Problems with customs in L.A.

I just had a friend ship me a box from Belgium to forward on to him in Ca, he thought there were still issues.

 

I had this exact same experience today. My box left Belgium 10/19, arrived in L.A. on 10/21 where it sat at "ISC Los Angeles CA (USPS)" for 3 weeks (which I can only assume is US Customs). On 11/7 I get a notification that it "Arrived at USPS Facility," then "Arrived at Sort Facility, then "Processed Through Sort Facility," and finally "Unclaimed/Max Hold Time Expired."

Any movement seemed good to me, so I assumed it was good news when on 11/8 it shows "Arrived" and then "Departed" in "Los Angeles, United States." Unfortunately, the next time an update happens is when it arrives in Brussels, Belgium today. My guess is they returned it to the sender, but no word on why it was returned unclaimed when they made not delivery attempt whatsoever.

 

Yeah, it probably never actually cleared Customs, in spite of what it looks like from the "Processed Through Sort Facility" message. I haven't seen the "Unclaimed/Max Hold Time Expired" message on any of my past shipments, but everything else sounds precisely like what has happened for shipments that get returned to the sender.

 

Things still aren't good as of mid to late October. I have a go around but still lost 200 in shipping costs going to LAX 3 weeks ago.

 

Placed an order with biab as they stated they have resumed shipping to California. Arrived at lax on the 15th and currently being retained with customs "for unknown reason". Oddly enough I recently ordered wine and received it within a week for Belgium with no issues. Did order wine from Denmark and it was held in Kentucky (weird) and I was called to pay a customs fee of a few dollars.

I think that's the issue with all these getting rejected, proper duties aren't being paid. If they call from lax I'd gladly pay it

 

Just to bump. Box arrived to my receiving location. So sent on the 10th and arrived on the 18th in LA. Looks like all good now.

 

Looks like things aren't getting though again. My BIAB order was shipped on Jan 19th and the online status was changed to "return to sender" last night. I called customs and they said they refused to pass the package to USPS because of the alcohol. Bummer

 

bummer

 

Oh man, I had stuff in my cart, waiting for me to commit.

 

Just had a box returned to EG yesterday. Had one go through in December and another a few days ago but this one, a fairly large order did not. Looks like shipping to east coast and double shipping fees are again in effect for us West coasters....

 

Has anyone had any issues with biab it eg with reshipping boxes to a new address?

 

FYI...
(from BIAB)

February 4, 2016 , 6:32 am
Processed Through Sort Facility
BRUSSELS EUROPEAN MAIL CENTRE, BELGIUM

February 8, 2016 , 8:04 pm
Processed Through Sort Facility
ISC LOS ANGELES CA (USPS)

Inbound Into Customs

February 11, 2016 , 8:06 pm
Inbound Out of Customs

February 11, 2016 , 8:06 pm
Arrived at USPS Facility
LOS ANGELES, CA 90009

February 12, 2016 , 10:26 am
Delivered

 

Lucky you!

My returned package has been sitting in Belgian customs since Feb 1.

________________________________________________________________________

Product & Tracking Information

February 1, 2016 , 1:07 pm

Processed Through Sort Facility

BELGIUM

Your item was processed through a facility in BELGIUM on February 1, 2016 at 1:07 pm. The item is currently in transit to the destination.

January 30, 2016 , 11:06 am

Departed

Brussels, BELGIUM

January 29, 2016 , 7:38 pm

Departed

New York, UNITED STATES

January 28, 2016 , 7:51 pm

Return to Sender

ISC LOS ANGELES CA (USPS), CA 90009

January 28, 2016 , 7:51 pm

Processed Through Sort Facility

ISC LOS ANGELES CA (USPS)

January 28, 2016 , 7:51 pm

Arrived at Sort Facility

ISC LOS ANGELES CA (USPS)

January 28, 2016 , 10:00 am

Departed USPS Facility

LOS ANGELES, CA 90009

January 28, 2016 , 9:22 am

Arrived at USPS Facility

LOS ANGELES, CA 90009

January 28, 2016 , 9:22 am

Inbound Out of Customs


January 26, 2016 , 8:05 pm

Inbound Out of Customs


Inbound Into Customs

January 23, 2016 , 1:40 am

Processed Through Sort Facility

ISC LOS ANGELES CA (USPS)



Origin Post is Preparing Shipment



January 19, 2016 , 7:48 am

Processed Through Sort Facility

BRUSSELS EUROPEAN MAIL CENTRE, BELGIUM

January 19, 2016 , 7:26 am

Processed Through Sort Facility

BRUSSELS EUROPEAN MAIL CENTRE, BELGIUM

January 19, 2016 , 7:26 am

Acceptance

BELGIUM

 

Hope it wasn't any IPAs!

 

How many bottles have you been getting through at at time? Large boxes 10x 750's or smaller 3-6 bottle shipments? trying to see if that matters at all. Have a coupl trades on hold and a couple other putchases ready to ship.... Is it still a crapshoot and you get mr/Mrs. Nice guy or mr/Mrs douche bag return stamp?

 

the one i got through was about 24+ btls. It was a huge box

 

My returned package was about 15 bottles - a mixture of 750's and smaller formats. Might just be luck of the draw.