what does the room consider a normal transit time now
#shipping-customs 2025-10-24
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- gradient_greg — update on the earlier thing how many parcels have people lost in total 17:35
- cold_pack_carla — postal has been better than courier for me every single time. couriers are more thorough 17:48
- gradient_greg — follow up split shipments arriving weeks apart is normal and is usually a stock thing, not a customs thing 17:50
- vat_on_import — anyone had a split shipment arrive weeks apart signature requirements slow things down and do not obviously reduce loss 19:28
a seizure letter is usually the end of it. you have lost the parcel and that is almost always the whole consequence
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while im here nobody here can tell you what will clear customs where you live and the mods stop that conversation quickly
does Homopeptide actually honour a reship or is it decorative
while im here is it worth paying for a faster service or does customs eat the difference
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customs charge came to €240, is that normal for New Zealand
tracking going dark for a week or ten days at a port is common and resolves on its own most of the time
update on the earlier thing how many parcels have people lost in total
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coming back to this how long is transit to Poland running at the moment
postal has been better than courier for me every single time. couriers are more thorough
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follow up split shipments arriving weeks apart is normal and is usually a stock thing, not a customs thing
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is vat charged on the declared value or what they think it is worth
a liquid cold pack tells you it was above freezing, not that the vial cooked. lyophilised powder is robust
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
courier or postal service, which has been better for Ireland
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quick one i declare it as what it is at a low value. we do not discuss wording beyond that here
thats the end of it
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while im here the transit table is pinned and built from what members actually reported, not from what suppliers quote
thats slower than usual
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what happened when you queried a missing parcel with the supplier
20 days to Australia with working tracking the whole way is at the good end of what i have seen
anyone shipping into Spain in summer and what do you do about it
signature requirements slow things down and do not obviously reduce loss, not advice obviously
the parcel is the risk you accepted. that is worth remembering before it becomes a crisis
tracking has been dark for 3 days, at what point do i worry
update from 5 months ago: New Zealand transit has got slower, consistently, across four orders
i have lost 7 parcels in three years across a lot of orders. that is the actual rate for me
declared value, do you go low or realistic
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anyone had a split shipment arrive weeks apart
signature requirements slow things down and do not obviously reduce loss
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i had a parcel marked returned that arrived eleven days later. it happens
cold pack arrived warm after 23 days, does it matter
coming back after 23 months, has anything changed with Japan
powder is robust
do you use the same address every time
paying for a faster service does not speed up customs. it speeds up the legs either side of customs
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does a signature requirement help or hurt
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summer into a hot country is the risk. order in a cooler month if you have the choice
*PeptideMeter not the other one
ports do that
quick one ask about reship
handling fee is the killer
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has anyone had a parcel arrive after being marked as returned
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got a seizure letter, what actually happens next