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

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Post by idle_zealot »

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

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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.

US "liberal" media is being extremely cagey about what and how it reports on this admin. They know they're in its crosshairs and are doing this clumsy balancing act of trying to retain their relatively left-leaning or centrist viewers while trying not to draw any more ire. It won't work, of course, and if we continue on this trajectory you can expect that they'll change over to apologia and ass-kissing or be dismantled.

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

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Post by echoangle »

nottorp wrote: post #290
echoangle wrote: post #162

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AliExpress is great for electronics. Not the „I need a phone“ stuff (although for that it’s fine too, I think), but more the „I need an ESP-32 module“.

Mouser/Farnell etc don't have those? Or i guess not as many options. I got my last esp-32 from Mouser iirc. In Europe. They finally sorted out EU fulfillment warehouses.

You can get the base ESP-32 modules for example, but not most of the Dev Boards. They have some, but much more expensive than AliExpress. And then you also have to pay shipping.

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

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Post by pjc50 »

HotHotLava wrote: post #241
echoangle wrote: post #214

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How does what you say not make it work though? Are you aware that people lie for financial gains?

Sure, but then it's less of a fun side business and just becomes straight up smuggling.

145% tariffs are practically designed to encourage smuggling.

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

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Post by jplrssn »

cbeach wrote: post #311
Havoc wrote: post #250

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Much like brexit this will be a case of hindsight for many - people realising too late that they voted against their own interests

Brexit literally just resulted in the UK having lower tariffs and a probable free trade deal with the largest economy on the planet. ...unlike our friends on the European continent.

The UK-EU trade volume is three times larger than that between UK-US.

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

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Post by d3nj4l »

vultour wrote: post #251
prmoustache wrote: post #155

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Why would you offer some low quality shit from Temu for a birthday? 99 items out of 100 self destruct within weeks of use. It is only useful to people compulsively buying clothing regardless of the quality and who will never wear twice the same thing. Disposable stuff/waste. One would only do that to their worst enemy. OK I am exagerrating a bit and had a handful lf decent stuff from aliexpress/wish/temu. But you can…

Reading this thread is mind-boggling. People complaining that cheap garbage from Temu is falling apart. People proudly proclaiming that they order Chinese crap almost daily. An argument about whether one crap peddler is better than another one. Am I taking crazy pills? Am I the only one who buys things a few times per year? This rampant consumerism is depressing.

It isn’t all or nothing, products from Temu/Shein/AliExpress are not all “crap”; (and the idea that Chinese products are crap is also seriously outdated). Yes, there’s a lot of shovelware on those websites, but if you know how to navigate them you can get the same products that you’d get from Amazon for a third of the price. I’ve bought bags, tools, hobby equipment etc from aliexpress that has lasted me years and saved literally 50% on average.

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

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Post by d3nj4l »

constantcrying wrote: post #287
anal_reactor wrote: post #281

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> Their entire business model is being cheap and shipping trash. [citation needed] I spent a few thousand on items on AliExpress, and I'm satisfied with almost all of them. How come?

Because you are a consumer and someone who enjoys trash. To be honest "consumer" is really one of the worst things to call someone, but I think it applies very well to someone like you.

It’s amazing how not only can you decide what others can and should buy, you can also decide the quality of that item for them sight unseen. You should reach out to TV producers - this skill would be very entertaining in a show!

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

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Post by sofixa »

cbeach wrote: post #311
Havoc wrote: post #250

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Much like brexit this will be a case of hindsight for many - people realising too late that they voted against their own interests

Brexit literally just resulted in the UK having lower tariffs and a probable free trade deal with the largest economy on the planet. ...unlike our friends on the European continent.

> probable free trade deal

While hoping is free, the negative impact of Brexit has been extensively documented. Hell, there's even a Wikipedia page about it: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economic_effects_of_Brexit

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

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Post by nottorp »

echoangle wrote: post #332
nottorp wrote: post #290

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Mouser/Farnell etc don't have those? Or i guess not as many options. I got my last esp-32 from Mouser iirc. In Europe. They finally sorted out EU fulfillment warehouses.

You can get the base ESP-32 modules for example, but not most of the Dev Boards. They have some, but much more expensive than AliExpress. And then you also have to pay shipping.

> And then you also have to pay shipping.

Spoiled americans :) I've always had to pay shipping from anywhere outside my country.

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

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Post by cyanydeez »

idle_zealot wrote: post #331
roxolotl wrote: post #33

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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

US "liberal" media is being extremely cagey about what and how it reports on this admin. They know they're in its crosshairs and are doing this clumsy balancing act of trying to retain their relatively left-leaning or centrist viewers while trying not to draw any more ire. It won't work, of course, and if we continue on this trajectory you can expect that they'll change over to apologia and ass-kissing or be dismantl…

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

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Post by kergonath »

cbeach wrote: post #311
Havoc wrote: post #250

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Much like brexit this will be a case of hindsight for many - people realising too late that they voted against their own interests

Brexit literally just resulted in the UK having lower tariffs and a probable free trade deal with the largest economy on the planet. ...unlike our friends on the European continent.

> Brexit literally just resulted in the UK having lower tariffs

That is, of course, entirely false. In that the UK does not, in fact, have lower tariffs, and even if that would be the case, there are many downsides that don’t have anything to do with tariffs.

> and a probable free trade deal with the largest economy on the planet

The FTA with the US has been "happening soon" for about a decade now. I’ll believe it when I see it. And with a protectionist American government, it would put the UK at a significant disadvantage.

> unlike our friends on the European continent

LOL. Nobody on the continent wants its country in the same position as the UK is. Brexit killed any political movement to leave the EU for a generation.

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