Disposal of parcels containing prohibited goods

[Sir Henry]

Friends of mine sold boxsets of records/cds/badges, the box being an old ex army ammo case. They were hard to put together and expensive but most didn't reach their buyers due to a prohibited item included in the set. Half a dozen of them turned up a couple of months later on ebay. Seeing as it wasn't the original vendors, how did the ebay seller get his mitts on them?
Cheers.

[IcanthelpthewayIam]

as you have put "disposal" that is indeed the correct word, the items are sold rather than destroyed if possible

[Sir Henry]

Cheers. Shouldn't they be returned to the sender?

[ScottR]

Depends on the country they were sent to, I believe Parcelforce 100% return to sender if there is an address and then either 1) just allow you to have it back or 2) charge you handling fee + postage again?

[TrueBlueTerrier]

Cheers. Shouldn't they be returned to the sender?

Nope

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You are responsible for checking whether or not an item is prohibited or restricted. If you send prohibited goods or restricted goods (and you do not comply with the relevant terms and conditions), we may deal with your items as we see fit, including but not limited to, disposing of the parcels concerned (in whole or in part).

[Sir Henry]

It's a racket.

[IcanthelpthewayIam]

It's a racket.

To be fair they need to cover the cost of dealing with all the offending items and running the rlc and it is the senders own fault for putting in prohibited items at the end of the day

[IcanthelpthewayIam]

It's a racket.

To be fair they need to cover the cost of dealing with all the offending items and running the nrc and it is the senders own fault for putting in prohibited items at the end of the day

[glenfiddich]

What was the prohibited item?

[Sir Henry]

A fake bullet.

[TrueBlueTerrier]

A fake bullet.

Ammunition
Except lead pellets and other airgun and airsoft projectiles. http://www.royalmail.com/help-and-suppo ... rseas-mail" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;