06-23-2026, 05:13 AM
doesn't see dollar signs in there somewhere.
When batteries are involved, especially lithium, they and items that contain them generally can’t be shipped USPS as even Ground Advantage gets sent by passenger plane sometimes. If sent by FedEx or UPS, cargo only planes, the shipping cost is higher. They could provide a FedEx or UPS option, but don’t. Even Amazon planes are cargo to Hawaii, then handed off to USPS, but they still prefer not to send batteries.
There’s probably a legal liability issue, or algorithms telling them something, but who knows what’s behind the decision?
When batteries are involved, especially lithium, they and items that contain them generally can’t be shipped USPS as even Ground Advantage gets sent by passenger plane sometimes. If sent by FedEx or UPS, cargo only planes, the shipping cost is higher. They could provide a FedEx or UPS option, but don’t. Even Amazon planes are cargo to Hawaii, then handed off to USPS, but they still prefer not to send batteries.
There’s probably a legal liability issue, or algorithms telling them something, but who knows what’s behind the decision?