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Discussion => Shipping => Topic started by: F104 on July 31, 2011, 02:47 pm
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Thanks for crystallizing these thoughts. It needed the emphasis.
I've received perfect pro packages and packages that looked like they
were done by a kindergartener. The delivery IS the biggest risk.
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very important topic.
the address can be written in crayon as far as i am concerned, but absolute product containment and concealment is of utmost priority.
the tracking and confirmation helps the seller to avoid any questionable buyer situations, and that's ok with me. but that tracking is very risky if something goes wrong with containment or canine intervention.
to all the good sellers out there i say, keep up the good work!
peace.
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Amazing post. Here here! It's so easy to make a package stand out if you make bad choices when posting.
Personally I go to Amsterdam every few months and post myself back some packages to the UK with a lot of success. I've only ever had one package not turn up out of dozens that I've sent.
If I could give one piece of advice it would be this:
Put the goods inside a DVD box. This is for a number of reasons.
1: DVDs get shipped everywhere all the time, and there are specific DVD sized bubble mailers available pretty much everywhere. A DVD in a bubble mailer is a very common item in a post office and even if it stinks of weed (which all my packages do, I don't bother with vacuum seals etc) it will pass right through the system.
2: A DVD box is exactly the right size to be dropped into any postbox, no need to send in the post office.
3: A DVD box also fits nicely through any letter box. No need to go and stand in line and sign for the item
4: A DVD shows up in an X-Ray as a black circle. It's pretty easy to put the drugs behind the DVD and they will never show up on an X-Ray. X-Ray machines are calibrated to ignore DVDs as they are such a common item to see in the mail. If you need to send more than will fit in one DVD box and be safely sheilded behind the DVD, then just send it in multiple packages, because...
5: Most online retailers sent separate DVDs in multiple packages. (EG if you order 10 DVDs on Play.com etc they will normally send them in 10 seperate packages, it's cheaper for them this way) So it does not look suspicious if you mail 5 or 6 packages with a single DVD box in each one.
6: The DVD and box adds weight to what would otherwise be a super light package, which is in itself suspicious.
You can normally pick up crappy movies from the bargain bin cheaper than most posting boxes, and a simple bubble mailer is pennies.
I normally get some sealable baggies and put maybe 3 or 4 inside each other, but the seal is not very good and my packages end up quite fragrant, but as I say, they almost always arrive safely as DVD boxes are simply not checked.
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good info. except the part about you knowing that your packages smell. bad form. why would you let that slide???
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... and even if it stinks of weed (which all my packages do, I don't bother with vacuum seals etc) ...
what. the. fuck. O.o
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Pretty solid post
You should give a shoutout to sellers who did a good shipping job