while im here i had a parcel marked returned that arrived eleven days later. it happens
#shipping-customs 2026-06-05
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- hair_month_four — tracking going dark for a week or ten days at a port is common and resolves on its own most of the time 17:48
- vat_on_import — update from 4 months ago: Spain transit has got slower, consistently, across four orders 19:06
- VialBot — Verification log updated: WWB — evidence added, status unchanged. 21:58
tracking going dark for a week or ten days at a port is common and resolves on its own most of the time
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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
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the transit table is pinned and built from what members actually reported, not from what suppliers quote
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i declare it as what it is at a low value. we do not discuss wording beyond that here
Assay note: BCH lot B-0329 reported at 99.2% of label content.
i have lost 3 parcels in three years across a lot of orders. that is the actual rate for me
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how long is transit to the Netherlands running at the moment
thats a stock split
anyone shipping into Germany in summer and what do you do about it
a liquid cold pack tells you it was above freezing, not that the vial cooked. lyophilised powder is robust
a port stall is not the same as a customs hold and the tracking language usually distinguishes them
customs charge came to €185, is that normal for New Zealand
[edited]update from 4 months ago: Spain transit has got slower, consistently, across four orders
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order in winter
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does a signature requirement help or hurt
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
be patient with support
what happened when you queried a missing parcel with the supplier
the same address every time is fine. a different address every time looks worse, not better
22 days to Japan with working tracking the whole way is at the good end of what i have seen, not advice obviously
got a seizure letter, what actually happens next
give it another week
[edited]hair_month_fourtracking going dark for a week or ten days at a port is common and resolves on its own…
follow up split shipments arriving weeks apart is normal and is usually a stock thing, not a customs thing
postal has been better than courier for me every single time. couriers are more thorough
winter shipping into a cold country risks freezing, which is a different problem from heat and gets discussed less, we shall see
Verification log updated: WWB — evidence added, status unchanged.