Cops called for shipping beer

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  1. MrDave

    MrDave Initiate (0) Jan 23, 2013 California

    Her husband totally ships beer.
     
    #21 MrDave, Jul 9, 2013
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  2. Bitterbill

    Bitterbill Grand High Pooh-Bah (7,036) Sep 14, 2002 Wyoming
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    Damn you. Nothing like smelling and tasting the beer at the same time through me nostrils.
     
    #22 Bitterbill, Jul 9, 2013
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  3. Benish

    Benish Pooh-Bah (2,446) Mar 13, 2013 Utah
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    I've got to say I'm enjoying this thread!
     
    #23 Benish, Jul 9, 2013
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  4. hoerr

    hoerr Initiate (0) Oct 18, 2009 South Carolina

    FedEx Only. Every time.
     
    #24 hoerr, Jul 9, 2013
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  5. rynosf23

    rynosf23 Initiate (0) Feb 5, 2013 Florida

    And to answer the question before its asked....no, the female cop was not hot.
     
    #25 rynosf23, Jul 9, 2013
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  6. Cvescalante

    Cvescalante Initiate (0) Dec 24, 2012 Texas

    Just lied... I did google it, and that's an interesting bit of info for those who do say they're shipping olive oil. I'm pretty sure a lot of guys on this site actually say that's what their shipping.

    I never specify anymore.
     
    #26 Cvescalante, Jul 9, 2013
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  7. Cvescalante

    Cvescalante Initiate (0) Dec 24, 2012 Texas

    Shocker
     
    #27 Cvescalante, Jul 9, 2013
  8. jwjon1

    jwjon1 Savant (1,158) Jan 14, 2007 Pennsylvania
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    In the game of rock, paper, scissors, broken glass, plastic baggie, broken glass beats plastic baggie.
     
    #28 jwjon1, Jul 10, 2013
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  9. crusian

    crusian Pooh-Bah (1,989) May 14, 2010 Oregon
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    Local police have nothing to do with interstate commerce. waaay out of their jurisdiction. I'm sure they don't have a local law about it.
     
    #29 crusian, Jul 10, 2013
  10. JohnfromPurdue

    JohnfromPurdue Zealot (572) Apr 27, 2009 Indiana
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    Shipping beer without proper license is illegal whether you use USPS, UPS, or FEDEX. It is not more illegal to ship USPS than the others. USPS does not make any laws, Congress does. Just because USPS is government run doesn't mean that they work under different interstate commerce laws. The perception on BA seems to be that USPS has a red line to ATF or the local police department just because they are government run. I don't believe this to be true. Breaking a USPS T&C is not necessarily breaking the law. T&Cs between shipping companies may be different but they all must conform to the same interstate commerce laws.
     
    #30 JohnfromPurdue, Jul 10, 2013
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  11. minnesotaryan

    minnesotaryan Initiate (0) Dec 27, 2010 Minnesota

    Nope, I work in shipping, I can open any box I want, I don't, but we have the right to make sure people aren't sending drugs, body parts, bombs etc
     
    #31 minnesotaryan, Jul 10, 2013
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  12. pjl44

    pjl44 Initiate (0) Oct 3, 2008 Massachusetts

    If you were a UPS worker having a shit day and the cherry on top is having to clean up beer that leaked everywhere from a poorly packed box, you might call the cops.
     
    #32 pjl44, Jul 10, 2013
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  13. HomeBrewed

    HomeBrewed Initiate (0) Dec 10, 2006 Minnesota

    FTFY. You yourself said you should've packed better. If your box can't even make it out of the store, that is an awful packing job.
     
    #33 HomeBrewed, Jul 10, 2013
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  14. MssrTussaud

    MssrTussaud Initiate (0) Apr 17, 2013 California

    I read the thread twice just to be sure -- who is Tom and what role did he play in this? It's definitely a sneaky story.
     
    #34 MssrTussaud, Jul 10, 2013
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  15. rynosf23

    rynosf23 Initiate (0) Feb 5, 2013 Florida

    To my packing defense...it was a thick ass growler that broke. I have dropped it off a counter before and it didn't get a scratch. I think the ole bag took a hammer to it.
     
    #35 rynosf23, Jul 10, 2013
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  16. MADhombrewer

    MADhombrewer Initiate (0) Jun 4, 2008 Oregon

    I doubt she has the "right" to call the cops. Waste of the clerks/officers time.
     
    #36 MADhombrewer, Jul 10, 2013
  17. minnesotaryan

    minnesotaryan Initiate (0) Dec 27, 2010 Minnesota

    Do you even ship growlers?
     
    #37 minnesotaryan, Jul 10, 2013
  18. Bluecane

    Bluecane Initiate (0) Dec 30, 2011 New York

    Everyone has the "right" to call the cops. However, she obviously does not have the right to command cops to show up at OP's door -- no lay person has such authority. The police themselves had to decide to follow through on the report/call/whatever from the UPS employee by going to OP's home.
     
    #38 Bluecane, Jul 10, 2013
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  19. kmello69

    kmello69 Initiate (0) Nov 27, 2011 Texas

    When shipping growlers, garbage bag the entire box, and then maybe the individual growlers as well. Those suckers are notorious for leaking.

    Seriously though, what the hell happened to that box before it even left the store?
     
    #39 kmello69, Jul 10, 2013
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  20. MADhombrewer

    MADhombrewer Initiate (0) Jun 4, 2008 Oregon

    That is what I ment. For the clerk to have them show up at OPs house. If that is what happened.

    What is Ozzie doing these days anyway?
     
    #40 MADhombrewer, Jul 10, 2013
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