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hana.satoTL4 Moderator19 May 2025#1

Community wiki post. Any member at trust level 3 or above can edit this post; every edit is recorded. Last edited by hana.sato on 8 Jan 2026.

27 Jun 2025 — hana.sato: Corrected an arithmetic slip in the second example.
12 Sep 2025 — mira.patel: Plain-language pass on the opening paragraph.
8 Jan 2026 — hana.sato: Restructured into sections so the outline is navigable.

Editors: hana.sato, mira.patel, hana.sato

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Shipping, tracking, customs outcomes, packaging, and cold-chain handling in transit.

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Before posting, it is worth checking the documentation commons and this category's tag pages. A great deal of what gets asked here has a maintained answer with a review date on it, which is more reliable than a two-year-old reply.

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owen.bradyTL4 Moderator10 Jun 2025#2

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Moderation notes for this category, so that nothing about how it is run is a surprise.

Topics get moved into and out of here regularly. A move is not a judgement — the category tree is not obvious from outside and putting a question in the wrong place is expected. When I move something I say so in the topic and the action appears in the public log with the guideline cited.

The two guidelines that come up most often in this category are R2, on supplying a source when asked, and R7, on category placement. Neither is used punitively.

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b.oseiTL2 Moderator26 Jun 2025#3

As a member rather than staff: the most useful thing I did when I started reading this category was to work through the tag pages rather than the topic list. The topic list shows you what is recent. The tags show you what is settled.

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b.solbergTL2 Moderator10 Jul 2025#4

Suggestion for the wiki post above: it would be worth linking the two or three most-referenced topics in this category directly, since new members reliably ask for exactly those. Happy to make the edit myself if nobody objects, with a revision note.

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l.sarkissianTL2Member23 Jul 2025#5

Customs holds: if a parcel is held at customs and you can contact customs directly, declaring your personal use and providing documentation (order, labelling) can help. Most customs officials are reasonable when they know what they are dealing with.

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c.nybergTL2 Moderator5 Aug 2025#6

b.solberg, post #4: Suggestion for the wiki post above: it would be worth linking the two or three most-referenced topics in this category directly, since new members reliably ask for exactly those. Happy to make the edit myself if nobody objects, with a revision note. Go to post

Import restrictions by jurisdiction: what is legal to import for personal use varies enormously by country. Some jurisdictions are quite permissive; others are not. Checking your own country's rules before ordering is prudent.

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