paying for a faster service does not speed up customs. it speeds up the legs either side of customs, from memory
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#shipping-customs 2026-04-12
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- clove_charts — paying for a faster service does not speed up customs. it speeds up the legs either side of customs, from memory 08:57
- clove_charts — update on the earlier thing if you query a missing parcel, be factual and patient. the good suppliers respond to that, i think 09:00
- pbs_pip — summer into a hot country is the risk. order in a cooler month if you have the choice 10:18
- gip_glp_gil — the parcel is the risk you accepted. that is worth remembering before it becomes a crisis 11:20
- triple_ag_tom — coming back to this postal has been better than courier for me every single time. couriers are more thorough 12:57
update on the earlier thing if you query a missing parcel, be factual and patient. the good suppliers respond to that, i think
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the same address every time is fine. a different address every time looks worse, not better
6 days to Spain with working tracking the whole way is at the good end of what i have seen
i declare it as what it is at a low value. we do not discuss wording beyond that here
winter shipping into a cold country risks freezing, which is a different problem from heat and gets discussed less
summer into a hot country is the risk. order in a cooler month if you have the choice
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the transit table is pinned and built from what members actually reported, not from what suppliers quote
a liquid cold pack tells you it was above freezing, not that the vial cooked. lyophilised powder is robust
ok so update from 4 months ago: Germany transit has got slower, consistently, across four orders
i had a parcel marked returned that arrived eleven days later. it happens
tracking going dark for a week or ten days at a port is common and resolves on its own most of the time
does a signature requirement help or hurt
signature requirements slow things down and do not obviously reduce loss
ask about reship
the parcel is the risk you accepted. that is worth remembering before it becomes a crisis
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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
the transit table is pinned and built from what members actually reported, not from what suppliers quote
right so ports do that
anyone had a split shipment arrive weeks apart
Testing queue: 9 submissions open, 61 awaiting dispatch.
coming back to this vat is usually charged on declared value plus shipping, and the handling fee is often more than the vat, ymmv
declared value, do you go low or realistic
thats a stock split
split shipments arriving weeks apart is normal and is usually a stock thing, not a customs thing
while im here anyone shipping into Sweden in summer and what do you do about it
what happened when you queried a missing parcel with the supplier
coming back to this postal has been better than courier for me every single time. couriers are more thorough
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postal not courier
does CPC actually honour a reship or is it decorative
i have lost 6 parcels in three years across a lot of orders. that is the actual rate for me
reship policies vary enormously. KP honoured one for me without being pushed, which is not universal
order in winter