Would you contact the seller to protect his/her business if you suspect monitoring by the postmaster?

So, I'm an ex-convict. When I travel internationally from the US or return from another country with my family and I fill out the custom forms and they give me that sheet of paper, I'll call it a ticket, I'm supposed to hand to the customs agent my "ticket" has a big black mark; "flag" on it; no one else I'm traveling with has this and I always am scrutinized more than other people. So I'm guessing the black flag on the "ticket" tells the agent that I've had some legal issues or "check this person a little bit closer than your normal joe blow". So the other day I receive my DNM order from a great vendor and I notice that the postal label has a red hand drawn line across the label between the shippers address and my receiving address. I ship and receive legit items all the time and I've never seen any defacement of these labels from other folks. So now I'm wondering if the Postmaster is investigating this seller and marking these containers as they pass through so that the package can be scrutinized more than normal mail.

Any thoughts on this?


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[8 Points] None:

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[6 Points] noonehear:

I have had red pen marks on my postage labels too. According to a mailman friend of mine it is to mark that it was scanned at a location by an employee who sucks at his job and has to rely on using a red pen to remind himself that it had been scanned.

He said the numbers are probably for what route or driver the package is to go out for delivery with.


[3 Points] BudgetBuyer:

Red line is okay, it means your package passed all the olfactory diagnostics and has been deemed dank enough for delivery. What you really need to be wary of is the blue zigzags and the orange spirals. The blue zigzag means that your drugs parcel was intercepted by a high level wizard who will not give it up easily, while the spiral signifies that the Sega Dreamcast is making a comeback. Either of those outcomes points almost certainly to human extinction. Best of luck and feel free to contact me if you're in need of assistance.


[3 Points] GrandWizardsLair:

The Grand Wizard (the Greatest Mind the Darknet Has Ever Knowntm) has seen many red pen marks on envelopes. Frequently they are used when the pack is too big to fit through a cancellation machine: we suspect they are intended as a cancellation mark though we do not know for sure. These marks are placed on quickly, since USPS employees in sorting facilities typically have lots and lots of mail coming at them: as such they can be placed all over the envelope, including on the label.

There could be some other conspiracy involved but we see a red-marked envelope a few times every month, so we don't think it's anything to worry about.


[2 Points] None:

You're paranoid and it's not likely the vendor uses consistent information that they would be able to track.


[2 Points] nozkGZXmSKJDUsiCNxiD:

Was the shippers address drawn over?

It's common many places to cross out the return address so the post cannot mistake it for the receiving address.


[1 Points] None:

I see that on mail all the time, I would just call your local post office or ask your mailman if you're that concerned.


[1 Points] GreenMatters:

If it passes the sniff test + the xray organic stuff (greenish) test; they rarely decide to open the pack...

What they write on your packs has nothing to do with LE; except if there's a "signature" involved with all that.


[1 Points] swolemedic:

You're paranoid. Hypothetically, if they were watching your shit, why would they do something so fucking obvious as a red mark? "Let's let them know we're onto them! That way we won't catch them!" Said no cop ever


[0 Points] None:

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