This baffles me. I must be super lucky. I get my cigars in a week and the package even say freakin "cigars" on it. Maybe it's a hide in plain sight strategy?
Yup, we order from the same place(s) and mine always say "$xxx 25 Cigars" or something right there on the customs declaration. This is the first time I have had any confiscated. When I first started ordering from them, it was 5 working days on the nose. Then it stretched out to 3 weeks or so.
The replacements they sent were here in 5 days. I wonder if it depends on some combination of destination location, location of the fulfillment center (they use several), and port of entry.