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Old Jan 16, 2023 | 2:18 pm
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Originally Posted by zappy312
It was in it's originally shipping packaging so I wasn't worried about damage (if UPS can handle it as-is, I'm sure AC can handle it if it's double boxed).
Shippers actually have to go through a mountain of paperwork to get device-specific preapproval to ship anything with a lithium ion battery via UPS — and any device >5kg containing a lithium battery is restricted to cargo aircraft.
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