re: The UPS store would not ship my scope. UPDATE

20 years ago, I would ship, via UPS, cheaper Virginia cigarettes to a friend of mine who lived in Missouri. Same brand out there was about 4 times the Virginia price. UPS wouldn't ship cigarettes if I told them that was what was in the box. They told me to put some socks in the box and label the box as "socks" and they would ship it...and did.