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#shipping-customs 2025-08-02

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  • pinch_not_stretch — a seizure letter is usually the end of it. you have lost the parcel and that is almost always the whole consequence 00:11
  • marrow.mod — a port stall is not the same as a customs hold and the tracking language usually distinguishes them 01:02
  • marrow.mod — quick one i declare it as what it is at a low value. we do not discuss wording beyond that here i have lost 6 parcels in three years across a lot of orders. that is… 02:05
  • residual_solvent — update on the earlier thing customs charge came to €38, is that normal for the Netherlands i declare it as what it is at a low value. we do not discuss wording beyond… 02:36

parcel is sitting at a port with no movement, is that customs or just a port

a seizure letter is usually the end of it. you have lost the parcel and that is almost always the whole consequence

MM

postal has been better than courier for me every single time. couriers are more thorough

PN

the parcel is the risk you accepted. that is worth remembering before it becomes a crisis, anyway

MM

is it worth paying for a faster service or does customs eat the difference

MM

a port stall is not the same as a customs hold and the tracking language usually distinguishes them

VI

what happened when you queried a missing parcel with the supplier

VI

is vat charged on the declared value or what they think it is worth

MM

quick one i declare it as what it is at a low value. we do not discuss wording beyond that here
i have lost 6 parcels in three years across a lot of orders. that is the actual rate for me

RS

update on the earlier thing customs charge came to €38, is that normal for the Netherlands
i declare it as what it is at a low value. we do not discuss wording beyond that here

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no wording advice here