r/FuckFedEx

Is it normal to receive a surprise bill 4-5 months after something was delivered for duties PLUS additional fees for "disbursement" on top of the cost?

A couple weeks ago I got a suspicious text and email saying I owed something on it, but searching for the tracking number, my email address (which the bill was sent to) and my phone number (which the bill was sent to) the FedEx website claimed there was nothing found associated with my package and no invoices due associated with my phone/email - so I assumed it was fraud.

Now I just received a bill in the mail for it...and very confused. And the mailed bill seems to say not only is there duties but a $15 "disbursement" fee on top of it - so that's pushing my order up by another $60 or so that I was not expecting...and being so many months later I can't do anything because the product is well past the return time even though this bumps the cost up enough I would have reconsidered purchasing to begin with.

Can someone explain how this happens - and if there's any option to dispute/challenge it given they waited such an egregious amount of time to disclose it in spite of having my contact information and my having a FedEx account but they still failed to notify me of this sooner?

This is the first time I've ever had anything like this happen. I've had international stuff that has an import tax but its always been billed either as its en-route or upon arrival - not almost half a year later?!

Unfortunately seems like the FedEx offices aren't open being a holiday weekend so I can't even contact them right now - but hoping someone here has been thru this before?

Hey, first time posting here, but I’m posting because I am highly upset. So Monday I ordered my 18 Pro Max to replace the iPhone Air that I have because the battery is crap and I needed more storage. Ordered it. It should’ve been delivered yesterday. Normally, if a FedEx order comes to my house, it comes about lunchtime. This package didn’t come until four in the afternoon. I was supposed to sign the driver signed for it, I guess himself, with some random name and practically ran to his truck while I’m standing at the door. I pick up the box. It’s extremely light. I didn’t really think anything of it because my air was light, but then I shake it and it’s empty and by this time he’s driven off. Open the box or before opening the box, I noticed that there’s clear packing tape over top of the brown tape that the warehouse would put on when shipping a new phone. I open it, packing label, quick start guide, and then little extra padding for the phone is in there, but my phone is completely missing I know it was stolen by just a random person because the whole box was still there, so someone at FedEx opened the box with my iPhone in it, stole the phone, left everything else in there, taped it back up, and then delivered it to my house. So I’m currently dealing with the police, my carrier, and FedEx, which FedEx is trying not to do anything about it, and now I’m out of a phone and dealing with a phone with a bad battery and terrible speaker. This was my rant. Thank you for listening. Sorry for the way that it’s worded, but I’m using talk to text.

TLDR: FedEx delivered me a package with my iPhone 18 Pro Max missing someone at FedEx stole the phone and taped it back up then delivered it to me.