Sending air bottles with Royal Mail

[Skwill]

Hi, so on my for sale thread I have an air bottle which is empty... What I want to know is can you send empty air bottles via royal mail? The prohibited list says you can't send gases but says nothing about empty air bottles.I'm gonna go ask the Post Office later, but I just want to see what you guys think and if you've sent one off, did it get confiscated?

Any help would be appreciated

 

[Tom]

Perfectly timed for you:

http://p8ntballer-forums.com/threads/royal-mail-prohibited-goods.161917/#post-1470306

Just a heads up on the outcome of this situation I had with Royal Mail.

They have changed their Dangerous Goods list and are classing air tanks as canisters but in the past they didn't have the facilities to check as much parcels as they can now. They have apparently increased the amount by around 30% meaning a bigger chance they can catch air tanks being send with Royal Mail. They will take it and dispose of it and there is no compensation. So I advice you to send it with a Courier like CityLink, DPD or any other courier service.

 

[Skwill]

ok thanks

 

[lettucecheesecake]

I sent one monday without realising this and according to the tracking its been delivered. I guess its just a gamble now