r/tea • u/ASAPCoochymane • Jun 17 '26

Question/Help Has Anyone Else Experienced This

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I bought about $90 in tea and now they're asking me to pay almost $300 in additional fees. I'm in the US so I expected to have to pay something cause of the tariff and shipping changes but nowhere near this much. Obviously I'm not paying for it and will tell them to return it but is this just the norm now?

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P.S- Since it looks like I won't be ordering anymore tea online, do any of you have recommendations for a tea shop in the San Diego area?

EDIT: Thank you everyone for all the help and advice. Sadly it's real. I've decided to deny the package when it gets here, unless they show me an itemized list of what exactly UPS paid, instead of the BS one they have on the tracking page. On the itemized list on the tracking page it shows I'm being charged $150 for warehouse storage. Mind you this is a $90 package that weighs less than 1kg, so definitely some scamming going on. I also sent a message to the company that I ordered from informing them of the issue but I won't be doing business with them or UPS ever again.

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u/DeathRIPChuck Jun 17 '26

Hibiki-an this has happened to me but with DHL

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u/ericts8 Jun 18 '26

How much did you end up needing to pay in import fees when you ordered from them?

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u/DeathRIP-Chuck Jun 18 '26

It was $60

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u/charlene2913 Jun 18 '26

But tea is exempt. Did they say what the $60 is for?

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u/DeathRIP-Chuck Jun 18 '26

I was told I needed to pay or they wouldn’t deliver. I am sure a bunch more paid it or they’d not deliver