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When UPS charged me a $684 tariff on $355 of vintage computer parts

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320 points goldenskye | 6 comments | 15 Nov 25 23:55 UTC | HN request time: 0.206s | source | bottom
1. delichon ◴[16 Nov 25 01:12 UTC] No.45941901[source]▶
If SCOTUS finds the tariffs unconstitutional in Learning Resources v. Trump, they should order refunds.
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2. femiagbabiaka ◴[16 Nov 25 01:19 UTC] No.45941942[source]▶
I would be surprised if the money was being held in escrow and could be refunded. Actually the Trump admin is using this as an argument to the SC as to why making the tariffs unconstitutional is a bad idea.
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3. Coffeewine ◴[16 Nov 25 01:32 UTC] No.45941989[source]▶
Indeed. The moral of the story is that it’s ideal to do illegal acts which are difficult to undo, as it’ll give the judiciary greater pause.
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4. testing22321 ◴[16 Nov 25 01:53 UTC] No.45942073[source]▶
According to the President, tariffs have already brought in $8 TRILLION dollars. [1]

Might be hard to issue refunds.

1. https://reason.com/2025/09/02/the-white-house-says-trumps-ta...

5. ryanSrich ◴[16 Nov 25 02:16 UTC] No.45942192[source]▶
Because I've ran into the same issue. I don't think this is actually the tariff. I'm almost 100% positive this is the shipping companies (UPS, and FedEx, but UPS seems to be the biggest culprit) are slamming receivers with massive bills because they are miscategorizing many items coming from Europe.
6. chrneu ◴[16 Nov 25 06:20 UTC] No.45943183{3}[source]▶
This reminds me of the quote

If you owe the bank $100 that's your problem. If you owe the bank $100 million, that's the bank's problem.

Kind of the same idea, sorta.