vat is usually charged on declared value plus shipping, and the handling fee is often more than the vat
#shipping-customs 2025-06-24
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- stack_sceptic — nobody here can tell you what will clear customs where you live and the mods stop that conversation quickly reship policies vary enormously. JEEP honoured one for me… 22:19
- u100_pat — i declare it as what it is at a low value. we do not discuss wording beyond that here 22:21
- low_and_slow — reship policies vary enormously. SWB honoured one for me without being pushed, which is not universal 22:47
be patient with support
signature requirements slow things down and do not obviously reduce loss
does a signature requirement help or hurt
[edited]mine took 15 days
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winter shipping into a cold country risks freezing, which is a different problem from heat and gets discussed less
a liquid cold pack tells you it was above freezing, not that the vial cooked. lyophilised powder is robust
update from 6 months ago: Sweden transit has got slower, consistently, across four orders
nobody here can tell you what will clear customs where you live and the mods stop that conversation quickly
reship policies vary enormously. JEEP honoured one for me without being pushed, which is not universal
postal has been better than courier for me every single time. couriers are more thorough
i declare it as what it is at a low value. we do not discuss wording beyond that here
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anyone had a split shipment arrive weeks apart
tracking has been dark for 9 days, at what point do i worry
i had a parcel marked returned that arrived eleven days later. it happens, n of 1 obviously
the same address every time is fine. a different address every time looks worse, not better
do you use the same address every time
how long is transit to the UK running at the moment
anyone shipping into Ireland in summer and what do you do about it
the parcel is the risk you accepted. that is worth remembering before it becomes a crisis
tracking going dark for a week or ten days at a port is common and resolves on its own most of the time
coming back to this declared value, do you go low or realistic
reship policies vary enormously. SWB honoured one for me without being pushed, which is not universal
powder is robust
5 days to the UK with working tracking the whole way is at the good end of what i have seen
no wording advice here
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a seizure letter is usually the end of it. you have lost the parcel and that is almost always the whole consequence