How long does it take in the USA when package is "Inbound to Customs"?
Does this mean it is seized?
I have never seen this before and it has been in this stage for 10 days.
From my won experience, the majority of packs have taken a few days to about a week at the tracking status you mention.
However, yours sitting longer on that status does not guarantee it has been seized; it means it is in customs for inspection -- I may pass or it may be seized.
If you get another tracking update (such as at a regional distribution point) it means it passed inspection.
If you do not get any update for a few weeks and/or get a letter from a government agency, it means it has been seized.
Below I will post my example from one of my own packs that sat in the customs step for a month before moving and successfully arriving (that is why the seizure letter is the real confirmation that it truly has been seized and not just a delay in the government system).
It is very difficult to estimate how long the postal system and customs can take -- it just varies greatly.Packs from the same order have come at much different speeds and can take up to weeks or even month difference. For example, the pic below is from one of my order that had the first half arrive from W2 to USA in only 25 days, while the other pack in the order took 57 days -- same order with both shipping out at the same exact time and landing in the USA (image below).
If it does get seized, you will get a letter from homeland security or US Customs and Border patrol.Do NOT reply to any seizure letters and you will have no trouble. This letter simply means your package was seized. But you do not yet have any legal trouble as long as you do NOT claim that pack (do NOT reply to the letter in any way).
If you reply or make any claim to ownership of the pack, you may face serious legal issues. For all you know, the pack was not yours and you have no idea what this letter is all about -- if anyone asks, you know nothing and it must be someone sent something to a wrong address. You have never taken possession of the pack and you must not make any claim that it was intended to be yours.
Do NOT talk to anyone at all about the pack because nothing you say help you and everything can and will be used against you if the situation escalates to a court of law (5th amendment right to remain silent -- and ask for your attorney).
That is what I meant; do NOT reply to the letter.
Basicstero gives one free reship attempt for all paid items (but not promo, bonus, or other extras) in an order. So all is not lost yet just because of a seizure letter because you can get one more try, to recover the main paid items, for free from the source.
If seized contact the source by using the "Contact US" page on the Basicstero site and explain your pack was seized -- the source will offer a free reship with proof of seizure.
The "Contact Us" page on the source's site is your best and most efficient way to contact the source (see link in the "code" box below):
Code:
https://basicstero.ws/contact