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blazzer73553 · January 11th, 2018, 16:36

i've been looking everywhere and the only info i can find is specific to "lithium" batteries, nothing of nimh cell or cells type batteries. the custom agent told me lithium is illegal to import, but i told her it was nimh, she paused then told me, batteries in general, but i called canada post before hand and even they told me no no to lithium, but nimh is fine

wanted to mention is specifically requested ground shipping for this order of batteries. i feel like either canada post or the cbsa are lieing to me about the importation of " nimh" batteries.

becasue once i confronted her and sent her an invoice of my order to confirm the nimh, she cleared it from customs. but earlier told me ALL batteries are illegal to import...

im really confused here... clearly im going to be buying batteries in canada now, this hassle was ridiculous ( and i checked with the cbsa and canada post before ordering, specific to nimh and they both said it is 100% fine ( canada post just said they requested to know that nimh batteries are inside) but it shows up to the border and its mayhem.

anyone have any hard facts on this so i can educate myself, because after 2 hours of searching, its only about lithium.

i wanted to mention, i have had batteries come across before no problems for some electronic statues i have ( they came in to customs from montreal no problems) but customs in b.c. ( richmond) stopped them, rejected them without question or notification, only way i was aware was the tracking number, then at least half my day was out figuring this problem out.

sorry for the rant, i just cant comprehend the issue so its bothering me

January 11th, 2018, 16:36	#7
blazzer73553 Trader rating Join Date: Dec 2017 Location: Southern Alberta	i've been looking everywhere and the only info i can find is specific to "lithium" batteries, nothing of nimh cell or cells type batteries. the custom agent told me lithium is illegal to import, but i told her it was nimh, she paused then told me, batteries in general, but i called canada post before hand and even they told me no no to lithium, but nimh is fine wanted to mention is specifically requested ground shipping for this order of batteries. i feel like either canada post or the cbsa are lieing to me about the importation of " nimh" batteries. becasue once i confronted her and sent her an invoice of my order to confirm the nimh, she cleared it from customs. but earlier told me ALL batteries are illegal to import... im really confused here... clearly im going to be buying batteries in canada now, this hassle was ridiculous ( and i checked with the cbsa and canada post before ordering, specific to nimh and they both said it is 100% fine ( canada post just said they requested to know that nimh batteries are inside) but it shows up to the border and its mayhem. anyone have any hard facts on this so i can educate myself, because after 2 hours of searching, its only about lithium. i wanted to mention, i have had batteries come across before no problems for some electronic statues i have ( they came in to customs from montreal no problems) but customs in b.c. ( richmond) stopped them, rejected them without question or notification, only way i was aware was the tracking number, then at least half my day was out figuring this problem out. sorry for the rant, i just cant comprehend the issue so its bothering me Last edited by blazzer73553; January 11th, 2018 at 16:40..