Anybody ever get one of these? From Spain with love! Damn customs!
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I’d frame that 100%. Achievement gained!
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Yes, i got 2 when i ordered seeds from Seed Supreme in EU, sent to the US. Fortunately i had paid extra for “guarenteed delivery” and the seeds made it on the THIRD attempt.
I’m sorry this happened to you, i hope the seed vendor re-ships to you.
BTW, the first line on the form says the item inside was MOVING. WTF? Was there an animal inside?
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Definitely contact the seller and have them send you more.
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That’s pretty standard for any seeds or plants getting imported without paperwork, that get checked. Hopefully they resend a smarter way.
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Hopefully you stop buying seeds from Spain after this
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“Moving in the mail in violation of the agriculture quarantine regulation pertaining to the entry and movement of plants” is the exact phrase - seems more like typical legalese for “no paperwork,” like @JustANobody said. Usually nothing happens, they don’t follow up or anything, though I wouldn’t go and file an inquiry with them to complain either. 
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yeah. i got one 3yrs ago when i first started growing. my first order from seedsman came without issue, so i got bold and went for a 2nd order. my second order, i went to a different seedbank. ordered from herbies in spain. shipment got pinched and i got the letter from customs. i expected my door to be kicked in for about a week (my state is still illegal).
thankfully nothing happened.
honestly, i think customs has bigger problems than a bunch of seeds. i don’t think they follow up with weed seeds. back in the day, there was zero tolerance for this. i remember people going to jail having their orders from sensi seed bank intercepted.
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I HAD a Drawer full!!! Seedsman got “pinched” hard there for a while. Nothing happens to either Sender or Addressee. I just Messaged a copy of Seizure Form, they reshipped until they made it through. WELCOME TO DA CLUB!!! SS/BW…mister 
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I guess it was missing a Phyto-sanitary certificate!
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right? it’s like a right of passage.
sure do get nervous your first time though, so understandable.
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Plant protection act - what are they protecting it from? 
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but why does the U.S. Dept of Acriculture send you a letter from Valencia.Spain?? …or did i get that wrong?
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Letter was sent due to interception at JFK airport. It was intercepted due to detection and lack of declaration through customs. Agriculture dept keeps invasive plants from entering US. I buy all my seeds in US now to avoid “the letter” and buying in the states isn’t the issue that it was when I first started growing.
At least they send a letter that you can show seller (some will resend).
Smib
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Viruses and dieses’s that could potentially destroy agriculture in our country.
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They intercepted a package from Spain, the letter didn’t come from Spain. It says right in the letter where it was intercepted.
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Yup, I got one from the same sender… Lost my BBM
All plants and seeds mailed internationally are required to have a phyto-sanitary certificate certifying the item to be bug and disease free.
My letter shows a dark outline of what may have been the paper the seeds were in as well as a fold line which implies to me that it could have gotten caught (folded) in the sorting machinery. Any loose object in a letter makes that letter suspicious… letter mail is for letters and cannot have objects which move around in them.
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Why wouldn’t you buy BBM from the breeder that made it in the US?
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Aye,
I just posted this elsewhere but the only time i had a real seizure was when I requested some adjustments on a 3d printed hand bucker. Homie threw in some seeds. Bam, seized.
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