Should I be worried ????

Prince Charles

New Member
Ok yesterday I ordered some more seeds from Attitude, 2nd time buying from them..
and without really thinking much instead of putting the shipping address down as my buddies
house, I put down my college dorm hall. I ordered a shirt with it so the seeds should come inside the shirt
im guessing? But my dorm is really cool with mail they dont open it or anything and you have
to put in a code to access your mail but the only thing i'm wondering is

if they see it came from out of the country would that raise their suspicion ? I dont believe that would give
them the right to open the package would it ? isn't opening someone elses mail a federal offence?

does the shipping box attitude seeds come in say anything about a seed bank ?
 

mrblu

Well-Known Member
they shouldnt mess with it once it gets past customs. and usually all overseas stuff comes stealth shipped but most companies will let you know that checking out and some you have to pay extra. usually they dont show up on your credit or debit card statements as being a seed bank as well. im sure they have all this information on their website.
 

Scrotie Mcboogerballs

Well-Known Member
No mention of a seed bank otherwise they probably wouldn't make it very far. Don't be worried. I have friends that get packages from over seas that are in college all the time. And it's contents are a little more serious.
 

bamacheese

Well-Known Member
Don't worry at all, man....Whoever receives your mail will be committing a felony if they open your mail without a search warrant. Even if they are school officials, they would be committing a felony.

The job of U.S. Customs is to determine whether or not certain shipments are viable security threats. Any inspections past U.S. Customs requires a federal search warrant, and if I'm not mistaken, even U.S. Customs has to obtain a search warrant on reasonable grounds before interfering with a package.
 

BarnBuster

Virtually Unknown Member
I’m not a lawyer but it’s a little different with incoming and outgoing international:


Jurisdictional Authorities of the USPIS

Neither the Postal Inspection Service nor the U.S. Postal Service has the authority to stop packages from other countries at the border, open them and either return them by mail to the originating country or destroy them. The Postal Inspection Service does not have the authority to enforce the FDCA by intercepting drug shipments from other countries and either destroying them or sending them back. U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP), now part of the Department of Homeland Security, has control of U.S. Borders. Customs officials are empowered to open inbound international mail without a warrant, and under certain circumstances, may also open outbound international mail. At the border, all searches are inherently reasonable because they are border searches (see United States v. Ramsey, 431 U.S. 606; 97S.Ct. 1972 (1978)).

Lee R. Heath
Chief Inspector, USPIS
July 22, 2004
 
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