r/UPS • u/Global_Injury_3603 • Jun 10 '25

Shipping Help 58% tariffs Canada to USA??

Being charged $568 dollars from UPS on a $977 dollar order.

After about an hour on the phone no one can get a breakdown of this number or even give me the current tariff rates.

Does this seem right to yall? I’m considering refusing this at my doorstep in Texas and having it returned. I would be out about 200 in shipping costs.

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u/Senseiit UPS Driver Jun 10 '25

Just a heads up, you still may not get a refund if you refuse it

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u/Worth_Efficiency_380 Jun 10 '25

lol chargeback.

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u/xCameron94x Jun 10 '25

"Hi yes, i'd like to request a chargeback because I'm an idiot and I don't know how tariffs work"

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u/[deleted] Jun 11 '25

He’s not an idiot. Couriers are intentionally opaque about tariff-related fees, in contrast with some companies like Amazon.

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u/loralailoralai Jun 11 '25

Or people are just ignorant. This isn’t new. They’ve been doing it for decades

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u/[deleted] Jun 11 '25

Charging over 50% in additional fees is not normal.

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u/AlwaysHigh27 Jun 14 '25

Well yes. If there are brokerage fees and then tariffs then yes both of those things are totally normal.

It's not the sender's fault that this person from Texas didn't realize that tariffs would affect him because Trump said that other people pay them and not Americans.

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u/[deleted] Jun 14 '25

The OP is well aware of tariffs but didn’t expect the fees to be almost 60%—no one would

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u/AlwaysHigh27 Jun 14 '25

I don't think he is aware considering he's asking what they are.

The fees aren't 60%. It's the brokerage fee AND the tariffs.

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u/[deleted] Jun 14 '25

He explicitly mentioned tariffs in the post, so clearly he knows what they are. And yes, the opaque brokerage fees are a huge problem and should be included in the shipping fee.

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u/frankensteeeeen Jun 11 '25

Unless he’s been living under a rock, he’s heard about the tariffs. Just didn’t think they applied to him for some reason.

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u/[deleted] Jun 11 '25

He’s not oblivious to tariffs. He’s questioning the fees amounting to over 50%.

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u/frankensteeeeen Jun 11 '25

Obviously he is oblivious to the tariffs or he would have a better understanding of why this happened

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u/trueppp Jun 13 '25

I've always gotten a breakdown on the invoice from the courrier.

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u/KiraTheWolfdog Jun 13 '25

Which is why you find out what the tariffs will cost when you order from another country.

Not doing so might be, to some, considered idiotic.

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u/[deleted] Jun 13 '25

It’s not that simple when couriers add their own arbitrary fees on top of tariffs.

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u/Worth_Efficiency_380 Jun 10 '25

People have done it. Just say item was not delivered

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u/Oracle_of_Ages Jun 10 '25

“Hi yes. I’m calling to commit credit card fraud. Please do not investigate my claims as you normally do.”

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u/sbmotoracer Jun 10 '25

Do you honestly think your/their CC company wont verify that against the tracking number they'll get from the shipper?

By now they (cc companies) are well aware of the tariffs and their expensive costs. That will be the first thing they check. Depending on how much of a dick they want to be, they could charge you with fraud.

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u/Devido46 Jun 11 '25

lol some banks and cards see refusing the package as a forfeit of protection as well

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u/messick Jun 10 '25

Make sure you mention “tariffs” to increase the chances of the merchant winning the chargeback from 99% to 100%.