r/canadaguns • u/priya-sheeler • 27d ago

Buy recommendations Cabella's WTF

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I ordered a Garmin Xero C1 since they are were on sale for $140 off. The order was placed on Aug 14. Still hasn't shipped. Here is what I get from them today.

They want $120 to ship the thing saying its a Hazmat item. LMAO

I will be ordering directly from Garmin, with FREE shipping.

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u/priya-sheeler 27d ago

It's a chronograph. It has a lithium ion battery. I was a network admin for 20 years and never had any issues getting a rechargeable mouse delivered. lol

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u/skelecorn666 27d ago

It's "dangerous goods", not hazmat.

That would be UN3481 Lithium Ion Battery packing instruction 966/967 depending if it's with equipment, or contained in equipment. FedEx can only air ship that to the nearest dangerous goods shipping centre, usually the towns with the airport, and you'd have to pick it up off of them.

Otherwise, Purolator can ship it ground to any address so long as it has the UN3481 label on it.

They don't have any dangerous goods specialists or training is all. They could have tried to ship it and it got rejected, because, nobody gets paid for that.

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u/priya-sheeler 27d ago

Garmin itself will have it to me by Tuesday. They must have teleportation abilities that bypass the dangerous goods. I don't know how they were planning on shipping it via air when it is in Vaughn and I am in Chatham.

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u/skelecorn666 26d ago

Oh there are exceptions if the battery is below 100Wh, it must be exempted.

Those can even go in passenger aircraft cargo holds.

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u/ProtoJazz 25d ago

It's not even 3wh