US Customs seized package sent with DHL

slapped · #**243** 09-19-2010

about a week,,,Depends Really

trig · #**244** 09-20-2010

my main supplier has refused to ship by dhl now.

suggestions?

slapped · #**245** 09-20-2010

The Customs Crackdown at DHL Is Over,,,,Things are Back to Normal,,,Your Supplier will Find out soon enough,,,,

glh1309 · #**246** 09-21-2010

DHL shipment came through Cincinnati today. Hooray! Sure hope it will be ok for a while.

teedon · #**247** 09-21-2010

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Originally Posted by jeffweico

I don't think so. After "clearance delay" it says "contact DHL customer serivice".

"Contact DHL customer service" means seized by customs. At least in my experience.

jeffweico is telling the truth!!

glh1309 · #**248** 09-22-2010

Got another DHL through Cincinnati today. It is looking better.

newtools · #**249** 09-26-2010

I am having the same experience. Very reliable overseas seller is telling me i should accept to ship by Ems and not dhl. I have never had to this request. This is what is happening now. think ahead. i am being told shipping is now 7-14 days. but i rather i get it.

newtools · #**250** 09-26-2010

are u finding extra cost for ems? it's more expensive so supplier adds $
who is having this experience? Is ems raising your costs a bit for safety?

forummember · #**251** 09-26-2010

@newtools

There always a risk when buying stuff that it will get seized. In the U.K. at the moment customs is really clamping down on the importation of ⊗⊗⊗⊗.

newtools · #**252** 09-26-2010

I understand this, i am specifically talking about the use of ems instead of dhl as advised orig. by one of my suppliers. But then they told me all packages in the last week are ok.

Ems has extra cost - they told me $50 - $150 more for 30+ kg

slapped · #**253** 09-26-2010

Quote:

Originally Posted by newtools

I understand this, i am specifically talking about the use of ems instead of dhl as advised orig. by one of my suppliers. But then they told me all packages in the last week are ok.

Ems has extra cost - they told me $50 - $150 more for 30+ kg

Thats BULLSh%t,,,,DHL has been running Normally since the 18th,,,,,EMS is CHEAPER than DHL,,,,,,Just another Slick DHGator,,,,,,,,,,,,,

Here We Go Again · #**254** 09-26-2010

Check this out.....
Went to track my numbers tonight through USPS because it was shipped EMS and not DHL.
So the seller put my name, address, city and state as normal but put a different first number in my zipcode.

Now both of my packages say the same thing:
Insufficient Address, September 25, 2010, 7:49 pm, ISC NEW YORK NY(USPS)
Needless to say that I live about a thousand miles from New York City.

The seller has asked me to check with my local USPS Office to get the packages to the right city and state.

I am pissed off now.....

I will see what the USPS tells me tomorrow.

nobody999 · #**255** 09-27-2010

keep us posted, in my experience, i have never been able to get usps to ship to a different address, dhl,ups,fedex i'm able to get them delivered to another address...but not usps.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Here We Go Again

Check this out.....
Went to track my numbers tonight through USPS because it was shipped EMS and not DHL.
So the seller put my name, address, city and state as normal but put a different first number in my zipcode.

Now both of my packages say the same thing:
Insufficient Address, September 25, 2010, 7:49 pm, ISC NEW YORK NY(USPS)
Needless to say that I live about a thousand miles from New York City.

The seller has asked me to check with my local USPS Office to get the packages to the right city and state.

I am pissed off now.....

I will see what the USPS tells me tomorrow.

slapped · #**256** 09-27-2010

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Originally Posted by Here We Go Again

,,,,,,,,,,,,as normal but put a different first number in my zipcode,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,.

I had Something Similar happen to Me once, and I was Successful in Having the Package Re Directed Correctly,,,I Remember that I Needed the ORIGIN ADDRESS in order to Verify the Package,,,You might want to have that Handy,,,in case they ask you as well,,,,,Make sure that is the Right one,,,Most of those guys in China Use "Stealth" "Ship From" Addresses

That additional number IN FRONT gave you the Problem,,,You would have Most likley been ok if that additional Number was Behind the Last one Especially with something like a Dash in front of it 11213-6 as opposed to 611213

webgoon · #**257** 09-27-2010

Quote:

Originally Posted by Here We Go Again

Check this out.....
Went to track my numbers tonight through USPS because it was shipped EMS and not DHL.
So the seller put my name, address, city and state as normal but put a different first number in my zipcode.

Now both of my packages say the same thing:
Insufficient Address, September 25, 2010, 7:49 pm, ISC NEW YORK NY(USPS)
Needless to say that I live about a thousand miles from New York City.

The seller has asked me to check with my local USPS Office to get the packages to the right city and state.

I am pissed off now.....

I will see what the USPS tells me tomorrow.

Strange...same exact thing happened to me...

Insufficient Address, September 24, 2010, 10:51 am, ISC NEW YORK NY(USPS)

International Dispatch, September 24, 2010, 10:51 am, ISC NEW YORK NY(USPS)

Undeliverable as Addressed, September 23, 2010, 5:54 pm, JAMAICA, NY 11499

I called the post office and they said that once it hits "International Dispatch, September 24, 2010, 10:51 am, ISC NEW YORK NY(USPS)", that means it's being sent back to the sender.

Been trying to get in touch with the supplier but on ems's site, it still says "24 Sep 2010 10:51 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA USJFKA Arrival at Sorting Center" so they're not responding...needless to say I'm kinda ticked off. Guess I'm going to just open a dispute and request for a refund...there goes my funds being locked up for another 30 days...

teedon · #**258** 09-27-2010

DHL still not ok for pass us custom,be careful when ship the vero products from china.

glh1309 · #**259** 09-29-2010

About nine months ago it seemed like every EMS shipment to a zip beginning with 4 was landing in Chicago. Chicago customs was seizing every one of them. The shipper started using the tactic of inventing a zip code starting with 1 which caused the shipment to land in New York. That worked for a long time, as USPS just corrected the zip and forwarded it. Lately it seems that they are no longer fixing the zip, but just sending it back. So now we have a situation where shipments are getting through NY customs ok, but they aren't being delivered, just returned. What a headache.

glh1309 · #**260** 09-29-2010

I don't know why they want you to check your local post office. When I called mine, they said the recipient could not revise the incoming address. Only the shipper was allowed to make an address revision. I asked if there was anything that I could do to retrieve the package stalled in NY and was told no.

Here We Go Again · #**261** 09-29-2010

I checked with my Local USPS about my packages....
They both have been returned to sender.

Talked with my seller......
They have agreed to re-ship my items.
The package went out yesterday.
At first they wanted to wait until they received the original back.
After 10 minutes of me ranting and raving they saw it my way.

Don't make your problems into my problems.

ghostboy · #**262** 09-30-2010

My supplier resent my package and it just sailed right through Clearance processing at CINCINNATI. Woo Hoo its been about a month since i had this in stock. WTF

glh1309 · #**263** 10-01-2010

It looks more and more like EMS packages arriving in NY with the wrong zip are just being returned to sender instead of being fixed. Not long ago a package would be routed to the incorrect zip where they would fix it and forward it. It seems that there has been a policy change on fixing zip codes. Has anyone heard anything?

newtools · #**264** 10-02-2010

I think that suppliers were using Ems during teh dhl raid but now taht it;s over teh right suppliers know how to use dhl right.

HWGA - your new shipment is Dhl right?