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Customs and seizures
Page 3 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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fake_trackingnobody here can tell you what will clear customs where you live and the mods stop that conversation quickly, anyway#shipping-customs · 2025-05-30van_isle_vialis vat charged on the declared value or what they think it is worth#shipping-customs · 2025-05-31area_percentunrelated but a prescription from one member state is meant to be recognised in another under the cross border rules. whether…#eu · 2025-05-31coa_or_copehas anyone crossed a border specifically to buy it#eu · 2025-06-01madrid_mgquick one a prescription from one member state is meant to be recognised in another under the cross border rules. whether the…#eu · 2025-06-01void_volumethe seizure letters members have had here have been letters and nothing else, but that is our sample rather than a guarantee#uk-ireland · 2025-06-02point_two_fiveparcel is sitting at a port with no movement, is that customs or just a port#shipping-customs · 2025-06-03vialkeepernobody here can tell you what will clear customs where you live and the mods stop that conversation quickly#shipping-customs · 2025-06-04vialkeepersplit shipments arriving weeks apart is normal and is usually a stock thing, not a customs thing#shipping-customs · 2025-06-04split_the_costis vat charged on the declared value or what they think it is worth#shipping-customs · 2025-06-04point_two_fivea port stall is not the same as a customs hold and the tracking language usually distinguishes them#shipping-customs · 2025-06-05pbs_pipi was wrong about the cross border prescription rules and a pharmacist corrected me in person, which was humbling#eu · 2025-06-05chlorhexok so a port stall is not the same as a customs hold and the tracking language usually distinguishes them, from memory#shipping-customs · 2025-06-08chlorhexis vat charged on the declared value or what they think it is worth#shipping-customs · 2025-06-08tokyo_taperpaying for a faster service does not speed up customs. it speeds up the legs either side of customs#shipping-customs · 2025-06-08fridge_thermoa seizure letter is usually the end of it. you have lost the parcel and that is almost always the whole consequence#shipping-customs · 2025-06-08split_shipmentpaying for a faster service does not speed up customs. it speeds up the legs either side of customs, ask me again in a month#shipping-customs · 2025-06-12van_isle_vialtransit was 15 days for me with a week of nothing in the middle at a customs facility#canada · 2025-06-13vat_on_importsplit shipments arriving weeks apart is normal and is usually a stock thing, not a customs thing, thats one data point#shipping-customs · 2025-06-15ghent_gradienta seizure letter is usually the end of it. you have lost the parcel and that is almost always the whole consequence#shipping-customs · 2025-06-15peak_splitmargin, and because some shipments spend three weeks in a customs shed. the packs are for the worst case, not the normal one#storage-coldchain · 2025-06-16first_month_fia seizure letter is usually the end of it. you have lost the parcel and that is almost always the whole consequence#shipping-customs · 2025-06-16fasting_insulinhas anyone crossed a border specifically to buy it ema approval is a licence, not a payment decision. every member state…#eu · 2025-06-18surpass_twoa port stall is not the same as a customs hold and the tracking language usually distinguishes them, take that with a pinch of…#shipping-customs · 2025-06-21low_and_slowvat is usually charged on declared value plus shipping, and the handling fee is often more than the vat#shipping-customs · 2025-06-24low_and_slowa seizure letter is usually the end of it. you have lost the parcel and that is almost always the whole consequence#shipping-customs · 2025-06-24back_from_awaywhats the wording on the customs declaration for a sample roughly one sample in 4 rounds has gone missing in transit. budget…#lab-requests · 2025-06-26van_isle_vialpaying for a faster service does not speed up customs. it speeds up the legs either side of customs#shipping-customs · 2025-06-26blind_submitparcel is sitting at a port with no movement, is that customs or just a port#shipping-customs · 2025-06-27spreadsheet_stuborder 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 · 2025-06-28yyz_vialtransit was 25 days for me with a week of nothing in the middle at a customs facility#canada · 2025-06-28ferritin_fayvat is usually charged on declared value plus shipping, and the handling fee is often more than the vat#shipping-customs · 2025-06-29eight_mmsplit shipments arriving weeks apart is normal and is usually a stock thing, not a customs thing#shipping-customs · 2025-06-29spreadsheet_sturight so the seizure letters members have had here have been letters and nothing else, but that is our sample rather than a…#uk-ireland · 2025-06-29manila_meniscusfor the archive customs inside asia, is it easier between neighbouring countries#asia · 2025-06-29provincial_patdoes cross border make any sense from canada or is it not worth the bother#canada · 2025-06-30bengaluru_bacbeing closer to the manufacturing does not shorten customs. my parcels from three hours away took as long as ones from europe,…#asia · 2025-06-30declared_valuenobody here can tell you what will clear customs where you live and the mods stop that conversation quickly#shipping-customs · 2025-07-01dublin_dosenobody here can tell you what will clear customs where you live and the mods stop that conversation quickly#shipping-customs · 2025-07-05cold_chain_cmdrsplit shipments arriving weeks apart is normal and is usually a stock thing, not a customs thing#shipping-customs · 2025-07-05deadspaceis vat charged on the declared value or what they think it is worth#shipping-customs · 2025-07-05meal_prep_mickthe seizure letters members have had here have been letters and nothing else, but that is our sample rather than a guarantee#uk-ireland · 2025-07-05reship_ritaslightly off topic but a seizure letter is usually the end of it. you have lost the parcel and that is almost always the whole…#shipping-customs · 2025-07-06logrotatei order about six weeks ahead because a customs delay inside the eu still cost me 10 days once#eu · 2025-07-06coa_or_copecrossing a border to buy it happens and people are quiet about it, which tells you how comfortable they are with it, not…#eu · 2025-07-06rotterdam_reconparcels entering the eu get assessed at the first point of entry rather than at your own border, which caught me out badly#eu · 2025-07-10fibre_firstmy last customs bill was about twenty two percent of declared value plus a fixed handling charge that hurt more than the tax did#eu · 2025-07-10tail_factornobody here can tell you what will clear customs where you live and the mods stop that conversation quickly#shipping-customs · 2025-07-12fasting_insulinfor the archive paying for a faster service does not speed up customs. it speeds up the legs either side of customs#shipping-customs · 2025-07-12underfill_umasame customs steps#asia · 2025-07-12mg_per_mlsame family. you pay, then there is a customs fee, then a handling fee, then a release fee, and the goods never existed#scam-watch · 2025-07-13vacuum_victhe seizure letters members have had here have been letters and nothing else, but that is our sample rather than a guarantee#uk-ireland · 2025-07-16endotoxin_ednobody here can tell you what will clear customs where you live and the mods stop that conversation quickly, from memory#shipping-customs · 2025-07-17sulphur_burpanyone had a parcel stopped by border force and what actually happened next#uk-ireland · 2025-07-17five_mg_mlnobody here can tell you what will clear customs where you live and the mods stop that conversation quickly#shipping-customs · 2025-07-18madrid_mgcrossing a border to buy it happens and people are quiet about it, which tells you how comfortable they are with it#eu · 2025-07-18logrotatewhile im here the border question comes up a lot and nobody here will tell you what to declare. that gets stopped quickly#canada · 2025-07-19secretagogue_sycustoms inside asia, is it easier between neighbouring countries#asia · 2025-07-19per_mg_petepaying for a faster service does not speed up customs. it speeds up the legs either side of customs#shipping-customs · 2025-07-20fake_trackingvat is usually charged on declared value plus shipping, and the handling fee is often more than the vat#shipping-customs · 2025-07-21