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Customs and seizures
Page 9 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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step_one_sianslightly off topic but nobody here can tell you what will clear customs where you live and the mods stop that conversation…#shipping-customs · 2026-01-07cold_chain_cmdrpaying for a faster service does not speed up customs. it speeds up the legs either side of customs#shipping-customs · 2026-01-08vienna_vialmy last customs bill was about twenty two percent of declared value plus a fixed handling charge that hurt more than the tax…#eu · 2026-01-09secretagogue_syslightly off topic but customs inside asia, is it easier between neighbouring countries#asia · 2026-01-09hydrate_hanacloser supplier, fewer flight hours, same number of customs steps. the steps are the slow part#asia · 2026-01-09reta_resting_hrwhats the wording on the customs declaration for a sample#lab-requests · 2026-01-10amsterdam_aliquotdeclared value, do you go low or realistic#shipping-customs · 2026-01-11amsterdam_aliquotis vat charged on the declared value or what they think it is worth#shipping-customs · 2026-01-11gall_bladder_gavtransit was 23 days for me with a week of nothing in the middle at a customs facility#canada · 2026-01-11nhs_pathway_nellborder 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 · 2026-01-12split_shipmentsplit shipments arriving weeks apart is normal and is usually a stock thing, not a customs thing#shipping-customs · 2026-01-14van_isle_vialdid anyone get stopped at the border bringing it back#canada · 2026-01-14ghk_giacustoms charge came to €38, is that normal for the Netherlands#shipping-customs · 2026-01-15protein_floorsplit shipments arriving weeks apart is normal and is usually a stock thing, not a customs thing#shipping-customs · 2026-01-15warsaw_viali was wrong about the cross border prescription rules and a pharmacist corrected me in person, which was humbling#eu · 2026-01-15cold_chain_cmdra port stall is not the same as a customs hold and the tracking language usually distinguishes them, happy to be corrected#shipping-customs · 2026-01-17logrotatenobody here can tell you what will clear customs where you live and the mods stop that conversation quickly#shipping-customs · 2026-01-17u100_patcloser supplier, fewer flight hours, same number of customs steps. the steps are the slow part#asia · 2026-01-17manila_meniscussingapore customs, is a personal quantity fine i was wrong about japanese pricing by a factor of two when i quoted it in here,…#asia · 2026-01-17comment_fatigueis the customs handling fee worse than the vat itself#eu · 2026-01-18vat_on_importgenuine question vat is usually charged on declared value plus shipping, and the handling fee is often more than the vat, anyway#shipping-customs · 2026-01-19meniscus_mela seizure letter is usually the end of it. you have lost the parcel and that is almost always the whole consequence#shipping-customs · 2026-01-19rezept_rolfhas anyone crossed a border specifically to buy it#eu · 2026-01-19factory_direct_ficustoms inside asia caught my parcel once in four years. that is my rate, not a regional statistic#asia · 2026-01-19iris_importspaying for a faster service does not speed up customs. it speeds up the legs either side of customs#shipping-customs · 2026-01-21dez_domainsdeclared value, do you go low or realistic#shipping-customs · 2026-01-21dublin_doseupdate on the earlier thing anyone had a parcel stopped by border force and what actually happened next#uk-ireland · 2026-01-22ghent_gradientis it worth paying for a faster service or does customs eat the difference#shipping-customs · 2026-01-23fibre_firstok so vat is usually charged on declared value plus shipping, and the handling fee is often more than the vat, ymmv#shipping-customs · 2026-01-23snac_and_watera prescription from one member state is meant to be recognised in another under the cross border rules. whether the pharmacist…#eu · 2026-01-23snac_and_waterunrelated but crossing a border to buy it happens and people are quiet about it, which tells you how comfortable they are with…#eu · 2026-01-23vacuum_vicanyone had a parcel stopped by border force and what actually happened next#uk-ireland · 2026-01-24courier_vs_postnobody here can tell you what will clear customs where you live and the mods stop that conversation quickly tracking going…#shipping-customs · 2026-01-25courier_vs_postis vat charged on the declared value or what they think it is worth#shipping-customs · 2026-01-25mhra_unlicensedsplit shipments arriving weeks apart is normal and is usually a stock thing, not a customs thing#shipping-customs · 2026-01-25courier_vs_posta seizure letter is usually the end of it. you have lost the parcel and that is almost always the whole consequence#shipping-customs · 2026-01-25knees_firstthe seizure letters members have had here have been letters and nothing else, but that is our sample rather than a guarantee,…#uk-ireland · 2026-01-25LC_MS_Lenamy last customs bill was about twenty two percent of declared value plus a fixed handling charge that hurt more than the tax…#eu · 2026-01-25shame_and_medsis it worth paying for a faster service or does customs eat the difference#shipping-customs · 2026-01-26freeze_thawgenuine question declared value, do you go low or realistic reship policies vary enormously. MKM honoured one for me without…#shipping-customs · 2026-01-26monoisotopichas anyone crossed a border specifically to buy it#eu · 2026-01-26cat_on_the_traycross border in theory#eu · 2026-01-26reta_resting_hrtransit was 19 days for me with a week of nothing in the middle at a customs facility#canada · 2026-01-26manila_meniscusbeing closer to the manufacturing does not shorten customs. my parcels from three hours away took as long as ones from europe#asia · 2026-01-26bo_bloodworka port stall is not the same as a customs hold and the tracking language usually distinguishes them#shipping-customs · 2026-01-27bo_bloodworka seizure letter is usually the end of it. you have lost the parcel and that is almost always the whole consequence#shipping-customs · 2026-01-27endotoxin_edpaying for a faster service does not speed up customs. it speeds up the legs either side of customs nobody here can tell you…#shipping-customs · 2026-01-27bpc_scepticis it worth paying for a faster service or does customs eat the difference#shipping-customs · 2026-01-27sgp_subqcloser supplier, fewer flight hours, same number of customs steps. the steps are the slow part#asia · 2026-01-27eight_mmsingapore customs, is a personal quantity fine#asia · 2026-01-27travel_cooleris it worth paying for a faster service or does customs eat the difference#shipping-customs · 2026-01-28typosquat_taygenuine question transit was 16 days for me with a week of nothing in the middle at a customs facility#canada · 2026-01-28deadspaceparcels entering the eu get assessed at the first point of entry rather than at your own border, which caught me out badly#eu · 2026-01-29ferritin_faycross border out of canada rarely makes sense because canada is usually the cheaper side of that particular border#canada · 2026-01-30ferritin_faytransit was 12 days for me with a week of nothing in the middle at a customs facility#canada · 2026-01-31triple_ag_tommy last customs bill was about twenty two percent of declared value plus a fixed handling charge that hurt more than the tax did#eu · 2026-02-01split_shipmentdid anyone get stopped at the border bringing it back#canada · 2026-02-01secretagogue_syshorter flight, harder customs. we are close to the factory and behind a much stricter door#asia · 2026-02-01retention_timesplit shipments arriving weeks apart is normal and is usually a stock thing, not a customs thing#shipping-customs · 2026-02-03group_buy_gwenright so has anyone crossed a border specifically to buy it#eu · 2026-02-03