outward parcel held at Glasgow Mail Centre

marie · Post by **marie** » 16 Apr 2016, 21:26

hi guys, just a quick question, I posted a parcel to a friend in Ireland, and its being held at Glasgow Mail Centre - "suspected dangerous goods" - there is absolutely nothing dangerous in this parcel, it contains bits n pieces for crafts - balsa wood, felt, buttons, ribbons, craft foil, some mesh, paper bags -- no liquids, batteries or anything like that.

I'm a D.O. worker, so don't know how the mail centre fishes out parcels for examination - any reason why its been trapped there?

Post by **SpacePhoenix** » 16 Apr 2016, 23:28

They don't examine it, that does done by CAA. It'll get sent now (by surface) to the National Returns Centre in Belfast where it'll get examined. best guess is that the foil might have made it look iffy on an xray

marie · Post by **marie** » 17 Apr 2016, 12:02

thanks for the reply SpacePheonix - better let my friend know, not to expect it anytime soon - maybe I should've chucked in a tarantula or a couple of scorpions too , as they are okay for posting !!

Post by **SpacePhoenix** » 17 Apr 2016, 19:58

How many days ago was it posted?

marie · Post by **marie** » 18 Apr 2016, 12:56

I posted it Thursday - tracking is now showing as being at the National Returns Centre -

sooooooooo - next question - will they open it, inspect the NOT dangerous contents and send it on to my friend? will it be returned to me? or will it just be destroyed?

marie · Post by **marie** » 20 Apr 2016, 19:44

"Status: Sorry - we don't recognise that number.
Please check the information below to make sure your tracking code is correct."

does this mean they've killed my parcel??

cost me £16.65 to post

Post by **Snaggletooth** » 20 Apr 2016, 21:43

It's more likely a fault with track & trace: they do happen.