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Customs and seizures
Page 14 of 15 — Declared value and description wording, what actually happens after a seizure letter, and reship policies that are real rather…
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ruo_onlycrossing a border to buy it happens and people are quiet about it, which tells you how comfortable they are with it#eu · 2026-05-22nordic_price_nilshas anyone crossed a border specifically to buy it#eu · 2026-05-22point_two_fivenobody here can tell you what will clear customs where you live and the mods stop that conversation quickly#shipping-customs · 2026-05-23manila_meniscusvat is usually charged on declared value plus shipping, and the handling fee is often more than the vat#shipping-customs · 2026-05-23LC_MS_Lenai order about six weeks ahead because a customs delay inside the eu still cost me 6 days once#eu · 2026-05-23verify_or_dontupdate on the earlier thing transit was 20 days for me with a week of nothing in the middle at a customs facility#canada · 2026-05-23per_mg_petepaying for a faster service does not speed up customs. it speeds up the legs either side of customs#shipping-customs · 2026-05-24provincial_patdoes a closer supplier actually mean fewer customs steps#asia · 2026-05-24fasting_insulina prescription from one member state is meant to be recognised in another under the cross border rules. whether the pharmacist…#eu · 2026-05-25fasting_insulincrossing a border to buy it happens and people are quiet about it, which tells you how comfortable they are with it#eu · 2026-05-25fasting_insulinhas anyone crossed a border specifically to buy it#eu · 2026-05-27bengaluru_baccloser supplier, fewer flight hours, same number of customs steps. the steps are the slow part#asia · 2026-05-27underfill_umaunrelated but customs between asian countries has not been noticeably easier in anything members have reported. each border is…#asia · 2026-05-27deamidationa seizure letter is usually the end of it. you have lost the parcel and that is almost always the whole consequence, ill dig…#shipping-customs · 2026-05-28amsterdam_aliquotdeclared value, do you go low or realistic#shipping-customs · 2026-05-28amsterdam_aliquotcoming back to this customs charge came to $185, is that normal for Canada#shipping-customs · 2026-05-28sgp_subqsame customs steps#asia · 2026-05-28food_noise_offvat is usually charged on declared value plus shipping, and the handling fee is often more than the vat#shipping-customs · 2026-05-29cleo_testsis it worth paying for a faster service or does customs eat the difference#shipping-customs · 2026-05-29courier_vs_postpaying for a faster service does not speed up customs. it speeds up the legs either side of customs#shipping-customs · 2026-05-29cat_on_the_traycoming back to this a prescription from one member state is meant to be recognised in another under the cross border rules.…#eu · 2026-05-30cat_on_the_trayi was wrong about the cross border prescription rules and a pharmacist corrected me in person, which was humbling#eu · 2026-05-30factory_direct_finobody here can tell you what will clear customs where you are and that is enforced in this channel#asia · 2026-05-30bpc_scepticanyone had a parcel stopped by border force and what actually happened next#uk-ireland · 2026-05-31nausea_windownobody here can tell you what will clear customs where you live and the mods stop that conversation quickly#shipping-customs · 2026-06-01rotate_the_sitepaying for a faster service does not speed up customs. it speeds up the legs either side of customs#shipping-customs · 2026-06-01dublin_dosethe seizure letters members have had here have been letters and nothing else, but that is our sample rather than a guarantee,…#uk-ireland · 2026-06-01appetite_backa seizure letter is usually the end of it. you have lost the parcel and that is almost always the whole consequence#shipping-customs · 2026-06-02olive_ordersis vat charged on the declared value or what they think it is worth#shipping-customs · 2026-06-02madrid_mgcrossing a border to buy it happens and people are quiet about it, which tells you how comfortable they are with it#eu · 2026-06-02ferritin_fayis it worth paying for a faster service or does customs eat the difference#shipping-customs · 2026-06-03coa_or_copegot a seizure letter, what actually happens next#shipping-customs · 2026-06-03elder_euhas anyone crossed a border specifically to buy it#eu · 2026-06-03pharmac_penpaying for a faster service does not speed up customs. it speeds up the legs either side of customs#shipping-customs · 2026-06-04iris_importsgot a seizure letter, what actually happens next#shipping-customs · 2026-06-04wrong_networka port stall is not the same as a customs hold and the tracking language usually distinguishes them#shipping-customs · 2026-06-05nhs_pathway_nellfollow up split shipments arriving weeks apart is normal and is usually a stock thing, not a customs thing#shipping-customs · 2026-06-05amsterdam_aliquothas anyone crossed a border specifically to buy it#eu · 2026-06-05deadspaceparcels entering the eu get assessed at the first point of entry rather than at your own border, which caught me out badly#eu · 2026-06-05amylin_amyis the customs handling fee worse than the vat itself#eu · 2026-06-05one_variablenobody here can tell you what will clear customs where you live and the mods stop that conversation quickly, n of 1 obviously#shipping-customs · 2026-06-06ring_size_downpaying for a faster service does not speed up customs. it speeds up the legs either side of customs summer into a hot country…#shipping-customs · 2026-06-06monoisotopiccross border in theory#eu · 2026-06-06sedge_sourcestransit was 4 days for me with a week of nothing in the middle at a customs facility#canada · 2026-06-06underfill_umanobody here can tell you what will clear customs where you are and that is enforced in this channel#asia · 2026-06-06fridge_thermodeclared value, do you go low or realistic#shipping-customs · 2026-06-07plus_sixteena seizure letter is usually the end of it. you have lost the parcel and that is almost always the whole consequence#shipping-customs · 2026-06-07blank_runa port stall is not the same as a customs hold and the tracking language usually distinguishes them#shipping-customs · 2026-06-07peak_splitcrossing a border to buy it happens and people are quiet about it, which tells you how comfortable they are with it, thats one…#eu · 2026-06-07yyz_vialthe border question comes up a lot and nobody here will tell you what to declare. that gets stopped quickly#canada · 2026-06-07tokyo_tapernobody here can tell you what will clear customs where you are and that is enforced in this channel#asia · 2026-06-07two_labs_two_answersbeing closer to the manufacturing does not shorten customs. my parcels from three hours away took as long as ones from europe#asia · 2026-06-07evidence_or_nota port stall is not the same as a customs hold and the tracking language usually distinguishes them#shipping-customs · 2026-06-08cold_chain_cmdra seizure letter is usually the end of it. you have lost the parcel and that is almost always the whole consequence, thats…#shipping-customs · 2026-06-08chlorhexborder 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 · 2026-06-08lead_time_larsparcels entering the eu get assessed at the first point of entry rather than at your own border, which caught me out badly#eu · 2026-06-08knees_firstis vat charged on the declared value or what they think it is worth#shipping-customs · 2026-06-09marrow.modwhile im here a seizure letter is usually the end of it. you have lost the parcel and that is almost always the whole…#shipping-customs · 2026-06-09gip_glp_gilvat is usually charged on declared value plus shipping, and the handling fee is often more than the vat#shipping-customs · 2026-06-09amsterdam_aliquotis the customs handling fee worse than the vat itself#eu · 2026-06-09