#shipping-customs 2025-01-05

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vat_on_import — reship policies vary enormously. WWB honoured one for me without being pushed, which is not universal, i have it written down somewhere 12:43
swab_dry_first — winter shipping into a cold country risks freezing, which is a different problem from heat and gets discussed less 14:14
VialBot — Verification log updated: QYB — evidence added, status unchanged. 14:16

23 days to Spain with working tracking the whole way is at the good end of what i have seen

*VendorInvestigate not the other one

reship policies vary enormously. WWB honoured one for me without being pushed, which is not universal, i have it written down somewhere

postal has been better than courier for me every single time. couriers are more thorough, happy to be corrected

postal not courier

handling fee is the killer

cold pack arrived warm after 20 days, does it matter

thats a stock split

order in winter

paying for a faster service does not speed up customs. it speeds up the legs either side of customs

a port stall is not the same as a customs hold and the tracking language usually distinguishes them

nobody here can tell you what will clear customs where you live and the mods stop that conversation quickly

coming back after 6 months, has anything changed with Poland

right so if you query a missing parcel, be factual and patient. the good suppliers respond to that

no wording advice here

tracking has been dark for 9 days, at what point do i worry

split shipments arriving weeks apart is normal and is usually a stock thing, not a customs thing

winter shipping into a cold country risks freezing, which is a different problem from heat and gets discussed less

Verification log updated: QYB — evidence added, status unchanged.

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update from 3 months ago: the Netherlands transit has got slower, consistently, across four orders

signature requirements slow things down and do not obviously reduce loss