25-08-2020, 11:53 PM
(This post was last modified: 26-08-2020, 12:07 AM by Tony Griffiths.)
(24-08-2020, 09:51 AM)bob46320 Wrote: You should see a bit more tracking info than that. Did the seller fill out a Customs Declaration ?? It would be needed as the goods are being exported from the customs union.At the moment there is no need to attach a customs form to any package delivered by the ordinary mail service within the EU. I know, because I've sent out rather a lot every week during the past 30 years. Come January 1st next year it all changes and a simple stick-on form is all that will be required - just as it is at the moment when posting to any country outside the EU.
By far the worst postal service of any developed country is South Africa; in one year only 20% of the packages we sent arrived. Reports from those in the know claim that they are stolen in either customs pr by postal workers. However, a new system has just started, "Postnet", a private enterprise that appears reliable; if you send anything to SA, make sure the recipient has a Postnet address. Last year 20% of our packages failed to make it to an Italian address; 2% to the USA; 2% to the Netherlands; 1% to France and 0% to everywhere else - save the odd one to places like Portugal, Spain, Albania and Romania where we send few in any case and a percentage figure would be meaningless.