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Discussion => Shipping => Topic started by: Tittytwister on May 04, 2012, 10:42 pm

Title: Delayed shipping to Schengen-applying countries nearby Germany and FRA airport
Post by: Tittytwister on May 04, 2012, 10:42 pm
Hello, here are some more news to the ones in Germany - and a couple of Schengen-applying countries nearby - who are still waiting for their (small) parcel from outside (and some red-flagged countries inside) the European community:
A manager on the right spot at the FRAnkfurt cargo airport told me that right now the customs are totally overwhelmed, especially with postage from the close and far east and overseas, they are  in special searching for:
© (smuggled) cigarettes or tobacco
© e-cig nicotine products (which are forbidden by narcotics prohibition law BmG - and the tax takers already want to ban the e-gig generally for 'health reasons'!?!),
© professional copyright infringements (movies mostly and - almost fake- luxury goods)
© electronics
© ebay purchases with a value above 35 EUR (if not properly declared or a silly low invoice is attached they do web research and assume a regular market rate)
© everything which seems to lack the green declaration sticker
in order to confiscate and destroy or
to charge the regularily applying vat and probably to charge some hurting fine taxes - the pigs need the money to pay for more literally senseless security...

Anyway, presently there is by far not enough reliable (and payable) staff available - by federal law the 'postal privacy' must be kept by a postal officer who opens the parcel under supervision of the custom inspector, and a camera, under sometimes remarkable high safety standard when a package has to be opened.
Everybody is paranoid and over worked - and the transportation, labor etc unions are sometimes on strike lately.
not to mention it is even possible that they decide to call you in to open it yourself to save some work and explain then :(

shipping domestically is probably always the safest option for a speedy reception (although i have already bought explicitely 'domestic' on purpose to avoid any airfreight transportation but received from another EU country, most probably by plane, though due to the vendor 'not meant to fool the customer but just as a security measure', imho possibly dangerous).

got it?
hope this helps to calm down some of you guys and girls on cold turkey a bit!  :)
sorry, admin, if this is an unwanted repost, please just move it to the right board if necessary. Peace!  8)
Title: Re: Delayed shipping to Schengen-applying countries nearby Germany and FRA airport
Post by: SoopaRolla on May 05, 2012, 06:29 am
Sorry OP your post is k, but tbb goes everywhere and posts random stuff to scare first time buyers (like me)
Title: Re: Delayed shipping to Schengen-applying countries nearby Germany and FRA airport
Post by: random_guy on May 07, 2012, 04:35 pm
What can I except if my package is caught in the customs?

I have ordered too much shit lately from outside EU. And not only from SR, legal stuff as well. Nothing is arriving. This sucks.
Title: Re: Delayed shipping to Schengen-applying countries nearby Germany and FRA airport
Post by: Tittytwister on May 07, 2012, 05:14 pm
i am afraid to say that patience is the only key, i am waiting since 3 weeks, it sucks...