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0 pointsbcjdjsndon1mo ago0 comments

How do they enforce a fine on a Chinese company? What if temu says "up yours"?

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mdrzn1mo ago· 11 in thread

you won't be able to sell in the EU market anymore

Doesn’t Temu direct ship to the customer? What if they ship in plain unmarked packaging and keep changing the address of the sender? Is the EU customs peeps just going to start inspecting every single package from China looking for items from Temu? That sounds like a logistical nightmare. This sounds like old school thinking where you can stop whole containers full of stuff from a single supplier.

eqvinox1mo ago

At some point it's a diplomatic incident and will affect EU-Chinese relationships. Even the Chinese government doesn't want to fuck it up for all Chinese companies just because one of them feels like the rules don't apply to them. It's not like the only goods flowing from China to the EU are cheap trash.

triceratops1mo ago

Smuggling isn't a great business model for legitimate companies.

bonzini1mo ago

The money has to move from the EU to Temu/Pinduoduo coffers at some point.

tpm1mo ago

What logistic company will ship plain unmarked packages? They simply wouldn't be delivered at all.

> Is the EU customs peeps just going to start inspecting every single package from China looking for items from Temu?

They might, why not. It would be unwise to pick a fight like this for any company.

markus921mo ago

Temu has EU warehouses they appear to ship from: all return addresses I've seen are EU addresses.

bcjdjsndonOP1mo ago

Say they carry on.... How does EU actually stop people ordering from their website and getting items posted to their house?

Mashimo1mo ago

Maybe going for the money. Forbit EU banks from transferring funds to known Temu accounts.

throw_a_grenade1mo ago

They'll put them on naughty list that will be enforced by financial institutions, i.e. it will be an infraction for credit card operators to process such a payment. Financial operators have well oiled compliance facilities and the payment won't clear. If Temu won't get the money, they won't ship the parcel. And if they won't ship, then there will be a bit less carcinogens in EU. Good stuff.

askl1mo ago

Ordering ISPs to DNS block temu would probably be easier and effective enough.

Or maybe getting google and apple to make the app not available in the EU.

tpm1mo ago

There are still borders and customs inspections, that's how.

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robin_reala1mo ago

I visited Temu from Sweden and clicked on the terms of use, this is the first line:

1.1 These Terms are between you and Whaleco Technology Limited, an Irish company.

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13 comments · 2 top-level

mdrzn1mo ago· 11 in thread

you won't be able to sell in the EU market anymore

dylan6041mo ago

eqvinox1mo ago

triceratops1mo ago

Smuggling isn't a great business model for legitimate companies.

bonzini1mo ago

The money has to move from the EU to Temu/Pinduoduo coffers at some point.

tpm1mo ago

What logistic company will ship plain unmarked packages? They simply wouldn't be delivered at all.

> Is the EU customs peeps just going to start inspecting every single package from China looking for items from Temu?

They might, why not. It would be unwise to pick a fight like this for any company.

markus921mo ago

Temu has EU warehouses they appear to ship from: all return addresses I've seen are EU addresses.

bcjdjsndonOP1mo ago

Say they carry on.... How does EU actually stop people ordering from their website and getting items posted to their house?

Mashimo1mo ago

Maybe going for the money. Forbit EU banks from transferring funds to known Temu accounts.

throw_a_grenade1mo ago

askl1mo ago

Ordering ISPs to DNS block temu would probably be easier and effective enough.

Or maybe getting google and apple to make the app not available in the EU.

tpm1mo ago

There are still borders and customs inspections, that's how.

1 more reply

robin_reala1mo ago

I visited Temu from Sweden and clicked on the terms of use, this is the first line:

1.1 These Terms are between you and Whaleco Technology Limited, an Irish company.

j / k navigate · click thread line to collapse