Ordered from Germany for the first time and the debit card payment triggered every fraud check the bank has.

Filing the paperwork early is worth more than arguing later about whose fault it was.

The address matters more than the contents after a while, and nobody warns you about that.

The bank blocking a payment is a completely different problem from the shop blocking it, and the fix is different.

Customs handling fees are charged by the carrier, not the state, which is why they are so hard to contest.

Any experience with the equivalent in another country would help.