[Green Squall]

Originally Posted by stoned40yrs

Ha my overseas package had the dreaded green tape on it. Examined by US Customs and Border Protection. Get this, all the packs of seeds were still in the package. No they weren't hidden, just 6 packs of seeds in slips. No I ain't being setup or expecting a knock at the door. I live in legal Alaska. Has a new day dawned or was this a aberration?

Maybe there's actually some good guys in customs. I remember someone posted a while back that when they received their package with green tape, seeds were gone but there was a note with a frown face. Guy probably had co workers/supervisors around him or maybe he would of left them.

[igrowone]

i have seen this posted multiple times, i'm paranoid and have read practically every post online about customs and seeds
it's not a first, found seeds(sometimes) get ignored for some reason, and being where you are should be no further problem
hoping for more posts like this one

[yesum]

I am guessing the seeds were left on purpose. No hazard to anyone, harmless seeds after all. In a legal state this would hold, not sure if this happens in illegal states.

Not sure if it was you or someone else but I have read of this happening before and maybe more than once.

[brown_thumb]

Correct me if I'm wrong but isn't it legal to mail seeds anywhere in the USA... but illegal if the 'intent' is to grow them? We can own them but not germinate them?

CORRECTED -- NOT LEGAL!!

[420somewhere]

I order them shipped without packs, inside some trinkets and I pay for a guarantee

[brown_thumb]

I've ordered from Canada, UK and Amsterdam six or eight times. All were shipped in their original packs and I didn't pay for a guarantee. I've had no problems yet. There are some distributors that offer delivery guarantee and germination guarantee without charging extra for it.

[geneva_sativa]

pretty sure is quite illegal to mail seeds within the US of A

US Mail being federal jurisdiction

[Green Squall]

Originally Posted by brown_thumb

Correct me if I'm wrong but isn't it legal to mail seeds anywhere in the USA... but illegal if the 'intent' is to grow them? We can own them but not germinate them?

Again, the above may be wrong.

Not is the US. In many other countries they are legal to own as novelties.

[420somewhere]

Originally Posted by brown_thumb

I've ordered from Canada, UK and Amsterdam six or eight times. All were shipped in their original packs and I didn't pay for a guarantee. I've had no problems yet. There are some distributors that offer delivery guarantee and germination guarantee without charging extra for it.

I had a shipment opened by U.S. Customs about 5 years ago and they took the seeds. I got them replaced and shipped successfully
The scariest part was going to my local Post Office an asking for my package. They just gave it to me, I'm sure they knew what the Blue Tape meant.

Good Growing !