Handed over to customs???

[brialeeanna20]

is this normal? on my tracking it shows at 10:40pm my order was handed OVER to customs. Does this mean it is not going to get to me or just normal?8-o8-o

 

[OutWest]

normal. If it never leaves customs, then you have a problem.

 

[imahuph]

mine was handed over to customs, later that night it was released from customs so i would have to say normal.

 

[LuckySevens4U]

It's normal.

 

[brialeeanna20]

OK so now i dont fell SOO bad this is my first order and all it was is a case and car charger no nic

 

[brialeeanna20]

bestecig does say that if customs takes it and does not send it to you that they will reship it tell you do get it !!! you cant beat that

 

[taz3cat]

Everything goes through customs, it's the law, if they looked at every package we would never get anything including blankets, bolt, toys, clothing the list is endless. Very package I have got from out of the USA said inbound customs, outbound customs if it has a tracking number.

They probably just put the stuff on a conveyer belt that goes though a scanner and sometimes randomly pick a package to open.

 

[CasperGhostboy]

Everything goes through customs, it's the law, if they looked at every package we would never get anything including blankets, bolt, toys, clothing the list is endless. Very package I have got from out of the USA said inbound customs, outbound customs if it has a tracking number.

They probably just put the stuff on a conveyer belt that goes though a scanner and sometimes randomly pick a package to open.

That is probably the case. Yeah, what I have heard on another forum that deals with a totally different subject (some people get their shipments from a "deputy shopper," either a broker or one person--usually one person--from Japan) and this person ships from Japan using EMS. So, it is going to say "In customs" or something like that when it arrives Stateside, and what I had heard is that they usually place every package on a conveyor belt and run it through some kind of scanner (X-ray, magnetic, explosive-sniffing, whatever--I don't work for customs, this is just what I have heard) and about 1% of all incoming packages from abroad are opened, but only usually if the scanning process is tipped off. (Again, this is just what I have read on that other forum.)

And yes, on that forum too, people get panicked when they see their beloved shipment (that they usually spend thousands on) is held in customs for days on end. The other members and mods/admins of that forum soothe the panicked member saying that this is normal, etc., etc., etc., just like most say here about their shipments here being held in customs.

My three cents.
CasperGhostboy

 

[brialeeanna20]

YEA time for happy dance my order was Released from Customs today!!!! so i should be getting it real soon

 

[brialeeanna20]

Yea it is in HOUSTON should come tomorrow now just have to wait tell hubby go get paid to order from the guy in katy that sells juice!! Hubby but me on a budget ( $50 a week less than what i spent on analogs)

 

[Freely]

So, How many time you need to wait to they arrived to your place?
I mean, since you noticed the message "Handed over to customs". Or how much time passed, since you got the message "Handed over to customs" to "Released".?

I am having the same problem. But the status have not change since this morning.

Thanks

 

[menthollight]

So, How many time you need to wait to they arrived to your place?
I mean, since you noticed the message "Handed over to customs". Or how much time passed, since you got the message "Handed over to customs" to "Released".?

Depending on how busy the customs office is, it could be an hour or several days. But the tracking information is often way behind, and sometimes the package can be delivered to you while the tracking still shows it in customs.

 

[ProfessorDaffy]

Even with customs I don't think anything's ever taken more than 10 days. And bestecig has some really good liquids, too.

Until you get your first order from China you also don't know why every post mentions "bubblewrap". ;-)

 

[KreeL]

I believe that eastmall is the only one from china that knows what a cardboard box is.