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Thread · #shipping-customs · 2025-10-12

signature requirements slow things down and do not obviously

Spun off from a message in #shipping-customs on 2025-10-12. 17 messages, 4 participants.

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  • thyroid_thea — signature requirements slow things down and do not obviously reduce loss 04:08
TT

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

NC

a port stall is not the same as a customs hold and the tracking language usually distinguishes them

GB

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

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TT

postal has been better than courier for me every single time. couriers are more thorough

TT

summer into a hot country is the risk. order in a cooler month if you have the choice

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

NC

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

TE

i have lost 3 parcels in three years across a lot of orders. that is the actual rate for me

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TT

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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NC

i had a parcel marked returned that arrived eleven days later. it happens

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if you query a missing parcel, be factual and patient. the good suppliers respond to that