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Posted by Ralph Wood on October 17, 2025, 6:39:40, in reply to "Re: Tariffs?"
Provide a link to an article on this claim, please. I can find nothing about it with a search. What did immediately come up was that UPS...not USPS...is disposing of packages. I also got AI results saying the UK mail service was disposing of them (but then, being AI, it gave no supporting information, and is probably nonsense.) Additionally, I got presented with the USPS regulations for handling undeliverable international mail. It is held 30 days for pick up, then returned...at the sender's expense. If the sender refuses to pay, THEN it is destroyed. If it has no return address, it is destroyed. I used to work for USPS. That has been the policy for a long time.
However, UPS (not USPS) seems to be destroying stuff, and not in as regulated or organized a fashion. Here's an article on this:
https://www.aol.com/articles/ups-disposing-u-bound-packages-054511954.html
Document your claim, please. 
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uk news report USPS is dumping 10% of packages as they have not enough storage, all this takes is a slight error in the paperwork, no queries , Previous Message
Hi Charles,
It would seem that US Customs requires the tariff be prepaid by the shipper. This has lead to the buyer being charged that cost expressed as a large increase in shipping charges. There are also additional fees being charged for the service by some shippers.
Some countries have stopped accepting packages to the USA because they either aren't sure what to charge or don't have the ability to do it.
Hope this helps, David Previous Message
I haven't ordered anything from overseas dealers since before this tariff business started. Has anyone else been ordering lately and what experiences have you had? Any nasty surprises?
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