Post office surprise

[FmGrowit]

I dropped off a bunch of stuff at the post office today and the clerk said "we have something for you". I thought it was a either a "customer of the year award" or a certified letter from my ex's attorney.

To my surprise, it was an order I sent out marked "Return to Sender". The envelope is post marked November 29, 2012 and I just got it back today. This package has been literally to England and back (and God only knows where else) and being bounced around for 6 months. I was told the envelope was open when it was returned, but the local mailman taped it up for me.

I thought this would be a good test to see how the packaging holds up under uncontrolled conditions, so....here's what I found.

RTS (return to sender) Pretty beat up package.



opened the package and it was a cigarette sampler



Pulled the bags out and even one of the bags had been opened by customs in the UK and taped shut...all of the tobacco was still in perfect order.



Looks like the 2 months of research for the perfect bag is paying off.

 

[FmGrowit]

Forgot to add this one.

 

[Markw]

Don have you any idea why it was returned. was it returned by UK customs, who would send back good tobacco !!

 

[FmGrowit]

I was told it was unclaimed. A notice was sent to the customer, but they never picked up the package.

I'll try to find the rightful owner and make it right, but the post office (I don't know which one) blacked out the name and address, so I got some figuring out to do.

 

[Markw]

Thats interesting Don usually it would be delivered to your address you never pick your mail up from the post office unless they can't get it through the letter box and no one is in. I am thinking if they wanted duty to be paid on it would be interesting to find out why they never picked it up

 

[MarcL]

Looks like the 2 months of research for the perfect bag is paying off.

Yeah, they are some nice bags.

 

[jekylnz]

Im sure thats my parcel????

 

[Knucklehead]

I imagine unclaimed parcels in gov't building are beginning to make some folks very nervous. It's a crazy world we're living in now.

 

[FmGrowit]

Im sure thats my parcel????

Did you recently move from the UK?

I was able to remove the blacked out numbers for the "charges" and the duty on the package was £279 which translates to $420.

$420 for 3 1/2 lbs of tobacco...no wonder he declined the package.

 

[jekylnz]

Did you recently move from the UK?

I was able to remove the blacked out numbers for the "charges" and the duty on the package was £279 which translates to $420.

$420 for 3 1/2 lbs of tobacco...no wonder he declined the package.

At that price for tax maybe its not mine...

 

[SmokesAhoy]

holy shit! yeah no thanks. that was some busybody enforcing a rule that doesnt exist though right? i thought we could get stuff out there