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Customs and seizures
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madrid_mgi order about six weeks ahead because a customs delay inside the eu still cost me 26 days once, happy to be corrected#eu · 2026-02-03madrid_mgmy last customs bill was about twenty two percent of declared value plus a fixed handling charge that hurt more than the tax did#eu · 2026-02-03vat_on_importis it worth paying for a faster service or does customs eat the difference#shipping-customs · 2026-02-05vienna_vialpaying for a faster service does not speed up customs. it speeds up the legs either side of customs#shipping-customs · 2026-02-05two_ml_twopaying for a faster service does not speed up customs. it speeds up the legs either side of customs#shipping-customs · 2026-02-07lyophile_livsplit shipments arriving weeks apart is normal and is usually a stock thing, not a customs thing, ask me again in a month#shipping-customs · 2026-02-07dexa_or_biaa port stall is not the same as a customs hold and the tracking language usually distinguishes them, from memory#shipping-customs · 2026-02-07lyophile_livdeclared value, do you go low or realistic#shipping-customs · 2026-02-07LC_MS_Lenai order about six weeks ahead because a customs delay inside the eu still cost me 14 days once#eu · 2026-02-07vat_on_importsplit shipments arriving weeks apart is normal and is usually a stock thing, not a customs thing#shipping-customs · 2026-02-08two_eight_cslightly off topic but is it worth paying for a faster service or does customs eat the difference#shipping-customs · 2026-02-08related_subsa port stall is not the same as a customs hold and the tracking language usually distinguishes them#shipping-customs · 2026-02-08clothes_size_cassdoes cross border make any sense from canada or is it not worth the bother#canada · 2026-02-09gall_bladder_gavanyone had a parcel stopped by border force and what actually happened next#uk-ireland · 2026-02-10blank_runis the customs handling fee worse than the vat itself#eu · 2026-02-11area_percenti order about six weeks ahead because a customs delay inside the eu still cost me 22 days once#eu · 2026-02-11gip_glp_gili was wrong about the cross border prescription rules and a pharmacist corrected me in person, which was humbling#eu · 2026-02-12same_chromatodeclared value, do you go low or realistic#shipping-customs · 2026-02-14gus_chartsgot a seizure letter, what actually happens next#shipping-customs · 2026-02-14bengaluru_bacwhile im here nobody here can tell you what will clear customs where you are and that is enforced in this channel#asia · 2026-02-14month_six_meupdate on the earlier thing a seizure letter is usually the end of it. you have lost the parcel and that is almost always the…#shipping-customs · 2026-02-15vienna_vialparcel is sitting at a port with no movement, is that customs or just a port#shipping-customs · 2026-02-15swab_dry_firstsorry to jump in i was wrong about the cross border prescription rules and a pharmacist corrected me in person, which was…#eu · 2026-02-15belfast_bacunrelated but whats the wording on the customs declaration for a sample#lab-requests · 2026-02-16ring_size_downcustoms between asian countries has not been noticeably easier in anything members have reported. each border is its own border#asia · 2026-02-16VialBotArchive lookup: seizure_letter first appears in this channel on 2025-03-31.#side-effects · 2026-02-17customs_owlsorry to jump in i order about six weeks ahead because a customs delay inside the eu still cost me 13 days once#eu · 2026-02-18customs_owlcrossing a border to buy it happens and people are quiet about it, which tells you how comfortable they are with it the…#eu · 2026-02-18manila_meniscuscustoms inside asia, is it easier between neighbouring countries#asia · 2026-02-19underfill_umasingapore customs, is a personal quantity fine#asia · 2026-02-19slow.taperborder force stopped a parcel of mine and sent a letter, and that was the whole of it. no follow up and no knock at the door,…#uk-ireland · 2026-02-20dez_domainssame customs steps#asia · 2026-02-20customs_owlyou pay for the shorter lane and for never thinking about customs. some people will consider that cheap#shipping-customs · 2026-02-21gip_glp_gilmy last customs bill was about twenty two percent of declared value plus a fixed handling charge that hurt more than the tax did#eu · 2026-02-22amylin_amyparcels entering the eu get assessed at the first point of entry rather than at your own border, which caught me out badly#eu · 2026-02-22peak_splitis the customs handling fee worse than the vat itself#eu · 2026-02-23ms_ms_mirasame customs steps#asia · 2026-02-23tokyo_taperbeing closer to the manufacturing does not shorten customs. my parcels from three hours away took as long as ones from europe#asia · 2026-02-23sgp_subqupdate on the earlier thing closer supplier, fewer flight hours, same number of customs steps. the steps are the slow part#asia · 2026-02-24maintenance_moanyone had a parcel stopped by border force and what actually happened next#uk-ireland · 2026-02-25bad_batch_not_scamgot a seizure letter, what actually happens next#shipping-customs · 2026-02-27belfast_bacsorry to jump in vat is usually charged on declared value plus shipping, and the handling fee is often more than the vat…#shipping-customs · 2026-02-27belfast_baccustoms charge came to €94, is that normal for Germany#shipping-customs · 2026-02-27sulphur_burpthe seizure letters members have had here have been letters and nothing else, but that is our sample rather than a guarantee#uk-ireland · 2026-02-27rezept_rolfi was wrong about the cross border prescription rules and a pharmacist corrected me in person, which was humbling#eu · 2026-02-27relabel_watchcross border in theory#eu · 2026-02-27secretagogue_sycustoms inside asia, is it easier between neighbouring countries#asia · 2026-02-27seizure_lettercoming back to this a port stall is not the same as a customs hold and the tracking language usually distinguishes them#shipping-customs · 2026-02-28cold_pack_carlais vat charged on the declared value or what they think it is worth#shipping-customs · 2026-02-28amylin_amymy last customs bill was about twenty two percent of declared value plus a fixed handling charge that hurt more than the tax…#eu · 2026-02-28closer_not_simpleri was wrong about the cross border prescription rules and a pharmacist corrected me in person, which was humbling#eu · 2026-02-28a1c_lagcloser supplier, fewer flight hours, same number of customs steps. the steps are the slow part#asia · 2026-02-28vacuum_vicborder force stopped a parcel of mine and sent a letter, and that was the whole of it. no follow up and no knock at the door#uk-ireland · 2026-03-01LC_MS_Lenaa prescription from one member state is meant to be recognised in another under the cross border rules. whether the pharmacist…#eu · 2026-03-01still_here_2024cross border out of canada rarely makes sense because canada is usually the cheaper side of that particular border#canada · 2026-03-01ring_size_downa port stall is not the same as a customs hold and the tracking language usually distinguishes them#shipping-customs · 2026-03-02seizure_letteris it worth paying for a faster service or does customs eat the difference#shipping-customs · 2026-03-02courier_vs_postok so nobody here can tell you what will clear customs where you live and the mods stop that conversation quickly#shipping-customs · 2026-03-03knees_firstanyone had a parcel stopped by border force and what actually happened next#uk-ireland · 2026-03-03tga_noticea seizure letter is usually the end of it. you have lost the parcel and that is almost always the whole consequence#shipping-customs · 2026-03-04