Australia Post has held my parcel for 4 days with no scan. Is that normal for this route or should I start the process?
A card that works domestically can fail on an international merchant for dull, uninteresting, entirely legitimate reasons.
Small, light and boring passes. Large, branded and interesting gets examined.
Anyone know the actual process rather than the folklore?
File early.
Domain age is one of the few signals that is expensive to fake and free to check.
Three month limits are cumulative across parcels in more places than people realise. Two years in on SEPA transfer and it lines up.
Same here.
Do you contact the customs office or the carrier first?
Do you contact the customs office or the carrier first? Two years in on SEPA transfer and it lines up.
Split orders. Two small parcels beat one large one for reasons that have nothing to do with price.
File early. The window is shorter than people think and it starts at the transaction.
File early. The window is shorter than people think and it starts at the transaction.
The sticker on the box is just so you know they were in there. It is the letter that matters.
Customs outcomes are not rulings. A parcel passing is not legal advice.
Written confirmation email after every phone call. Cheapest insurance there is.
Fees like that are charged by the carrier, not the state, which is why they are hard to contest.