Having gear overnighted...

So I see that some vendors offer next day delivery.. Is this a safe option? Do you need to sign for it?


Comments


[7 Points] poncho_escobar:

I have never done this, but to my understanding it is less safe as there is a lot more volume when ordering priority so there's more of a chance of getting caught when overnighting


[1 Points] BakedPastaParty:

If the stealth is decent you should be fine. People love to say express packs get more scrutiny but theres a list of other factors that need to be present (eg. Strange odor, trying to ship close to closing time of PO, shipping from legal/medical MJ state, etc) with 90% of packs vendors will ship overnight, its gonna be in an inconspicuous express envelope and reach you np. Only time you have to sign is sunday express (which ive never seen a vendor offer) and international express/tracked


[1 Points] deafbeth:

I was leaving out of the country and JSL , and CM got me express packs in less than 2 days, and im in rural suburbs. JSL handwrote my address and actually missed a fucking number, luckily it was primo gear, and still arrived.


[1 Points] whatisopsec:

It is slightly higher risk profile but I have had tons of express packages arrive with no problem. Any good vendor will waive the signature. If they ask you to sign ask to look at the package. It should say SIGNATURE WAIVED.


[1 Points] Thoughtsofamaniac:

As someone who used to work as a mailhandler, I can tell you that it is mostly alright to use Express. The thing is that it can make the packs slightly easier to profile, not on the basis of it being overnight, but on the basis that fewer people handle Express packs at any given point in the mailchain. With regular postage, first class mail, or even Priority packs, on any given day there are plenty of people in a PDC (processing and distribution center) or sorting office which will handle that pack. There is a lot of mail in those categories and a lot of people see a lot of different names. Things don't stick in memory as easily. With express mail, only some of the people in a sorting facility at any given time are actually handling it, because since it is considered more valuable they tend to only let contracted mailhandlers actually work with Express mail. This means that generally the same people will handle 80% or more of the Express mail coming out of or going to a certain region per day. If your vendor is smart and uses different names or sender info for the Express packs, and decent stealth is used, all should be fine. Much of their transit route is handled by automatic sorting machines anyway. But if a vendor uses the same alias/business name for sender info multiple times, or something along those lines, it may eventually "stick out" to a mailhandler that someone is constantly sending express mail out from the same name to the same person on a regular basis. This isn't especially common, even among businesses, due to the cost of express mail, so it can stick out as a red flag if precautions aren't taken and some nosy mailhandler notices a pattern.

That being said, it's not like they're X-raying Express packs or sending them through sniffer dogs more frequently etc. Express packs spend most of their time in a sorting machine getting pushed through as quickly as possible. Since the post office operates on a unique time schedule and express packs are supposed to move the quickest of any parcels, they spend the least amount of time in sorting facilities.