postal theft...pay attention...

so let me start, this is a true story... i have a cbr 600 with mad extras, one of those bikes thats got way more in it than it should... regardless, i sold the bike to a close friend of mine in ny state, and im in cali.. our deal was id get new tires, chain&sprockets... blah blah blah.... so to ship it from cali to ny state, its goes from 2-300 range to 1000+.. anyways my buddy was supposed to send me a money order for 5600 but was in a rush (said he was on lunch break while trying to send my money)... so long story short he said he could only get money orders for 500 or 1000 and only 2 per day i think so i said go to a bank and get a cahsiers check.... he said he didnt have time... so he sent the cash express mail, now heres where it gets interesting, postal inspectors grabbed it and after ALL DAY calls to them finally they showed up at my house with it, still sealed, and said the narcotics dog hit on it and if i didnt give him permission to search hed take it to get a warrant or whatever they need to open it, so i said yeah open it im sure theres nothing illegal in it... just the $... so he did.... said there were a few 20 bills and it looked like drug money and he was going to seize it... he claimed the drug dog sniffed it out and i knew there was no drugs in it so i think BULLSHIT... but regardless of that i saw a show saying something like 80% of US currecy tests positive for something... so anyways they seized it and said after 30-60 days they will either keep it or send it back.... i told him then show me the drugs this is associated with, i showed him the bike, showede him the corespondence between me and the buyer, ( i used to date his cousin and he was my roomate for about 6 months) so needless to say hes no stranger.. but the only probable couse they said was because there were a few $20s in the box and the dog alerted, now if the dog alerted and i gave permission to open it without a warrant and there was nothing ilegal in it shouldent i get it back??... now im going to see in the morning what my attorney can do for it but isnt this a bullshit scheme by the post office... on the usps inspectors website they had a story where someone in l.a. sent drugs to brooklyn and the employees stole them out of it then wrapped the box back up and put it back on the managers desk... and they got caught... but for me, this is not any kind of drug transaction, i even said if im a drug dealer to the east coast arrest me, they wouldent just said they were going to seize the $ until they made their final decision, so theres no drugs associated with me and any drugs out there, i even showed the inspector the texts where we were taking about the bike, had him call my friend who was going to buy it who backed up my story..... anyways enough of my rambling, i asked the local police if what happened was against the law and all he said was "stupid yes, illeagl no" so now i have a good friend who paid for, but has no bike, is there any recourse i can take for this bullshit siezure???

sorry guys just venting but id love to hear some different opinions on this... the local police said"if its against the law to mail cash then we would be chasing every granny on christmas" so regardless, the postoffice site says you can send up to 25,000 or 50,000 but after than you need to buy your own insurance for it... but yeah im about to hit the roof all day... let say for argument i was doing something shady theres no way id invite the inspectors over, id probably be on my way to mexico haha

My attention span is way to low to even begin to read all that.

Paragraphs please!!!!!!!!!!!

Well I read it, and I definitely think you need to call a lawyer. They probably wont listen to you, but one call frm a lawyer's phone and they'll probably shit themselves. Especially since you truly have nothing to worry about.

What a big headache over stupidity... Well, you have the long term correspondence on your side, and you were open and cooperative... It's the same case over here I swear all the money tests positive for something or other. I'm no legal expert but wanted you to know I care! That sucks. *cuddle*

I wouldn't hesitate to sue them in small claims court, most states allow up to 5K in claims.

Your buddy is a dumb ass for mailing cash. And I don't see how they can seize something not illegal. I would have demanded the envelope when they had it at my house, and would have promptly called the police when they didn't give me possession of it. I would have had the police on the phone before he left.

Hmmmm.....that was the last post of a long term member, guess he is in a facility that does not allow poting to Rollitup.

PS It is the friends problem...............if the story was ligit, more likely it was a man's last day of freedom, if it was for weed God bless, if powder ya can rot.

pay attention...... PUNCTUATION please.

read it anyway, fuckin bs that man, hope you both get sorted out.

rowlman said:

My attention span is way to low to even begin to read all that.

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That sucks

so you gave permission to search...nough said

Ice -t said it best my friend! Wont quote him tho lol, First of all my hackles went up for them to assume that you printed that money and the"hit" the dog got was from anything other than the damn money. How many hands does money go through before we get it for a transaction? I will be surpirised if you deciede to pursue this if these individuals still have a job after this stupidity! I have had a dog hit on money that came from a casino lmao, god damn pit bosses using them as straws no doubt! Short story they be fucked! Over stepped there bounds "big time"!

Yep, time to see a lawyer.
Shame you don't live in the UK.
Tampering with the mail here is still technically treason and they could be looking at jail time.

and it looked like drug money and he was going to seize it... he claimed the drug dog sniffed it out and i knew there was no drugs in it so i think BULLSHIT

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if this is real... I had to laugh at this part..


Dude.. You have to keep one of those 10,000 facts books handy next to the pot.


[h=1]New study finds that 90% of U.S. currency has cocaine residue on it[/h]

If your shipping cash, use a vacuum sealer. Large amounts of cash smells like drugs.

Although the only thing I find wrong with the story is that I don't understand why they wouldn't just keep the package and wait on a warrant. There can't be too many PO agents just fishing for searches on every package the dog alerts. I feel like they would have a judge just signing warrants all day instead while they hold your mail.

Probably showed up on Xray, then they got the dog to hit on it. Or they were bluffing to try and get you to admit it was drug money.