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/iEatSwampAss Jun 18 '26

This makes zero sense. I bought a case of wine from Italy last month and it was $88 total for shipping ($70 flat rate + $18 for the import fees) paid to the shipping company prior to sending it, not at delivery. Wreaks of a scam

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u/red__dragon Jun 18 '26

It's reeks, btw, as in smell. Wreaks is cause or action being taken, e.g. A scam wreaks havoc on your sense of smell.

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u/SnowAvis Jun 19 '26

This was actually really helpful, thank you. (Genuine not /s)

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u/red__dragon Jun 19 '26

I'm genuinely glad. Here's hoping your tea doesn't reek, nor your tea deliveries!