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Shipping from Spain to Holland, that difficult?

Hi!
I have a problem and I don't really know who to ask... I hope you can help me. I shipped an item to Holland two weeks ago, from Spain. The post company, Correos, tells me the envelope got to Holland three days after, but now they don't know where is it. After some days the buyer contacted me and I was stunned that he hadn't received the package. I was so afraid to fail my first sale that I shipped another item to Holland. Now, it's four days since I shipped it and the package tracking shows that the envelope is in Holland but the buyer hasn't received anything!
Somebody has shipped from Spain to Holland via Correos (certificated)? How does the Post work there?
I hope you understand the problem and have any clue!
Thank you in advance!
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Former_Member
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Re: Shipping from Spain to Holland, that difficult?

Customs likely has it... Takes me like 2 weeks to ship from the US to CA. Getting the package there isnt the issue, it's not distance.... its customs that holds everything up.
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Great,
I mailed a cream last week to the Netherlands. I sure hope it arrives.
I was tempted to mail it as a private "gift" and not a merchandise.
I know my neighbor who is dutch sends "presents" over and they always arrive quickly. However I once waited for month to receive a package from Germany.
Is there a way one can contact the dutch customs?
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Re: Shipping from Spain to Holland, that difficult?

I have no idea...
Tomorrow I will try to do some more research. In fact, I relative of mine lives in Holland and I will ask her to help me... But I feel frustrated, since it was my first sale...
Thank you for your advice.
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WoolWench
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I live in Holland... I have also had mail not arrive to me, sometimes they dont manage to deliver it but dont leave a note to say they tried and to pick it up, I lost some stuff, and other stuff with tracking turned up sitting unclaimed in the post office because I was meant to be psychic I guess and just know it was there...

However if its an envelope you sent, that fits in the letterbox, and its sent from within Europe - it shouldnt need to go through customs for tax purposes at least, and should have just been delivered by the post (not the parcel delivery) and I wouldnt have expected any problems, especially not two times in a row! I had stuff sent within Europe arrive really fast (3 days) but for some strange reason sometimes things from the UK take 3 days and sometimes 3 weeks for no apparent reason...

I dont know who you could contact about it, but I would expect that if you called dutch post they would tell you to go to your post office and follow it up from that end. I would suggest sending your items with Track and Trace, and maybe even signature required, at least then its traceable if it is not delivered, if you sent without track and trace then I dont think they will find it.... If you are lucky it will get returned to sender.. Fingers crossed!
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I've shipped to Holland and Sweden before and never had a problem. Hope the packages turn up for you and your buyer.
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