"Burned" address

[Slantedfloor]

@Mick2 what’s the solution to this? A post office box?what if someone lived in a huge apartment building w 200 units…you think they flag by name? Can you alter the spelling or use a nick name or add like “unit A” to “foil a flag” ?

 

[jaders]

@Mick2 what’s the solution to this? A post office box?what if someone lived in a huge apartment building w 200 units…you think they flag by name? Can you alter the spelling or use a nick name or add like “unit A” to “foil a flag” ?

My opinion is that it’s likely flagged by the address not the name. But who knows.

I have a friend who lets me send to her address in her deceased brothers name. I have also used a P.O. Box at times as well.

 

[Skeptical]

@jaders when I heard that Trump wanted to annex Canada, the first thing I thought about was their meds! haha! It wouldn't have to go through customs!

 

[Slantedfloor]

@jaders jaders=smart smart smart!!!

 

[Caddy99]

@Caddy99 Honestly, it's probably just a numbers thing. Parcels sent to addresses that have been seized in the recent past are probably of exponentially higher chance to contain an item prohibited by law than just a random pack sent in the mail to an address without any history. The overwhelming number of packages coming through every single day make it impossible to examine every single one in close detail. In fact, the vast majority probably get sniffed by a dog, pass a quick x-ray screen that can be fooled by vendors with good stealth, and are quickly through. By cbp placing their focus on previously seized addresses they've significantly upped their chances of finding something.

Thanks Mick. Your explanation makes perfect sense. Easy repeat seizures for the CPB. Makes it look like they are stepping up their game just by focusing on nonsense. Meanwhile major contraband is getting through somewhere.

 

[Mick2]

@Mick2 what’s the solution to this? A post office box?what if someone lived in a huge apartment building w 200 units…you think they flag by name? Can you alter the spelling or use a nick name or add like “unit A” to “foil a flag” ?

I don't think they flag by name. That would just be too difficult with potentially thousands of people having the same name. It's by address. A P.O. Box shouldn't matter either. If P.O Box gets a seizure then it likely would be flagged, too. If you open a new P.O. Box, though, that would be a new address for you so that wouldn't be flagged until if and when a seizure ever occurs with it.

Variations in spelling or format of your address, however, might be able to fool them. You just want to make absolute sure that the pack will land if gets through customs. You're trying to fool customs, not your USPS driver or post office.

 

[jaders]

@jaders jaders=smart smart smart!!!

Necessity is the mother of invention...

 

[Slantedfloor]

@Mick2 excellent point.

 

[eliot012]

I agree that it's more likely flagged by address than name. A P.O. Box could work, but it’s only safe until it gets flagged too. A nickname or address variation might slip through, but you’d want to be sure it won’t get stuck in customs. It’s all about making sure the package makes it.