how to post

[sundia]

when i buy live food they come via royal mail.. the postman normally knocked.. holding them at arms length screaming heres ur bugs!

[joeyboy]

Originally Posted by shep1979

there is only a few inverts that u are alowed to post crickets,locust,meal worms ect just dont tell wot u are posting as some who work in the post office are a right jobs worth

yeah, weird thing is when I went to post my Tarantula I did stupidly say it was something live, though I hadn't said T yet.

So she's some caked up girl(make-up, set to slut.) looking pretty gormless but she turns the monitor round and says is it any of these? Well I looked and crickets, locusts etc weren't even on the allowed list. It was basically all worms and some really odd aquatic inverts.

But yeah there were mealies, earth worms, dendros, lugworms(as in from the beach), i think mussels were on it oddly.

But yeah no crickets or locusts, I just said it's a box of mealies. She's like "you sure its those?" and i go "yeah, you want to check?" and she just squirms n goes "ewww no it's ok."

[storm]

hmm, mixed experiences.. ok say post office would not send what would be the other alternatives for a small parcel? x

[joeyboy]

Originally Posted by storm

hmm, mixed experiences.. ok say post office would not send what would be the other alternatives for a small parcel? x

it's not really mixed experiences tbh, I've never known an invert to sent by anything other than RMSD.

Not sure what other companies are available for private individuals, but it;s not like their rules on inverts would be different.

Officially TNT can let you post animals but their next day is something crazy like £25.

[tarantulabarn]

Just mark them fragile and pack really well in tissue or polystyrene, that should see thm ok

[storm]

ok so post office will not allow anything live, how do i send now??

[Grond]

Originally Posted by Meko

as far as i know you can send inverts through the post but nothing else.

Legality wise, I agree with Meko. It's not illegal to post inverts. I've had all sorts through the post via Royal Mail.

[Juzza12]

Originally Posted by storm

ok so post office will not allow anything live, how do i send now??

Go to another post office because they're speaking out of their backsides.

[lukeyboi]

dnt tell them
or they wont post it

[Grond]

Originally Posted by lukeyboi

dnt tell them
or they wont post it

Really?

All of the spiders/crickets/mealworms/cockroaches and snails I've ever had through the post have been clearly labelled as what they are and had airholes.........