MatDespatch accepts many different types of shipments. If you are unsure if your item is acceptable, review our prohibited articles.
- Alcohols
- Creature skins / Furs / Any Animal Parts including meat / Ivory and ivory items
- Articles of excellent worth (eg, masterpieces, obsolescent, valuable stones, gold and silver)
- Box with Hazardous name – Items sent with a Hazardous name appended will be classed in that capacity. Don’t REUSE OLD HAZARDOUS BOXES
- Cheques or Tickets that are not named
- Unsafe products – eg Explosives/Fireworks/Christmas Crackers/Radioactive Materials/Deactivated or Replica Weapons and Munitions/Firearms/Swords/Knives/Ax/Chainsaw/Anything with a cutting edge bigger than 1.5 inches/Weapons
- Dry Ice
- Motors/Generators/Gearboxes or any part containing or having contained oil/petrol unless flushed through
- Unsafe materials eg Paint/Adhesives/Chemicals/Flammable tars/solvents/fluids/Compressed Air & Empty barrels/Items containing any gasses – See Also Household products
- Human Remains / Body Fluids
- Fluids / Adhesives / Paint / Oil / Creams / Gels
- Live / Dead creatures
- Magnets or things containing Ferro-attractive material
- Cash, Keys, Negotiable things / Payment cards
- Travel papers / Birth Certificates / Driving Licences
- Tobacco and tobacco items
- Wet or Lithium Batteries (excluding Dry Cell)
- Composed Prescriptions / Prescribed Drugs / Medication / Any Controlled / Illegal substance