Got a letter from the customs office about a parcel from the United States. 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.
The returns address and the contact address are often different and only one of them is a real building.
The credit card route gives you recourse and the transfer route gives you a lower price. Pick which you actually want.
What I have learned is that the 17 day mark is the point to start the process, not the point to panic.
Anyone know the actual process rather than the folklore?
The declaration contradicting the return address is what gets it opened.
Do you contact the customs office or the carrier first?
Do you contact the customs office or the carrier first?
What do you do about the fee? Do you just pay it?
Photograph everything before you open it. Ten seconds, settles most disputes.
Same here.
Same for me with An Post, unfortunately.
Customs outcomes are not rulings. A parcel passing is not legal advice.
“Dispatched” means the label was printed. That is the entire meaning of the word.
No referral links. Shortened links and tracking parameters are the usual offenders.
Everyone is an expert until the first seizure letter.
Photograph everything. Not on An Post but the pattern is familiar.
Three month limits are cumulative across parcels in more places than people realise.