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Originally Posted by Radiate  I concur with Luke and Pesci. They aren't watching your bank account, so don't sweat buying legal stuff from online. Personally I avoid hydro shops because you never know when LEO might profile you (namely, I'm a bit young looking to be investing in expensive hydro equipment, not everyone has this problem  .). The only thing I'd worry about is getting a prepaid card to buy the seeds, because if customs ever decides to start busting people for seeds we aren't going to get a warning in advance. They can't pin anything on you for having seeds show up at your house; it could just be a prank or wrong address. If they decide to investigate though, they might spot a seedbank on your bank account and nail you. Without proof on your statement that you bought the seeds, they got nothin'. |
I forget the guys username on here, but he did get busted for mailing seeds to his house. They were confiscated, and the highway patrol showed up at his door asking for his pot plants. Who isn't to say they let some seeds through, but just record the ship to address for later investigation...I wouldn't feel free and clear just because my seeds showed up "unopened"....so yes, without proof that you youself ordered the seeds, they have nothing, but in the case above, it was enough for them to get a search warrant and bust the guy.
About not sweating about buying legal stuff online...did you read the post I made about that story where the guy was busted because the shop he ordered from was part of Operation Green Thumb and the DEA had unlimited and uncontrolled access to all the shipping/sales records? It's not about watching your bank account, its about watching the stores records, and the shipping companies records.
I'm not trying to make you all more paranoid, like Luke and Pesci said be cautious not paranoid, but the times are changing and LEO is getting more brazen and tricky every day so we have to watch out for new tactics that used to be unheard of or shot down as bullshit on these forums in the weeks/months/years past.