Happy for my ROI biggas.
Not sure what exactly the agreement made yesterday was, but I'm sure I heard something about making it easier to send post to ROI. Better days are coming!

Will you be sending yourself to ROI

Not planning to at the moment. Only if and when it's confirmed UK orders don't face the same scrutiny as international post.

Can 2nd that couldn't believe how fast it arrived nicest smoke I had in age's, top man

Yeah this guy is doing it right
So far
Top vendor & service

Always a pleasure Slimjim 🫶🏻

I second that.. they got this licked. Very happy days.. Top job!

Cheers lad, much appreciated. 🫶🏻

Hi! I used to ship to Ireland on a regular basis for almost two years with no orders being seized. for some reason, starting about 6+ months ago many of the orders shipped to IE were 'failing digital custom clearance' and were sent back (not seized), I ship from out of Europe so might worth a mention. after many efforts trying to figure out the situation and which included contacting local post, ANPost, etc I was left with no answer and no persistent handling by ANPost (while some packages failed digital clearance, Identical packages made it through with no logical pattern for why one did and the other didn't). for that reason and the lack of correspondence from ANpost side I've decided to stop shipping directly to Ireland few months ago. since then, I know some of my IE customers using digital address services which offer ordering WW to the UK and then it's handled and shipped to Ireland. I'm writing this because possibly other vendors are dealing with this issue or even better, maybe some Bigga can educate us further on this subject. also, my stealth always made it through so far, and using digital address I'm still available for my Irish customers. cheers y'all!!

It was An post fault at that time.
I can say with 100% certainty that if you shipped as you did back then nowadays that would not happen.

They didn't give you much clarity on it because they were embarrassed at their own failure. I saw lots of reports about this for all kinds of deliveries

EU cracked the whip recently and insisted that customs fees were enforced. There was some talk that they were trying to combat goods coming in from the likes of Ali Express etc without duties paid. An attempt to discourage the use of such sites as well as get monies due to them.

An Post had a double whammy to deal with. The aftermath of Brexit and this EU directive to crack down on items coming in from UK and non EU.

Subsequently the customs clearance system was reworked and in typical Irish fashion, did not function very well at the beginning.

Nowadays, the issue can be that occasionally a vendor fills in the customs clearance form and marks the item too high in value.

This has lead to several of my orders from LB going through customs and incurring an extra charge like a regular item!.
I think it needs to be under 9 euro or so these days or it gets charged.
But hey, apart from a days delay and a couple of quid, if it makes it, all good.

When Customs aren't paying as much attention to what's in them, this is standard enough practice and quite hilarious when you think about it.

However, at the moment, its their time of the year. It happens once or twice a year where they intently check everything at all mail centres.
They do so as every find can add to their "total seized" at the end of the year. It all counts towards using their budget and getting an even higher one next year. You know, because they do such amazing work finding some lads 7g and doubling it up to 16g by weighing the envelope too.

I will try to find some actual sources hashishin for the issues you mentioned with An post previously.
If your current method works, that's great. But I'd say in normal non customs interference times, you could now ship using standard methods. They sorted that issue.

Can I ask what is meant by digital address services ?

Stuff like parcel motel.

Thank you

Hello furball, Hello LB users and readers,

I dont want to talk too much and jump directly to your question:

"My question is this, with literally 100's of vendors, many claiming 'next level stealth' or 'excellent stealth' can no one get a bit of bud past our customs consistently?"

They basically claim it to be "next level/excellent stealth" because they can, sugarcoating their services.

Maybe spanish postal services are subject to more frequent customs searches since Spain is known for being the european gateway of cannabis.

For Hashishin:

- In my experience (never had it happen before) international mailing services are returning Parcels to senderns when:

A. "It is likely that the electronic customs declaration made by the retailer/sender for your item may have been insufficient or invalid according to Customs regulations. An Post cannot amend customs declaration so items with incomplete data must be returned."

B. goods within your parcel may be in a category of goods treated as prohibited

C. Your item will be returned to the sender if the charges are not paid by the “pay by date".

In Hashishins case A seems to be the most likely (maybe in combination with B). Usually parcels with incorrect or missing customs declaration or information will be returned to sender, especially if it is sent via correos/DHL/UPS as a parcel, those are prone to customs.

We are based in Germany and ship to Ireland/UK/NA without any issues at all. 100% landing rate for Ireland as of now (16 March).

Nice looking buds but mad price for 1/2 oz.

Cheers

Had a string of love letters myself.

Did these love letters come recently?.
I have had two back to back from an EU vendor.

Heard from a friend who had one from a Canadian vendor.
Posting this in Feb '23 to be clear.

They are absolutely hammering deliveries at the moment.
Not just Athlone but Dublin too.
Are these all tracked?. Mine were.

They will settle down eventually but I've two on the way and now I'm very worried that I won't get them.

On the stealth issue. I do think it helps somewhat but if they are looking intently for them, I really don't think it matters that much.

Also international postage has now restarted from Post office counters so vendors like Gentleman should be back shipping soon.

I got love letter on Monday if it's been tracked and comes up assessed by customs it more than likely seized but ya might be lucky, I had none seized last year but I'm already off to a bad start

Yep, twice for me this year so far.
Both from Spain and yes both said "assessed by customs". Straight into the "customs office" as per Spanish tracker, the minute it arrives. If anyone from ROI gets anything through at this time, savour it. Unfortunately, none of us are bullet proof.

They will stop this onslaught eventually as they usually do. But right now, good or bad stealth, tracked or non tracked and whatever country it's from, if it is on the way to ROI then there's a very high chance of it being seized currently.

I can second that, some of the stealth on here is pathetic and when it's seized postage methods aren't changed at all I've given up on LB until the gentleman dealers are back

We ship UK to UK and have some of the finest buds from all around the world ! Check us out. Next day delivery tracked and signed for on all shipments

They looking for vendor selling to Ireland with good stealth

Nice man ill be sure to order

Looks good 👍

I had two parcels arrive from Greenhoney in Portugal , the best stealth I have ever seen , tracked all the way , I ordered from Spain once and it got seized , some orders from the UK have been going missing lately , no customs letter either

Greenhoney has stopped delivering to Ireland

Irish customs should inhale the sized parcels, get high thoughts relax and be happy.

It's just a plant with more healing properties than the drugs that are find in pharmacy.

It's going to be legal everywhere, including Ireland, within 3 to 5 years (remember this ).

We apologise to our great Irish friends , but we cannot fight against such big and powerful institution, with different types of control and several people dedicated to this.


If anyone from customs is reading this, please use one of the parcels you sized and judge by yourself, don't believe the politics. You are fighting for cannabis prohibition without even knowing that you are being manipulate.

Let us make Ireland greener, peaceful and happier than ever 💚🌱

Peace and love
GH

Welcome to the land of the toughest customs in the world to get deliveries past.
In good times, things sail through for the most part.

Right now, seizures left right and centre with reports of people getting multiple love letters.

Avoid Spain. It just isn't working anymore. There will always be exceptions but it's not consistent unless you are happy to lose some packs.

UK is better. A guy I know has had 2 out of 5 seized in the last month.

All of last year, no problems.
While in the thick of this crackdown, it's pot luck.

They usually lay off at some point but expect to get love letters randomly even when things are normal.

Arh! Thanks for your comment! Scary! What happens when you do receive a letter? Do you get in any kind of trouble?

UPDATE: Made it guys!!.

Anisia So how long it take? Was it held up in customs? Glad you got it after

It really is hit and miss. I've two recent orders for carts. One was seized other got through.

I had one picked up by customs just before Christmas. It took 4 days to arrive to Ireland and then I received a letter to say VAT needed to be paid. I was sure it was a trap but said fuck I'll go for it. Paid the VAT and it arrived the following day was full sure I was getting a knock on the door. Nice big Oz inside was delighted.

That's standard and happens alot mate. It can be delivered with a seizure letter inside even after paying VAT.

Cones down to Vendors marking the value on the declaration form more than 9 pounds sterling or so.
I've tried to tell many but most won't listen to me.

Glad it arrived anyway. Bit different now though as seizures are far more likely at this time.

Oh I know I have had about 20 seizure letters bud they do nothing and your address blacklisted is all horseshit never have I changed address not once.

Easy work!

95% success rate with small pack (no more than 14gr), 50% success rate for >14gr. pack... 5 days minimum, to 3 weeks depending on too many things... be patient, order small (order what you can afford loosing!)

4 days usually. Make sure to get normal standard post because most tracked stuff is getting seized

I'm currently on the eighth day since it was sent. Do you reckon it's a goner?.

Still might show up. Had delays before where my package was held up in customs for over a week and it still arrived, Hope you get it. I know what it feels like to be waiting, it's a killer

Republic of bud, not with there prices lol no way :-)

Not you in particular. Other Irish vendors I've seen with ridiculous prices. I know fees and stuff have to be paid,but that's not our prob. Chat later. I'll keep an eye on your page 👍

Bruiser, when this happened to you, did it say on tracker "being assessed by customs" and then still arrived intact?.

Order from the Cw lovely Gelonade got some the other day or Nero lovely bud aswell

Two seized back to back from Nero. Never again. He did refund.
Non existent stealth.

His stealth needs alot of work I'm not confident of ordering from Nero no more, his stealth has never changed so customs by now know what they looking for by now, also had a order seized from greenhoney so they onto them too, thank god for republic of bud

Wow!!. I can smell it from here.
So good to have a local supply and a solid professional at that. Keep up the wicked work.