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Me: I need to ship something. 

Post office worker: Is there any liquid, batteries, or other hazardous materials in the package?

Me: No.

 

It was an AIO.

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  1. Java
  2. ARikozuM

    ARikozuM

    Anything harzardous?

     

    PAPER!!! CUTS!

  3. Windows7ge

    Windows7ge

    It's the opposite for me. Whenever I need to ship anything like a motherboard they'll ask me the same questions (are their any liquids, batteries, other hazardous). When I'm honest about it and tell them there's a little coincell battery in the box they just look at me like "phht, that ain't shit, don't worry about it then."

  4. Windows7ge

    Windows7ge

    I'm not sure why they even ask. Is it to slap an extra fee on there for handling a particular substance? I could probably fill all 3 categories if I told them the box contained a homemade lead-acid battery made out of a plastic water bottle and duct-tape. I'm sure that'd go over well.

  5. Skanky Sylveon

    Skanky Sylveon

    @Windows7ge From my experience it has been best for me to just lie, but the post office workers here aren't exactly the smartest in the world. 

     

    As far as why they ask about liquids in particular, it's because they like to put those items in the bottom on the off chance that they spill.  Not going to happen with an AIO unless the mailman littarly skewers the radiator. 

  6. Jtalk4456

    Jtalk4456

    @Windows7ge I'm pretty sure it's a regulation designed for homeland security, thinking mailing bombs, etc

  7. Skanky Sylveon

    Skanky Sylveon

    @Jtalk4456 Speaking of bombs, did you know that bomb squad was almost called regarding your package?

  8. Jtalk4456
  9. Skanky Sylveon

    Skanky Sylveon

    @Jtalk4456 Yup, they asked me the same thing, liquid, batteries, etc.  I asked about whether they would group capacitors with batteries, I then had to try to explain what a capacitor was to the woman behind the desk.

     

    They ended up opening it, and she saw the jumper wires and everything else and assumed that it was a bomb.

     

    Someone from back eventually got called in, and he rolled his eyes and apologized, but after that fuck it, I'm lying. 

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