• baconsunday@lemmy.zip
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      19 days ago

      Incorrect. There was a famous trendy video of an individual who was told to receive their package they had to pay UPS at drop off for the fees from the tariffs. The delivery driver even understood people weren’t happy.

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        17 days ago

        They still weren’t paying the tarrifs though, they were reimbursing them. If they were truly paying them they would have paid the government not UPS.

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          17 days ago

          So anyways, as I said, consumers and corporations paid the tariffs. It all depends on how it was purchased.

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            17 days ago

            If you paid FedEx or UPS then you did not pay the tarrifs directly. They paid the terrifs, you reimbursed them. So they will get them back. It’s seeming like a lot of people who reimbursed companies for tarrifs think they actually directly paid terrifs themselves.

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              17 days ago

              You said there is no instance that a consumer paid tariffs. FedEx and UPS are the ones who ship what you paid for, yes.

              If YOU personally order something internationally and it is subject to applicable duties, when it arrives at customs, customs/carrier procedures can require you to pay the import duty before receiving the package, or it will remain in their custody until YOU pay the dues.

              So, anyways, as I have said, it is not JUST corporations who paid the tariffs.

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                17 days ago

                Right, but who did you pay it to? If you paid Customs directly, you paid the terrifs, of you paid UPS they paid they tarrif and you just reimbursed them. There’s an important difference.

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                  15 days ago

                  There is no important difference. You just acknowledged that depending on who you paid, depends on if you paid the tariffs. I like that your goal post has wheels so you can keep moving it.

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                    14 days ago

                    Yes there is an important difference. If you paid customs you paid the terrifs and you get the refund. If you paid UPS, you reimbursed ups for the tarrif they paid to customs, and they get the refund.

                    The difference is who gets the refund, that’s the whole thing we’re talking about.