declared value, do you go low or realistic
#shipping-customs 2025-10-07
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Highlights from this day
- split_shipment — i had a parcel marked returned that arrived eleven days later. it happens 20:29
- sharps_bin_sid — i have lost 4 parcels in three years across a lot of orders. that is the actual rate for me 20:51
- sharps_bin_sid — a liquid cold pack tells you it was above freezing, not that the vial cooked. lyophilised powder is robust 21:25
- slow.taper — the same address every time is fine. a different address every time looks worse, not better, anyway 21:50
i had a parcel marked returned that arrived eleven days later. it happens
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ports do that
order in winter
handling fee is the killer
no wording advice here
thats slower than usual
20:48marrow.mod pinned a message
how many parcels have people lost in total
i have lost 4 parcels in three years across a lot of orders. that is the actual rate for me
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the transit table is pinned and built from what members actually reported, not from what suppliers quote
postal has been better than courier for me every single time. couriers are more thorough
a port stall is not the same as a customs hold and the tracking language usually distinguishes them
a liquid cold pack tells you it was above freezing, not that the vial cooked. lyophilised powder is robust
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the same address every time is fine. a different address every time looks worse, not better, anyway
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got a seizure letter, what actually happens next
give it another week
postal not courier
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is vat charged on the declared value or what they think it is worth
16 days to the Netherlands with working tracking the whole way is at the good end of what i have seen, anyway