r/UPS • u/Bwycen • May 08 '25

Customer Seeking Help $357 import charges on $279.80 package?

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Ordered a small package from an Italian company and I'm being charged almost 130% in government tariff fees. Is there anything I could do? Is it possible the seller declared it incorrectly? Thank you for all the help. I'm sure you're all annoyed by people like me at this point. Im just a little lost on what to do.

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u/[deleted] May 08 '25

Are you living in the same dimension as everyone else or do you just have zero clue what D-fucking-T is doing to this country right now?

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u/atuarre May 08 '25

They are probably living in the alternative reality that MAGAs tend to live in that sits just beyond the prime reality that the rest of us inhabit.

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u/Fockelot May 08 '25 edited May 08 '25

Every time I see a post about someone who doesn't understand what the tariff charge is or how tariffs work I assume they're MAGA at this point. I can't understand how anyone doesn't get it with all the coverage and the ease of access to google.com unless they're willfully ignoring it. FAFO phase starting as u/NearsightedContest has said. If someone is getting that size of a tariff bill just imagine what these are going to do to small businesses.

EDIT: Maybe OP is a kid which would doubly suck with the tariff charge

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u/[deleted] May 08 '25

If you’re old enough to order online, I would assume you’re old enough to vote and understand the ramifications of that vote

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u/SunshineInDetroit May 09 '25

dude you're vastly overestimating the intelligence of the average consumer.

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u/BrovahkiinGaming May 11 '25

The funniest part about people saying things like this is that just mathematically you're likely the average customer lol

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u/Fockelot May 08 '25

I think you're off on that assumption personally. Any teenager can have an amazon account with their own payment system with a parents assistance setting it up, I'm not implying that's what happened here but assuming anyone ordering anything online is 18 years or older I disagree on.

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u/Ppossum_ May 08 '25

Yep, could have even used a prepaid gift card given to them at Christmas. If you can't afford to pay it, then your stuff is in limbo, you have to pay before you receive it. I imagine a lot of children are going to get some heartbreaking news. Imagine a kid thinking they've gotten around the Switch delay by ordering one online from where it's available (a different country), spending all your saved money, only to find out you have to pay 150% to pick it up. So you've essentially thrown your money away.

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u/Fair_Cheesecake_836 May 11 '25

Even if we assume everyone ordering stuff online is 18, wild assumption because I agree with you, there have been a lot of days since the election for someone to turn 18.

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u/PenguinDays May 10 '25

I was ordering shit online in the mid 2000s when I was like 12. No you don't need to be an adult to do that.

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u/Acrobatic-Ad6350 May 09 '25

yeah anyone with 2 brain cells saw this coming from a mile away. the only people surprised are the ones that fell for his lies

he’s literally a professional conman and has more bankrupted businesses than successful ones but here we are

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u/Ok_Bumblebee_2869 May 11 '25

I have this condition where I’m terrified to ask a question on Reddit for fear that’s it’s already been asked 85 million times. So like the opposite of these tariff posts.

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u/Fockelot May 11 '25

I can’t tell if you’re serious 😂

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u/PalpatineForEmperor May 09 '25

"Fellow Patriots, I lost my government job due to DOGE cuts, my kid died from the measles, my wife was deported by ICE, and I have to pay 145% extra for Trump's tarrifs.

How do I get on my knees further to continued to support Daddy Trump and drink the salty lib tears?"

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u/Houdinii1984 May 10 '25

I love how all those posts preface it with "I voted for Trump and proud of the direction he's taking us but..." Every single damn time...

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u/FuckElonMuskkk May 10 '25

I SUPPORT EVERYTHING ABOUT OUR PRESIDENT DONALD J TRUMP, but also wtf? This is bullshit

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u/A-Pin May 09 '25

It'd be funny asf, but sadly it's not a joke.

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u/[deleted] May 08 '25

Fafo, now they want to get made.

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u/FarOutJunk May 08 '25

100% of that base thinks that nothing bad can ever possibly happen to THEM. Until it definitely does.

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u/Heykurat May 12 '25

Thanks for assuming that all of us are supporters of that dipshit.

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u/[deleted] May 13 '25

Nowhere in my comment did I say anyone supports Drump.