the personal import thing finally clicked for me and I want to write it down
the personal import thing finally clicked for me and I want to write it down. It is the sort of thing everyone half-believes and nobody writes down.
Posted a question here with my address in the screenshot. A mod removed it within minutes, which I appreciated.
Asked somebody qualified locally rather than relying on this board. Best forty minutes I have spent on the topic.
The order to do things in when something is held, which is not what most people do.
Read the notice and identify which document you have: a hold, a request for information, or a seizure notice. They are different events with different processes and deadlines, and the notice says which. Note any deadline immediately.
Then work out where the time actually went — clearance and carrier are separate stages and only one of them involves your supplier. Then keep every document, including the dull ones, in date order.
And if there is a deadline or a consequence attached, this is the point to ask somebody qualified where you live. Nothing on a ranked feed is legal advice, including this comment.
I will update this if the picture changes rather than quietly leaving it up.
best — the order this archive was captured in
Declared value and product description are chosen by the shipper. Asking what they use is a legitimate pre-order question and the answer tells you how routine this is for them.
Got a request for information and treated it as a seizure for two days before actually reading it. It was neither dramatic nor difficult.
Got a request for information and treated it as a seizure for two days before actually reading it.
Disagreeing with this line: that is the position in a different country and it does not transfer.
Declared value and product description are chosen by the shipper.
This is why every thread here has to start with a country.
Where a supplier holds regional stock, the shipment is domestic and there is no import event at all. That is the structural fix rather than a workaround.
What does the notice actually say, in its own words?
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I would not read a single clearance experience as a rule. Sample size one, and customs is not deterministic.
do not post your own address details when asking