coming back after 5 months, has anything changed with Japan
#shipping-customs 2025-10-02
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courier or postal service, which has been better for Canada
tracking going dark for a week or ten days at a port is common and resolves on its own most of the time
ok so nobody here can tell you what will clear customs where you live and the mods stop that conversation quickly
unrelated but 17 days to Sweden with working tracking the whole way is at the good end of what i have seen
a port stall is not the same as a customs hold and the tracking language usually distinguishes them
d0 label created
d2 accepted, origin
d4 departed origin
d6 in transit
d6-16 nothing at all
d17 arrived destination country
d19 customs cleared
d21 deliveredsignature requirements slow things down and do not obviously reduce loss
split shipments arriving weeks apart is normal and is usually a stock thing, not a customs thing
customs charge came to €240, is that normal for Poland
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right so how long is transit to Sweden running at the moment
tracking going dark for a week or ten days at a port is common and resolves on its own most of the time
give it another week
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reship policies vary enormously. ERP honoured one for me without being pushed, which is not universal
mine took 9 days
does QSC actually honour a reship or is it decorative
update on the earlier thing what happened when you queried a missing parcel with the supplier
parcel is sitting at a port with no movement, is that customs or just a port
ports do that
vat is usually charged on declared value plus shipping, and the handling fee is often more than the vat
thats slower than usual
anyone had a split shipment arrive weeks apart
the parcel is the risk you accepted. that is worth remembering before it becomes a crisis
is it worth paying for a faster service or does customs eat the difference
thats normal transit
i have lost 5 parcels in three years across a lot of orders. that is the actual rate for me
thats the end of it
is vat charged on the declared value or what they think it is worth
i had a parcel marked returned that arrived eleven days later. it happens
*that should say weekly
postal not courier
the same address every time is fine. a different address every time looks worse, not better
no wording advice here
unrelated but 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
paying for a faster service does not speed up customs. it speeds up the legs either side of customs, i have it written down somewhere
[edited]slightly off topic but summer into a hot country is the risk. order in a cooler month if you have the choice
New independent result logged — ERP, lot B-0329, purity 99.2% (Medutest).
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handling fee is the killer
thats a stock split
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do you use the same address every time
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update from 13 months ago: Canada transit has got slower, consistently, across four orders
powder is robust
postal has been better than courier for me every single time. couriers are more thorough
d0 label created
d2 accepted, origin
d4 departed origin
d6 in transit
d6-16 nothing at all
d17 arrived destination country
d19 customs cleared
d21 delivereddeclared value, do you go low or realistic
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has anyone had a parcel arrive after being marked as returned