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Re: Temu pulls its U.S. Google Shopping ads

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Post by AstroBen »

glimshe wrote: post #15

Good riddance. I'd rather have fewer things I care more about. If we rethink our consumption, we could become happier, need less space and spend less money even at higher prices. And when we do need to buy things, we'll be either supporting local workers or friendly nations.

Good for you, but it's not all about rabid consumption. My girlfriend has been into jewelry making and ordered a lot of stuff off temu, which she gave away the end product to friends and family. That'll most likely be prohibitively expensive at this point

Re: Temu pulls its U.S. Google Shopping ads

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Post by geor9e »

rtpg wrote: post #27
geor9e wrote: post #20

I loved temu, aliexpress, and shein. I probably averaged 1 item per day arriving to my house, for years and years. Mostly little electronics parts and specialized tools for my workshop. Buying from Amazon or locally would have cost me 10x as much. Obviously it's over now. Anyone getting a package in May will be hit with a $75-$150 or more bill per package, even a 75 cent envelope will be charged +$75. I feel bad for…

Aliexpress my impression is you can get "useful" stuff that are odd but usable. But I've had the impression that temu and shein was all "direct to garbage" devices, was this not the case?

They sell the same stuff in my experience. I would describe Temu as selling the top 10% of AliExpress that's the most popular, with faster and more reliable shipping since they use huge centralized fulfillment warehouses, similar to Amazon warehouses.

Re: Temu pulls its U.S. Google Shopping ads

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Post by roxolotl »

throwaway7394 wrote: post #30
roxolotl wrote: post #25

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Wait why would $0.75 have a $75 charge? Is there a minimum tariff that’s not as widely reported reported on? That would be a 10000% tariff. Or is this just exaggeration

There's a minimum charge, as well a percentage. > Washington will also increase the per postal item fee on goods entering after May 2 and before June 1 to $100 from the planned $75. Parcels entering after June 1 will pay a fee of $200 per item instead of $150 announced previously, according to the Wednesday order. ref. https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-04-10/trump-aga...

Wow I’m genuinely surprised that’s not getting more press. That’s absolutely going to shock the hell out of some people.

Re: Temu pulls its U.S. Google Shopping ads

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Post by nebula8804 »

rtpg wrote: post #27
geor9e wrote: post #20

I loved temu, aliexpress, and shein. I probably averaged 1 item per day arriving to my house, for years and years. Mostly little electronics parts and specialized tools for my workshop. Buying from Amazon or locally would have cost me 10x as much. Obviously it's over now. Anyone getting a package in May will be hit with a $75-$150 or more bill per package, even a 75 cent envelope will be charged +$75. I feel bad for…

Aliexpress my impression is you can get "useful" stuff that are odd but usable. But I've had the impression that temu and shein was all "direct to garbage" devices, was this not the case?

I've only used Temu a few times, but in my limited experience it is just Aliexpress but with a slick gamified interface on top. Alibaba sellers supplies the same stuff to Aliexpress, Temu, a ton of the Instagram ads and even a lot of the cheap Amazon stuff.

Re: Temu pulls its U.S. Google Shopping ads

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Post by ferfumarma »

roxolotl wrote: post #25
geor9e wrote: post #20

I loved temu, aliexpress, and shein. I probably averaged 1 item per day arriving to my house, for years and years. Mostly little electronics parts and specialized tools for my workshop. Buying from Amazon or locally would have cost me 10x as much. Obviously it's over now. Anyone getting a package in May will be hit with a $75-$150 or more bill per package, even a 75 cent envelope will be charged +$75. I feel bad for…

Wait why would $0.75 have a $75 charge? Is there a minimum tariff that’s not as widely reported reported on? That would be a 10000% tariff. Or is this just exaggeration

I think the issue is related to postal charges, and the reduction (or elimination?) of the "de minimis" exemption plus the tarrifs.

Re: Temu pulls its U.S. Google Shopping ads

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Post by nebula8804 »

roxolotl wrote: post #33
throwaway7394 wrote: post #30

Earlier quoted context omitted.

There's a minimum charge, as well a percentage. > Washington will also increase the per postal item fee on goods entering after May 2 and before June 1 to $100 from the planned $75. Parcels entering after June 1 will pay a fee of $200 per item instead of $150 announced previously, according to the Wednesday order. ref. https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-04-10/trump-aga...

Wow I’m genuinely surprised that’s not getting more press. That’s absolutely going to shock the hell out of some people.

Its going to be great. I can't wait to see how MAGA explains this one away. Eventually the pain will be enough that hopefully the bubble breaks with some of them.

Re: Temu pulls its U.S. Google Shopping ads

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Post by nebula8804 »

linotype wrote: post #4
maxilevi wrote: post #2

temu and shein are cooked

Less cheap junk flowing into the US sounds like a win to me. Maybe clothes should be more expensive and better quality.

Here you go: enjoy your $120 American jeans: https://originusa.com/collections/jeans (Oh look its on sale 20$ off...yay :/ )

The sale discount is the entire amount I was able to buy my non American jeans for. :/

I guess I can make due with one pair for the week...or wash them each day(oh wait thats gotten more expensive as well).

Re: Temu pulls its U.S. Google Shopping ads

#38

Post by aegypti »

glimshe wrote: post #15

Good riddance. I'd rather have fewer things I care more about. If we rethink our consumption, we could become happier, need less space and spend less money even at higher prices. And when we do need to buy things, we'll be either supporting local workers or friendly nations.

Do tariffs raise the quality of domestic substitutions, or do we simply pay more?

Re: Temu pulls its U.S. Google Shopping ads

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Post by scarface_74 »

astar1 wrote: post #5
maxilevi wrote: post #2

temu and shein are cooked

too little too late for Forever 21 and it's 350 locations which once employed 43,000 people at it's peak: https://www.cnbc.com/2025/03/17/forever-21-files-for-second-... The temu/shein loophole should been closed ages ago.

They tried closing the loophole a month ago. It was such a burden trying to track and collect tariffs on small shipments they gave up.

Re: Temu pulls its U.S. Google Shopping ads

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Post by glimshe »

AstroBen wrote: post #31
glimshe wrote: post #15

Good riddance. I'd rather have fewer things I care more about. If we rethink our consumption, we could become happier, need less space and spend less money even at higher prices. And when we do need to buy things, we'll be either supporting local workers or friendly nations.

Good for you, but it's not all about rabid consumption. My girlfriend has been into jewelry making and ordered a lot of stuff off temu, which she gave away the end product to friends and family. That'll most likely be prohibitively expensive at this point

She could give cards, food items or hugs. You don't need to cover people in cheap temu stuff to show you love them.
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