On Sun, 20 Aug 2006 15:34:21 -0400, Sue and Kevin Mullen
wrote:
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>RICK DAVIS wrote:
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>> IT IS ILLEGAL TO SHIP ALCOHOL!! Every US Post Office has a poster
>> hanging of items they will not accept. Alcohol and wine are at the top
>> of the list. This also goes for FedEx & UPS as well. Believe me I've
>> tried with a rare scotch I bought for a friend on a cruise and tried to
>> ship.
>> If for some reason you get it past the counter and something breaks (the
>> post office finds it) you could get a major fine or even jail. It is a
>> federal offence. There is no way to ship it yourself. You buy it, you
>> carry it. Unless where you buy from can ship you'll have to leave the
>> memories and flavor in Hawaii.
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>I never knew this before and haven't seen such a sign at my post office.
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>sue - will have to rethink presents!
Ask at the P.O., it should be posted among th other dusty things no
oen reads..grin.... they do forbid alchohol, matches and lottery
tickets, among other dangerous and immoral things, to be sent via the
U.S. mail.
Or check www.usps.com, it's there too.
Jim P. |