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USPS International Restricted Materials... A bass bridge.
- Thread starter bobunit
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Description of contents: bass and tortoise shell. How could they possibly say no to that.
They couldn't x-ray it because it ws opaque and rejected the item. Try again is your only option. Maybe just call it a guitar bridge - the fewer words in the description, the better. I'd also tape a picture of the item on the out side of the package. Their job is to err on the side of caution and prevent planes from blowing up in the sky or sending canisters of fentanyl through the mail.
Not unless that is some kind of EM shielded metallic lined wrapper. If the X-rays go through the cardboard, they will also penetrate the paper wrapper. Unless they don't like that the xray wont penetrate the bridge itself. Maybe they expected to see wires and circuits like you would in a cell phone and just get a solid metal block when they xray it. maybe they think there are explosives hidden inside the bridge, lol.
This is what the contents looked like... Bubblewrap, a plastic bag and a foil label.
The carrier is probably confusing "mailpiece" with tailpiece. Or they could be confusing "mailpiece" with male piece, in which case they are trying to do you a favor because nobody wants their male piece lost in the mail.
Just write "For the ladies. Batteries not included" on the package, and resend.
Just write "For the ladies. Batteries not included" on the package, and resend.
LOL I changed my post after I went back and looked at it again. Anaconda Gold. Nice. Almost bought a 70 in that color was a rust bucket so I passed. I have a 68 Firebird 400 instead. Gold 70 GTO always makes me think of Paul Newmans ride in Slapshot!
Nice Ride
Wait one....!Description of contents: bass and tortoise shell. How could they possibly say no to that.
Is that what you wrote as the description?
Maybe it was "Tortoise shell" that tripped the alarm!
They thought.................!!!!
The description on the customs declaration was: bass guitar parts
DiabolusInMusic
Functionless Art is Merely Tolerated Vandalism
It has to do with the finish on the hardware. There isn't a blanket ban on black hardware, just on certain finishing options. I would guess it has to do with the powder coating but, again, it is all over my paygrade.
I always just drop bass from any description of a package contents and just go with guitar. So far so good.
The carriers might this this is what a BASS guitar looks like:
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