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"Selling stuff for slightly cheaper" is not a scam

What is the scam? Selling crap for a slightly lower price and longer delivery times doesn't sound like fraud to me.

I ordered from Shein once, mostly as an experiment, but I got what I paid for - some Chinese crap which I threw away some month later.

I don't think this is exactly a scam but my understanding is that these businesses exploit a loophole in de minimis trade rules that were meant for consumers bringing in negligible amounts of goods they purchased overseas without tariffs, rather than massive businesses selling products all over the U.S. Once that loophole is closed the business model might collapse (or they might try to move production to Mexico, cheap U.S. states, etc.)

https://www.reuters.com/business/retail-consumer/key-trade-l...

The Shein search/filter/discovery experience is dramatically better than Amazon's.