#shipping-customs 2026-02-03

the transit table is pinned and built from what members actually reported, not from what suppliers quote

nobody here can tell you what will clear customs where you live and the mods stop that conversation quickly

does GGPeps actually honour a reship or is it decorative

split shipments arriving weeks apart is normal and is usually a stock thing, not a customs thing

paying for a faster service does not speed up customs. it speeds up the legs either side of customs

powder is robust

update from 11 months ago: Ireland transit has got slower, consistently, across four orders

vat is usually charged on declared value plus shipping, and the handling fee is often more than the vat

for the archive 20 days to Australia with working tracking the whole way is at the good end of what i have seen

what does the room consider a normal transit time now

what happened when you queried a missing parcel with the supplier

unrelated but signature requirements slow things down and do not obviously reduce loss

has anyone had a parcel arrive after being marked as returned

winter shipping into a cold country risks freezing, which is a different problem from heat and gets discussed less, i could be wrong

does a signature requirement help or hurt
summer into a hot country is the risk. order in a cooler month if you have the choice

i have lost 5 parcels in three years across a lot of orders. that is the actual rate for me

*that should say weekly

a liquid cold pack tells you it was above freezing, not that the vial cooked. lyophilised powder is robust