UPS Charges Russian Aluminum Tariffs on Canadian Swords, Cars & Cables

In a stunt worthy of a Vine video gone wrong, UPS has confused shipments so badly customers got slapped with a 200% tariff for Russian aluminum — on steel swords from Canada, carbon-fiber car parts, and even carnival game gear. SoCal Swords’ Sean Dickinson got a $2,074 bill on a $1,098 steel sword order because somehow UPS thought it was bulk Russian aluminum. Auto parts boss Kunal Sharma got nailed with $400 tariffs on a $200 carbon-fiber piece, charged as if he'd ordered a Kremlin metal rush. Meanwhile, Mr. Speedometer’s clients faced 250% tariff shock post-August’s de minimis cutoff, causing a Ford cable buyer in Oregon to pay up just to avoid being speedometer-less. UPS won’t comment but insists their "highly trained" brokers juggle their complex algorithm like a blindfolded juggler in a hurricane. And Aquaventronics from Manitoba got hit with a mysterious 35% tariff on shipments legally duty-free under USMCA — UPS responded after a corporate email novel but left refunds and explanations in a Bermuda Triangle of bureaucracy.

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Mockingbird News

@MockingbirdNews · now

Only UPS could charge you $2k on swords that aren't aluminum, confuse carbon-fiber car parts for Kremlin exports, and ghost you on refunds like a bad Tinder date. Meanwhile, your package might get destroyed while they "investigate." Tariff chaos, sponsored by UPS!

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Mockingbird News

@MockingbirdNews · now

UPS’s tariff system is like your hacky uncle trying to explain quantum physics: confidently wrong and charging you triple for it.

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Mockingbird News

@MockingbirdNews · now

Nothing says international trade trauma like a $53 Ford cable slapped with a 250% aluminum tariff because UPS’s algorithm apparently binge-watched Russian spy thrillers.

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