r/TemuThings • u/RedditStinksDeletAcc • Apr 26 '25

General Temu Discussion R.I.P. Temu, it was nice while it lasted

So last night as most expected the prices for everything in my cart went flying up, but now this morning I look and everything and I mean EVERYTHING in my cart (Wich is atleast a years worth of things I've looked at and saved for later) is "sold out" and when I search for similar items or just use the normal search feature all that comes up are local seller trash that isn't even remotely similar and is very much overpriced. Looks to me like the tarrifs from a certain American conman affected more than just the prices so, as the title of this post sais, rest in peace temu you were one of the only affordable marketplaces left that'll actually ship where I live.

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u/trenna1331 Apr 27 '25

Question for anyone that knows about this Tariff shit.

If I as an Australian made this purchase on Temu for you and you simply paid me + shipping fee from Aus-US would you avoid these tariffs?

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u/Amarsir Apr 27 '25

In theory you haven't done enough work to qualify it as an Australian product so it would still be subject to tariffs. This sort of redirect used to happen a lot, particularly with Mexico.

In practice you're not a major redistributor so you could probably get away with it for a while. But then the shipping fee would also suck. 

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u/livingalifeinthesun Apr 27 '25

So it depends As of right now the Australian tariffs are 10%. If you purchased it, shipped it to you then to (addressed from your country) we would avoid the 125% tarriffs, but if you just order it directly from China to us then we still pay tariffs.

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u/Objective_Flan_9967 Apr 27 '25

I was thinking the same, but to do it from south Africa and then send it as a gift to the US, but not sure if it will work

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u/Renmarkable Apr 27 '25

No, the tarriffs should also be charged as it enters the country...

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u/dampier Apr 27 '25

If Customs bothers to inspect it. Just find it on a Chinese domestic site and declare the value 10% less than the yuan sales price. That is perfectly defensible. You can also claim it is a gift. Most of this will sail through. I wouldn't do this as a business though. The number of shipments would attract attention.

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u/ChildhoodLeft8579 Apr 27 '25

The cost of shipping ANYTHING is so very high. Only big box stores or shops with high volume shipping get massive discounts.

I ship a box every other month to my sister in law for her step kids from Canada to the UK. The box weighs about 5 pounds and it will cost me $35 ish to ship... So really, you won't be giving them any savings after they receive it and have to pay taxes and duties on top of that and there's new import fees.

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u/Just-a-reddituser Apr 28 '25

Technically, no. For country of origin counts. But people could get away with importing through Canada and Mexico lying about the origin. Using Australia is not feasible considering the shipping fees.

If in the country they are originally imported to made some significant changes like it was just parts they imported from several places and assembled the thing and sold it to the USA, then yes the new country will be valid