On 14/05/2021 20:01, charles wrote:
In article , JoeJoe
wrote:
On 14/05/2021 19:32, charles wrote:
In article , JoeJoe
wrote:
Trying to buy a replacement battery for an old Samsung Galaxy S7 phone
that is nearly dead.

There are plenty on offer on eBay at around £5-£7, inc. all the tools
required for the job and free delivery.

However, every single one of them comes with a statement similar to
this one: "Due to Restriction, Buyers in Scotland, Northern Ireland
and Post Code Starts with EX, DD, ML, CF, FY , KA , BB Please choose
My Hermes postage option"

i.e. no (Royal Mail) postage available to any of the those locations,
unless using Hermes.

I am aware that postage to the Highland and Islands of Scotland could
sometime be more expensive, bu what could be the reason for not being
able to post to Scotland? Some of them even state "Glasgow"
specifically? The post codes also look random to me...

Royal Mail don't accept batteries.

Why then are they happy to send to any address other than those
postcodes? Do they specifically screen post that goes these for
batteries?

perhaps air transport is involved


Doesn't look like it.

A friend's husband drives a Royal Mail lorry overnight from Manchester
to Edinburgh 5 days a week.