Right now, I can get on Ebay and buy the same fishing reel that is sold here, for 40% less, shipped directly from Japan to my house.

Same with a lot of chinese temu type stuff.

Does this dry up? Prices increase? Become bigger business? Or pass under the radar because it's not a big enough issue?

AggieBaseball06 said:

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Doesn't the closing of the De Minimis loophole affect that very scenario?

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Yes. Temu is about to become way more expensive. Same for a lot of Amazon's market.

CS78 said:

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Right now, I can get on Ebay and buy the same fishing reel that is sold here, for 40% less, shipped directly from Japan to my house.

Same with a lot of chinese temu type stuff.

Does this dry up? Prices increase? Become bigger business? Or pass under the radar because it's not a big enough issue?

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It's already passed under the radar due directly to the de minimis loophole already referenced. That loophole is closed as of May 2 so buy now. That reel will go up in price after loophole is closed.

Sapper Redux said:

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AggieBaseball06 said:

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Doesn't the closing of the De Minimis loophole affect that very scenario?

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Yes. Temu is about to become way more expensive. Same for a lot of Amazon's market.

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It will, but with as high as the tariffs are, there will still be an incentive to take advantage of this. Its only 25% where tariffs on some items from China are 80%+. So there will likely still be plenty of Amazon and WMT marketplace sellers taking advantage of 3rd party DC's just across the US border and shipping product in parcel.

Trump Closes Duty-Free De Minimis Loophole With Executive Order  https://t.co/xoqw548Jq6

— zerohedge (@zerohedge) July 30, 2025

Looks like this de mimimis exception is done.

Hopefully this will prevent our most vernurable people from being tricked into ordering miniature versions of furniture off Temu.