via my iPad for some reason, so I'll try tomorrow on my PC.

I've forwarded the message to everyone I can think of in the model railway community too, as it will affect them too.

How will this be endorsed anyway? Are the PO going to open every package to check there is not too much paint, or are they relying on senders to police themselves?

Cheers,

Kev

Edit: As I got a confirmation email, evidently signing did work, though I got a message saying it failed!! I hate computers sometimes

[Leon]

Someone on TMP was saying that this was to do with Dept of Transport and not Royal Mail..as DHL and some others have been instructed to do the same thing...This correct Leon?

I've just replied to that chap:

The DoT was one of my first ports of call, as Royal Mail originally said that they were responsible for the restrictions. However, the DoT couldn't tell me why water-based paints would be included, and recommended I call the Dangerous Goods Office. The helpful chap there advised me that water-based paints are in no way dangerous goods, as evidenced by Section 14 of their Material Safety Data Sheets.

I then went back to Royal Mail with this information, and they moved my query up the chain to the Policy Team. As yet, no one has come back to me with anymore information as to why they have restricted these items.

How will this be endorsed anyway? Are the PO going to open every package to check there is not too much paint, or are they relying on senders to police themselves?

All external packages are apparently x-rayed on the way out, and any suspect packages are sent to Belfast for further investigation.  They are then destroyed if they breach the guidelines.  Internal packages are also x-rayed, but only in random batches I believe.

[Fenton]

Thanks Leon for the answer

[paulr]

Signed