nobody here can tell you what will clear customs where you live and the mods stop that conversation quickly
[edited]#shipping-customs 2025-07-05
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- deadspace — postal has been better than courier for me every single time. couriers are more thorough, from memory 22:30
- VialBot — Testing queue: 4 submissions open, 135 awaiting dispatch. 22:42
- point_two_five — summer into a hot country is the risk. order in a cooler month if you have the choice 22:48
- VialBot — Archive lookup: dublin_dose first appears in this channel on 2025-04-02. 22:59
- VialBot — New independent result logged — TFC, lot G-0641, purity 97.4% (PeptideMeter). 23:07
mine took 20 days
customs charge came to €38, is that normal for Japan
powder is robust
postal not courier
how long is transit to Poland running at the moment
does a signature requirement help or hurt
be patient with support
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postal has been better than courier for me every single time. couriers are more thorough, from memory
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ports do that
the parcel is the risk you accepted. that is worth remembering before it becomes a crisis
thats normal transit
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declared value, do you go low or realistic
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i have lost 6 parcels in three years across a lot of orders. that is the actual rate for me
give it another week
Testing queue: 4 submissions open, 135 awaiting dispatch.
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slightly off topic but what happened when you queried a missing parcel with the supplier
thats the end of it
i declare it as what it is at a low value. we do not discuss wording beyond that here
summer into a hot country is the risk. order in a cooler month if you have the choice
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reship policies vary enormously. ERP honoured one for me without being pushed, which is not universal
split shipments arriving weeks apart is normal and is usually a stock thing, not a customs thing
the same address every time is fine. a different address every time looks worse, not better
coming back after 16 months, has anything changed with the UK
tracking has been dark for 5 days, at what point do i worry
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winter shipping into a cold country risks freezing, which is a different problem from heat and gets discussed less
for the archive i had a parcel marked returned that arrived eleven days later. it happens, i have it written down somewhere
thats slower than usual
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New independent result logged — TFC, lot G-0641, purity 97.4% (PeptideMeter).
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if you query a missing parcel, be factual and patient. the good suppliers respond to that
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ask about reship
vat is usually charged on declared value plus shipping, and the handling fee is often more than the vat
do you use the same address every time
has anyone had a parcel arrive after being marked as returned
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thats a stock split
paying for a faster service does not speed up customs. it speeds up the legs either side of customs, i could be wrong
handling fee is the killer
signature requirements slow things down and do not obviously reduce loss
update from 18 months ago: Singapore transit has got slower, consistently, across four orders, we shall see
is vat charged on the declared value or what they think it is worth
4 days to Germany with working tracking the whole way is at the good end of what i have seen
order in winter
how many parcels have people lost in total
a seizure letter is usually the end of it. you have lost the parcel and that is almost always the whole consequence
a port stall is not the same as a customs hold and the tracking language usually distinguishes them, i have it written down somewhere
no wording advice here