From: busker@seanews.akita.com (matt blumenfeld)
Subject: Re: FedEx and UPS
Organization: SEANEWS - Seattle Public Access News + Mail
Date: Wed, 27 Jan 1993 08:37:43 GMT

kisaacso@nyx.cs.du.edu (Kevin "Zonker" Isaacson) writes:

> In article <1993Jan26.045458.21942@fuug.fi>, an2509@anon.penet.fi would have 
> [] I know it's a really bad idea to send drugs through the US mail, but how
> [] about Federal Express and United Postal Service?  I was thinking that if y
> [] send it overnight via FedEx, first it probably doesn't spend enough time i
> [] their posession that it would be economical for them to check it and secon
> [] being a private company, why would they have drug dogs at all (unless they
> [] were required to by law).  But I thought I'd ask here because it's better
> [] to be safe than sorry.  Any comments would be appreciated.
> [] 
> [] 
> 
> I can't speak for FedEx, but as a UPS employee (sorter) I can tell you
> that the amount of checking that occurs, at least for regular ground
> shipments, is absolute zero.  Your package goes from the UPS shipper,
> to a UPS hub, onto a truck to another hub, onto the cute little brown
> van from there, and to the addressee's house.  We process
> approximately 150,000 pieces of mail each night on my shift alone and
> trust me, the only thing that anybody notices is the address.  Unless your 
> package has OBVIOUS signs of something illegal (like reeking of skunk bud or 
> seeds falling out the cracks) it should encounter no problems.  Important
> safety tip, though:  Make SURE that it is well packed with NO chance
> of opening even a little bit during shipment.  We are required to
> ensure that every package reaches its destination sealed up nice and
> tight and if a package comes through that is torn open even a little
> bit it is sent to the damage clerk who then repackages it (with the
> obvious implications).  Note that this process is only for ground
> shipments, I can't speak for the air operations.  
> 
> 
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The correct answer is BE DAMNED CAREFUL! Remember, it's a Federal 
Offense, even if it's a private company. At least that was the way it was 
handled with my friend in Florida several years ago. Here's the story:
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A couple of guys living in the same house decided to send a bunch of 
Quaaludes to another state, via UPS. Like idiots, they included the 
REAL address of the house, "in case something happened and it couldn't 
get delivered". Two days later, the police knocked on the door at 7:30 AM 
and took everyone's photo, carried the photos to the UPS lady (who had 
become suspicious for some reason or another), got her to identify the 
WRONG PERSON (who the cop had taken a dislike to during the initial photo 
session), arrested the guy, and sent him to jail. True Story. (The 
real culprits got away scot free.) 
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If you must use the mail to send illicit stuff, use a fake return 
address! And you might consider sending it to Joe Smith c/o My Pal, or 
something along those lines. L8R...     

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