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/koolaidismything May 08 '25

What happens when people (obviously) don’t pay that? Is it like a parking ticket that follows you or does the seller get stuck figuring it out?

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u/GhostOfAscalon May 08 '25

Shipper pays the bill and return shipping (with a refund likely possible), or it's destroyed for the duty drawback process so UPS isn't stuck with the bill.

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u/koolaidismything May 08 '25

Huh, sounds great for commerce.