cowstick
Well-Known Member
Does anyone know what the legalities are about mailing beer using anything but USPS?
I've I recall it's ILLEGAL to ship via USPS. Where as with FedEX, UPS, etc it's against policy.
Here is how you safely do it through the mail.
Write a fake address in the place where the mail to address goes. Write the address where you want to send the beer where the return address goes. Don't put any postage at all on the package, and drop it off in the mail.
Now when the mail man notices that the package doesn't have any postage on it, you know what he does ? He returns it to the return address!!
So not only do you send the beer where it needs to go without getting your name or address involved, you do it without buying any stamps!
The only flaw in this plan is that the mailman isn't going to be dumb enough to think someone in Seattle drove to LA to mail a package to LA. It would only work if you're mailing it across town and then it's just as easy to drive it over!
It is not against any federal laws to ship your entries via a privately owned shipping company for analytical purposes.
Here is how you safely do it through the mail.
Write a fake address in the place where the mail to address goes. Write the address where you want to send the beer where the return address goes. Don't put any postage at all on the package, and drop it off in the mail.
Now when the mail man notices that the package doesn't have any postage on it, you know what he does ? He returns it to the return address!!
So not only do you send the beer where it needs to go without getting your name or address involved, you do it without buying any stamps!
2) It's against policy to ship alcohol via Fed Ex, DHL, UPS unless you are a valid shipper of alcohol. If your package breaks, they may turn your package to your state's alcohol control board or they may return it to you, or they may dispose of it, or they may re-pack it and ship it. You are at the mercy of that employee.
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