Lampshades, clothes, face creams, spectacles, Christmas crackers, chocolate and shoes… all the things DPD WON’T deliver if you pack a parcel yourself
- DPD Local has a list of prohibited items such as ammunition and human remains
- Other products may come as a shock to consumers such as Christmas crackers
- Less surprising banned deliveries include drugs, flammable goods and knives
Lampshades, clothes and Christmas crackers are just some of the items DPD will not deliver if you pack the parcel yourself.
The packaging giant has a list of prohibited items on its website, some of which will not come as a surprise, such as ammunition, human remains and fireworks.
But other products may come as a shock to consumers such as Christmas crackers, chocolate and shoes.
Other items that can’t be delivered include art, cameras, documents, lampshades and posters.
Christmas crackers are one of the many items that cannot get delivered by DPD Local
Glasses are another item that is on a lengthy prohibited list on the DPD Local website
Less surprising banned deliveries include hazardous goods, drugs, flammable goods, knives and infectious substances.
The lengthy list appears on the DPD Local website. DPD Local is a part of the wider DPD group, but focuses on smaller packaging sent by consumers.
The main DPD company, which is differentiated from DPD Local by having a red rather than blue logo, is primarily focused on large retailers and specialists.
The packaging and delivery is all agreed in advance with the relevant business and is contracted.
But for DPD Local a lot of the deliveries are sent by people and the company have no control over the packaging used, so list a number of prohibited items.
DPD Local flags up goods that are noncompliant as soon as they are specified on their order forms.
You are not allowed to courier a lampshade with DPD Local, which has a list of banned products. Other couriers have similar lists
But other products may come as a shock to consumers such as Christmas crackers, chocolate, shoes and face cream
Other competitors such as Hermes, also have a similar prohibited list available on their website.
Yodel, for instance, refuses to deliver fur-trimmed clothes, and TNT bans posters and chocolate, much like DPD Local.
None of the main companies will let people send liquids or gels.
Having the large lists helps keep costs down and also means couriers can exempt items that a likely to break easily or not get to their destination safely.
A spokesman for DPD has been approached for comment.
Prohibited delivery items
Active Mobile Phones Outside The EU
Aerosol
Aftershaves
Air Bag
Alcoholic Beverages
Amber
Ammunition
Animals Or Organisms Of Any Form (Alive Or Dead)
Antiques
Any Articles (Or Part Of Them) That Are Made Up Of China, Glass, Porcelain, Earthenware Or Other Similar Materials
Any Item Containing Petrol (Liquid, Gas Or Fumes)
Aromatherapy Oil
Art
Bank Card
Basin
Basins
Batteries
Beds & Headboards
Biological Samples
Birds
Boiler/Boilers
Bottles
Bulbs
Camera
Camping Gas All Types
Canvas Print
Car Panel
Cash, Credit Cards, Debit Cards
Ceramics/Figures/Figurines
Chainsaw
Cheques
China/Porcelain
Chocolate
Christmas Crackers
Clock
Clothing
Coffee Machines
Computer Monitor/Monitors/Imac
Concrete
Confectionery
Counterfeit Currency
Credit/Debit/Cash Cards
Crockery/Pots/Pottery
Crystal
Dangerous Goods
Delicate Items
Detergent
Diamonds
Documents
Domestic Appliances (Washing Machines, Dryers, Fridges, Ovens)
Driving Licence
Drugs (Including Prescription)
Engines
Fiberglass
Fire Crackers
Fire Extinguisher
Firearms
Fireworks
Fish (Live Or Dead)
Fish Tank
Fishing Rods
Flammable Goods
Food Items
Fragile Items (All)
Fragrance
Framed Painting/Photograph
Furniture (Including Flat-Packed)
Furs
Gearbox
Gems Or Gemstones
Glass (DPD Local)
Glass/Glassware
Granite Products
Hamper
Hazardous Goods
Headlight
Hover Board/Swegway/Segway
Human Flesh
Human Remains
Infectious Substances
Item Described As “Unknown”
Ivory
Jewellery Including Watches
Juice
Kayaks
Knives
Ladders
Lampshades
Legal Or Business Documents
Lenses
Lighter
Lights/Lighting/Lamps/Chandeliers
Liquids/Creams/Oils
Lottery Tickets
Machines
Magnets
Marble Products
Mattresses
Meat
Medical Equipment
Microscope
Microwave
Milk Powder (Formula)
Mirror
Mobile Phone/Mobile Phones With Or Without Sim To Any Address In Turkey/Pakistan/Ecuador
Money/Cash/Currency/Vouchers
Nail Varnish
Oil
Ornament
Over Head Projector
Packaging/Media Packaging
Paint
Painting/Pictures
Passport
Perfumes
Perishable Goods (All)
Personal Belongings
Personal Items
Petrol Or Diesel Tanks (Full Or Empty) In Any Item
Pewter Figures
Picture Frames
Plant/S
Poster
Precious Metals (Gold/Silver/Platinum Etc.)
Printer Toner/ Ink Cartridges
Projector
Real Fur
Replica Weapons
Resin
Scanner
Seatbelt Tensioner
Settee
Sewing/Knitting Machine
Shoes
Shower Screen
SIM Cards
Slush Syrup
Slush Syrup
Sofa
Spectacles
Stamps (Unless Franked)
Steering Wheel
Stoneware
Suitcases/ Flight Cases (Not Acceptable As Packaging)
Surf Board
Telescope
Television
Tickets
Tiles
Tobacco And Tobacco Products
Toilets
Torches
Trees
Turntables
TV
Tyres
Vase
Vehicle Bonnet
Vehicle Bumper
Vehicle Door
Velux
Vermiculite Board
Vouchers With A Face Value
Washbasin (DPD Local, ExpressPak)
Watch
Water
Weapons
Wheels
Window
Window Frame
Wooden Items (Australia)
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