While trying to get Railroadmills snuff mailed out today, I was informed by my postal worker that she could no longer send snuff through the mail.  Businesses with proper paperwork can, but private citizens is a no-go.

Here is a link to the usps regulations I was just slapped in the face with:  http://pe.usps.com/text/pub52/pub52c4_024.htm

Damn!

i bet if you put it in ammo boxes, there’s no problem… ( jk, i know you can’t really do that )
did you actually show or tell them that it was snuff you were mailing?

I never do
what is this country coming to???

So ridiculous!  I assume this is to keep people from running a business in the shadows, but if that is the case they should allow up to a certain amount to be mailed between private citizens.  Wholesale restriction makes no sense to me.  Grrrr

The date is from last year, maybe it’s not enforced or known about.

Next time it is 

Potpourri

 Dried scented plant material has been used in rooms since ancient times, in a variety of ways, including just scattering them on floors. In early 17th Century France fresh herbs and flowers were gathered?starting in spring and continuing throughout the summer. The herbs were left for a day or two to become limp, then layered with coarse sea salt. The aging mixture was stirred occasionally as layers were added to it. Often the mixture would ferment or even mold as the summer went by. In fall, spices would be added to the unsightly grey mix until a pleasant fragrance was achieved, then scent preserving fixatives (see below) were added. The finished potpourri was set out in special pots with perforated lids to perfume rooms.

Much modern potpourri consists of any decoratively shaped dried plant material (not necessarily from scented plants) with strong natural and synthetic perfumes (and also often colored dyes) added, with the scent often bearing no relation to the plant material used. Sometimes, items that do not originate from plants are mixed in with the potpourri, to give it bulk and to make it more aesthetically pleasing. It is possible to spray scents onto potpourri, however a fixative is needed so that the scent is absorbed for slow release. 

“The date is from last year, maybe it’s not enforced or known about.”

Maybe, she told me she had received a text about it this morning.  The supervisor may just have been sending at again as a reminder. 

“i bet if you put it in ammo boxes, there’s no problem… ( jk, i know you can’t really do that )
did you actually show or tell them that it was snuff you were mailing?”

Yes, I bought the mailing materials at the window so we would always chat while I readied the package for delivery.

@Pennanngalan - I guess I would just stock up on mailing supplies ahead of time and have your package sealed up and ready to go before you get the post office.  They’re not going to know what’s inside unless you tell them.

@SHbickel - “they should allow up to a certain amount to be mailed between private citizens.”  Of course they should.  My mailing someone a few tins of snuff no more means I’m running a tobacco business on the sly than my mailing someone a box of chocolates for Valentine’s Day means I’m running an undercover candy business.

Why should mailing someone a tin of snuff be illegal, while personally giving it to them is fine?  It’s not like the thing is going to explode.

All you have to do is mention the words “tobacco” or “nicotine”, and government officials’ common sense flies out the window.

I’ve sent snuff lots of times from my local rural post office. But I also never, ever told the clerk what it was. They always ask if its “explosives, fragile, liquid, hazardous”, etc. I’ve never had a problem, but I wouldn’t be surprised if it’s now a crime to send tobacco through the mail. In fact, just this afternoon I was listening to a report on NPR that e-cigarettes are now under the jurisdiction of the FDA. And that they are trying to stop people under 21 from getting that product. A lady they interviewed was yammering on about “protecting the children”, or some such horseshit. I’m just really sick of the government trying to protect us from ourselves. Like some of us who have posted here, I’m just stocking up over time, so that I have a huge supply of snuff. I’m just waiting for it become illegal for us to order from Mr Snuff. I’ve also perfected several of my own home-made snuffs, as well as grow tobacco in my garden. There are ways we can fight back, but difficult times may lie ahead for us at Snuffhouse.

I suspect @mrmanos is right. I haven’t been using snuff long, but I figured pretty much from the start that building up a stockpile was a good idea. I’m still working on it, but I’m now accelerating my time table.

This really is the ultimate last line of tobacco use. A pound of cigars, pipe tobacco, cigarettes etc last weeks, a pound of snuff can last a year

@snuffsahoy - I agree.  Snuff is cheap, convenient, and so potent that it’s not unthinkable one could stock up with a lifetime’s supply.

When you ship just label it as “religious items”