UK CUSTOMS

[Sgetz]

I sent off my secret Santa to the USA but it failed to arrive! Today I've had it returned by British customs. They even pinched the Xmas card.

Anyone in UK had similar experiences? And any idea why they did it?

 

[gervais]

My guess? A disgruntled, tobacco-despising customs employee went through your package on a routine check and had a gander at the goods inside. Then he/she/they-them said to themselves "NOPE! Not on my watch will I allow this filthy substance to pass through!"

And now here we are!

 

[Brendan]

I'm assuming they confiscated the tobacco along with Xmas card?

 

[mikethompson]

Sounds like the work

And any idea why they did it?

They just hate joy is all

 

[Sgetz]

I'm assuming they confiscated the tobacco along with Xmas card?

Nope. I had declared the tobacco. It was returned. But I know of no lawful reason for its return.
In the end I've ordered through an American shop to get it to my SS

 

[kcghost]

Yeah, there are the rules established by those who can set them and then there are rules that are set by the poor underpaid slob on the front lines and how he feels about the world that day.

 

[PaulTheScandinavian]

Nope. I had declared the tobacco. It was returned. But I know of no lawful reason for its return.
In the end I've ordered through an American shop to get it to my SS

the very mistake you've committed was declaring it as tobacco products,

 

[HawkeyeLinus]

Are the rules as simple as declaring? Do the rules allow personal shipment of tobacco from the UK to the US?

I don't think any UK pipe shops even ship tobacco here anymore as of a year or two ago because of licensing and other issues?

 

[Deano]

I mailed an empty tin to canada from here in U.S. declared it and it came back.

 

[Sgetz]

Are the rules as simple as declaring? Do the rules allow personal shipment of tobacco from the UK to the US?

I don't think any UK pipe shops even ship tobacco here anymore as of a year or two ago because of licensing and other issues?

I believed that we are allowed to send gifts. Shops are conducting a business

 

[Sgetz]

I mailed an empty tin to canada from here in U.S. declared it and it came back.

That is strict

 

[sablebrush52]

That is strict

That's Nuts!

I don't lie to Customs, but I don't offer unnecessary information, either. In a recent exchange I listed the contents as "collectible tins" and it went through. Well, they are!

 

[gervais]

That's Nuts!

I don't lie to Customs, but I don't offer unnecessary information, either. In a recent exchange I listed the contents as "collectible tins" and it went through. Well, they are!

This is the right way to do it, and you are technically not being dishonest in the process.

I would never mark tobacco on a customs form, especially with all the Karen's of the world today.

 

[Coreios]

Muttonchop posted a video about mailing tobacco. Some states ban it. Maybe it was addressed to a banned state.

 

[Brendan]

Nope. I had declared the tobacco. It was returned. But I know of no lawful reason for its return.
In the end I've ordered through an American shop to get it to my SS

That is weird.

I can only assume what everybody else has and it was done out of spite, or possibly ignorance to their own protocols?