Mallard4468 posted:George S posted:This finally arrived today from Ireland. For awhile, I thought customs in NYC was going to keep it. ...
I'm not familiar with the customs process. I've bought a handful of things from Europe/GB/Ireland without incident, but don't know if it's just been dumb luck.
What happened, how did you resolve it, and any tips for avoiding it in the future?
Thanks.
I haven't had many problems. I bought something at the same time from England and it came through Philly. It hardly even stopped at the port. This one hit the NYC ISC on April 24 and sat there until Monday this week. It said "processed through ISC NYC" and then nothing. I actually went on the US Postal Service website and filled out a lost / missing item report. I read someone else did that and it worked. It could be just coincidence, but it moved almost immediately to "Arrived at QUEENS NY DISTRIBUTION CENTER". I read online that sometimes customs has questions about an item and just sits on it. Providing the info in the missing item report to the USPS gets it going. No guarantees though.
George
