Those battery shipping scammers.

[tomjasz]

I’m waiting to hear from UPS but I paid hazmat shipping fees but apparently the custom build hasn’t been UN certified. Hazmat label removed to ship.

Still an industry dirty, not so little, secret.

A seller often recommended. Not Jenny Mao.

 

[ruffruff]

I'm confused?

 

[tomjasz]

I'm confused?

Yeah me too…
Posted the picture now. The battery came from China to the sellers USA operation and they shipped from their California store after removing the hazmat label.

I’m amazed it got by UPS.

 

[Mike TowpathTraveler]

Yep, I'm looking at my last Yamaha battery I got this summer, picked up and shipped through UPS. California to New Jersey. That missing plastic label is marked " UPS Hazardous Materials Shipping Papers Enclosed" and within that plastic label is a paper label, copies of what is within the box, who the shipper is, UN number and other info pertaining to the battery (for folks like @ruffruff who may not know.

Illegal and unethical. My guess is that the local shipper was not qualified/certified to ship out the battery. Their solution? Remove the label and the unwary local UPS shippers don't have a clue as to what's inside the box.

 

[harryS]

I bought two ebike batteries this summer, from the same big vendor with a US warehouse. One shipped legal thru ebay. One did not (no un580 label) via amazon. Both from same warehouse. Go figure. There is a $50K fine when they catch you,

 

[tomjasz]

I bought two ebike batteries this summer, from the same big vendor with a US warehouse. One shipped legal thru ebay. One did not (no un580 label) via amazon. Both from same warehouse. Go figure. There is a $50K fine when they catch you,

I’m thinking the margins are huge and they can’t be touched in China. An amazing number of the packs are generic or class B cells. Sadly budgets rule for us.

 

[ruffruff]

You want to hear a great UPS hazemat shipping story. OK I'll tell you.
A few years back I was doing some design work for a guy. He wanted the piece fast and asked me to overnight it.
So I grabbed a box, put the piece in it and shipped it overnight UPS to Pennsylvania. $80.00 or something like that.

I track it and watch it get all the way to the destination city and then it gets sent back and their is another $80.00 charge on my UPS account.
I call and they say it's hazardous material. DOOHH I reused a printer toner box and apparently that's some level of hazardous material and I didn't remove the "D" sticker???

They wouldn't reverse any charges so I spent $160 to send a package to Pennsylvania and back!