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Kayla Steinberg

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8 total appearances

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Apple News Today
What Trump’s tariffs mean for holiday shopping

This is affecting pretty much everything that you're ordering from abroad.

Apple News Today
What Trump’s tariffs mean for holiday shopping

Rugs, computers, vitamins, all those things and so much more that you're trying to order from abroad could get hit with these tariffs and fees.

Apple News Today
What Trump’s tariffs mean for holiday shopping

When the de minimis exemption ended in August, it put companies like UPS in a really hard spot where now they're having to do customs clearance on so many more packages, whether it's a water bottle or a rug or a computer.

Apple News Today
What Trump’s tariffs mean for holiday shopping

Now, all of a sudden, it has to go through all this additional processing and determination of different fees.

Apple News Today
What Trump’s tariffs mean for holiday shopping

She ordered $431 worth of skincare at the end of August.

Apple News Today
What Trump’s tariffs mean for holiday shopping

But when the UPS delivery driver showed up with her package in September, she was told that it was going to be $657 worth of fees.

Apple News Today
What Trump’s tariffs mean for holiday shopping

If the item only can come from some other country, make sure you're reading the fine print on the item page and at checkout, look out for a label called delivery duty paid or DDP.

Apple News Today
What Trump’s tariffs mean for holiday shopping

That typically means that the shipping costs have been included in the final price of the item and you won't wind up having to pay them later.