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#shipping-customs 2025-08-23

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  • rotterdam_recon — winter shipping into a cold country risks freezing, which is a different problem from heat and gets discussed less 22:29
  • rotterdam_recon — the same address every time is fine. a different address every time looks worse, not better, thats just me winter shipping into a cold country risks freezing, which… 22:46
  • zoya_zeros — a seizure letter is usually the end of it. you have lost the parcel and that is almost always the whole consequence 22:52
  • zoya_zeros — coming back after 5 months, has anything changed with Australia 23:22

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

FF

summer into a hot country is the risk. order in a cooler month if you have the choice

the same address every time is fine. a different address every time looks worse, not better, thats just me
winter shipping into a cold country risks freezing, which is a different problem from heat and gets discussed less

what does the room consider a normal transit time now

mine took 4 days

ZZ

a seizure letter is usually the end of it. you have lost the parcel and that is almost always the whole consequence

ZZ

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

*Medutest not the other one

postal has been better than courier for me every single time. couriers are more thorough, anyway

FF

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

how long is transit to Singapore running at the moment

ZZ

coming back after 5 months, has anything changed with Australia

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HH

slightly off topic but does a signature requirement help or hurt

anyone shipping into Spain in summer and what do you do about it