I've never come across this before. The guy at the post office asked what was in the box and looked like he was going to open it, so I blurted out "silver". He said "Is it bullion?" I didn't think there was any reason to lie, so I said yes. He then refused to take it. He said if I'd said it was silver jewellery or a manufactured article made of silver, it would be ok. He said Australia Post cannot carry bullion AT ALL and if I sent it anyway, and they discovered it was bullion, it could be destroyed. That sounds like a load of bullionshit to me, but I really need to post this box, so I'm not sure what I should say.
I'm going to. I've never had a silver delivery to my house that wasn't through Australia Post, so it must be ok. He said all those senders don't tell Aus Post that it's bullion.
Well how do the Bullion companies get away with it then? I've had some deliveries that say the name of the company on the package.
They always ask and I always reply "machine parts". They're not going to discover what it is unless they go opening the package which is not going to happen. Lodge it at a different PO and you should be fine. Just make sure you get tracking etc just in case it does go "missing".
I thought of saying some kind of engine part, but, knowing nothing about engines, I didn't know of a part that weighed 40oz!
I was told that posting coins overseas was also not allowed, so the post office lady told me to call them medallions.
ummm a crankshaft weighs a lot more than 40 ozs & are large....just sayin . tell them its an armature from a starter motor thats about the right size & weight .Or a wiper motor . theres not many things on an engine that are small & weigh a lot .
Why do you have to tell the stickybeaks anything? I couriered some items and when he commented on the weight I said it was a part for a submarine sonar. Nobody working in a post office will have that as a hobby.
I sent it. I had planned on saying it was "hardware stuff", but they didn't ask what it was. There was a long queue.
