New Shipping Vaporizer / Accessories Law

[haydenxxl]

Hey,

So I was thinking of opening up an online store selling vapes and e-pens,

I was told by the tobacco license comptroller (im in TX, btw) that I wouldn't need a tobacco license, but there is a new law (in TX, and i think its starting in other states too) that to legally ship out the stuff, I have to get the recipient to scan me their license, sign upon deliver, and (here's the deal breaker for me) every month send the state a copy of each of the license's I took. I definitely agree that the whole mail order/ internet order stuff was a little unregulated [I was able to buy anything I wanted online before being 18
But the whole providing the government the copy of the I.D. too seems a little bit of an invasion of customer privacy.

Thoughts? Am I being too paranoid?

Also please link me any threads regarding the legality of shipping vapes, I remember seeing one awhile back about a similar subject but can't seem to find it in the search.

 

[killick]

I have no clue about any of the laws, but they want you to get a scan of a license for an herbal device? It can be used for vaporizing dandelions...

 

[Joel W.]

If they insist..

 

[haydenxxl]

LMAO
@Joel W.

 

[Delta3DStudios]

E-cigarettes (and by extension, vaporizers) are considered a "High Risk" product by visa. There is a lot of returns, bank chargebacks and stolen credit cards (apparently). I know starting my business has been a bitch to find a way to sell my products online.

That said, I am only selling accessories, not juices, not vaporizers. That puts me into a slightly different class than other businesses.

So far this is new to me, I haven't heard of this before, but if that's the case, you might want to consider opening your business in a state which doesn't have those laws.....

 

[His_Highness]

Hey,

So I was thinking of opening up an online store selling vapes and e-pens,

I was told by the tobacco license comptroller (im in TX, btw) that I wouldn't need a tobacco license, but there is a new law (in TX, and i think its starting in other states too) that to legally ship out the stuff, I have to get the recipient to scan me their license, sign upon deliver, and (here's the deal breaker for me) every month send the state a copy of each of the license's I took. I definitely agree that the whole mail order/ internet order stuff was a little unregulated [I was able to buy anything I wanted online before being 18
But the whole providing the government the copy of the I.D. too seems a little bit of an invasion of customer privacy.

Thoughts? Am I being too paranoid?

Also please link me any threads regarding the legality of shipping vapes, I remember seeing one awhile back about a similar subject but can't seem to find it in the search.

Whoa! Can you imagine the reaction many of us would have had the first time we went to order from PIU or such if we were asked for a copy of our license!?!?!? Instant transaction killer for me and ass-u-me the same for a bunch of other folk as well. Is it possible the comptroller may have been talking about the tobacco laws and not the law for vapes? I never heard of such a thing and this is the site where it would have been touted big time.

 

[haydenxxl]

Whoa! Can you imagine the reaction many of us would have had the first time we went to order from PIU or such if we were asked for a copy of our license!?!?!? Instant transaction killer for me and ass-u-me the same for a bunch of other folk as well. Is it possible the comptroller may have been talking about the tobacco laws and not the law for vapes? I never heard of such a thing and this is the site where it would have been touted big time.

It may just be a Texas law, but I was on the phone with her a good while and she was adamant about the ID scanning, it's a shame

 

[little maggie]

I know they require them at dispensaries but for too many reasons, I would feel totally unsafe doing that mail order.

 

[Joel W.]

It may just be a Texas law

http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2015/10/26/how-texas-became-norwegian-for-crazy/

heard this on the radio this morning..