Why not use a fake name and/or ship to an office or alternate address for customs reasons?

[clayd]

Been hearing more about the main risk of customs seizure for US citizens is getting global entry/nexus revoked and never being able to get it back. It's not the biggest deal to me now but it could be in the future, never know.

Just wondering if you just put a fake name on the shipment, even if it goes to your mailing address, certainly customs couldn't know exactly who the package was intended for and probably wouldn't do much investigation to find out, would that save you from getting blacklisted? Would they blacklist your entire household?

And for people who work in an office, why not have your package sent to your office under a fake name, and tell the office staff you're waiting on a package for that person. I work at home but there's a co-working space I use sometimes where I can have packages shipped. Or maybe you could send it to your granny's house under your fake name because granny ain't ever need global entry anyway...

Are any of you doing any of these things or something else to avoid getting a CBP blacklist?

 

[brentm]

Eh... it just means it takes a little longer to get through customs right?

Where are you seeing the seizure leading to a revocation of global entry? A quick google showed one person saying it didn't affect his renewal. But that's only one person.

Don't respond to any letters from customs if you get one. China is well-known for unsolicited shipping. Remember the random packages of seeds people were getting?

But with the worst case of it being a longer wait in customs lines... vs.. improving your health, life, and possibly life expectancy by gray market shipments.... I'll take longer lines in customs.

 

[clayd]

Eh... it just means it takes a little longer to get through customs right?

Where are you seeing the seizure leading to a revocation of global entry? A quick google showed one person saying it didn't affect his renewal. But that's only one person.

Don't respond to any letters from customs if you get one. China is well-known for unsolicited shipping. Remember the random packages of seeds people were getting?

But with the worst case of it being a longer wait in customs lines... vs.. improving your health, life, and possibly life expectancy by gray market shipments.... I'll take longer lines in customs.

many accounts online of people who got their GE revoked after customs seized a package.
i don't do much int'l travel but i guess GE is a pretty big difference for people who do a lot of it.

 

[GimmeABreak]

Been hearing more about the main risk of customs seizure for US citizens is getting global entry/nexus revoked and never being able to get it back. It's not the biggest deal to me now but it could be in the future, never know.

Just wondering if you just put a fake name on the shipment, even if it goes to your mailing address, certainly customs couldn't know exactly who the package was intended for and probably wouldn't do much investigation to find out, would that save you from getting blacklisted? Would they blacklist your entire household?

And for people who work in an office, why not have your package sent to your office under a fake name, and tell the office staff you're waiting on a package for that person. I work at home but there's a co-working space I use sometimes where I can have packages shipped. Or maybe you could send it to your granny's house under your fake name because granny ain't ever need global entry anyway...

Are any of you doing any of these things or something else to avoid getting a CBP blacklist?

I asked this same question on another forum and did not get many responses. I am going to try an alternate name the next time I order to see if the package arrives as expected. Probably won't be ordering for a while though. I don't want to lose my GE and it would be even worse if it impacted my wife's GE.