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S-108Grade: DOCUMENTEDPrice as a signal

The second invoice is the actual product

What you see

A "customs hold" message demanding a further fee to release your parcel

What it means, the mechanism behind it, and how to tell — sealed.

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Entry S-108 of 165 in Industry Dirty Secrets, the supply-chain case file. Every entry is graded documented, corroborated, or retired as folklore — 22 of the 165 are published as folklore rather than quietly dropped. This file grades a seller's claim; it cannot tell you what is in a vial.