DHL was sellers choice, he didn't asked me anything, but it's an obvious choice, since the Japan Post is not shipping anything here. I just had to follow the procedure as described in DHL's texts and emails, what else could I do?
One thing is interesting, though. My Sakura Tram was collected at Kansai, Japan April 28th. Flying from Osaka to Hong Kong, and then to Cologne, Brussels, Leipzig and Frankfurt (in that order, according to DHL Tracking), it arrived at my local Customs office last Thursday. So only three days from Japan. After six days, and after the collosal procedure as described in my previous post, and some 50 USD for fees, customs, VAT etc. - I still didn't get it.
Tracking says: "Customs Delay".
But I know I'll be happy when it finally arrives.
"EORI Number" is a special story. Thankfully, I validated mine some years ago, and is still valid so I didn't have to do that this time. But it's a bit creepy. You tipe the abbreviation for your country + your personal identification number (that's the EORI Number, actually) in a special EU Commision web-page, and it tells you if it is valid or not. But it tells a whole lot more! For example, I concluded that EU Commision knows that I moved some years ago, because they changed my address automatically. Great! Big EU Brother knows everything... and keeps me safe, of course!
One thing is interesting, though. My Sakura Tram was collected at Kansai, Japan April 28th. Flying from Osaka to Hong Kong, and then to Cologne, Brussels, Leipzig and Frankfurt (in that order, according to DHL Tracking), it arrived at my local Customs office last Thursday. So only three days from Japan. After six days, and after the collosal procedure as described in my previous post, and some 50 USD for fees, customs, VAT etc. - I still didn't get it.
Tracking says: "Customs Delay".But I know I'll be happy when it finally arrives.
"EORI Number" is a special story. Thankfully, I validated mine some years ago, and is still valid so I didn't have to do that this time. But it's a bit creepy. You tipe the abbreviation for your country + your personal identification number (that's the EORI Number, actually) in a special EU Commision web-page, and it tells you if it is valid or not. But it tells a whole lot more! For example, I concluded that EU Commision knows that I moved some years ago, because they changed my address automatically. Great! Big EU Brother knows everything... and keeps me safe, of course!
My YouTube Channel: Mister No
(This post was last modified: 05-06-2020, 10:12 AM by Super.)
![[-]](https://www.blueplastictracks.org/images/collapse.png)