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Other Stuff => General Wargames and Hobby Discussion => Topic started by: vodkafan on 05 February 2017, 07:39:08 PM
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I am in the process of doing a miniatures trade with a member here from Canada. I sent my parcel off yesterday but I only just realised today that the woman in the post office did not give me a customs label to fill out! What will happen? Will the parcel get there? I have the proof of posting, but it was sent cheapest airmail, no tracking or anything.
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In my experience, it will still get there.
I don't know which country you posted from, but many countries have bilateral agreements on trade, so it may not even have been necessary/required to fill out such a form. I certainly never have, evne when posting to the US, Canada or Australia from the Netherlands.
Worst case, customs will open it, slap a fee on it and the receiver will be alerted that they will have to pay import taxes / customs fees before they will receive the package. But most likely, it will just be delivered to the receiver as is...
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Don't panic Captain Mainwaring, I've recently sent parcels to France, Belgium, Malta, Spain and even Australia and they all got there. I didn't fill out any forms at all, only one of them (to France I think) had tracking and they were all delivered in good time as well :)
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:( But my secret identity is Anxiety Man. My superpower is being able to jump to the worst conclusion in a single bound.
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:( But my secret identity is Anxiety Man. My superpower is being able to jump to the worst conclusion in a single bound.
Secret? Not any more! Now worry about that instead! lol
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As a general note return addresses on packages are important when sending to Canada. The postal service highlights than and I have found that having them helps speed delivery as well. I guess they have validation who sent it etc.
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As a general note return addresses on packages are important when sending to Canada.
This.
I forgot to write my return address on a parcel I sent to Canada and it simply never arrived. Without the return address Canadian post refused to handle it and it was bounced back to the UK. After many weeks and a few phone calls I managed to track it down to a holding office (in Liverpool if I recall) and got it returned to me.
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Fucking Canadians. lol
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I put the return address on it it. But that's the first time I have not been asked to fill in a customs label. Maybe the woman was new or just having a vacant moment.