Sup fellas,
As some of you may be aware (particularly Australians who have ordered of PXS), that certain ingredients such as androsterone and DHEA are banned.
SteveO sorted it out and has figured out a way to deliver them -- most vendors dont list their ingredients anyway.
Just a quick recap: Basically, a while ago customs seized a pheromone order from PXS because they contained the ingredients above. Typical uptight customs immediately deemed them as steroids, and confiscated them. In the mean time, SteveO had reshipped the order, and once again, it was seized. Under the INCI laws, they should be legal to import - but customs wasn't having it.
SteveO eventually figured out a way to deliver the goods - great.
Today, on my return from an overseas trip, I was pulled aside by customs personally to have all my goods inspected. Because of what happened earlier (customs confiscating several orders which they thought were steroids).
Once the customs "officer" told me what I was being checked for, I explained what pheromones actually are, and he seemed to grasp a basic understanding of the concept. Anyway, I had several bottles in there - API, A314, and Dirty Primitive.
He immediately changed his somewhat friendly demeanor and told me that they should have been declared. I told him I didn't think it was declareworthy because they're not used as steroids, and cant be ingested. He wasn't having it, and immediately had each item sent off to their lab to test them for steroids.
Surprise Surprise, nothing came of any of them and I walked out a little bit pissed off this happened over some fucking pheromones. It's none of the vendors vault, just Australian being the nanny state it typically is.
At some point, I asked a female officer if I could just leave them behind because I had people waiting for me. She replied "I have people waiting for me too" (in a smartass way). I immediately took offense to that and told her directly she doesn't need to get smart about it, and should be more professional. I walked away and waited for them to finish their bullshit testing.
Just a story if any of you guys in OZ have had your stuff confiscated.
As some of you may be aware (particularly Australians who have ordered of PXS), that certain ingredients such as androsterone and DHEA are banned.
SteveO sorted it out and has figured out a way to deliver them -- most vendors dont list their ingredients anyway.
Just a quick recap: Basically, a while ago customs seized a pheromone order from PXS because they contained the ingredients above. Typical uptight customs immediately deemed them as steroids, and confiscated them. In the mean time, SteveO had reshipped the order, and once again, it was seized. Under the INCI laws, they should be legal to import - but customs wasn't having it.
SteveO eventually figured out a way to deliver the goods - great.
Today, on my return from an overseas trip, I was pulled aside by customs personally to have all my goods inspected. Because of what happened earlier (customs confiscating several orders which they thought were steroids).
Once the customs "officer" told me what I was being checked for, I explained what pheromones actually are, and he seemed to grasp a basic understanding of the concept. Anyway, I had several bottles in there - API, A314, and Dirty Primitive.
He immediately changed his somewhat friendly demeanor and told me that they should have been declared. I told him I didn't think it was declareworthy because they're not used as steroids, and cant be ingested. He wasn't having it, and immediately had each item sent off to their lab to test them for steroids.
Surprise Surprise, nothing came of any of them and I walked out a little bit pissed off this happened over some fucking pheromones. It's none of the vendors vault, just Australian being the nanny state it typically is.
At some point, I asked a female officer if I could just leave them behind because I had people waiting for me. She replied "I have people waiting for me too" (in a smartass way). I immediately took offense to that and told her directly she doesn't need to get smart about it, and should be more professional. I walked away and waited for them to finish their bullshit testing.
Just a story if any of you guys in OZ have had your stuff confiscated.