Cigarette lighter shipments from/to UK by Royal Mail
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Hossein Shadrooh
12 years ago
If an old lighter has no petrol or gas , also no flint it is not dangerous to post and this law must be updated
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wayne burkey
12 years ago
How silly minded are these dictaters
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james plater
12 years ago
if the lighter has no gas or flint what is the problem god they used to smoke on planes
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Darren Balchin
12 years ago
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I used to sell 20+ lighters every week on eBay but gave due to so many being destroyed although they were marked made safe. How can a lighter which hasn't had any fuel In for 50+ years be a problem! It's a inert metal object without fuel ?? Crazy rules!
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Eleni Romanou
12 years ago
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We request Royal Mail to accept lighters in the internal and overseas mail services providing they are empty of fuel and have no flint in them. Any documentation must state "old lighter made safe".
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shaun wilsher
12 years ago
We Lighter collectors are not silly people and if a code of conduct could be written for us all to agree to,then surly that's the approach we should put to the Royal Mail
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MIKE COLLIER
12 years ago
I agree that lighters should be allowed to be posted with the agreement that they are free of fuel and flints for safety reasons I have been collecting for more than 30 years
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joe book
12 years ago
There is no logical reason for refusing to transport such items. Are engine parts e.g petrol pumps, disallowed? they allow the passage of flammable liquid when in use, though would contain no such liquid in transit, as wouldn't cigarette lighters.
Reserving the right to destroy valuable lighters is most suspicious: just who decides this, and where is the proof that valuable items are actually ' destroyed '?. There is plenty of room for abuse of this.
They need to shape up - this is jobsworth stuff, nothing more.
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John Donaldson
12 years ago
Royal mail will not even take by road and rail to destinations from and too UK addresses. I'm losing sales of over 400 lighters a year mostly to the forces. I engrave mainly military crests.
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Peter Woolley
12 years ago
There is nothing less dangerous than an empty zippo unless is has a snake on the side !!
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Darren Davenport
12 years ago
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People who are passionate about collecting lighters do comply with the rules without fuel and flints they are no more dangerous than a fountain pen, come on roysl mail get it sorted people's livelihoods are at stake, and im a former royal mail employee.
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Anonymous
12 years ago
needs to be reviewed.
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Elizabeth Ritchie
12 years ago
My husband has just had a rare vintage lighter (solid silver and completely empty of fuel and flammable parts) destroyed. I find it a ridiculous rule and wonder where all the "apparently" destroyed goods are going. Is it a sideline for Royal Mail staff? He also declared what it was before sending it so Royal Mail staff should not have accepted it in the first place. He should be reimbursed for the postage and lighter!!!!
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Peter
12 years ago
so far I didn't have any problems. Sometimes I believe it is better to send it *without* special notice that there is "harmless lighter inside - not affiliated with terrorists". Until they change the rules.
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Cordelia Evans
12 years ago
Considering the time taken, the stress and money lost I strongly believe Dee should receive some form of compensation from Royal Mail!
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dee
12 years ago
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I have personally had a £350 unique lighter DESTROYED by Royal Mail BEFORE this ridiculous rule was implemented. It was empty (probably had been for over 50 years) and was insured. Having spent over a year arguing with Royal Mail I have received no compensation for this.
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Anonymous
12 years ago
Once upon a time i got into the swing of selling vintage lighters so much so that i was almost specialising in selling them amongst selling other vintage items. I still post using Hermes however most of my customers were from other countries unfortunately.
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brendan waldock
12 years ago
I sell these and am having terrible problems, now using HERMES
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Anonymous
12 years ago
I've been trying to get an old lighter of my dad's repaired for a long time. He died and left it to me and it is very special to me. I have found someone who lives outside the UK who can repair it but I can't send it to him due to this rule.
It doesn't work, that's why I am sending it! Also, these things are very precious to us, so destroying them is not the answer. Please come up with a regulation that works for us all. We understand the need for safety in the air, but there are ways of achieving a win win here I am confident.
Thank you
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John Holmes
12 years ago
If the lighter is disarmed from being able to create a flame ie removing battery, flint then what is the other reason for bringing the regulation into force!
If an old lighter has no petrol or gas , also no flint it is not dangerous to post and this law must be updated
How silly minded are these dictaters
if the lighter has no gas or flint what is the problem god they used to smoke on planes
I used to sell 20+ lighters every week on eBay but gave due to so many being destroyed although they were marked made safe. How can a lighter which hasn't had any fuel In for 50+ years be a problem! It's a inert metal object without fuel ?? Crazy rules!
We request Royal Mail to accept lighters in the internal and overseas mail services providing they are empty of fuel and have no flint in them. Any documentation must state "old lighter made safe".
We Lighter collectors are not silly people and if a code of conduct could be written for us all to agree to,then surly that's the approach we should put to the Royal Mail
I agree that lighters should be allowed to be posted with the agreement that they are free of fuel and flints for safety reasons I have been collecting for more than 30 years
There is no logical reason for refusing to transport such items. Are engine parts e.g petrol pumps, disallowed? they allow the passage of flammable liquid when in use, though would contain no such liquid in transit, as wouldn't cigarette lighters. Reserving the right to destroy valuable lighters is most suspicious: just who decides this, and where is the proof that valuable items are actually ' destroyed '?. There is plenty of room for abuse of this. They need to shape up - this is jobsworth stuff, nothing more.
Royal mail will not even take by road and rail to destinations from and too UK addresses. I'm losing sales of over 400 lighters a year mostly to the forces. I engrave mainly military crests.
There is nothing less dangerous than an empty zippo unless is has a snake on the side !!
People who are passionate about collecting lighters do comply with the rules without fuel and flints they are no more dangerous than a fountain pen, come on roysl mail get it sorted people's livelihoods are at stake, and im a former royal mail employee.
needs to be reviewed.
My husband has just had a rare vintage lighter (solid silver and completely empty of fuel and flammable parts) destroyed. I find it a ridiculous rule and wonder where all the "apparently" destroyed goods are going. Is it a sideline for Royal Mail staff? He also declared what it was before sending it so Royal Mail staff should not have accepted it in the first place. He should be reimbursed for the postage and lighter!!!!
so far I didn't have any problems. Sometimes I believe it is better to send it *without* special notice that there is "harmless lighter inside - not affiliated with terrorists". Until they change the rules.
Considering the time taken, the stress and money lost I strongly believe Dee should receive some form of compensation from Royal Mail!
I have personally had a £350 unique lighter DESTROYED by Royal Mail BEFORE this ridiculous rule was implemented. It was empty (probably had been for over 50 years) and was insured. Having spent over a year arguing with Royal Mail I have received no compensation for this.
Once upon a time i got into the swing of selling vintage lighters so much so that i was almost specialising in selling them amongst selling other vintage items. I still post using Hermes however most of my customers were from other countries unfortunately.
I sell these and am having terrible problems, now using HERMES
I've been trying to get an old lighter of my dad's repaired for a long time. He died and left it to me and it is very special to me. I have found someone who lives outside the UK who can repair it but I can't send it to him due to this rule. It doesn't work, that's why I am sending it! Also, these things are very precious to us, so destroying them is not the answer. Please come up with a regulation that works for us all. We understand the need for safety in the air, but there are ways of achieving a win win here I am confident. Thank you
If the lighter is disarmed from being able to create a flame ie removing battery, flint then what is the other reason for bringing the regulation into force!