Got a letter from the customs office about a parcel from Greece. Reading it carefully before I do anything.
What changed my experience was splitting orders rather than ordering larger and less often.
A card that works domestically can fail on an international merchant for dull, uninteresting, entirely legitimate reasons.
Would rather do this properly than quickly.
What do you do about the fee? Do you just pay it?
File early.
The cheapest option costs more once you price in the failure rate.
Fees like that are charged by the carrier, not the state, which is why they are hard to contest.
Photograph everything.
Reminder that a tracking number is not required in the post, but the dates and the carrier are.
Three month limits are cumulative across parcels in more places than people realise.
Same here.
Not on a virtual card but the pattern is familiar.
Written confirmation email after every phone call. Cheapest insurance there is. Same for me with a virtual card, unfortunately.
Silent tracking in the first week is normal. Scanning happens at hubs, not continuously. How long have you been on a virtual card?
File early. Five years in on a virtual card and it lines up.
Photograph everything.
Fees like that are charged by the carrier, not the state, which is why they are hard to contest.
Be careful reading one parcel as a rule. Two successes build a false model.