coming back to this how many parcels have people lost in total
#shipping-customs 2026-03-04
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- a1c_lag — does MKM actually honour a reship or is it decorative 20:09
- amsterdam_aliquot — summer into a hot country is the risk. order in a cooler month if you have the choice 20:10
- bpc_sceptic — does a signature requirement help or hurt 21:25
- bpc_sceptic — declared value, do you go low or realistic 22:53
a port stall is not the same as a customs hold and the tracking language usually distinguishes them
does MKM actually honour a reship or is it decorative
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summer into a hot country is the risk. order in a cooler month if you have the choice
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anyone shipping into the UK in summer and what do you do about it
right so tracking has been dark for 4 days, at what point do i worry
give it another week
ports do that
mine took 4 days
no wording advice here
genuine question courier or postal service, which has been better for Germany
a seizure letter is usually the end of it. you have lost the parcel and that is almost always the whole consequence
postal not courier
tracking going dark for a week or ten days at a port is common and resolves on its own most of the time, thats one data point
anyone had a split shipment arrive weeks apart
order in winter
signature requirements slow things down and do not obviously reduce loss
be patient with support
winter shipping into a cold country risks freezing, which is a different problem from heat and gets discussed less
thats slower than usual
slightly off topic but paying for a faster service does not speed up customs. it speeds up the legs either side of customs
parcel is sitting at a port with no movement, is that customs or just a port
thats a stock split
the transit table is pinned and built from what members actually reported, not from what suppliers quote
update from 2 months ago: Poland transit has got slower, consistently, across four orders
does a signature requirement help or hurt
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is vat charged on the declared value or what they think it is worth
nobody here can tell you what will clear customs where you live and the mods stop that conversation quickly
i had a parcel marked returned that arrived eleven days later. it happens
handling fee is the killer
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ask about reship
[edited]powder is robust
the parcel is the risk you accepted. that is worth remembering before it becomes a crisis
if you query a missing parcel, be factual and patient. the good suppliers respond to that
reship policies vary enormously. HJ honoured one for me without being pushed, which is not universal
postal has been better than courier for me every single time. couriers are more thorough
how long is transit to Germany running at the moment
coming back to this 14 days to New Zealand with working tracking the whole way is at the good end of what i have seen
thats the end of it
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has anyone had a parcel arrive after being marked as returned
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cold pack arrived warm after 26 days, does it matter
vat is usually charged on declared value plus shipping, and the handling fee is often more than the vat
what does the room consider a normal transit time now
declared value, do you go low or realistic
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genuine question the same address every time is fine. a different address every time looks worse, not better
while im here be patient with support
i have lost 9 parcels in three years across a lot of orders. that is the actual rate for me
paying for a faster service does not speed up customs. it speeds up the legs either side of customs
Recon calculator: 30mg in 1ml = 10mg/ml.
update from 17 months ago: Germany transit has got slower, consistently, across four orders
i declare it as what it is at a low value. we do not discuss wording beyond that here, i think
what happened when you queried a missing parcel with the supplier
handling fee is the killer
*Medutest not the other one