Details Regarding Shipping Outside The U.S.

[D-duke]

Hello guys!

As the topics says i need help with some details regarding shipping outside the U.S.

I live i sweden and i want to order some shisha (about 1kg) from hookahjohn.com. I've got a friend living in the U.S. and i was thinking of letting him order the shisha for me and then get him ship it to sweden as a "gift".
Is this a good idea because im afraid the order might get stuck in the customs if i order directly from Hookahjohn? And do you have any suggestions of a good content description to minimize the risk of the shipment getting stuck in the customs? And to make it pass as a gift.

D-duke out

[joytron]

[quote name='D-duke' date='24 May 2010 - 02:04 PM' timestamp='1274735091' post='469321']
Hello guys!

As the topics says i need help with some details regarding shipping outside the U.S.

I live i sweden and i want to order some shisha (about 1kg) from hookahjohn.com. I've got a friend living in the U.S. and i was thinking of letting him order the shisha for me and then get him ship it to sweden as a "gift".
Is this a good idea because im afraid the order might get stuck in the customs if i order directly from Hookahjohn? And do you have any suggestions of a good content description to minimize the risk of the shipment getting stuck in the customs? And to make it pass as a gift.

D-duke out
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I would suggest just emailing or calling john

[Chreees]

Yep, email John at john@hookahjohn.com.

[mushrat]

Please remember this is a public forum, as we have seen from our troubles with Money Friend. Also remember falsifying customs declarations is a crime. Asking a company publicly to break the law may not be a great Idea. I know other companies that were known doing this kind of thing in the past and eventually ANY package sent by them was getting held and opened going into certain countries. So lets try to keep this kind of stuff on the low down. Or at least in a part of the forum NOT open to the general public.

Thank you.

[D-duke]

[quote name='mushrat' date='24 May 2010 - 10:48 PM' timestamp='1274737731' post='469329']<br>Please remember this is a public forum, as we have seen from our troubles with Money Friend. Also remember falsifying customs declarations is a crime. Asking a company publicly to break the law may not be a great Idea. I know other companies that were known doing this kind of thing in the past and eventually ANY package sent by them was getting held and opened going into certain countries. So lets try to keep this kind of stuff on the low down. Or at least in a part of the forum NOT open to the general public.<br><br>Thank you.<br>[/quote]<br><br>Im sorry mushrat. When i was talking about falsifying the customs declaration on the shipment i did not mean that any hookahdealer should do it, i was talking about the "private" shipment between me and my friend after he had acquired the shisha from the dealer. Even though that most certainly is a crime to.

[Caila]

Having it sent to your friend and your friend sending it to you is the best option. A company is not going to mark something as a gift and even if they do once it gets to customs a company is not allowed to send a "gift" to a customer. Send the package to your friend and coming from that person instead of a company you wont have any problems and you will probably avoid the fees that you would have gotten if you had the company ship directly to you. I know people who live out of the country and do the same thing and it works great for them.