USPS-FED-EX- or UPS--some facts to consider....

[roidog420]

I don't know for sure who the safest, but here are some facts to consider:

1. The US postal service is an arm of the USA government & thus more likely to be looking for suspicious packages to comply with the whole "drug war" thing.

2. Don't be taken by any fool who tells you that USPS is the safest because they need a warrant to search a suspicious package & the others do not. HEY FELLAS, IF THE PACKAGE IS SUSPICIOUS & THEY NEED A WARRANT, THEY ARE GONNA FREAKIN' GET IT!!! They requirements that constitute a warrant are real low.

3. Some of those requirements that constitute a package as "suspicious" may be....

a. More than one package that has arrived at one specific addy with a bogus return addy. Every Express package is scanned in & when it is, the fact that a bogus return addy has been put on it comes up on the screen. If information comes up that more than one package has come to that certain addy with bogus return addys on them--it is suspicious

b. A package that meets the first requirements & has been sent from CA, FLA , TX, NY

c. If a drug sniffing pooch hits on a package that meets the previous two requirements, you can bet your ass they have more than enough info to get a warrant. And cops can always say that the dog hit on the package, even if it didn't. What are you gonna do? Call the friggin dog to the witness stand?

4. As far as I am concerned, UPS & FED-EX are a LITTLE bit safer as they are not trained & are not necessarily looking for, suspicious packages. I have worked at UPS before & let me tell you that there is such UTTER FREAKING CHAOS at the hubs due to the amount of packages, that you don't even have time to look at a package ONCE, let alone twice! They are looking to move packages QUICK & the only way that one of THEIR packages would be open is if it was seriously damaged & had to be repacked or if an addy was ratted out. If you make sure that your source wraps your gear in a SEALED bubblepack or something similar, then those will simply be put into a new box & sent. Hopefully in that case no vials or amps were broke.

5. UPS does NOT work with law enforcement as far as letting undercover narcs use their uniforms & or trucks to make a controlled delivery. That being the case, you can bet that if you see the brown truck---your in friggin luck!

6. Fed-Ex was used by a bunch of pot smugglers out of CA who got busted like 2 years back & work a LITTLE bit more with LEO's than they MAY have before that, but not like the USPS would IMO.

Just what I know---take from it what you will

 

[Consistent1]

Interesting stuff. I agree with the point about the warrant, that won't stop them.

 

[tp8181]

I've been saying that all along about UPS. They also have their own custom brokerage houses and do not use the gov's customs.

 

[Golfer18--old]

USPS has never failed me.


Dogs can smell AS? I thought they can't smell AS?

 

[roidog420]

USPS has never failed me.


Dogs can smell AS? I thought they can't smell AS?

Of course they cant, but the scent of dope is on so much shit(90% of mall cash)that you never know what those mutts are gonna hit on or if the cops just SAY they hit, even though they may not have. If the dog knows that if he hits he gets a treat then he can be coersed to hit on a skunks ass IMO.

 

[fiatconspiracy]

I would put that punk dog on the witness stand and I would say "Hey you gay homosexual dog! Respect my authority! son of a bitch! I will kick you in the nuts"

 

[ironmaster]

I disagree. USPS priority is the safest by far. A "suspicious" package is not grounds for a search warrant. "Probable cause" is required...a much more difficult standard for LE to meet.
Fed Ex did not get embarressed by a bunch of pot smugglers....rather, the Mexican cartel was shipping 90% of the heroin and coke by Fed Ex due to lax security at the time. All Fed Ex hubs have scanners and dogs now, and btw, all express mail flies with fedex now, under contract with the USPS.
Dogs can not smell AS in amps or vials.
When you ship fedex, you sign away your rights against illegal search and seizure.
There is risk no matter how you go, but plain old "priority" is still your best bet.

 

[TxLonghorn]

I agree with ironmaster on this. And another thing, have you ever seen a motivated postal employee? I mean, without a handgun? If you have, you don't live near me. Those guys shuffle, literally dragging their feet when they walk. I thought I was on candid camera when it first happened, but that was years ago.

The sheer volume of mail makes it impossible for the usps to do a 'good' job on searching for contraband.

 

[roidog420]

I agree with ironmaster on this. And another thing, have you ever seen a motivated postal employee? I mean, without a handgun? If you have, you don't live near me. Those guys shuffle, literally dragging their feet when they walk. I thought I was on candid camera when it first happened, but that was years ago.

The sheer volume of mail makes it impossible for the usps to do a 'good' job on searching for contraband.

So how are Fed-Ex & UPS any different then? I mean if you subscribe to the theory that mail volume=poor searching for suspicious packages, then no package would ever get snagged. I dont understand how it is your disagreeing with me...sorry. And by the way, when the ironmaster says that there are dogs at all USPS hubs & Fed-ex hubs, hes WAY WAY off on that one. They may PERMIT dogs to OCCASIONALLY peruse their terminals, but they are NOT there on a constant basis as he makes it sound. Christ, they dont even have dogs at the border on a regular basis dude! I guess cause they are all over at Fed- Ex right. That was too broad of a statement IMO.

 

[megabump]

Roiddog is right about UPS not cooperating with law enforcement. I do know someone who was busted by Fed Ex though.

Also, it depends where you live as to how much your local post office employee cares... out in Iowa they will notice every little thing, but in NYC they probably wont even remember who signed for the package.