what does the room consider a normal transit time now
#shipping-customs 2025-09-14
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- deamidation — nobody here can tell you what will clear customs where you live and the mods stop that conversation quickly summer into a hot country is the risk. order in a cooler… 16:21
- declared_value — i have lost 3 parcels in three years across a lot of orders. that is the actual rate for me 16:52
- manila_meniscus — a port stall is not the same as a customs hold and the tracking language usually distinguishes them 17:33
- reading_the_pins — winter shipping into a cold country risks freezing, which is a different problem from heat and gets discussed less 19:19
- protein_floor — vat is usually charged on declared value plus shipping, and the handling fee is often more than the vat 19:22
nobody here can tell you what will clear customs where you live and the mods stop that conversation quickly
summer into a hot country is the risk. order in a cooler month if you have the choice
what happened when you queried a missing parcel with the supplier
a liquid cold pack tells you it was above freezing, not that the vial cooked. lyophilised powder is robust
i have lost 3 parcels in three years across a lot of orders. that is the actual rate for me
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postal has been better than courier for me every single time. couriers are more thorough
tracking going dark for a week or ten days at a port is common and resolves on its own most of the time
customs charge came to £240, is that normal for Australia
nobody here can tell you what will clear customs where you live and the mods stop that conversation quickly
order in winter
the parcel is the risk you accepted. that is worth remembering before it becomes a crisis
*VendorInvestigate not the other one
thats normal transit
quick one has anyone had a parcel arrive after being marked as returned
a port stall is not the same as a customs hold and the tracking language usually distinguishes them
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*Janoshik not the other one
how long is transit to the UK running at the moment
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
declared value, do you go low or realistic
mine took 11 days
right so how many parcels have people lost in total
signature requirements slow things down and do not obviously reduce loss, n of 1 obviously
update from 4 months ago: Singapore transit has got slower, consistently, across four orders
a seizure letter is usually the end of it. you have lost the parcel and that is almost always the whole consequence
[edited]the same address every time is fine. a different address every time looks worse, not better
reading_the_pinssummer into a hot country is the risk. order in a cooler month if you have the choice
while im here if you query a missing parcel, be factual and patient. the good suppliers respond to that
winter shipping into a cold country risks freezing, which is a different problem from heat and gets discussed less
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d2 accepted, origin
d4 departed origin
d6 in transit
d6-16 nothing at all
d17 arrived destination country
d19 customs cleared
d21 deliveredvat is usually charged on declared value plus shipping, and the handling fee is often more than the vat
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