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I don't see why it would only be Chinese immigrants doing it.
It's all over the place.
It's all fun and games until you're left with a bunch of crap you can't sell, or it turns out you were shipping dangerous products and now you're on the hook for it.
Enjoy your 5% profits though.
Yeah this is literally just the newest version of what people have been doing with Amazon and Ebay markets for like 20 years. Anyone can bulk order random shit on Alibaba and then mark it up for the US market. This is just cutting out the middle man.
It’s Sinophobia masquerading as news.
But the U.S. government’s moves to crack down on cheap e-commerce parcels from China have pushed sellers to rethink their business strategies.
So, there's the problem then. If they made it all more expensive for the American consumer, then that solves the problem. /s
On a serious note: it's obviously cheaper because there's no physical shop with no staff. Isn't this how Bezos started out, from a garage?
Temu is like NAFTA for American “business” people.
You cut out the factory worker first, then cut out the American importer.
Temu? More like Trashmu.
It's the same low-to-medium quality crap that you can usually find on Amazon at a slightly higher price.
Reason why I only buy at AliExpress and only stuff I don't ingest or wear on me for longer times.
Yes!
This is the way. Why pay double for eBay or Amazon to ship me stuff from AliExpress anyways for like 5 day faster shipping at best.
But only for the same garbage that they will sell anyways. Shoes are leather and can be fixed and have been at a cobbler for like $40 to new. Clothing should be bought once and last at least a year if not much much longer. So I buy from better brands in person if possible.
I don't get why I should pay Amazon to be a shitty middle man that is trying to destroy the world more for my crap.
I only buy reputable brands from ebay or Amazon. Ingestible stuff usually locally if possible.
I bought from eBay recently and I got a package from Amazon. I don't buy from either anymore.
You should actually report that seller to eBay. Thats against their TOS.
Yeah I tried. I actually couldn't get a real support agent and eventually the refund period auto triggered cause the seller couldn't figure out how for me to return it.
eBay doesn't care. They just want their little piece.
Exactly this. People shit on the Chinese companies, but the American ones just rip us off with the same product.
I’ve personally been messaged on a few different platforms saying that I can be a seller for marketplaces and make 2500+ USD a week. I assume that it’s these big companies that they’re talking around as to try and not spill the beans because I assume it’s below the line in some way.
For some people that may be pretty lucrative.
Temu is quite literally poisonous.
If you give me 15 minutes of your time and 200 dollars I can make you a millionaire! It's called drop shipping and with my weird little trick the hunnies will love you!
