snoogly
Maximum Pace
- Oct 14, 2007
- 695
- 48
No idea what is going here, and wondered if anyone else had hit this kind of hurdle.
Had a custom frame and forks made in USA, and they were sent to me via USPS last week. Have previously had a frame built by the same person, and delivered to me in the same way. I just paid the customs duty to the mailman.
This time something seems to be up. By USPS online tracking I could see that the package has been in Japanese customs since the 1st. Toady a mailman handed me a somewhat baffling envelope containing several bits of paper ... A friend could tell me this much: Japan Post Office won't process the package through customs until I fill in the form and send it back.
I filled in the form, and sent it back - but does anyone know what the heck is going on? How come it didn't just breeze through customs, and why do I have to fill in a form to get it processed?
(I sent an email to Strong Frames to see if they can chase it from their end, but they will be out of the office for a few days.)
Had a custom frame and forks made in USA, and they were sent to me via USPS last week. Have previously had a frame built by the same person, and delivered to me in the same way. I just paid the customs duty to the mailman.
This time something seems to be up. By USPS online tracking I could see that the package has been in Japanese customs since the 1st. Toady a mailman handed me a somewhat baffling envelope containing several bits of paper ... A friend could tell me this much: Japan Post Office won't process the package through customs until I fill in the form and send it back.
I filled in the form, and sent it back - but does anyone know what the heck is going on? How come it didn't just breeze through customs, and why do I have to fill in a form to get it processed?
(I sent an email to Strong Frames to see if they can chase it from their end, but they will be out of the office for a few days.)