Shipping Tobacco

[FurCoat]

Just ship it. Nobody has to know what is in the box.

^^This

 

[Zeno Marx]

Isn't it for that reason that they will potentially start x-raying packages? Untrustworthy patrons taking advantage of the rules/system?

Again, if it's illegal, I won't do it, period.

This person said it wasn't allowed. They were wrong. It's both legal and allowed. They made up a rule. There's zero reason for you to follow it. maybe you're not telling us the full story? It wasn't odd to start, but it is beginning to be so.

 

[Sigmund]

25 million domestic parcels are handled a day. Xray…no way. Thats about 300 per second in a 24 hour day.

Usps cant touch more than one percent of mail fraud. They have more to do than worry about someone shipping a few tins to a family member.

 

[jpberg]

Are you suggesting that, desite being well packed, the children may not arrive intact?

As usual, it all goes back to the Velvet Underground.

 

[Jahman7]

Suit yourself. But quite a few members have pointed out already that it is NOT illegal under present legislation.

They will x-ray or even open parcels not because you or others are shipping what is currently legal to ship, but because we're heading into an panopticonial system that will criminalise all kinds of normal behaviour to exert control over everyone. It is a submissive, 'yessir', model-citizen approach and attitude that is enabling the panopticon, not some 'rebels' who want privacy and exploit loopholes.

Sounds like a conspiracy theory...

In the end, I'll step up to the occasion of defending our freedom to live lives that do no harm to ourselves and others. However, I'll choose to do this through the system - not in spite of it.

Too many confuse accountability as an encroachment of freedoms. This is unfortunately one of the demises of freedom.

Thanks to all for your help with understanding what is and is not legal regarding shipping tobacco. In the end, I will work alongside my fellow citizens (including the less knowledgeable workers at USPS) to ship my tobacco to my brother (and others).

 

[Jahman7]

This person said it wasn't allowed. They were wrong. It's both legal and allowed. They made up a rule. There's zero reason for you to follow it. maybe you're not telling us the full story? It wasn't odd to start, but it is beginning to be so.

Agreed. If they don't know what they are saying according to their own rules, maybe there is poor training and their supervisor needs to be informed.

Anyway, regardless, not worth the fight here or there. This has certainly gotten odd.

 

[woodsroad]

Agreed. If they don't know what they are saying according to their own rules, maybe there is poor training and their supervisor needs to be informed.

Anyway, regardless, not worth the fight here or there. This has certainly gotten odd.

Do not attribute malfeasance to a lack of training when personal ideology and malicious intent are the more likely culprits. Acquiescence to misbehaving government workers is the most insidious way to surrender your freedoms. Don’t do it.

 

[FLDRD]

It is still forbidden to ship children via USPS. Not sure about UPS and FedEx.

I don't have the reference off-hand, but they DID used to ship children via the postal service. It can be found if you look it up.............................

 

[fireground_piper]

Sounds like a conspiracy theory...

In the end, I'll step up to the occasion of defending our freedom to live lives that do no harm to ourselves and others. However, I'll choose to do this through the system - not in spite of it.

Too many confuse accountability as an encroachment of freedoms. This is unfortunately one of the demises of freedom.

Thanks to all for your help with understanding what is and is not legal regarding shipping tobacco. In the end, I will work alongside my fellow citizens (including the less knowledgeable workers at USPS) to ship my tobacco to my brother (and others).

Use the USPS online shipping system if you can print your own labels. I box, purchase and label everything at home and just drop the box off at the clerk ready to go. Since I don't ship cigarettes or smokeless tobacco (restricted items), you don't need to declare package contents as the shipped items don't fall within the required categories for declaration.

Remove the worker out of your equation and then they can't incorrectly block you purposely or ignorantly.

 

[Jahman7]

Thanks again @fireground_piper

 

[warren]

This thread is absolutely hilarious!

 

[rmpeeps]

Don’t get all torqued about mailing tobacco. Just confirm, if asked, that there’s nothing hazardous in the package.
Mail it.

 

[Richmond B. Funkenhouser]

Strange thread indeed.

 

[Sig]

I cannot even imagine how much tobacco ive shipped over the years.
From selling, gifting, box passes......
And the amount shipped to me!!!! I don't want to know.
Ive shipped to England, Canada, South Africa and Australia and probably 30 different states in the US.

 

[The Novice Piper]

The real question is, how do you ship US-to-England/Europe? It's not illegal, but it seems everyone refuses to offer the service. And yet I see that some people get it accomplished anyways. How?

 

[Sigmund]

Its not that its illegal to ship to the EU. There are limited amounts allowed and large import fees. Often the amount permitted is not worth the postage.

 

[The Novice Piper]

Its not that its illegal to ship to the EU. There are limited amounts allowed and large import fees. Often the amount permitted is not worth the postage.

Do you know which shippers will do the job? UPS, Fedex, and DHL decline.

 

[Sigmund]

No I dont know. Honestly, there are so many laws and they vary from country to country. As a shipper I would decline too. Its just not worth bothering with and then you get stuck dealing with packages that people wont pay customs on when they get slammed with a huge fee. Im not suprised they wont ship it. Its not worth their time and effort.

 

[lupy1234]

I just put it in a box and drop it off in the post office container that accepts packages. No people involved...of course I print my own labels..

 

[romaso]

It is still forbidden to ship children via USPS. Not sure about UPS and FedEx.

Didn't used to be!

When People Used the Postal Service to 'Mail' Their Children | HISTORY

In the early days of U.S. parcel service, there weren’t clear guidelines about what you could and couldn’t mail.

www.history.com