Mail/package forwarding services

Back in April I got some goodies, twice US customs seized. I'm sure I'm blacklisted. I've been looking into forwarding services to bypass giving my personal address. Has anyone tried these services? I've seen quite a few, one primarily caught my eye because you can open an account with bitcoins. This provider is based in Oregon and named Viabox

For those who don't know Basically you buy a physical address, send packages there and they get forwarded to your primary address. This I believe is critical for privacy between vendors and buyers. A vendor can't threaten you with personal info (blackmail) or drag you along his mistakes with LE.

Disclaimer: I have never used any of these services, I'm merely requesting info.


Comments


[2 Points] SaintVengeance:

Why not open a PO box?


[2 Points] TheCheeseConspiracy:

International forwarding services reserve the right(and do) open your packages. They do it to make more stuff fit in each truckload/container/railcar. Thye open the packs and remove the filling and fill that space with someon else's shit, mark it on the slip and look at it all again when unpacking.

Intl. reshippers don't give a fuck, they smash your shit around, put things in boxes with no wrap, and steal shit on the regs. They can't let a drug pack go through, as it was make them an accessory to the crime, same as a domestic reshipper.

Domestic ones may not do with same thing, but they certainly have a rule that allows them to open any pack they want. What advantage does this service give you? I guess the vendor never learns your real address, but a cop can look you up in the USPS Registered agent database ands see that you own both addresses.(you must appoint the reshipper as your mail agent in order for this to be legal). It's a dumb idea that wastes money(did you see those prices for reshipping?) adds another set of hands(who probably are alllowed to repack your boxes), and the cops can find who owns the new address in a few minutes without a warrant.


[2 Points] 326546645652:

I have done this. Lost my drugs.

The department of homeland security does random checks on their warehouse. They do the same at shipito. If you search hard enough you can find loads of reports of pills and vape carts being seized. I decided to take the chance anyway as I thought there was still a good chance of getting a pack through but it didn't work out.

I had my pack arrive. When I asked for it to be forwarded on it "disappeared" and they said they were looking for it. I had specified that they should leave the outer packaging intact and just relabel (they have that as an option so they shouldn't have opened it and it wasn't a suspicious request). Around 3 weeks later I got a message saying the pack had been seized.

In summary, don't do it. Their warehouses get searched and they have a high seizure rate. They can and will open your pack if they feel like it.


[1 Points] None:

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[1 Points] None:

I thought about opening this business. Seems like super easy free money.


[1 Points] jarxlots:

This I believe is critical for privacy between vendors and buyers. A vendor can't threaten you with personal info (blackmail) or drag you along his mistakes with LE.

It all depends on many factors.

Do you need mail to originate from a particular city or state? (Logistical nightmare managing 50+ PTEs.)

Do you need actual pickup from a drop? (Risky as all hell)

Or do you just need someone to accept a package, re-package it, and send it your way? (Easier but trust is an issue.)

All of these services are available, and they should be able to send you "test mail" to verify that a postcard you send to a drop location, can be routed by the system, back to you. (You receive an envelope containing an envelope, that contains an envelope, that contains your postcard, roughly.)

When such a service is "raking it in" they can start negotiating insurance on packages, and eventually start dealing more intimately with delivery.