Topic
Customs and seizures
Declared value and description wording, what actually happens after a seizure letter, and reship policies that are real rather than decorative.
2.8Kmessages tagged
10channels
2024-07first seen
2026-06last seen
Where this lives
Messages — page 1 of 15
aliquot_adasplit shipments arriving weeks apart is normal and is usually a stock thing, not a customs thing, i could be wrong#shipping-customs · 2024-07-27marrow.modparcels entering the eu get assessed at the first point of entry rather than at your own border, which caught me out badly#eu · 2024-08-03aliquot_adagot a seizure letter, what actually happens next#shipping-customs · 2024-08-04cold_chain_cmdrpaying for a faster service does not speed up customs. it speeds up the legs either side of customs#shipping-customs · 2024-08-04non_scale_wina seizure letter is usually the end of it. you have lost the parcel and that is almost always the whole consequence#shipping-customs · 2024-08-10cold_chain_cmdra seizure letter is usually the end of it. you have lost the parcel and that is almost always the whole consequence#shipping-customs · 2024-08-18two_four_ceilingsplit shipments arriving weeks apart is normal and is usually a stock thing, not a customs thing#shipping-customs · 2024-08-18per_mg_petepaying for a faster service does not speed up customs. it speeds up the legs either side of customs#shipping-customs · 2024-09-21lyophile_liva port stall is not the same as a customs hold and the tracking language usually distinguishes them#shipping-customs · 2024-09-21apnoea_down_twowhile im here nobody here can tell you what will clear customs where you live and the mods stop that conversation quickly#shipping-customs · 2024-10-05tablet_tamcustoms charge came to $120, is that normal for Ireland#shipping-customs · 2024-10-12swab_dry_firstdeclared value, do you go low or realistic#shipping-customs · 2024-10-20marrow.moda port stall is not the same as a customs hold and the tracking language usually distinguishes them#shipping-customs · 2024-10-24marrow.moda seizure letter is usually the end of it. you have lost the parcel and that is almost always the whole consequence#shipping-customs · 2024-10-24swab_dry_firstnobody here can tell you what will clear customs where you live and the mods stop that conversation quickly#shipping-customs · 2024-11-05septum_sala seizure letter is usually the end of it. you have lost the parcel and that is almost always the whole consequence#shipping-customs · 2024-11-05marrow.modpaying for a faster service does not speed up customs. it speeds up the legs either side of customs winter shipping into a…#shipping-customs · 2024-12-01cold_chain_cmdra port stall is not the same as a customs hold and the tracking language usually distinguishes them#shipping-customs · 2024-12-01sharps_bin_sidanyone had a parcel stopped by border force and what actually happened next#uk-ireland · 2024-12-01retention_timevat is usually charged on declared value plus shipping, and the handling fee is often more than the vat#shipping-customs · 2024-12-04endotoxin_edwhats the wording on the customs declaration for a sample#lab-requests · 2024-12-07reship_ritavat is usually charged on declared value plus shipping, and the handling fee is often more than the vat#shipping-customs · 2024-12-09knees_firstborder force stopped a parcel of mine and sent a letter, and that was the whole of it. no follow up and no knock at the door#uk-ireland · 2024-12-15per_mg_petevat is usually charged on declared value plus shipping, and the handling fee is often more than the vat, thats one data point#shipping-customs · 2025-01-04two_lifts_a_weeknobody here can tell you what will clear customs where you live and the mods stop that conversation quickly, from memory#shipping-customs · 2025-01-04amsterdam_aliquotpaying for a faster service does not speed up customs. it speeds up the legs either side of customs#shipping-customs · 2025-01-05swab_dry_firstsplit shipments arriving weeks apart is normal and is usually a stock thing, not a customs thing#shipping-customs · 2025-01-05meal_prep_mickborder force stopped a parcel of mine and sent a letter, and that was the whole of it. no follow up and no knock at the door#uk-ireland · 2025-01-11monoisotopicmy last customs bill was about twenty two percent of declared value plus a fixed handling charge that hurt more than the tax…#eu · 2025-01-12fake_trackingparcel is sitting at a port with no movement, is that customs or just a port#shipping-customs · 2025-01-16per_mg_petefor the archive is vat charged on the declared value or what they think it is worth#shipping-customs · 2025-01-16per_mg_petea seizure letter is usually the end of it. you have lost the parcel and that is almost always the whole consequence#shipping-customs · 2025-01-16a1c_lagis it worth paying for a faster service or does customs eat the difference#shipping-customs · 2025-01-19first_and_last_fourfor the archive split shipments arriving weeks apart is normal and is usually a stock thing, not a customs thing, happy to be…#shipping-customs · 2025-01-21surpass_twoparcel is sitting at a port with no movement, is that customs or just a port#shipping-customs · 2025-01-23karl_fischercross border in theory#eu · 2025-01-25fridge_thermodid anyone get stopped at the border bringing it back#canada · 2025-01-25provincial_pattransit was 26 days for me with a week of nothing in the middle at a customs facility#canada · 2025-01-26courier_vs_postgot a seizure letter, what actually happens next#shipping-customs · 2025-02-01gall_bladder_gavthe seizure letters members have had here have been letters and nothing else, but that is our sample rather than a guarantee#uk-ireland · 2025-02-03gip_glp_gilcross border in theory#eu · 2025-02-07fridge_thermothe border question comes up a lot and nobody here will tell you what to declare. that gets stopped quickly#canada · 2025-02-08ms_ms_mirasame customs steps#asia · 2025-02-16invoice_mismatchcross border in theory#eu · 2025-02-22cold_pack_carlanobody here can tell you what will clear customs where you live and the mods stop that conversation quickly#shipping-customs · 2025-02-23slow.taperborder force stopped a parcel of mine and sent a letter, and that was the whole of it. no follow up and no knock at the door i…#uk-ireland · 2025-02-23van_isle_vialpaying for a faster service does not speed up customs. it speeds up the legs either side of customs#shipping-customs · 2025-02-24per_mg_peteis vat charged on the declared value or what they think it is worth#shipping-customs · 2025-02-24vienna_vialis it worth paying for a faster service or does customs eat the difference#shipping-customs · 2025-02-25vienna_vialparcel is sitting at a port with no movement, is that customs or just a port#shipping-customs · 2025-02-25madrid_mgmy last customs bill was about twenty two percent of declared value plus a fixed handling charge that hurt more than the tax did#eu · 2025-02-27deadspaceparcels entering the eu get assessed at the first point of entry rather than at your own border, which caught me out badly#eu · 2025-03-05swab_dry_firstanyone had a parcel stopped by border force and what actually happened next border force stopped a parcel of mine and sent a…#uk-ireland · 2025-03-08alt_ast_aliquick one paying for a faster service does not speed up customs. it speeds up the legs either side of customs, ymmv#shipping-customs · 2025-03-11electrolyte_elicustoms charge came to €38, is that normal for New Zealand#shipping-customs · 2025-03-15food_noise_offparcel is sitting at a port with no movement, is that customs or just a port#shipping-customs · 2025-03-15gip_glp_gilhas anyone crossed a border specifically to buy it#eu · 2025-03-16declared_valueis it worth paying for a faster service or does customs eat the difference#shipping-customs · 2025-03-17gip_glp_gilcross border in theory#eu · 2025-03-17factory_direct_fiis it worth paying for a faster service or does customs eat the difference#shipping-customs · 2025-03-18