signature requirements slow things down and do not obviously reduce loss
#shipping-customs 2025-11-24
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coming back to this winter shipping into a cold country risks freezing, which is a different problem from heat and gets discussed less
update on the earlier thing anyone shipping into Poland in summer and what do you do about it
no wording advice here
declared value, do you go low or realistic
mine took 19 days
the same address every time is fine. a different address every time looks worse, not better, we shall see
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summer into a hot country is the risk. order in a cooler month if you have the choice
update from 23 months ago: Ireland transit has got slower, consistently, across four orders
quick one has anyone had a parcel arrive after being marked as returned
courier or postal service, which has been better for Japan
the transit table is pinned and built from what members actually reported, not from what suppliers quote, happy to be corrected
split shipments arriving weeks apart is normal and is usually a stock thing, not a customs thing
powder is robust
order in winter
postal not courier
tracking going dark for a week or ten days at a port is common and resolves on its own most of the time
a port stall is not the same as a customs hold and the tracking language usually distinguishes them
d0 label created
d2 accepted, origin
d4 departed origin
d6 in transit
d6-16 nothing at all
d17 arrived destination country
d19 customs cleared
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customs charge came to $55, is that normal for the Netherlands
for the archive i have lost 6 parcels in three years across a lot of orders. that is the actual rate for me
paying for a faster service does not speed up customs. it speeds up the legs either side of customs
is it worth paying for a faster service or does customs eat the difference
a liquid cold pack tells you it was above freezing, not that the vial cooked. lyophilised powder is robust
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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
reship policies vary enormously. ERP honoured one for me without being pushed, which is not universal
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unrelated but nobody here can tell you what will clear customs where you live and the mods stop that conversation quickly
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i had a parcel marked returned that arrived eleven days later. it happens
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 delivered8 days to Australia with working tracking the whole way is at the good end of what i have seen
the parcel is the risk you accepted. that is worth remembering before it becomes a crisis, ymmv
if you query a missing parcel, be factual and patient. the good suppliers respond to that
ok so how long is transit to Poland running at the moment
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thats the end of it
cold pack arrived warm after 20 days, does it matter
what happened when you queried a missing parcel with the supplier
Recon calculator: 40mg in 1ml = 8mg/ml.
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thats slower than usual
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give it another week
ask about reship
unrelated but vat is usually charged on declared value plus shipping, and the handling fee is often more than the vat, anyway
does WWB actually honour a reship or is it decorative
coming back after 12 months, has anything changed with Ireland
i declare it as what it is at a low value. we do not discuss wording beyond that here
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ports do that
fake_trackinga seizure letter is usually the end of it. you have lost the parcel and that is almost…
what does the room consider a normal transit time now
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