Qingdao Sigma Chemical Co., Ltd (International, US, EU, Canada and Australia domestic

[BamaCrazy]

It's part of the "traveller risk" scoring system they use to determine whether to choose you for closer examination when returning to the US from international travel.

It has no "criminal" consequences because anyone can order anything to be sent to an enemy. There's no evidence it was you.

But it's still taken into account by their automated systems. Over time it'll fade and not be a factor anymore.

So cancel those plans you had to smuggle a kilo of coke back from your vacation to Columbia.

I read something on TG yesterday about this. Someone claimed they could deny you entry into the Global Entry program. I’m not sure if it’s true but it got me to thinking…

 

[rxzed]

I read something on TG yesterday about this. Someone claimed they could deny you entry into the Global Entry program. I’m not sure if it’s true but it got me to thinking…

CBP has super broad discretion to deny entry

 

[AlexDavis43]

cant we just debate about freezing peptides instead

nooo

 

[MissedArmDay66]

I remember thinking the same of CA/XCE about a year ago. It'd be nice to see both QSC and CA/XCE back, but I wouldn't hold my breath.

XCE is back, just not the same as they were

 

[Ghoul]

I read something on TG yesterday about this. Someone claimed they could deny you entry into the Global Entry program. I’m not sure if it’s true but it got me to thinking…

It's a possibility.

People get denied for Global Entry all the time and have no idea why. They don't have to give a reason either.

Others have had their GE status revoked after a seizure or denied renewal.

I've heard the new "Mobile Passport" system is just as fast anyway and doesn't require special approval like GE.

Answer questions on your phone before deboarding the plane, scan your face, get a green light and bypass customs.

You could still get searched with Global Entry anyway. They still randomly choose people.

 

[Swolemates365]

Alright, so it happened to me. Got a letter from the CBP saying that my incoming shipment of steroids were seized, appraised street value of $92.97, and that I need to respond with a form. Do you just ignore these letters and move on?

What day did it go into customs

 

[Ghoul]

If you get a letter, you can relax. When they want to get you, the package is delivered normally, with a credit card sized tracker inside that lets them know where it is and when you open it:

(and no, signing has nothing to do with it)

https://www.reuters.com/article/world/ordering-opioids-online-mail-carrier-may-also-deliver-handcuffs-idUSKCN1M20FG/

 

[rxzed]

If you get a letter, you can relax. When they want to get you, the package is delivered normally, with a credit card sized tracker inside that lets them know where it is and when you open it:

(and no, signing has nothing to do with it)

https://www.reuters.com/article/world/ordering-opioids-online-mail-carrier-may-also-deliver-handcuffs-idUSKCN1M20FG/

From the article

The package was an ideal candidate for a controlled delivery, Lau said. It was addressed to someone called Randy, but there was no record of anyone with that name living at the designated address. And there had been a pattern of earlier packages delivered to the building from China, often addressed to non-existent apartments or apparently fictional residents.

I wonder how many people still give fake names to try to "outsmart" LE

 

[Ghoul]

From the article

I wonder how many people still give fake names to try "outsmart" LE

When I was sitting on the toilet reading through some obscure government budget docs regarding expenditures on AI, I found a couple hundred million spent on a "name/address disambiguation system", that's used specifically to put together all sorts of tiny pieces of data from enormous databases, that connects the dots to see through all the common ways people think they'll fool the government by spelling changes, and even using P.o. boxes, friends and relative's addresses, patterns revealing drophouses....they use the data from the informed delivery system to keep a record of who's connected to who and will look at that YEARS later if someone turns out to be involved in some crime, the capability is insane and far more sophisticated than you can imagine.

Like if someone gets busted as a dealer, they'll look at everyone they've received and sent packs to piece together networks. "I don't use my real return address". They'll use the credit card used at the PO to make a link. "I use cash". They'll correlate license plates caught in surveillance video outside the PO to identities and the time a pack was accepted. "I use UPS/FedEx", they have a deal with the govt and turn over all the same data as the PO.

Not that I was considering it, but after seeing this I realized being a drug dealer in a "total surveillance" environment is insane. If you're in that life and it involves the mail, the only reason they don't come for you is because you're too small a fish, at the moment.

 

[Middus]

I read something on TG yesterday about this. Someone claimed they could deny you entry into the Global Entry program. I’m not sure if it’s true but it got me to thinking…

Had someone fined twice for trying to bring "bush meat". Didn't stop global entry registration. Sometimes folks too busy to be bothered to file stuff in the absence of arrests or prosecution

 

[y777]

Alright, so it happened to me. Got a letter from the CBP saying that my incoming shipment of steroids were seized, appraised street value of $92.97, and that I need to respond with a form. Do you just ignore these letters and move on?

I’d ignore.

What kind of timeline did your tracking show ? Any indication when it got tagged by looking at the tracking ?

 

[y777]

I don’t think it was QSC. They never sold bottles of anything internationally.

Also , don’t Re shippers work by sending stuff to centralized warehouse and your name /address doesn’t get slapped onto the package until it’s stateside, past customs ?

 

[zmurphy]

XCE is back in a limited capacity now. Dig around and you'll find the new setup.

I started out on XCE before QSC. This is the first I've heard anyone mention them being back. Are they still going by XCE?

 

[Juiced_lizard]

Also , don’t Re shippers work by sending stuff to centralized warehouse and your name /address doesn’t get slapped onto the package until it’s stateside, past customs ?

They could but I really don’t know how it all works. Maybe with the pre order of tabs but either way they never sold clen or anything in bottles.

 

[Ghoul]

Also , don’t Re shippers work by sending stuff to centralized warehouse and your name /address doesn’t get slapped onto the package until it’s stateside, past customs ?

QSC didn't use reshippers. I'm not aware of any vendor here who does. That's why people are getting love letters. You either bought international and had your address exposed, or domestic.

 

[egruberman]

let xi jinping deal with him

You're presuming this hasn't already happened.

 

[Bumpygooch]

SA just announced on discord that they’re discontinuing oil/tab sales. It’s all over for now. Don’t see Tracy coming back with all these refunds to process.

 

[Ghoul]

SA just announced on discord that they’re discontinuing oil/tab sales. It’s all over for now. Don’t see Tracy coming back with all these refunds to process.

I figured at some point it made more sense to rebrand when returning (whenever that is) than to issue who knows how many refunds to preserve a reputation that fades with every passing day.

Godspeed Tracy.

You'll always be the sweetest floater in our vial of memories.

 

[Thequadfather]

It's a possibility.

People get denied for Global Entry all the time and have no idea why. They don't have to give a reason either.

Others have had their GE status revoked after a seizure or denied renewal.

I've heard the new "Mobile Passport" system is just as fast anyway and doesn't require special approval like GE.

Answer questions on your phone before deboarding the plane, scan your face, get a green light and bypass customs.

You could still get searched with Global Entry anyway. They still randomly choose people.

Getting denied for renewal or having my NEXUS (Global Entry) cancelled is a real fear as a frequent traveller for work. I'd lose my APEC card too, which would be a real pain in the ass.

 

[JuiceStick]

Also , don’t Re shippers work by sending stuff to centralized warehouse and your name /address doesn’t get slapped onto the package until it’s stateside, past customs ?

They don't. Peel USPS label off the box. You'll see YT label underneath with you name and address.