Shein and Temu and other cheap chinese mail order goods companies only existed due to then loophole in previous tariffs for small sales. I imagine they will try to clear out stock and then call it quits soon.
this post was submitted on 29 Apr 2025
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I think we overestimate how much of their sales are actually to Americans. Sure, they'll lose 20 or 30% of their market. But they're still shipping everywhere else.
That's fair
Good time to leave this shit die in a corner. Not advocating for Trump in any way, mind you, but this utter garbage pollutes the environment more than anything. Quality is usually abysmal so the crap ends up in a landfill sooner rather than later, and additionally all that crap needs to be shipped across the globe.
Plus magats buy the shit out of this shitty shit so they’ll have a fun experience discovering the price hikes on all their crap
People really need to think for themselves like this.
We don't need cheap crappy disposable clothing, I don't care what Trump says in this regard.
In fairness, Shein and Temu can fuck right off. When the raise prices 377%, they make the worst shit China has to offer more expensive, and that's a good thing.
Temu has a lot of overlap with standard, decent items you will find at large online retailers. They just cut out a few middlemen.
And they didn't really raise prices, they just priced in the tariff costs so buyers aren't surprised during the customs period.
PS this is going to hit all imports from China. It's just going to take longer to be so obvious due to the need to empty warehouses first.
Hm. This is going to be happening to far, far more goods than just the cheap crap. I can’t find a reason to crow about it happening here. It’s the first raindrops of a hurricane.
This is just pricing in the cost of tariffs for the consumer. Rather than pay a fee at customs and be surprised that your $40 order is actually $120 after tariffs and fees a week after you placed it, they estimate it and try to pay it for you. This is because the items come directly from China, cutting out the need for a ~~leech~~ middleman to warehouse it and take profit off the top.
Similar price hikes are coming for the things you buy. Or even larger ones. This is not limited to Shein at all. There eill just be a delay while the warehouses sell out all of their inventory.
This is the plan, and the plan is for the high prices to continue forever so that the federal income tax can be repealed, (mostly for the ultra wealthy).
Trump specifically wants high prices, via tariffs, to be paid by the average American so the federal income tax can be repealed.
No loss. People need to stop buying 100% plastic clothing.
Good
That shit has always been awful for both consumers and the planet.
I wonder if there will be a tiny surge in virtual post office boxes just across the Mexico and Canada borders. So American individuals will get items shipped to the virtual post office boxes, then cross to that country, and smuggle the items back into the us.
I've never even heard of Shein before, which makes me think this isn't going to have enough of an impact to change the minds of any magats. We can hope though, I guess.
biggest marketplace for trash, aka "fast-fashion"
With the dodgiest slave labor practices on earth.
Ask your relatives and coworkers about it. Just because you haven't heard of it doesn't mean it's not a big thing.
My relatives / coworkers have also not heard of it, which makes me think it's probably just not a thing in my region.
Edit: Spoke too soon, two have but they've never used it.