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Customs and seizures
Page 12 of 15 — Declared value and description wording, what actually happens after a seizure letter, and reship policies that are real rather…
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declared_valuenobody here can tell you what will clear customs where you live and the mods stop that conversation quickly#shipping-customs · 2026-03-31auckland_aliquota port stall is not the same as a customs hold and the tracking language usually distinguishes them#shipping-customs · 2026-03-31invoice_mismatchcrossing a border to buy it happens and people are quiet about it, which tells you how comfortable they are with it#eu · 2026-03-31vacuum_vicanyone had a parcel stopped by border force and what actually happened next#uk-ireland · 2026-04-01invoice_mismatchcustoms inside asia, is it easier between neighbouring countries#asia · 2026-04-02sgp_subqcustoms inside asia caught my parcel once in four years. that is my rate, not a regional statistic#asia · 2026-04-02meniscus_mela port stall is not the same as a customs hold and the tracking language usually distinguishes them#shipping-customs · 2026-04-03meniscus_melcustoms charge came to £55, is that normal for Germany#shipping-customs · 2026-04-03amsterdam_aliquotvat is usually charged on declared value plus shipping, and the handling fee is often more than the vat#shipping-customs · 2026-04-03sgp_subqcustoms inside asia caught my parcel once in four years. that is my rate, not a regional statistic, i think#asia · 2026-04-03amsterdam_aliquota prescription from one member state is meant to be recognised in another under the cross border rules. whether the pharmacist…#eu · 2026-04-04verify_or_dontthe border question comes up a lot and nobody here will tell you what to declare. that gets stopped quickly#canada · 2026-04-04hydrate_hanadoes a closer supplier actually mean fewer customs steps#asia · 2026-04-04tyne_tracksgot a seizure letter, what actually happens next#shipping-customs · 2026-04-05triple_ag_tomthe seizure letters members have had here have been letters and nothing else, but that is our sample rather than a guarantee…#uk-ireland · 2026-04-05tokyo_tapernobody here can tell you what will clear customs where you are and that is enforced in this channel#asia · 2026-04-05warsaw_vialright so is the customs handling fee worse than the vat itself#eu · 2026-04-06provincial_pattransit was 26 days for me with a week of nothing in the middle at a customs facility#canada · 2026-04-07mira_pinscustoms charge came to €185, is that normal for Germany#shipping-customs · 2026-04-08ida_injectsis it worth paying for a faster service or does customs eat the difference#shipping-customs · 2026-04-09ida_injectsdeclared value, do you go low or realistic#shipping-customs · 2026-04-09assay_not_purityslightly off topic but has anyone crossed a border specifically to buy it#eu · 2026-04-09verify_or_dontcrossing a border to buy it happens and people are quiet about it, which tells you how comfortable they are with it#eu · 2026-04-10ferritin_faytransit was 23 days for me with a week of nothing in the middle at a customs facility#canada · 2026-04-10gall_bladder_gavcloser supplier, fewer flight hours, same number of customs steps. the steps are the slow part#asia · 2026-04-10rotterdam_reconsplit shipments arriving weeks apart is normal and is usually a stock thing, not a customs thing#shipping-customs · 2026-04-11seizure_lettergot a seizure letter, what actually happens next#shipping-customs · 2026-04-11monoisotopichas anyone crossed a border specifically to buy it#eu · 2026-04-11amylin_amycross border in theory#eu · 2026-04-11clove_chartspaying for a faster service does not speed up customs. it speeds up the legs either side of customs, from memory#shipping-customs · 2026-04-12non_scale_windeclared value, do you go low or realistic#shipping-customs · 2026-04-12ferritin_faydoes cross border make any sense from canada or is it not worth the bother#canada · 2026-04-12lyophile_livcross border in theory#eu · 2026-04-13flint_fillsnobody here can tell you what will clear customs where you live and the mods stop that conversation quickly#shipping-customs · 2026-04-14blank_runparcels entering the eu get assessed at the first point of entry rather than at your own border, which caught me out badly, ymmv#eu · 2026-04-14secretagogue_sybeing closer to the manufacturing does not shorten customs. my parcels from three hours away took as long as ones from europe#asia · 2026-04-14bea_reconstitutesanyone had a parcel stopped by border force and what actually happened next#uk-ireland · 2026-04-15triple_ag_tomanyone had a parcel stopped by border force and what actually happened next#uk-ireland · 2026-04-16ruo_onlya port stall is not the same as a customs hold and the tracking language usually distinguishes them#shipping-customs · 2026-04-17provincial_patcross border out of canada rarely makes sense because canada is usually the cheaper side of that particular border#canada · 2026-04-17septum_salis it worth paying for a faster service or does customs eat the difference#shipping-customs · 2026-04-18dez_domainsvat is usually charged on declared value plus shipping, and the handling fee is often more than the vat, take that with a…#shipping-customs · 2026-04-18vacuum_victhe seizure letters members have had here have been letters and nothing else, but that is our sample rather than a guarantee#uk-ireland · 2026-04-18split_the_costa seizure letter is usually the end of it. you have lost the parcel and that is almost always the whole consequence#shipping-customs · 2026-04-19bea_reconstitutesanyone had a parcel stopped by border force and what actually happened next#uk-ireland · 2026-04-19gip_glp_gila prescription from one member state is meant to be recognised in another under the cross border rules. whether the pharmacist…#eu · 2026-04-20hydrate_hanacustoms inside asia caught my parcel once in four years. that is my rate, not a regional statistic#asia · 2026-04-20secretagogue_sybeing closer to the manufacturing does not shorten customs. my parcels from three hours away took as long as ones from europe#asia · 2026-04-20fridge_thermothe border question comes up a lot and nobody here will tell you what to declare. that gets stopped quickly#canada · 2026-04-21lead_time_larscustoms charge came to £55, is that normal for Japan#shipping-customs · 2026-04-22reship_ritais vat charged on the declared value or what they think it is worth#shipping-customs · 2026-04-22mira_pinsparcel is sitting at a port with no movement, is that customs or just a port#shipping-customs · 2026-04-22reship_ritaa seizure letter is usually the end of it. you have lost the parcel and that is almost always the whole consequence#shipping-customs · 2026-04-23reta_resting_hrtransit was 5 days for me with a week of nothing in the middle at a customs facility#canada · 2026-04-24taper_tessquick one paying for a faster service does not speed up customs. it speeds up the legs either side of customs#shipping-customs · 2026-04-25cross_border_camvat is usually charged on declared value plus shipping, and the handling fee is often more than the vat#shipping-customs · 2026-04-25van_isle_vialcoming back to this does cross border make any sense from canada or is it not worth the bother#canada · 2026-04-25alt_ast_alisplit shipments arriving weeks apart is normal and is usually a stock thing, not a customs thing#shipping-customs · 2026-04-26step_one_siancross border out of canada rarely makes sense because canada is usually the cheaper side of that particular border#canada · 2026-04-26ferritin_faydid anyone get stopped at the border bringing it back#canada · 2026-04-26