seizure vs declared value — genuinely asking which matters more
I have had 14 orders now and I keep a table, so here is the honest summary rather than a vibe. Material has been consistent. Communication has not. Shipping has varied by about 28 days on nominally the same lane, which matters more in summer than in February. The independent number came back 98.4% against a claimed…
Stalled for 2 weeks, changed nothing, and it started moving again on week 10.
Dead space in the needle hub holds a small but non-trivial volume. On low-volume draws that can be several units.
declared value is personal import, impacts duty
Stalled for 4 weeks, changed nothing, and it started moving again on week 50.
This is the "correlation is mechanism" thing again. You changed three variables at once.
personal-import allowances differ by country