The mailman lived across from me and I also knew everyone at the post office, it was a small rural town but mail and interaction with the outside world was more than half the economy if not almost all of it. Even the commercial farmers sold their products to Asia.
Because of this I was able to bring in anything from anywhere in the world and because of where I was and how mail was routed through large centers I learned the ins and outs of my national post system, I learned a lot about shipping and freight. People are scared to order things because we all believe drugs are evil and the NSA is watching our every move, I don't think drugs are illegal or wrong at all so I spent years studying the laws of precursors, grey market drugs, research chemicals. Nothing I have ever imported has ever been seized or inspected by customs ever.
You can order acetic anhydride, sodium borohydride and pretty much any hazardous chemical you want from ebay.
Also if you live with your parents just order a million ronkle toys from amazon and T-shirts from peach kelli pop, coathangers and indie bands so you have a constant stream of random shit being mailed to you at all times that way even the nosiest people will get bored of opening your mail.
My dad used to open all my mail hoping I was ordering in cocaine but he missed all my bulk benzo purchases and mostly only saw video games and electronics stuff but once he did open a package I got from UK with 3 meth pipes. I said it was for DMT LOL!!! (It actually was for DMT which was also on the way but I only did it once) Those pipes were like my first girlfriend it sucked when they all broke.