Buying stuff from Japan... items sitting in customs

[Skara]

Looks like I'm not the only one with a terrible postal service.

My optic has been sitting in customs since the 20th of March, seller declared a value of €1 so they blocked the parcel.

They sent me a letter on the 6th of April, which arrived this Tuesday (yes, 9 days later) which told me to send an email with the PP transaction, my ID and a bunch of other stuff.

Being prepared, I already had all the documents at hand, I sent the email literally 2 minutes after receiving the letter.

Haven't heard from them since.

 

[MikeMarden]

Looks like we're in it altogether

Ordered X2 parts from Russia / X2 from Hong Kong - Both from trusted sellers I've dealt with before & all have tracking information. No further updates via Royal Mail / eBay other than good have left the country of origin back end of March.

Either they're en route via carrier pigeon or they're held up in Customs

Did try calling Royal Mail but not taking non-essentials calls & I gave up after 45 minutes!

Good luck to us all getting our bits & pieces