powder is robust
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#shipping-customs 2026-04-03
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Highlights from this day
- bengaluru_bac — has anyone had a parcel arrive after being marked as returned 13:28
- meniscus_mel — follow up is it worth paying for a faster service or does customs eat the difference 14:33
- amsterdam_aliquot — split shipments arriving weeks apart is normal and is usually a stock thing, not a customs thing 16:00
- amsterdam_aliquot — courier or postal service, which has been better for Poland 16:18
no wording advice here
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order in winter
mine took 24 days
| Destination | Median days | Worst logged |
|---|---|---|
| UK | 11 | 34 |
| Germany | 9 | 28 |
| Netherlands | 9 | 22 |
| Canada | 14 | 41 |
| Australia | 13 | 38 |
| Singapore | 6 | 15 |
update from 5 months ago: Australia transit has got slower, consistently, across four orders
sorry to jump in anyone had a split shipment arrive weeks apart
thats slower than usual
give it another week
[edited]i had a parcel marked returned that arrived eleven days later. it happens
a port stall is not the same as a customs hold and the tracking language usually distinguishes them
i declare it as what it is at a low value. we do not discuss wording beyond that here
the same address every time is fine. a different address every time looks worse, not better, from memory
right so postal has been better than courier for me every single time. couriers are more thorough
does a signature requirement help or hurt
has anyone had a parcel arrive after being marked as returned
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the transit table is pinned and built from what members actually reported, not from what suppliers quote
[edited]thats a stock split
declared value, do you go low or realistic
nobody here can tell you what will clear customs where you live and the mods stop that conversation quickly
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coming back after 7 months, has anything changed with Japan
14:26marrow.mod pinned a message
handling fee is the killer
a port stall is not the same as a customs hold and the tracking language usually distinguishes them
follow up is it worth paying for a faster service or does customs eat the difference
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while im here does GGPeps actually honour a reship or is it decorative
a seizure letter is usually the end of it. you have lost the parcel and that is almost always the whole consequence
tracking has been dark for 4 days, at what point do i worry
customs charge came to £55, is that normal for Germany
summer into a hot country is the risk. order in a cooler month if you have the choice
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how long is transit to Sweden running at the moment
postal not courier
if you query a missing parcel, be factual and patient. the good suppliers respond to that
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 Poland
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ask about reship, ask me again in a month
be patient with support
parcel is sitting at a port with no movement, is that customs or just a port
vat is usually charged on declared value plus shipping, and the handling fee is often more than the vat
8 days to New Zealand with working tracking the whole way is at the good end of what i have seen, i have it written down somewhere
a liquid cold pack tells you it was above freezing, not that the vial cooked. lyophilised powder is robust
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the parcel is the risk you accepted. that is worth remembering before it becomes a crisis
[edited]thats normal transit
got a seizure letter, what actually happens next
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is vat charged on the declared value or what they think it is worth