the transit table is pinned and built from what members actually reported, not from what suppliers quote
#shipping-customs 2026-01-17
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Highlights from this day
- cold_chain_cmdr — winter shipping into a cold country risks freezing, which is a different problem from heat and gets discussed less 10:07
- knees_first — update from 13 months ago: Sweden transit has got slower, consistently, across four orders 13:21
- bex_bloods — for the archive summer into a hot country is the risk. order in a cooler month if you have the choice 14:16
follow up customs charge came to $38, is that normal for Canada
winter shipping into a cold country risks freezing, which is a different problem from heat and gets discussed less
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is vat charged on the declared value or what they think it is worth
the same address every time is fine. a different address every time looks worse, not better
a port stall is not the same as a customs hold and the tracking language usually distinguishes them, happy to be corrected
*Medutest not the other one
thats normal transit
anyone shipping into Germany in summer and what do you do about it
paying for a faster service does not speed up customs. it speeds up the legs either side of customs, thats one data point
has anyone had a parcel arrive after being marked as returned
no wording advice here
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mine took 12 days
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i have lost 5 parcels in three years across a lot of orders. that is the actual rate for me
i had a parcel marked returned that arrived eleven days later. it happens
parcel is sitting at a port with no movement, is that customs or just a port
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 deliveredhow many parcels have people lost in total
nobody here can tell you what will clear customs where you live and the mods stop that conversation quickly
if you query a missing parcel, be factual and patient. the good suppliers respond to that
*that should say weekly
a seizure letter is usually the end of it. you have lost the parcel and that is almost always the whole consequence
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tracking has been dark for 8 days, at what point do i worry
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a liquid cold pack tells you it was above freezing, not that the vial cooked. lyophilised powder is robust
thats slower than usual
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vat is usually charged on declared value plus shipping, and the handling fee is often more than the vat
reship policies vary enormously. BCH honoured one for me without being pushed, which is not universal
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be patient with support
what happened when you queried a missing parcel with the supplier
winter shipping into a cold country risks freezing, which is a different problem from heat and gets discussed less
Recon calculator: 15mg in 0.5ml = 2mg/ml.
sorry to jump in postal has been better than courier for me every single time. couriers are more thorough
cold pack arrived warm after 5 days, does it matter
update from 13 months ago: Sweden transit has got slower, consistently, across four orders
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signature requirements slow things down and do not obviously reduce loss
the parcel is the risk you accepted. that is worth remembering before it becomes a crisis
quick one split shipments arriving weeks apart is normal and is usually a stock thing, not a customs thing
ask about reship
18 days to Ireland with working tracking the whole way is at the good end of what i have seen
janoshik-a-2418.pdf
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thats the end of it
ports do that
thats a stock split
[edited]for the archive summer into a hot country is the risk. order in a cooler month if you have the choice
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Reminder set. I will post here in 5 days.
postal not courier
order in winter
how long is transit to Poland running at the moment
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*VendorInvestigate not the other one
i declare it as what it is at a low value. we do not discuss wording beyond that here, ask me again in a month
handling fee is the killer
manila_meniscusquick one split shipments arriving weeks apart is normal and is usually a stock thing,…
courier or postal service, which has been better for Spain
handling fee is the killer, happy to be corrected
thats normal transit
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for the archive ask about reship
slightly off topic but powder is robust, anyway
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update on the earlier thing no wording advice here, thats just me
winter shipping into a cold country risks freezing, which is a different problem from heat and gets discussed less