When you use a standard parcel delivery service, it’s not just the delivery company’s size restrictions that you need to consider. Most delivery companies also have a list of goods that are entirely prohibited, plus a list of goods that are excluded from delivery compensation.
Standard list of prohibited goods:
- Aerosols
- Alcoholic liquids with an alcohol content higher than 70%
- Batteries
- Butane lighters
- Clinical and medical waste
- Drugs – prescription or illegal
- Corrosive substances
- Counterfeit currency, bank notes and postage stamps
- Dry ice
- Environmental waste
- Explosives
- Filth e.g. dirt or waste
- Flammable liquids
- Flammable solids
- Gases that are compressed, liquefied or dissolved under pressure
- Living creatures
- Magnetised material
- Oxidising substances and organic peroxide
- Pathogens
- Perfumes and aftershaves
- Toxic and infectious substances
- Pesticides
- Radioactive materials
- Sharp instruments
- Solvent-based paints and inks
- Infectious substances
- Water-based paints and inks
Standard list of goods excluded from parcel delivery compensation:
- Antiques (objects over 100 years old)
- Dangerous,hazardous or prohibited goods
- Articles made mainly or completely from precious metals
- Ceramics or composites made mainly or completely from china or porcelain
- Multiple items strapped together
- Precious stones
- Eggs
- Perishable food items
- Fossils, stones or stoneware
- Furniture that is not flat-packed
- Glassware
- Human and animal remains (including ashes)
- Jewellery (except imitation)
- Laptops, monitors, computer equipment
- Marble or stone derivatives
- Money or anything that could be turned into money (credit cards, bankers drafts etc.)
- Negotiable documents
- Plants, seeds, flowers, plant derivatives
- Real fur
- Resin items, amber and composites
- Restricted goods where the instructions have not been heeded
- SIM cards
- Stamps
- Televisions
- Watches
- White goods (fridges, ovens, etc.)
These lists vary between different parcel delivery companies, so you should ask about exclusions and prohibited goods before trying to send your parcel.
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