sending tobacco - Care Packages

07-26-2007, 10:22 PM

Does that count as a flamable item? lol.... Can I sent that in a care package?

leftover · 07-26-2007, 10:30 PM

Don't list it on the customs form as tobacco.. List it as "herbal supplement" or "coffin nails"..

Angela P. · 07-26-2007, 10:32 PM

You don't have to list everything. Just most of everything.

Angela P. · 07-26-2007, 10:33 PM

And when it ask how much is everything or what not...always put down more then what it is!

imjustme · 07-26-2007, 10:50 PM

I sent pipe tobacco and listed it as pipe tobacco on the customs form and we didn't have any problems with it getting to him.

Angela P. · 07-26-2007, 10:53 PM

Originally Posted by CAmom4721

I sent pipe tobacco and listed it as pipe tobacco on the customs form and we didn't have any problems with it getting to him.

I think some Post Offices are

. B/c I never had a problem in J-ville but they gave me hell here in Austin.

Pheather · 07-26-2007, 10:53 PM

I was told you could send it. I sent Dh "It's A Girl" cigars and I listed it on the customs form without any problems.

imjustme · 07-26-2007, 11:21 PM

Yeah, I send cigars nonstop because dh is a big cigar smoker and I always list em np. I agree Angela, I think it does depend on the post office. The one I go to here is great, but there is another one in town where they are completely ridiculous when it comes to APO's and customs and all that.

mrsjones0520 · 07-26-2007, 11:26 PM

I don't go into detail on the customs forms-I was always told not to. I'll but stuff like, books, clothes, photos, ect. and I never have any problems. I send DH dip every month or so and I've never had any problems. I do know that you shouldn't list anything of value(camera,ect). DH said that after the packages get in country, they have a likleyhood of being opened and stolen before they get him. It happened to him while he was in Iraq and it's already happened to some of the guys he's with iin Afghanistan. I've always been really general on all the customs forms and I've never had any problems with it

misty*nicole · 07-26-2007, 11:40 PM

I've sent a roll of Copenhagen in every single package that I sent DF... and it always made it there to him. I never listed it on the custom forms. We just packed it in a Pringles can and just put "Pringles" on the form!

07-26-2007, 10:22 PM	#1 (permalink)
ArmyGirl Guest Posts: n/a Activity: 0% Longevity: 0%	sending tobacco Does that count as a flamable item? lol.... Can I sent that in a care package?

07-26-2007, 10:32 PM	#3 (permalink)
Angela P. Lovin' my Marine! Join Date: May 2007 Location: J-ville, NC Posts: 1,756 Classifieds: (0) Activity: 0% Longevity: 43%	You don't have to list everything. Just most of everything. __________________ Loving my Marine!

07-26-2007, 10:33 PM	#4 (permalink)
Angela P. Lovin' my Marine! Join Date: May 2007 Location: J-ville, NC Posts: 1,756 Classifieds: (0) Activity: 0% Longevity: 43%	And when it ask how much is everything or what not...always put down more then what it is! __________________ Loving my Marine!

07-26-2007, 10:53 PM	#7 (permalink)
Pheather Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: P-Town, Va til my hubby comes home Posts: 784 Classifieds: (0) Activity: 0% Longevity: 67%	I was told you could send it. I sent Dh "It's A Girl" cigars and I listed it on the customs form without any problems. __________________

07-26-2007, 11:40 PM	#10 (permalink)
mistynicole Army Wife* Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Pittsburgh, PA Posts: 1,000 Classifieds: (0) Activity: 0% Longevity: 52%	I've sent a roll of Copenhagen in every single package that I sent DF... and it always made it there to him. I never listed it on the custom forms. We just packed it in a Pringles can and just put "Pringles" on the form! __________________ RIP Toby...

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07-26-2007, 10:50 PM	#5 (permalink)
imjustme Account Closed Join Date: May 2007 Posts: 13,980 Classifieds: (8) Activity: 7% Longevity: 42%	I sent pipe tobacco and listed it as pipe tobacco on the customs form and we didn't have any problems with it getting to him.

07-26-2007, 11:21 PM	#8 (permalink)
imjustme Account Closed Join Date: May 2007 Posts: 13,980 Classifieds: (8) Activity: 7% Longevity: 42%	Yeah, I send cigars nonstop because dh is a big cigar smoker and I always list em np. I agree Angela, I think it does depend on the post office. The one I go to here is great, but there is another one in town where they are completely ridiculous when it comes to APO's and customs and all that.

07-26-2007, 11:26 PM	#9 (permalink)
mrsjones0520 Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Little Rock Air Force Base, Arkansas Posts: 1,467 Classifieds: (0) Activity: 0% Longevity: 40%	I don't go into detail on the customs forms-I was always told not to. I'll but stuff like, books, clothes, photos, ect. and I never have any problems. I send DH dip every month or so and I've never had any problems. I do know that you shouldn't list anything of value(camera,ect). DH said that after the packages get in country, they have a likleyhood of being opened and stolen before they get him. It happened to him while he was in Iraq and it's already happened to some of the guys he's with iin Afghanistan. I've always been really general on all the customs forms and I've never had any problems with it