vat is usually charged on declared value plus shipping, and the handling fee is often more than the vat, thats one data point
#shipping-customs 2025-01-04
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- two_lifts_a_week — for the archive has anyone had a parcel arrive after being marked as returned 18:33
- two_lifts_a_week — nobody here can tell you what will clear customs where you live and the mods stop that conversation quickly, from memory 19:04
- two_lifts_a_week — slightly off topic but declared value, do you go low or realistic a seizure letter is usually the end of it. you have lost the parcel and that is almost always the… 19:09
- endotoxin_ed — i declare it as what it is at a low value. we do not discuss wording beyond that here 19:32
signature requirements slow things down and do not obviously reduce loss
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handling fee is the killer
for the archive has anyone had a parcel arrive after being marked as returned
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paying for a faster service does not speed up customs. it speeds up the legs either side of customs
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a port stall is not the same as a customs hold and the tracking language usually distinguishes them
nobody here can tell you what will clear customs where you live and the mods stop that conversation quickly, from memory
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21 days to Sweden with working tracking the whole way is at the good end of what i have seen
slightly off topic but declared value, do you go low or realistic
a seizure letter is usually the end of it. you have lost the parcel and that is almost always the whole consequence
medutest-report-f-1330.pdf
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update from 24 months ago: Sweden transit has got slower, consistently, across four orders
ports do that
while im here the parcel is the risk you accepted. that is worth remembering before it becomes a crisis, i have it written down somewhere
split shipments arriving weeks apart is normal and is usually a stock thing, not a customs thing
i declare it as what it is at a low value. we do not discuss wording beyond that here
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tracking going dark for a week or ten days at a port is common and resolves on its own most of the time
[edited]i have lost 8 parcels in three years across a lot of orders. that is the actual rate for me
ask about reship
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