Written confirmation email after every phone call. Cheapest insurance there is.
The published rule and the enforcement pattern are different documents. Only one of them affects you. How long have you been on Italy?
Fees like that are charged by the carrier, not the state, which is why they are hard to contest.
“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.
What do you do about the fee? Do you just pay it?
Do you contact the customs office or the carrier first? Side effects was my main issue with Italy too.
File early. The window is shorter than people think and it starts at the transaction.
Photograph everything before you open it. Ten seconds, settles most disputes.
Photograph everything.
Photograph everything.
Photograph everything before you open it. Ten seconds, settles most disputes. Not on Italy but the pattern is familiar.
Customs outcomes are not rulings. A parcel passing is not legal advice.
A privacy service registered three months ago on a domain claiming twenty years of trading is a contradiction.
Split orders. Two small parcels beat one large one for reasons that have nothing to do with price. Currently on Italy myself.