My Estervals Order Was Sent By USPS To Customs And Has been Shipped Back To Germany
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I did have text alerts enabled, which I received up until the package made it to Los Angeles, after which they stopped. I did further tracking via the USPS website.
Disappointing.
I'll be interested in how Estervals responds to my email. I'll be fine with getting a refund and calling it quits. I'm not paying twice for shipping.
Disappointing.
I'll be interested in how Estervals responds to my email. I'll be fine with getting a refund and calling it quits. I'm not paying twice for shipping.
I suspect a wide-ranging conspiracy involving the Elks, the Moose and the Knights of Columbus.
Don’t forget those sneaky Fraternal Eagles. ?
Yes, it’s some of both.
The big draw for me is HU blends, there is not a domestic alternative. Also, if you add some more familiar blends like bulk Capstan as @BROBS mentioned, or say Salty Dogs ($7.50 per 50g package) in order to ameliorate the high flat rate shipping costs it makes for a pretty sweet deal.
We don’t talk about that in public.
Wasn't it determined in the other thread about a similar issue that the guy lived in an apartment or something and wasn't able to sign for the package, which is why they wouldn't deliver it? I vaguely remember something along those lines.
I must be looking at a different Esterval website no bulk capstan for me.All sold in 50g tins 10.25euros Slight discount for five tins.
Busted. You should see the pile of tins we have at the Hall.
Sorry this had to happen to you Jesse, and it gets resolved soon.
I just had a Smoking Pipes order (2x Peterson, 1x Butz-Choquin) rejected by Brazil customs.
Reason given is that e-cigarettes are not allowed to be imported into Brazil!??? Mind you; this decision was made suspiciously close to 5pm on a Friday afternoon so I have my doubts that the inspection was particularly thorough...
The lengthy explanation even goes on to state that this only applies to electronic substitutes for traditional pipes and cigarettes.
I did get a notification via the post office online tracking (no emails or snail mail) but when I contacted them and said it was a mistake and asked if customs could re-check the package they simply said "No, it belongs to the sender until it is delivered and you cannot appeal the decision ; it will be returned to the US and the sender can appeal".
Tracking shows it cleared Brazil customs (for return) and left for the US yesterday.
Reason given is that e-cigarettes are not allowed to be imported into Brazil!??? Mind you; this decision was made suspiciously close to 5pm on a Friday afternoon so I have my doubts that the inspection was particularly thorough...
The lengthy explanation even goes on to state that this only applies to electronic substitutes for traditional pipes and cigarettes.
I did get a notification via the post office online tracking (no emails or snail mail) but when I contacted them and said it was a mistake and asked if customs could re-check the package they simply said "No, it belongs to the sender until it is delivered and you cannot appeal the decision ; it will be returned to the US and the sender can appeal".
Tracking shows it cleared Brazil customs (for return) and left for the US yesterday.
Discounts on tobacco and certain bulk sizes only available for non European customers..
you are in the Uk.the bulk deals dont display for some reason if you are in Europe
I'd be curious to see if it takes two months to get back to Estravels.
Sorry about the long wait for nothing. I haven't ordered from them since COVID.
Sorry about the long wait for nothing. I haven't ordered from them since COVID.
I looked just now as well (from my computer here in the U.S.) and saw Capstan only in tins... no bulk. Could be out of stock in bulk at the moment I suppose. I would love to buy a pound (or five) of Capstan Blue for $50.
No. Never ordered from there or created a profile. Must be a members only thing?
you just have to create a free account and sign in then it will show all the items with the discounts.
you just have to create a free account and sign in then it will show all the items with the discounts.
Awesome. Thanks man.
without the account it won't show any of the available bulk packs, as in the EU they can't buy bulk tobacco.. it must be tinned due to taxation.
I've mentioned before, but at work, we used to have to hire a customs agent, a third party, to get moderate numbers of boxes of research publications across the Canadian border, which used to be a fairly friendly crossing. It is partly the bureaucratic red tape that stalls innocuous shipments. One always suspects corruption in the pipeline. At the least, a second revenue stream is created by necessitating customs brokers. I think of Canada and the U.S. as relatively open societies as relates to customs. I'd have more caution with some European countries, and even more in other regions. When I donated pipes and blends to the military people in Afghanistan, to an Army Post Office (APO), I had to fill out customs forms, and I was a little surprised when the box actually arrived. Customs often means trouble. It is either effortless or hopeless, a flip of the coin.
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