Ordered through the DarkNet about 2.5 weeks ago from a vendor on Nucleas. He ships from the EU, so I expected it to take 7-10 business days to arrive. It hasn't arrived yet.
However, I've noticed something alarming as of late: it appears as if some of my mail is being opened before arriving to my address. I had one envelope arrive without the flap secured, and another envelope with the corner ripped open.
Anyone dealt with something similar? Am I just paranoid? Or should I be fairly concerned?
As an extra note, this same vendor has recently (like within the past couple weeks) received 4 1-star reviews, all of them for the product not getting delivered. I won't mention names but maybe his security has been compromised?
I think you are being paranoid, if LE were trying to open and read your mail they would do so in a way that would leave no trace so that you wouldn't have any idea they were privy to your information. Mail is uniformly mistreated in the US, things get thrown around, packages get damaged. Also international shipping can take a really long time, much longer than 7-10 days in some cases. If it takes longer than a three weeks or a month the package has probably been flagged and you will get a love letter from customs. However, those letters can take a really long time to get to you. I ordered a bong internationally (over the clearnet) once and the package got flagged and stuck in customs. Had the vendor do a reship and I got that package only a week or so later. It took the love letter another 2 or 3 weeks after that to show up.