http://www.bluelight.org/vb/threads/726189-Legality-of-Importing-Ethylphenidate-in-2014
I'm not getting any responses there. Perhaps I should have asked all that here to begin with. In a nutshell, as of 2014, how likely am I to receive an order of ethylphenidate shipped from the UK to the US? Have things changed significantly enough that I should instead my order to be intercepted?
You're in the US? "Wikipedia says: Legal status Unscheduled (US) (UK)" which is accurate.
So I would guess close to 100%, but you never know if they'll really know what it is, know you probably shouldn't have it and throw it away though it isn't illegal to order or possess, unless it is in individual dosage units/marked for human consumption. If you're ordering a whole lot, I'd test the waters and order a tiny bit and see, though there's not much of a reason why they should stop it.
There are people supplying it in the United States, but as you know, you'll have to find all that stuff yourself as it's not allowed. Just preemptively mentioning it because I can see the question moving in that direction as you have 7 posts - Welcome to Bluelight where the light is blue, and get high too!
To sum it up:
a few grams of a non-scheduled substance, clearly marked with a professional looking label and not marked for human consumption or individual dosage units (better, marked 'not for human consumption'), and not with paraphernalia and you're fine, if it is taken you will not be prosecuted as it is an unscheduled substance. I however just avoid the hassle and forget about customs.... domestic from a known supplier or fuck it. Now get it pressed in pills with little dolphins and colored and you're going to jail. Since no one with a brain will sell it to you in the latter form, you're fairly safe. Even without the label I mentioned (as long as it isn't marked for human consumption, tons of 40-50 mg bags anything that says "I'm an individual dosage unit," or anything which implies "I'm supposed to be consumed"), even with crummy packaging, even from a place with no return address, if they seize it you're not risking arrest for a few grams of this, probably even for a whole lot. I don't think there are any convictions just for someone ordering an analogue in bulk internationally
From your other posts, it is smart to stay away from anyone who's site, or communications or anything of that sort implies that it is to be consumed. Trip reports, dosage, anything more than straight up analytical reports from NMR/GC-MS is a warning sign that says go elsewhere.