I’ve ordered from Facebook marketplace and the lady selling is sending it to me using dhl. I was willing to pay shipping and have already payed $134 in protection fees and now I have to pay $322 for a custom charge? I don’t have that kind of money and this is absolutely ridiculous. The original cost of the item was $32 and now I’m supposed to pay almost $500 for a $32 item?? It’s not even being transported outside of the US. It’s just going from Utah to Maryland. I need to know if I’m getting this money back and how I’ll be getting it back considering I’ve been PayPaling the person selling this to me for the shipping costs.
You’re being scammed. There’s no such thing as “protection fees”, and custom charges don’t happen on a domestic shipment. Post your experience to r/scams and you’ll get confirmation. Sadly, it’s a very, very common thing, and you’re probably not communicating with a lady in Maryland. It’s more likely a dude in Nigeria or India posing as a woman in the US.
Whatever you do, stop giving them money, and initiate a chargeback with Paypal and/or your credit card company. Report the account to Facebook, block them, and move on.