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The UPS chaos shows tariffs have finally arrived on our doorsteps (snafus abound)
The UPS chaos shows tariffs have finally arrived on our doorsteps, Business Insider, 10/18/25
. . . In late August, he ordered a dozen bottles of red wine to be sent to his home in Huntsville, Alabama. It never showed up. Citing recent tariff changes, UPS requested more details about the shipment before saying it couldn't deliver the wine to DeThomas at all.
After receiving a replacement shipment from the vineyard, he also got a $13 bill from UPS for "abandoning" the first case.
. . . The chaos has become especially apparent for UPS customers like DeThomas. The service has left customers' US-bound packages sitting at its warehouses for days or weeks, and, in some cases, said that it would dispose of their shipments because of customs issues since the demise of a loophole for small shipments under $800 ((the de minimis loophole -progree)).
. . . Katie Golden, who resells clothes on Depop, said that she expected to pay some tariffs when she ordered $179 worth of used apparel from the UK. Still, she said, she was surprised when UPS sent her a bill for $769 when her shipment reached the US, including a $54 brokerage fee.
Golden said that she's trying to dispute the tariff and have her bill reduced. She said that she suspects that UPS didn't understand what was in her shipment and applied the wrong tariff rate.
More: https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/markets/the-ups-chaos-shows-tariffs-have-finally-arrived-on-our-doorsteps/ar-AA1OIf6x
. . . In late August, he ordered a dozen bottles of red wine to be sent to his home in Huntsville, Alabama. It never showed up. Citing recent tariff changes, UPS requested more details about the shipment before saying it couldn't deliver the wine to DeThomas at all.
After receiving a replacement shipment from the vineyard, he also got a $13 bill from UPS for "abandoning" the first case.
. . . The chaos has become especially apparent for UPS customers like DeThomas. The service has left customers' US-bound packages sitting at its warehouses for days or weeks, and, in some cases, said that it would dispose of their shipments because of customs issues since the demise of a loophole for small shipments under $800 ((the de minimis loophole -progree)).
. . . Katie Golden, who resells clothes on Depop, said that she expected to pay some tariffs when she ordered $179 worth of used apparel from the UK. Still, she said, she was surprised when UPS sent her a bill for $769 when her shipment reached the US, including a $54 brokerage fee.
Golden said that she's trying to dispute the tariff and have her bill reduced. She said that she suspects that UPS didn't understand what was in her shipment and applied the wrong tariff rate.
More: https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/markets/the-ups-chaos-shows-tariffs-have-finally-arrived-on-our-doorsteps/ar-AA1OIf6x
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