Anyone's who's ever gotten a package delivered from China knows they just kinda write stuff in the description on the customs declaration, usually something vaguely related but I sometimes wonder if the guy loading the boxes knows what's inside them.
this post was submitted on 19 Dec 2023
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I once got a Chinese workers ID tag and a box of his opened cigarettes in a box with my order. I'm pretty sure he didn't realize those were in there!
Totally would've smoked the cigs, hear the Asian import ones taste better, course I'm a menthol guy.
Oh shit. Did you smoke one? Foreign cigarettes hit different.
As a company it is pretty annoying. I have an outgoing payment for what we ordered - getting a commercial invoice for random gifts worth 5 EUR doesn't help me much.
Few weeks ago had a lenghty discussion with one vendor which ended with him asking if I shut up if he gives me everything I need to make my own invoices with his signature and company stamp.
To be fair, sometimes it's fucking complicated to find the correct HS code for some goods...
I don't condone their action, but i totally understand 😂😂
Now this has me wondering if all these vapes disguised as highlighters, water bottles, and hoodies are really some kind of tax dodge.
It would be more newsworthy if a Chinese exporter did label the customs disclosure accurately. Every time I order a package internationally it comes labeled as "books" or something similarly vague
Fuck fortune for lying. The true customers are quitting cigarettes so let's tell them to stop sucking tobaccoo's cock.
These disposable vapes have such low quality control and several brands have been caught with high concentrations of cadmium and other heavy metals. There are plenty of other legit ecig options on the market that won't kill you (as fast) and aren't aimed at teens. Please stop with the bullshit tinfoil hat argument, the disposable vapes market is a quick and dirty cash grab by shady manufacturers in Shenzhen.
Ok, true, I'll give you that but STOP USING TEENS to target the whole market.
zomg teens use this product. ban it. rinse. repeat. the manufacturers and importers aren't the ones distributing the product to teenagers. how about going after the shady c-stores that are, instead.
Because they're owned and run by tobacco companies doing exactly what they call.
people are going to do things that feel good, regardless of what's a health risk. why else would teenage pregnancy be a thing?
banning e-cigs feels a lot like how K2/Spice was banned, then they just change the formulation & it's legal again
Disposable ones should be banned. I'm amazed that it's cost-effective to throw away batteries like that.
yeah, battery tech is pretty cheap when economies of scale are in play