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Customs and seizures
Page 13 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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bengaluru_baccustoms between asian countries has not been noticeably easier in anything members have reported. each border is its own border#asia · 2026-04-26tenpenceis vat charged on the declared value or what they think it is worth#shipping-customs · 2026-04-27triple_ag_tomborder 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 · 2026-04-27salt_bridgea prescription from one member state is meant to be recognised in another under the cross border rules. whether the pharmacist…#eu · 2026-04-27comment_fatigueis the customs handling fee worse than the vat itself#eu · 2026-04-28provincial_patpaying for a faster service does not speed up customs. it speeds up the legs either side of customs i had a parcel marked…#shipping-customs · 2026-04-29sol_sendsis it worth paying for a faster service or does customs eat the difference if you query a missing parcel, be factual and…#shipping-customs · 2026-04-29appetite_backa seizure letter is usually the end of it. you have lost the parcel and that is almost always the whole consequence#shipping-customs · 2026-04-29evidence_or_nota seizure letter is usually the end of it. you have lost the parcel and that is almost always the whole consequence#shipping-customs · 2026-04-30amsterdam_aliquotpaying for a faster service does not speed up customs. it speeds up the legs either side of customs#shipping-customs · 2026-04-30cedar_countsnobody here can tell you what will clear customs where you live and the mods stop that conversation quickly#shipping-customs · 2026-04-30half_life_halquick one anyone had a parcel stopped by border force and what actually happened next#uk-ireland · 2026-04-30meal_prep_mickunrelated but the seizure letters members have had here have been letters and nothing else, but that is our sample rather than…#uk-ireland · 2026-05-01willow_waitsfirst time sending a sample. what goes on the customs form#lab-requests · 2026-05-02peak_splitcross border in theory#eu · 2026-05-02sgp_subqcloser supplier, fewer flight hours, same number of customs steps. the steps are the slow part japan being expensive despite…#asia · 2026-05-02plateau_penquick one split shipments arriving weeks apart is normal and is usually a stock thing, not a customs thing#shipping-customs · 2026-05-03triple_ag_tomgenuine question anyone had a parcel stopped by border force and what actually happened next#uk-ireland · 2026-05-03fasting_insulinmy last customs bill was about twenty two percent of declared value plus a fixed handling charge that hurt more than the tax did#eu · 2026-05-03courier_vs_postnobody here can tell you what will clear customs where you live and the mods stop that conversation quickly#shipping-customs · 2026-05-05private_script_priborder 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 · 2026-05-05monoisotopiccrossing a border to buy it happens and people are quiet about it, which tells you how comfortable they are with it#eu · 2026-05-05week_three_wallparcel is sitting at a port with no movement, is that customs or just a port#shipping-customs · 2026-05-06ms_ms_mirasingapore customs, is a personal quantity fine#asia · 2026-05-06protein_floorupdate on the earlier thing whats the wording on the customs declaration for a sample#lab-requests · 2026-05-07gorse_gainssplit shipments arriving weeks apart is normal and is usually a stock thing, not a customs thing, ask me again in a month#shipping-customs · 2026-05-07night_pinvat is usually charged on declared value plus shipping, and the handling fee is often more than the vat#shipping-customs · 2026-05-07rezept_rolfhas anyone crossed a border specifically to buy it#eu · 2026-05-07amylin_amygenuine question crossing a border to buy it happens and people are quiet about it, which tells you how comfortable they are…#eu · 2026-05-07invoice_mismatchcustoms inside asia caught my parcel once in four years. that is my rate, not a regional statistic, still working it out#asia · 2026-05-07septum_salpaying for a faster service does not speed up customs. it speeds up the legs either side of customs#shipping-customs · 2026-05-08private_script_pricloser supplier, fewer flight hours, same number of customs steps. the steps are the slow part#asia · 2026-05-08sgp_subqcustoms inside asia, is it easier between neighbouring countries#asia · 2026-05-08lyophile_livis the customs handling fee worse than the vat itself#eu · 2026-05-09ten_of_tenanyone had a parcel stopped by border force and what actually happened next#uk-ireland · 2026-05-10LC_MS_Lenai was wrong about the cross border prescription rules and a pharmacist corrected me in person, which was humbling#eu · 2026-05-10coa_or_copei order about six weeks ahead because a customs delay inside the eu still cost me 16 days once#eu · 2026-05-10plus_sixteenwhats the wording on the customs declaration for a sample#lab-requests · 2026-05-11gip_glp_gilcross border in theory#eu · 2026-05-11quiet.hourscrossing a border to buy it happens and people are quiet about it, which tells you how comfortable they are with it, i could…#eu · 2026-05-12snac_and_watera prescription from one member state is meant to be recognised in another under the cross border rules. whether the pharmacist…#eu · 2026-05-12blank_runthe border question comes up a lot and nobody here will tell you what to declare. that gets stopped quickly#canada · 2026-05-13eat_more_pleaseis it worth paying for a faster service or does customs eat the difference#shipping-customs · 2026-05-14ollie_orderspaying for a faster service does not speed up customs. it speeds up the legs either side of customs#shipping-customs · 2026-05-14hydrate_hanasplit shipments arriving weeks apart is normal and is usually a stock thing, not a customs thing, anyway#shipping-customs · 2026-05-14escalation_anxietyvat is usually charged on declared value plus shipping, and the handling fee is often more than the vat#shipping-customs · 2026-05-15adelaide_assayis vat charged on the declared value or what they think it is worth#shipping-customs · 2026-05-15fibre_firstunrelated but is it worth paying for a faster service or does customs eat the difference the parcel is the risk you accepted.…#shipping-customs · 2026-05-15vienna_vialmy last customs bill was about twenty two percent of declared value plus a fixed handling charge that hurt more than the tax did#eu · 2026-05-15no_appetite_niaborder 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 · 2026-05-16cold_pack_carlawhats the wording on the customs declaration for a sample#lab-requests · 2026-05-17private_script_prithe seizure letters members have had here have been letters and nothing else, but that is our sample rather than a guarantee#uk-ireland · 2026-05-17salt_bridgegot a seizure letter, what actually happens next#shipping-customs · 2026-05-18food_noise_offpaying for a faster service does not speed up customs. it speeds up the legs either side of customs#shipping-customs · 2026-05-19ida_injectsparcel is sitting at a port with no movement, is that customs or just a port#shipping-customs · 2026-05-19cold_chain_cmdris vat charged on the declared value or what they think it is worth#shipping-customs · 2026-05-19tallinn_tapersplit shipments arriving weeks apart is normal and is usually a stock thing, not a customs thing#shipping-customs · 2026-05-19juniper_joinsday 13. it moved. released by customs, out for delivery#shipping-customs · 2026-05-20reta_resting_hrcross border out of canada rarely makes sense because canada is usually the cheaper side of that particular border#canada · 2026-05-20fasting_insulinparcels entering the eu get assessed at the first point of entry rather than at your own border, which caught me out badly#eu · 2026-05-22