More Tariff Madness

[ScottAndrews]

Agree, they are facing a new situation. But perhaps fairness requires to note that they were mostly hired before January 20 I suspect.

I think it is mostly an issue of chaos caused by a constantly changing policy on tariffs.

 

[ScottAndrews]

So, who was it that was saying the importing countries and importers were going to pay the tariffs? 70% (!!) added to the cost of a handful of electronic parts...

Paid by the consumer...

 

[sfdon]

Remember to pay UPS tariffs with PayPal…

 

[e9Leveque]

@sfdon why pay them with PayPal?

 

[sfdon]

So you can dispute the bill.

 

[e9Leveque]

@sfdon Got it. I had disputed my bill directly with UPS using a letter from W&N as well as with a copy of the UPS business invoice. Are you disputing directly through PayPal, and if so, can you point us in the direction of a submission form or area to dispute the tariff component specifically? Thanks

 

[boonies]

is there a class action lawsuit against UPS yet. Some good class representatives here…

 

[sfdon]

@sfdon Got it. I had disputed my bill directly with UPS using a letter from W&N as well as with a copy of the UPS business invoice. Are you disputing directly through PayPal, and if so, can you point us in the direction of a submission form or area to dispute the tariff component specifically? Thanks

Just call and dispute. UPS has 10 days to answer or all your money comes back.

 

[e9Leveque]

Perfect, good to know!

 

[tferrer]

I agree about the fantasy of zillions of manufacturing jobs..

There is nothing inherently wrong with a "service economy". In fact it is the lack of accounting for the service economy that seems to be driving the Admin anxiety about trade deficits.

A key flaw is that they are not accounting for all facets of the economy. If the US truly had a massive trade deficit, it would not be long before we all had no money, and some other country or countries had it. But that is not the case. The US is the richest country on the planet, and we are rich today because we sell lots of services to the world, and using the money the countries in the world pay us, we then buy washing machines from China and clothes from Vietnam... If you only look at manufactured goods and raw materials, in terms of trade, then you are missing a massive segment of the US economy.

I could go on about why I thin this admin is so infatuated with tariffs, but that's fodder for another post in another thread... Suffice it to say that a) there is nothing bad about a service economy, and b) it is unrealistic to imagine that bringing manufacturing back to the US would create any manufacturing jobs. All of it would be automated, and supported by that same service economy...

All true but you cant sell that to the uneducated, mis-information swilling masses.

 

[CharlesJ]

Interesting data point. Just had a package come from Taiwan with E9 parts. First package came via Fedex (at my request), but they sent the wrong part. Interestingly, no tarrif at all. I received the package and sent it back. But then they sent the replacement part (same thing, just different application) via UPS, $320 tariff. Two shippers, same basic item, two very different outcomes. Also begs the question of what the hell do you do if you need to return something after paying a tariff.

 

[sfdon]

Madness

 

[Dan Wood]

The Porsche parts I bought from France shipping via Fedex came without tariffs but it was under $200 so not sure if Fedex was the reason. The bigger surprise was finding a couple Porsche parts under $200.