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

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320 points goldenskye | 1 comments | 15 Nov 25 23:55 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
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thrw888 ◴[16 Nov 25 13:01 UTC] No.45944799[source]▶
This was before current administration. FedEx charged me $60 AFTER delivery of $30 hat gifted to me from my US peers (yep, no warning, I got an email that I owe them $60 a few days after parcel was delivered). I originally thought it's a scam, but it was not. I diaputed this stating I should be informed BEFORE, not after delivery. After 6 months of back and forth I found that it's actually EU tarrifs.
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1. bombcar ◴[16 Nov 25 13:44 UTC] No.45945100[source]▶
The secret to international shipments is to ALWAYS demand it be sent by the government postal service.

You might still get hit with tariffs but you won’t get hit with insane brokerage fees.