All,
I faintly remember a while back on the forum that someone else from the UK posted regarding a similar experience.
Ordered a package from Five Star which turned up today after about 4 days (looks like shipping is back to normal)
The package containing 2 DVD shipped in a padded jiffy bag as normal, but showed signed of having been opened and examined by customs.
However the package had only been partially resealed (by stapling) and the contents inside were clearly visable, to the extent of being in danger falling out the jiffy bag entirely.
The postman forced the whole lot through the letterbox (he usually leaves the packages outside the door due to the letterbox size) as apparently he was loathe to leave it outside the door (in a flat block) given the visibility of the contents.
Seems as if some C&E officers may be pissed at not being able to confiscate such stuff, and are resorting to other tactics
The jiffy bags used by Five Star are quite sturdy and I think the package being damaged to such extent by accident are quite slim. Still I guess it is better than the old days of seizure notices.
Hopefully this is an isolated incident. I've purchased loads of stuff from Five Star and ADN before, with never a problem until now.
The bright side to all this (if there is one) is that shipping times are back to normal (3 to 4 days), and that regular porn is unlikely to be confiscated.
Regds,
pb3
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