Germany: personal import, and what it actually costs here
Germany: personal import, and what it actually costs here. Change my mind, genuinely — I have no stake in being right about this. The rules where I live changed between two orders six months apart. Nothing was announced; I found out by reading. Got a request for information and treated it as a seizure for two days…
regional stock removes the question entirely
personal import rules are not the same as commercial import rules
Where a supplier holds regional stock, the shipment is domestic and there is no import event at all. That is the structural fix rather than a workaround.
declared value and description are the shipper’s decisions, ask what they use
do not post your own address details when asking
A hold, a request for information and a seizure are distinct administrative events. Each has its own process and deadlines, and the notice itself states which one you have.
How long has it been sitting, and at which stage?
a hold is not a seizure and people conflate them constantly