Lithium cells not shipping to UE?

dragosios

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Hi all.
I have a weird problem. Tried to buy a 18650 or 18350 cell from GearBest, Banggood, Fasttech, etc.
They would not ship the cell to Romania, an error message says that there is no suitable shipment method.
I tried to fake adresses in UK, Germany and Sweden also, same error.

Is there anything known about that?

Still, if i try to order a bundle of cell(s) with charger, that's good for shipping. The problem is the bundles contain cells of rather lower quality.
 

panchovilla

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If it were ground shipping there should be no problem. Air can be an issue; a big issue.

eta: They may just not be mentioning the batteries with the charger when shipping out. If asked for contents they may just say 'battery charger'.
 
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dragosios

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Well, i know that there is a train running from China to Germany, meaning ground shipping. Article here.
I don't know if they can or will use it, but your explanation seems valid, thank you.
 
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