SuperJimtendo | 1,116 Posted December 20, 2019 Share Posted December 20, 2019 (edited) Earlier this week I hosted a give away on facebook. Giving away a couple of t-shirts, free us shipping, or winner pays international shipping. The winner so happened to be from Australia no big deal. Right? That was until they asked me to sneak in a couple packs of cigarettes for them. After looking up Australia's rules on Tobacco I told the guy no way. What would you do? What have you been asked to do when making deals? Edited December 20, 2019 by SuperJimtendo 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nugfish | 652 Posted December 20, 2019 Share Posted December 20, 2019 (edited) No chance would I do that. I'm unsure if there would be any ramifications on your part, but it's much easier to live on the right side of the law. It take a lot of balls for somebody to even ask you that IMO. Edited December 20, 2019 by Nugfish Bad grammar 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
a3quit4s | 4,091 Posted December 20, 2019 Share Posted December 20, 2019 Internet says you can bring up to 50 cigarettes at a time after that if they get seized by customs the person you sent them to has to pay duty or they get disposed of. I see no risk to you if you felt like being nice. No more than 2 packs though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richardhead | 2,813 Posted December 20, 2019 Share Posted December 20, 2019 You left out the best part IMO. Dude asked for Winstons. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RH | 4,895 Posted December 20, 2019 Share Posted December 20, 2019 3 minutes ago, Richardhead said: You left out the best part IMO. Dude asked for Winstons. Virginia Slims, actually. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richardhead | 2,813 Posted December 20, 2019 Share Posted December 20, 2019 4 minutes ago, a3quit4s said: Internet says you can bring up to 50 cigarettes at a time after that if they get seized by customs the person you sent them to has to pay duty or they get disposed of. I see no risk to you if you felt like being nice. No more than 2 packs though. I read on the interwebs that a new law this year prohibits smokes through the postal service in Australia. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bearcat-Doug | 5,104 Posted December 20, 2019 Share Posted December 20, 2019 Send him a carton of Virginia Slim menthols and he will learn his lesson. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamesRobot | 5,786 Events Team · Posted December 20, 2019 Share Posted December 20, 2019 Jeez. Send the dude some smokes, narc. 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CMR | 518 Posted December 20, 2019 Share Posted December 20, 2019 If I liked the guy, I would have done it for him. I don't know why he can't just buy them there, though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuperJimtendo | 1,116 Posted December 20, 2019 Author Share Posted December 20, 2019 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OptOut | 8,881 Posted December 20, 2019 Share Posted December 20, 2019 Do it, but just tell the guy he assumes all the risk. If he agrees to that, then I don't see the problem. I've sent prohibited goods in the post before, as at least one member in this thread can attest to... Right @Richardhead?! 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Speedy_NES | 102 Posted December 20, 2019 Share Posted December 20, 2019 If he is paying for the shipping with PayPal goods transfer and the customs intercept and hold/demolish the package contents, he is still eligible to file a claim with PayPal after which you'll be paying the shipping out of pocket. Australian customs are strict, so I'd imagine the package will be intercepted if there are cigarettes inside. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SNESNESCUBE64 | 531 Posted December 20, 2019 Share Posted December 20, 2019 On top of what everyone else said, that sounds sketchy. It sounds almost like the person asking can't get it because they are either underage or for other reasons. Personally if I were in that situation, my reply would be "Yeah, no." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuperJimtendo | 1,116 Posted December 20, 2019 Author Share Posted December 20, 2019 I told the guy no from the get go. Just wanted to share the ridiculousness of it all Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tabonga | 2,313 Posted December 20, 2019 Share Posted December 20, 2019 Send him some of these: 1 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DoctorEncore | 3,690 Posted December 20, 2019 Share Posted December 20, 2019 No way in hell. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drxandy | 3,225 Posted December 20, 2019 Share Posted December 20, 2019 No offense to the guy but if I won something last thing I would be doing is asking for more. No matter the item, but to ask for something questionably illegal is just wow. Smokes aren't cheap. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MuNKeY | 241 Posted December 20, 2019 Share Posted December 20, 2019 Ha this reminds me back mid to late 90s when I was collecting hotwheels/johnny lightning (buying/reselling/trading) and I made a friend in the Netherlands and seems either we was doing a trade or something but we also shot the shit a lot and one day he (jokingly) offered to send me some prepackaged white widow (marijuana strain) for payment and even though secretly I would had done so lmao I told him with my luck that would had never made it though customs (not that it was going to happen anyway) but after that it was used as a running gag and for him would price things as measurements of white widow Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ninjistar | 517 Posted December 21, 2019 Share Posted December 21, 2019 You should message him back stating you've had a change of heart. In the package there will just be a custom drawing by Jimbo of Kickle doing what Kickle does best (with packs and packs of cigs in the photo) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GreenKoopa | 15 Posted December 22, 2019 Share Posted December 22, 2019 On 12/21/2019 at 1:31 AM, drxandy said: No offense to the guy but if I won something last thing I would be doing is asking for more. No matter the item, but to ask for something questionably illegal is just wow. Smokes aren't cheap. https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.statista.com/chart/amp/15293/price-for-cigarettes-per-country/ Smokes are ridiculously expensive in Australia, hence why he asked to sneak in a pack. If he gets caught, he won't get in trouble. He will have to pay tax on them. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
docile tapeworm | 4,194 Posted December 22, 2019 Share Posted December 22, 2019 On 12/20/2019 at 8:38 AM, MuNKeY said: Ha this reminds me back mid to late 90s when I was collecting hotwheels/johnny lightning (buying/reselling/trading) and I made a friend in the Netherlands and seems either we was doing a trade or something but we also shot the shit a lot and one day he (jokingly) offered to send me some prepackaged white widow (marijuana strain) for payment and even though secretly I would had done so lmao I told him with my luck that would had never made it though customs (not that it was going to happen anyway) but after that it was used as a running gag and for him would price things as measurements of white widow Damn, I would have rolled the dice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
docile tapeworm | 4,194 Posted December 22, 2019 Share Posted December 22, 2019 I send them. But I’m gonna make $10 on the deal so if it’s still worth it to him at that point. And if shit hits the fan it’s on him. if you don’t put a return address on there they definitely open it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MachineCode | 159 Posted December 22, 2019 Share Posted December 22, 2019 C'mon man, what are you scared? I thought you were cool. Don't be such a wuss. Last year's Jim woulda done it. You've changed man. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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