parcel is sitting at a port with no movement, is that customs or just a port
#shipping-customs 2025-08-30
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- power_through_no — vat is usually charged on declared value plus shipping, and the handling fee is often more than the vat 21:58
- verify_or_dont — while im here winter shipping into a cold country risks freezing, which is a different problem from heat and gets discussed less 22:00
- power_through_no — for the archive reship policies vary enormously. SSA honoured one for me without being pushed, which is not universal 22:04
- VialBot — Reminder for power_through_no: dose day is today. Set 8 days ago. 22:16
- verify_or_dont — the parcel is the risk you accepted. that is worth remembering before it becomes a crisis summer into a hot country is the risk. order in a cooler month if you have… 22:18
handling fee is the killer
signature requirements slow things down and do not obviously reduce loss
order in winter
[edited]vat is usually charged on declared value plus shipping, and the handling fee is often more than the vat
no wording advice here
while im here winter shipping into a cold country risks freezing, which is a different problem from heat and gets discussed less
for the archive reship policies vary enormously. SSA honoured one for me without being pushed, which is not universal
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Reminder for power_through_no: dose day is today. Set 8 days ago.
the parcel is the risk you accepted. that is worth remembering before it becomes a crisis
summer into a hot country is the risk. order in a cooler month if you have the choice
paying for a faster service does not speed up customs. it speeds up the legs either side of customs
anyone had a split shipment arrive weeks apart
give it another week
customs charge came to $240, is that normal for Sweden
anyone shipping into Poland in summer and what do you do about it
thats the end of it
19 days to Australia with working tracking the whole way is at the good end of what i have seen