I have a small 2.5inch HHD I want to post to the UK

Wife took it to a main post office and when they asked what is in the box she told them, they said no!

The explanation was no ‘electronic items’ to be sent through the post to the UK – anyone else heard of this?

In Europe you will often see this rule too

 

they dont like to carry packets that have charged batteries inside

 

a HDD doesnt apply to this rule generally

 

best idea, lie and say its something else

23 minutes ago, schweizer said:

In Europe you will often see this rule too

 

they dont like to carry packets that have charged batteries inside

 

a HDD doesnt apply to this rule generally

 

best idea, lie and say its something else

I did think about that but I do know they scan everything going out of country so could(?) be caught out

2 minutes ago, JoePai said:

I did think about that but I do know they scan everything going out of country so could(?) be caught out

Like all things its a risk

I assume the scan is to look for illegal drugs, weapons etc

not to see if the description fits the contents, as most of this is done by robotic scanners

37 minutes ago, schweizer said:

Like all things its a risk

I assume the scan is to look for illegal drugs, weapons etc

not to see if the description fits the contents, as most of this is done by robotic scanners

Mmmm that's a thought, thanks I'll sleep on it

19 hours ago, JoePai said:

I have a small 2.5inch【6,4 cm】 HHD I want to post to the UK

Wife took it to a main post office and when they asked what is in the box she told them, they said no!

The explanation was no ‘electronic items’ to be sent through the post to the UK – anyone else heard of this?

 

The Thai PO doesn't like to send electronics by international mail anywhere, not just to the UK.

Dhl didnt have a problem when i sent my laptop back for repair 

On 11/13/2024 at 2:15 PM, JoePai said:

I have a small 2.5inch HHD I want to post to the UK

Wife took it to a main post office and when they asked what is in the box she told them, they said no!

The explanation was no ‘electronic items’ to be sent through the post to the UK – anyone else heard of this?

Have you spoken to UK Customs?  If they say no, then it’s a no, if they say yes, then you should be able to send it proving the customs declaration is completed correctly including the HS Code.

33 minutes ago, Paul52 said:

Have you spoken to UK Customs?  If they say no, then it’s a no, if they say yes, then you should be able to send it proving the customs declaration is completed correctly including the HS Code.

It is this end - Thailand - that is the problem, not the UK

What about using a different logistics company, FedEx, UPS, DHL?

What's on the drive? If it's just data, you could upload it to a cloud service and share it.