UPS is telling customers that their packages coming to the US are marked for destruction

[In It to Win It]

UPS customers are finding their shipments stuck in package purgatory.

Some customers of the shipping service say that packages sent to the US from abroad are getting held up at the carrier's facilities for weeks and, in some cases, are being subjected to higher-than-expected tariffs and customs brokerage fees, according to tracking information. Eight people whom Business Insider spoke to said that they received updates indicating they might never get their packages at all.

"The package is undeliverable and is in the process of being disposed of according to the local guidelines," reads one tracking update sent to several UPS customers Business Insider spoke with and posted widely on a subreddit for UPS users.

For many of these UPS customers, the delayed packages marked their first encounter with international shipping in the era of tariffs imposed by President Donald Trump's administration this year.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/ups-telling-customers-packages-coming-183707876.html

[Blues Heron]

1. Iiiits beginning to look a a lot like christmas ....

What ever happened to “return to sender” isn’t this a major breach of basic mail protocol? We trashed your shit, because the rate changed?

[OAITW r.2.0]

2. Next time, please check your political affiliation box correctly.

[JustAnotherGen]

3. Marked for destruction?

Not quite.

With the $800 de minimis gone - everything from a single doll to personal notebooks are subject to tariffs. This means the filing in the automated customs entry (ACE) system has to be entered by UPS Customs Brokerage.

The average importer doesn't have a detailed commercial invoice. The UPS Customs Brokerage is now having to try and figure out what the precise codes are they need to enter.

My castings now have 3-4 lines in ACE. It used to be two. But - I don't use UPS Customs Brokerage so it's business as usual for me. It goes into the port by ups - broker clears - UPS delivers to the last mile.