the transit table is pinned and built from what members actually reported, not from what suppliers quote
#shipping-customs 2025-10-19
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- fridge_thermo — 9 days to Spain with working tracking the whole way is at the good end of what i have seen 16:30
- appetite_back — customs charge came to €185, is that normal for the Netherlands 18:01
- declared_value — the same address every time is fine. a different address every time looks worse, not better a liquid cold pack tells you it was above freezing, not that the vial… 18:49
- fridge_thermo — a seizure letter is usually the end of it. you have lost the parcel and that is almost always the whole consequence reship policies vary enormously. SSA honoured one… 19:44
9 days to Spain with working tracking the whole way is at the good end of what i have seen
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powder is robust
a port stall is not the same as a customs hold and the tracking language usually distinguishes them
do you use the same address every time
anyone shipping into Japan in summer and what do you do about it
handling fee is the killer
thats a stock split
tracking has been dark for 9 days, at what point do i worry
anyone had a split shipment arrive weeks apart
[edited]a liquid cold pack tells you it was above freezing, not that the vial cooked. lyophilised powder is robust
coming back after 23 months, has anything changed with Australia
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mine took 5 days
customs charge came to €185, is that normal for the Netherlands
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
the parcel is the risk you accepted. that is worth remembering before it becomes a crisis
thats normal transit
parcel is sitting at a port with no movement, is that customs or just a port
the same address every time is fine. a different address every time looks worse, not better
a liquid cold pack tells you it was above freezing, not that the vial cooked. lyophilised powder is robust
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paying for a faster service does not speed up customs. it speeds up the legs either side of customs
ports do that
ask about reship
update from 2 months ago: Japan transit has got slower, consistently, across four orders
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
postal not courier
quick one split shipments arriving weeks apart is normal and is usually a stock thing, not a customs thing
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courier or postal service, which has been better for Australia
be patient with support
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 deliveredhow long is transit to the Netherlands running at the moment
a seizure letter is usually the end of it. you have lost the parcel and that is almost always the whole consequence
reship policies vary enormously. SSA honoured one for me without being pushed, which is not universal
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