Effective 16 May 2012 Lithium batteries will not be allowed to ship internationally, including APO/FPO/DPO... Better stock up now if you're deployed, or start using FedEx/DHL if it's an option in your area.
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Interesting. I just had a ProVari shipped to Afghanistan. Will have to see if it makes it... When did/does this take effect?
It wont be long before a package or two w batts in them goes thermal and then we will be in deep shipping doo doo. All the bad press is not helping. Then we have stories like this that dont help at all:
http://www.e-cigarette-forum.com/forum/media-general-news/295691-102-000-00-li-ion-car-fire.html
http://www.e-cigarette-forum.com/forum/media-general-news/295691-102-000-00-li-ion-car-fire.html
Yes but it is VERY hard to tell what kind of battery is in them though...
There is all sorts of 'banned items' that make it out though... I have had care packages from VFWs come filled with nothing but contraband... and ou bet your @$$ we enjoyed every bit of those 'illicit' goods.... everything from booze, tobacco, porn, BACON, and more.... I'll never forget seeing one guy hand out pork rinds to the iraqi kids who would throw rocks at us till they went away...
Partially. The batteries must be installed in the respective device. You cant ship "spares".
Battery holders are not considered "installed". You should really read the changes rather than speculating.Battery holders can be purchased for under $2....
I got tired of waiting to see if the ban would ever lift, so decided to order my Provari and accessories anyway. Here are my findings. Hope it helps someone.
1. I ordered it to my local (German) address. They shipped it via USPS anyway, and it said "flashlight with batteries" right there on the customs form. (They understated the amount, too. $80 instead of $350.)
2. They do NOT ship it with the battery installed. The batteries come packed separately.
3. You can go to your local customs office on post to get a form so you can pick it up from the German customs tax free. You need a copy of your email invoice.
4. DO NOT ORDER NICOTINE LIQUID WITH THE BATTERIES!!! This is where everything failed with me. The US customs didn't want to issue a form without an email from the Germans, and the Germans wouldn't accept an emailed form. I ended up just paying the taxes because the time I was spending wasn't worth it. Had I not had nicotine on the invoice, the form would have been no problem.
5. Hindsight is 20/20, as they say, but what I would do now if I had to do everything over again is order everything to my APO address except the batteries. The batteries I would mail to my German address, and just pay the tax to avoid all of the other hassle.
1. I ordered it to my local (German) address. They shipped it via USPS anyway, and it said "flashlight with batteries" right there on the customs form. (They understated the amount, too. $80 instead of $350.)
2. They do NOT ship it with the battery installed. The batteries come packed separately.
3. You can go to your local customs office on post to get a form so you can pick it up from the German customs tax free. You need a copy of your email invoice.
4. DO NOT ORDER NICOTINE LIQUID WITH THE BATTERIES!!! This is where everything failed with me. The US customs didn't want to issue a form without an email from the Germans, and the Germans wouldn't accept an emailed form. I ended up just paying the taxes because the time I was spending wasn't worth it. Had I not had nicotine on the invoice, the form would have been no problem.
5. Hindsight is 20/20, as they say, but what I would do now if I had to do everything over again is order everything to my APO address except the batteries. The batteries I would mail to my German address, and just pay the tax to avoid all of the other hassle.
Update 2: You can get batteries here, including for the Provari. The website also has an English version.
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Just as ancedotal evidence that everything is good to go now, just received two 18350s and 30ml of juice to Kuwait.
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