does a signature requirement help or hurt
#shipping-customs 2025-11-15
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- subq_sy — split shipments arriving weeks apart is normal and is usually a stock thing, not a customs thing 14:24
- subq_sy — ok so i had a parcel marked returned that arrived eleven days later. it happens 14:25
- subq_sy — sorry to jump in signature requirements slow things down and do not obviously reduce loss paying for a faster service does not speed up customs. it speeds up the legs… 15:13
- apob_over_ldl — summer into a hot country is the risk. order in a cooler month if you have the choice 15:16
- subq_sy — declared value, do you go low or realistic 16:14
thats a stock split
transit-times.csv
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powder is robust
postal has been better than courier for me every single time. couriers are more thorough
split shipments arriving weeks apart is normal and is usually a stock thing, not a customs thing
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ok so i had a parcel marked returned that arrived eleven days later. it happens
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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
vat is usually charged on declared value plus shipping, and the handling fee is often more than the vat
sorry to jump in signature requirements slow things down and do not obviously reduce loss
paying for a faster service does not speed up customs. it speeds up the legs either side of customs
d0 label created
d2 accepted, origin
d4 departed origin
d6 in transit
d6-16 nothing at all
d17 arrived destination country
d19 customs cleared
d21 deliveredsummer into a hot country is the risk. order in a cooler month if you have the choice
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i have lost 9 parcels in three years across a lot of orders. that is the actual rate for me
the parcel is the risk you accepted. that is worth remembering before it becomes a crisis, i could be wrong