Got a letter from the customs office about a parcel from Poland. Reading it carefully before I do anything.
The published rule and the enforcement pattern are different documents and only one of them affects your parcel.
Photograph everything before you open it. It takes ten seconds and settles most disputes.
Reading the statute rather than the summary changes the tone of everything you send back.
Has the handling changed recently for anyone else?
Same here.
How long have you been on the customs office?
Check the register yourself rather than trusting the number printed on the site.
Everyone is an expert until the first seizure letter.
“Dispatched” means the label was printed. That is the entire meaning of the word.
“Registered with” is doing an enormous amount of work in that sentence.
“Registered with” is doing an enormous amount of work in that sentence.
What do you do about the fee? Do you just pay it? Eight months in on the customs office and it lines up.
Do you contact the customs office or the carrier first?
File early. The window is shorter than people think and it starts at the transaction.
Written confirmation email after every phone call. Cheapest insurance there is.
“Registered with” is doing an enormous amount of work in that sentence.
Check the register yourself rather than trusting the number printed on the site.
The cheapest option costs more once you price in the failure rate. How long have you been on the customs office?
Photograph everything. Currently on the customs office myself.