The following items are strictly prohibited from shipment, and must not be sent through any Yourpersonalshopper.com services under any circumstance.

  • Adhesives
  • Aerosol cans and sprays
  • Ammunition
  • Animal furs
  • Animal skins
  • Animals, live or dead
  • Birth Certificates
  • Blank Cheques
  • Body fluids
  • Chemicals
  • Christmas Crackers
  • Compressed gases including air
  • Corrosive liquids
  • Driving Licences
  • Drugs, including prescription drugs and medicine
  • Dry Ice
  • Explosives
  • Fire extinguishers
  • Firearms
  • Fireworks
  • Flammable liquids
  • Flares
  • Human remains
  • Ivory and ivory products
  • Lifejackets
  • Magnets
  • Meat
  • Mechanical parts (if contaminated with oil, grease or fuel)
  • Mobile phones (with SIM card)
  • Money
  • Negotiable items
  • Paint
  • Passports
  • Payment cards
  • Perishable food items
  • Personal effects
  • Pornographic materials
  • Precious metals
  • Radioactive materials
  • Swords
  • Tobacco and tobacco products
  • Travel tickets when unnamed
  • Unpackaged items
  • Valuables
  • Weapons (including deactivated or replica weapons)
  • Wedding Certificates
  • Wet or lithium batteries, but not including dry cell batteries
  • Keys



The following items are deemed unsuitable for shipment by our services, and are therefore restricted. Dispatch of these items may result in surcharges, delays and including, confiscation by authorities. No transit cover or guarantees will apply to these items. Send only at your own risk.

  • Ceramics
  • China
  • Computers
  • Concrete
  • Cookers, including ovens and hobs
  • Crystal
  • Dishwashers
  • Flowers
  • Fridges
  • Furniture (unless flatpacked)
  • Glass
  • Marble
  • Microwave ovens
  • Mirrors
  • Monitors (CRT, LCD, Plasma, TFT)
  • Perishable goods
  • Porcelain
  • Plants
  • Plaster
  • Resin
  • Seeds
  • Slate
  • Stone
  • Suitcases
  • Televisions (CRT, LCD, Plasma, TFT)
  • Unaccompanied baggage
  • Washing machines
  • White Goods

Shipping any of these items via Yourpersonalshopper.com may result in prosecution, heavy fines and imprisonment.

List is kept up-to-date, but from time-to-time the International Air Transport Association, Shipping Authorities, and Road Haulage Associations may change restrictions, as such Yourpersonalshopper reserves the right to make amendments to items restricted from shipment.