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Discussion => Newbie discussion => Topic started by: MLG22 on August 14, 2013, 12:56 am

Title: What countries are the most scrutinized when mailing to the US?
Post by: MLG22 on August 14, 2013, 12:56 am
As the title states...What countries would Americans want to avoid on SR? Which countries packages raise the most red flags for the USPS?

Which countries are the safest to order from?

Any info is appreciated, as maybe this will give us something to talk about instead of just whoring to 50....
Title: Re: What countries are the most scrutinized when mailing to the US?
Post by: bastrak on August 14, 2013, 11:46 am
I'm from the UK but I would imagine most south American countries and the Netherlands would be most suspect for the USPS. Also maybe Spain and the UK.
Title: Re: What countries are the most scrutinized when mailing to the US?
Post by: Psyche on August 14, 2013, 05:15 pm
They're not like, "This package is from XXXX country, let's check it more!".

If anything they profile by packaging, if something "looks" like a drug package or just suspicious as hell (poorly wrapped, smeel eminating from box, stuff to stop x-rays inside) they will scrutinize it more heavily.
Title: Re: What countries are the most scrutinized when mailing to the US?
Post by: iamcanada on August 14, 2013, 05:40 pm
Netherlands
Title: Re: What countries are the most scrutinized when mailing to the US?
Post by: new dreams on August 17, 2013, 07:10 am
Netherlands, Germany, Belgium, South and Central America, as of late possibly China
Title: Re: What countries are the most scrutinized when mailing to the US?
Post by: cyberscour on August 17, 2013, 07:36 am
They're not like, "This package is from XXXX country, let's check it more!".

If anything they profile by packaging, if something "looks" like a drug package or just suspicious as hell (poorly wrapped, smeel eminating from box, stuff to stop x-rays inside) they will scrutinize it more heavily.

Actually, yes they are bias based on location. A suspicous looking package domestically wouldn't be a big deal, the sample package coming from China would raise some flags.
Title: Re: What countries are the most scrutinized when mailing to the US?
Post by: FelixUK on August 17, 2013, 02:35 pm
Of the big SR origin countries here I'd said Netherlands but it's not impossible NL-US so go with the vendor who has better stealth rather than pricing perhaps.
Title: Re: What countries are the most scrutinized when mailing to the US?
Post by: GoodieGumDrops on August 17, 2013, 03:05 pm
Netherlands usually because of the large amount of cheap drugs you will find there probably ;) Anyways, as long as the shipping methods are up to par you will mostly be good. China is not that sketchy either. Many every day Americans are actually recieving packages from China currently due to the state of the economy and how good China's market is for EVERYTHING.
Title: Re: What countries are the most scrutinized when mailing to the US?
Post by: isallmememe on August 17, 2013, 03:18 pm
china would probably be one of the best countries to order from as there is a vast amount of consumer goods being mailed from china on a daily basis. your package would be lost in a sea of electronics, clothing and all manner of other goods ordered on ebay and the internet. the Uk i would guess would have a lot of business mail coming and going from each country so it would be a similar situation. countries to avoid would be holland, columbia, mexico, bolivia, portugal, czech republic, afganistan, pakistan, india, thailand, vietnam, cambodia, burma, laos, morocco, turkey and any other country that is well known drug producing country or has very lax drug laws.
Title: Re: What countries are the most scrutinized when mailing to the US?
Post by: 88fxstc on August 17, 2013, 03:50 pm
What are ya looking for? Most products can be bought domestically, although I've gone overseas myself a few times. I've had no problems from Spain, Belgium, UK, Vietnam . I'd worry bout anything from South America .
Title: Re: What countries are the most scrutinized when mailing to the US?
Post by: Croskin on August 17, 2013, 03:53 pm
China, Mexico, Middle Eastern countries... North Korea...
Title: Re: What countries are the most scrutinized when mailing to the US?
Post by: leking on August 17, 2013, 04:28 pm
china would probably be one of the best countries to order from as there is a vast amount of consumer goods being mailed from china on a daily basis. your package would be lost in a sea of electronics, clothing and all manner of other goods ordered on ebay and the internet. the Uk i would guess would have a lot of business mail coming and going from each country so it would be a similar situation. countries to avoid would be holland, columbia, mexico, bolivia, portugal, czech republic, afganistan, pakistan, india, thailand, vietnam, cambodia, burma, laos, morocco, turkey and any other country that is well known drug producing country or has very lax drug laws.

Spot on!

I actually also believe that China is one of the very least suspicious countries. However, there aren't many vendors on SR from China. Probably because of the tough anti-drug laws there...
Title: Re: What countries are the most scrutinized when mailing to the US?
Post by: ncaffrey on August 17, 2013, 08:36 pm
I've always heard ordering from the Netherlands to the US is risky.
Title: Re: What countries are the most scrutinized when mailing to the US?
Post by: candykingdom on August 17, 2013, 09:01 pm
India packages are always checked
Title: Re: What countries are the most scrutinized when mailing to the US?
Post by: new dreams on August 18, 2013, 05:04 am
I would definitely stay away from Netherlands and India
Title: Re: What countries are the most scrutinized when mailing to the US?
Post by: Jack N Hoff on August 18, 2013, 05:15 am
This is the order that I know from experience.  South America far above any others.  Then Netherlands.  Then Germany.
Title: Re: What countries are the most scrutinized when mailing to the US?
Post by: conflicted on August 18, 2013, 09:04 pm
I notice a fair few people have put the UK in their scrutiny list, are we that high on the list of drug-mailers?
Title: Re: What countries are the most scrutinized when mailing to the US?
Post by: medsman11 on August 18, 2013, 09:07 pm
Pakistan for sure!!!!
Title: Re: What countries are the most scrutinized when mailing to the US?
Post by: Jack N Hoff on August 18, 2013, 09:19 pm
Pakistan for sure!!!!

My associates have gotten quite large packages covered in about 60 stamps from Pakistan before without a problem.  They did have a couple seizures but most packages made it through without a problem.  Packages from Pakistan are rather easy to get into the US from our experience.
Title: Re: What countries are the most scrutinized when mailing to the US?
Post by: Gonefishing on August 18, 2013, 10:42 pm
Netherlands , Canada (huge mdma producer seeds etc) UK (seeds) and India (heroin)
Title: Re: What countries are the most scrutinized when mailing to the US?
Post by: kdizzle12 on August 21, 2013, 09:22 am
china has been very problematic lately
Title: Re: What countries are the most scrutinized when mailing to the US?
Post by: l33tn355 on August 21, 2013, 09:47 am
Out of all the countries I've ordered from, the Netherlands is the only place that I never received a package from, twice.