12 days to Germany with working tracking the whole way is at the good end of what i have seen
#shipping-customs 2026-06-14
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- food_noise_off — i had a parcel marked returned that arrived eleven days later. it happens 12:34
- food_noise_off — i have lost 7 parcels in three years across a lot of orders. that is the actual rate for me summer into a hot country is the risk. order in a cooler month if you have… 13:39
- olive_orders — for the archive update from 18 months ago: Australia transit has got slower, consistently, across four orders 16:57
- two_lifts_a_week — genuine question reship policies vary enormously. QYB honoured one for me without being pushed, which is not universal 18:44
- two_lifts_a_week — nobody here can tell you what will clear customs where you live and the mods stop that conversation quickly 18:53
winter shipping into a cold country risks freezing, which is a different problem from heat and gets discussed less
the transit table is pinned and built from what members actually reported, not from what suppliers quote
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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thats slower than usual
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 deliveredcold pack arrived warm after 7 days, does it matter
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
is vat charged on the declared value or what they think it is worth
i have lost 7 parcels in three years across a lot of orders. that is the actual rate for me
summer into a hot country is the risk. order in a cooler month if you have the choice
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the parcel is the risk you accepted. that is worth remembering before it becomes a crisis, i could be wrong
4 days to Sweden with working tracking the whole way is at the good end of what i have seen
while im here signature requirements slow things down and do not obviously reduce loss
what happened when you queried a missing parcel with the supplier
how many parcels have people lost in total
is it worth paying for a faster service or does customs eat the difference
the same address every time is fine. a different address every time looks worse, not better, anyway
got a seizure letter, what actually happens next
paying for a faster service does not speed up customs. it speeds up the legs either side of customs
no wording advice here
anyone shipping into Japan in summer and what do you do about it
postal not courier
Purity check: no report on file for lot F-1330. Nothing logged either way.
while im here a port stall is not the same as a customs hold and the tracking language usually distinguishes them
summer into a hot country is the risk. order in a cooler month if you have the choice
what does the room consider a normal transit time now
customs charge came to $120, is that normal for Spain
[edited]vat is usually charged on declared value plus shipping, and the handling fee is often more than the vat
thats normal transit
for the archive update from 18 months ago: Australia transit has got slower, consistently, across four orders
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powder is robust, anyway
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follow up do you use the same address every time
paying for a faster service does not speed up customs. it speeds up the legs either side of customs
genuine question reship policies vary enormously. QYB honoured one for me without being pushed, which is not universal
nobody here can tell you what will clear customs where you live and the mods stop that conversation quickly
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postal has been better than courier for me every single time. couriers are more thorough