FAA Slaps Amazon with $350k Penalty for Shipping Violation

Re:FAA Slaps Amazon with $350k Penalty for Shipping Violation by jrockway on Monday June 13, 2016 @09:59PM (#11899257)

Incidentally, I've seen Amazon err the other way on lithium batteries. I have ordered things like LiFePO4 cells or devices with lithium ion batteries inside and they come with a sticker that says "PRIMARY LITHIUM BATTERY, NOT FOR TRANSPORT ON PASSENGER AIRCRAFT" which apparently doesn't apply to lithium ion batteries. Better safe than sorry, though, I suppose. (I have also ordered primary lithium batteries... and those also get the sticker correctly.)

UPS has an incredibly detailed document here about the regulations: https://www.ups.com/media/news/en/us_lithium_battery_regulat...

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Re:FAA Slaps Amazon with $350k Penalty for Shipping Violation by mmagin on Monday June 13, 2016 @10:35PM (#11899391)

I've had them ship a flashlight that came with an alkaline battery labeled as if it had a lithium battery.

I've also found that they wouldn't ship the 8 oz version of a popular homebrewing sanitizer (Star San -- it's phosphoric acid and a strong detergent) to my address, but they shipped the 32 oz version just fine.

As a customer, the annoying thing is that they don't make it easy to request a review of this bogus database info.

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Re:FAA Slaps Amazon with $350k Penalty for Shipping Violation by jrockway on Tuesday June 14, 2016 @03:11AM (#11900313)

Yeah, that happens randomly. I think the 32 oz version of Star San is from a different vendor that is probably not shipping it properly. Or vice versa. (I too have 32 oz of Star San ;)

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