Question: Will the USPS stop it?

TIMB3RW01F said:
I live in NJ and I ordered a fixed-blade survival knife from BUDK.com (Click link to see the knife)

I am 18 years old (born December 5th, 1992) and legally allowed to buy knives so there should be no problem with that.

Would the USPS hold the package?
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I've never had USPS hold any package for any reason, short of having shipped in from overseas where I had to be there to sign the customs form. I can't see any reason they would hold your item.
 
I just sent a knife from Illinois to Washington as a trade and the USPS thought the best route was through Honolulu. It sat there a few days but finally made it back to Washington.

Maybe your package hasn't been held? Maybe the same guy that planned the route for my package planned the route for yours?
 
USPS doesn't know how old you are and they don't routinely open packages to see what's in them.

Unless they use special green leafy packing material you shouldn't have a problem :D
 
My Rottweiler JoJo gets mail. She doesn't order fixed blades though, just spiked collars and stuff. :D
 
So far as I know, only switchblades aren't allowed to ship across state lines via USPS (federal law). Knives that have to go through U.S. Customs (if shipping to/from overseas) might be slowed down a bit. Aside from that, USPS has no reason (legally) to stop the shipment of a fixed blade. That's not to say that some knives haven't been 'lost' (:rolleyes:) in the mail on occasion.
 
Obsessed with Edges said:
So far as I know, only switchblades aren't allowed to ship across state lines via USPS (federal law). Knives that have to go through U.S. Customs (if shipping to/from overseas) might be slowed down a bit. Aside from that, USPS has no reason (legally) to stop the shipment of a fixed blade. That's not to say that some knives haven't been 'lost' (:rolleyes:) in the mail on occasion.
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In 30 years of shipping knives i have only lost one knife & it was a dandy - $1,200.00 folder i built for a doctor in Ft. Worth - I did have it insured - so the Doc got his money back so i was the only loser on the deal. It was lost by USPS. One knife stole in all these years isn't a bad percentage i guess. - tom
 
Tom Hudson said:
In 30 years of shipping knives i have only lost one knife & it was a dandy - $1,200.00 folder i built for a doctor in Ft. Worth - I did have it insured - so the Doc got his money back so i was the only loser on the deal. It was lost by USPS. One knife stole in all these years isn't a bad percentage i guess. - tom
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That's a pretty good percentage, there.

I've never had one lost (permanently) by USPS yet. Having said that, there were a few that were 'temporarily misplaced', until I started making noises at the Post Office about it (this is where having a tracking number is VERY valuable; it provides some measure of proof of where it's SUPPOSED to be). Then they were miraculously 'found' again; sometimes within minutes, in the very same building, back in some dark corner somewhere. I sometimes have wondered if they'd ever 'find' them if the intended recipient hadn't griped about it.

Also had one package that was mis-delivered to somebody else. Fortunately, that unknown good citizen was kind enough to give it back to the Postal Service, so I eventually got it anyway.
 
RandomAyes said:
My stuff gets held all the time. My knife sources use Signature Confirmation and it seems one of the local Postal Drones doesn't want to fuss with actually walking up to my porch. So they throw a Missed You card in the mailbox and my property sits in limbo for a while.

Maybe I should spend a couple bucks for a brown truck and a hyperactive guy in shorts.
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LOL. I hope my stuff doesn't get stranded in the Seaside Heights postal office. Last time I called, I spoke to a woman who barely spoke english! ::rolleyes:
 
I fail to understand why you would think they would know what you ordered. Does it say "Hey, this is an illegal knife that can't cross state borders" in big red letters on the box?
 
RandomAyes said:
My stuff gets held all the time. My knife sources use Signature Confirmation and it seems one of the local Postal Drones doesn't want to fuss with actually walking up to my porch. So they throw a Missed You card in the mailbox and my property sits in limbo for a while.

Maybe I should spend a couple bucks for a brown truck and a hyperactive guy in shorts.
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That kind of 'held' isn't necessarily a bad thing. In that sense, you're provided some small measure of security (as opposed to just leaving the box on the porch or whatever; sometimes stuff gets ripped off that way). At least in your case, they've accounted for it and are keeping it in safe hands until you pick it up.

It's a little different from the sort of 'held' implied in the OP's question i.e., they're holding it from being delivered at all (for unspecified 'legal' reasons).
 
Shotgun said:
I fail to understand why you would think they would know what you ordered. Does it say "Hey, this is an illegal knife that can't cross state borders" in big red letters on the box?
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Hey, I dunno. This country is crazy these days. Invasion of privacy seems like something Big Brother would do.
 
RandomAyes said:
I thought OP was saying his package did get held and was trying to learn why it got held.
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From what I read I think he fears that the knife WILL be held for legal purpose...

Well the knife is 4 bucks, if it's held of lost, just spend another $4+shipping, they can't possibly catsh every knife you buy.
 
RandomAyes said:
I never miss an opportunity to instigate a bit of thread drift :D

The Postal Drones are not doing it to secure my property.
They are doing it to piss me off.
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I thought OP was saying his package did get held and was trying to learn why it got held.
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Nah, I'm just on a legitimately tight budget with only a little wiggle room for my "sharp" collecting obsession so if I'm paying for something, I get a little bit ansy if I have to wait too long to receive it in the mail.
 
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