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JMCKUSICK

(5,792 posts)
Mon Mar 2, 2026, 08:54 PM 13 hrs ago

I hope I'm not doing something wrong by posting this.


Temu has great prices on No Kings Tee shirts, as in $5 or less. I ordered 4 for Toby, Tracy and Me to wear with one spare. Arriving no later than March 15.

You can't make them that cheap.


The march is March 28.
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I hope I'm not doing something wrong by posting this. (Original Post) JMCKUSICK 13 hrs ago OP
Thank you John. debm55 13 hrs ago #1
Nice! At that price one could buy a few to give away :) Maru Kitteh 13 hrs ago #2
right JMCKUSICK 13 hrs ago #3
You can make them that cheap with child/slave labor Fiendish Thingy 11 hrs ago #4
This stuff must be in the USA already, because total cost, shipping included was around $24 JMCKUSICK 10 hrs ago #5
Aren't TEMU products all shipped directly from China? Fiendish Thingy 10 hrs ago #6
I've ordered a few things from Temu before Bayard 10 hrs ago #7

Fiendish Thingy

(22,764 posts)
4. You can make them that cheap with child/slave labor
Mon Mar 2, 2026, 10:54 PM
11 hrs ago

Of course, you will be charged a tariff/duty on top of that cheap price, since customs has suspended the de minimus exemption…so they may end up not being very cheap at all.

JMCKUSICK

(5,792 posts)
5. This stuff must be in the USA already, because total cost, shipping included was around $24
Mon Mar 2, 2026, 11:31 PM
10 hrs ago

Fiendish Thingy

(22,764 posts)
6. Aren't TEMU products all shipped directly from China?
Mon Mar 2, 2026, 11:43 PM
10 hrs ago

Have you purchased anything shipped directly from China over the past 12 months?

Before the shipper will release the package to you, expect to be assessed an additional fee to cover the cost of the tariffs, since you are considered the “importer”.

If they are coming from within the US, then my guess is they are previously imported foreign made shirts with custom designs applied by either prison labor or some other labor source where the employer can pay less than minimum wage - that’s the only way they could be that cheap (and I don’t think TEMU has any factories stateside,)

Bayard

(29,275 posts)
7. I've ordered a few things from Temu before
Tue Mar 3, 2026, 12:10 AM
10 hrs ago

Their goods are that cheap because they're not great quality. Shipping is free (another dead giveaway, on top of their low prices,) but you still have to pay an import fee, like others have said. This was back before trump's tariffs.

I would not recommend.

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