Temu pulls its U.S. Google Shopping ads • Hacker News Board

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

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Post by throw310822 » Tue, Apr 15, 2025, 4:49 AM UTC

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…

> I'm surprised the websites don't even acknowledge this yet.

Well, why would you waste the opportunity to enrage Americans against their government, for free? "Your $5 package has arrived on time, now you only have to pay the $75 extra that the candidate you voted for has decided to take from you". It's the best ads campaign ever, and it's entirely free.

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

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Post by tgsovlerkhgsel » Tue, Apr 15, 2025, 4:50 AM UTC

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.

I'm surprised the Chinese sellers are able to compete for fast fashion. Clothes are the one thing I don't really buy online because getting sizing right is already hard even when you're not dealing with Temu-style "well actually we said there's a +- 25 tolerance in the fine print and this is within tolerance" bullshit.

AliExpress is indispensable for small technical items. If they're available locally at all, shipping included they'd often cost 10-20x as much.

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

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Post by slavik81 » Tue, Apr 15, 2025, 4:54 AM UTC

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.

> we'll be either supporting local workers or friendly nations

Are there any friendly nations left?

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

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Post by throw310822 » Tue, Apr 15, 2025, 4:57 AM UTC

alabastervlog wrote: post #18

maxilevi wrote: post #2

temu and shein are cooked

If the de minimus rule is in-fact suspended on May 2nd, yes. Hasn’t happened yet, so who knows. Amazon and other US selling platforms are also in trouble, given how much of their income is from drop shippers.

Well, given how many of their products come from China, right? How many of the products on sale on Amazon are partly or entirely produced in China? Those will have 125% (145? How mush is it today?) import duty on them, unless they're electronics.

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

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Post by mattigames » Tue, Apr 15, 2025, 5:07 AM UTC

bufferoverflow wrote: post #50

I used to buy a lot from Temu. Till I got a product that fell apart after three months. I tried to leave a bad review, but Temu wouldn't allow it. If you're trying to leave 3 star rating or below, they redirect you to customer service. But since customer service only dealt with items under 45 days (as far as I remember), they would just tell me something like "too bad, you're out of luck". So I can't get a refund, I…

The closest thing to Amazon made in Latin America is almost the same thing, I'm talking of course about Mercadolibre.com, you can ask a refund for a product but if you do you cannot leave a review at all, and the products with bad scores have their scores and their reviews hidden, that's why is impossible to find a single product with less than 4 stars, and they have millions of them, it's as shady as it gets.

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

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Post by [deleted] » Tue, Apr 15, 2025, 5:11 AM UTC

darth_avocado wrote: post #58

AstroBen wrote: post #31

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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

Temu has notoriously low standards when it comes to jewelry and other jewelry related items. Reddit threads are full of horror stories about toxic materials being used for these items. Be careful what you give out to friends and family.

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

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Post by seydor » Tue, Apr 15, 2025, 5:25 AM UTC

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.

but they are not giving them time to rethink ...

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

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Post by seydor » Tue, Apr 15, 2025, 5:27 AM UTC

i dont know how long temu will last without americans, but it feels surreal that europeans have more buying power than americans

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

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Post by JumpCrisscross » Tue, Apr 15, 2025, 5:27 AM UTC

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.

> If we rethink our consumption, we could become happier

If we wished upon a star that humans were better a lot of problems would go away. In the real world, poor people will make do and those with resources will buy smuggled goods. I’m already diverting a spring skiing trip to Canada because it’s cheaper to buy kit there than here.

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

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Post by JumpCrisscross » Tue, Apr 15, 2025, 5:28 AM UTC

darth_avocado wrote: post #58

AstroBen wrote: post #31

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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

Temu has notoriously low standards when it comes to jewelry and other jewelry related items. Reddit threads are full of horror stories about toxic materials being used for these items. Be careful what you give out to friends and family.

> Reddit threads are full of horror stories

Reddit is full of horror stories about everything. Mostly because it gets eyeballs. I’m open—almost receptive—to the claim that Temu jewellery contains significant quantities of toxic materials. But we should hold ourselves to a higher standard than Reddit comments.