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@[email protected] to [email protected] • 4 months ago

USPS temporarily suspends accepting packages from China and Hong Kong

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USPS temporarily suspends accepting packages from China and Hong Kong

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@[email protected] to [email protected] • 4 months ago
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USPS says packages from China and Hong Kong will be accepted again after temporary suspension
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The USPS halted an order to suspend incoming packages from China that threatened to severely disrupt trade between the two major economies.
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  • @[email protected]
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  • @[email protected]
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    12•4 months ago

    But muh Aliexpress.us!!!

  • shoulderoforion
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    Well there goes TEMU, ALIEXPRESS and SHEIN in one fell swoop

    • @[email protected]
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      Isn’t this just USPS? Or are they blocking DHL, FedEx, etc as well?

      • @[email protected]
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        15•4 months ago

        Every package I’ve gotten via DHL was fulfilled by USPS, though. Do they even have the infrastructure to handle their own deliveries?

        • @[email protected]
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          This will be a boon to UPS, DHL and FedEx as they will pick up the business. Wonder if there was a kick-back in the deal. Private subcontractors may spring up too.

          • @[email protected]
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            Lol. Its not that they can’t do it, they just won’t for current prices. There won’t be a boon unless people are willing to pay a shit load more for shipping.

        • @[email protected]
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          4•4 months ago

          USPS does the last mile, so I guess if you use an alternative carrier it wouldn’t be stopped at the border and fulfilled as usual, unless USPS actively looks at the from address and blocks it and the handover as well.

          • @[email protected]
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            Last mile just ended with UPS.

            https://www.yahoo.com/news/usps-ups-surepost-delivery-contract-151305605.html

      • TimLovesTech (AuDHD)(he/him)
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        29•4 months ago

        It should be just USPS as that is federally controlled, while all the others are not. This move goes towards weakening and sabotaging the USPS, because guess what it delivers that every other carrier does not, ballots.

    • @[email protected]
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      Is Wish not a thing anymore?

      • @[email protected]
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        Wish got replaced with Temu. AliExpress is like the Amazon of cheap chineseum stuff and has a better selection than all the rest.

  • @[email protected]
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    7•4 months ago

    They’ve already changed they’re minds.

    https://www.nbcnews.com/business/business-news/usps-resume-accepting-china-shipments-after-initial-pause-rcna190766

  • @[email protected]
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    10•4 months ago

    There goes my giant Gardevoir plushie!

  • @[email protected]
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    71•4 months ago

    With zero explanation. You’ve got to love the transparency and accountability of this government.

    • Bakkoda
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      Update

      Already changed. The chaos is the point.

      And just for clarity: How much panic biting do you think this just produced?

      • @[email protected]
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        The interesting thing is its just the same dude Trump appointed, who has been there for like 8 years now and not some random tehcnobros doing it.

  • @[email protected]
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    2•4 months ago

    Guh

    F in chat for my ultrasonic cleaner ಥ_ಥ

  • @[email protected]
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    29•4 months ago

    I just ordered a replacement board for a 3d printer that someone donated to my school on Monday. It was accepted by USPS earlier today. Fucking Perfect…

    • @[email protected]
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      See this is the kinda thing Trump wants to take away… You’ll own nothing, and be happy

    • @[email protected]
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      I just had to double check where a replacement computer fan was coming from.
      Turns out Japan, so I got lucky.

  • @[email protected]
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    It’ll be interesting when people can’t get their new iPhones.

    • Em Adespoton
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      iPhones go by UPS and FedEx.

    • @[email protected]
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      Those aren’t delivered to Apple by USPS. Same with Amazon, Walmart etc getting Chinese stuff by container ship to sell you at huge markups. What’s stopped is you being able to get the same stuff online directly. You can’t be allowed to bypass Trump-donor intermediaries like that!

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        Good point. All my phones have been UPS or FedEx, now that I think about it.

        • @[email protected]
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          4•4 months ago

          That’s probably more due to battery shipping restrictions IIRC

      • @[email protected]
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        The Chinese are more clever than the clowns. They probably have a plan already.

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    If they’re clever, they’ll just ship items to a waystation in Mexico where they’ll be relabeled.

    • shoulderoforion
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      for the next 28.5 days, yes

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    Taking away cheap Chinese goods might be one of the few things that will wake a few Americans up?

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      Where are they going to put them all? There aren’t enough warehouses in all of LA. Return to sender… toss in the ocean?

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        Lots of tractor trailers that can’t get unloaded is my guess.

    • @[email protected]
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      3•4 months ago

      We can only hope. I’m open for anything at this point. $6/dozen eggs didn’t do it, even thought most voted for Trump to do a grocery, which he hasn’t done yet…

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      • @[email protected]
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        3•4 months ago

        comparable in quality and cost.

        So you want (more) slave labor.

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      • dudeami0
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        Hard to match cost when labor rights such as minimum wage exist, maybe Trump and Elon will get rid of those too though.

        • @[email protected]
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          17•4 months ago

          https://ohsonline.com/Articles/2025/02/04/AZ-Rep-Introduces-Bill-to-Abolish-OSHA.aspx

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          • dudeami0
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            I’m just replying to the “quality and cost” part of your post, which are inherently paired. Yes some products just don’t exist being made in the US, but if the store has a product that costs twice as much made domestically sitting next to a foreign product of the same or close enough quality, the price alone will dictate which they choose. This is often why domestically made versions of products aren’t available without a special order (which is even more expensive) and where tariffs are supposed to be used.

            • desktop_user [they/them]
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              often times the “American made” product will just have worse quality and cost more

    • @[email protected]
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      Americans aren’t going to wake up. They are gonna keep bowing down and eating shit.

      It’s really impressive how passive Americans have become.

    • @[email protected]
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      Yeah except a lot of people use it for specific parts that go to different things

  • @[email protected]
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    Ha this is actually going to hit the fentanyl trade pretty hard

    • @[email protected]
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      Nah, the US exports will be untouched in this regard… Now, if any other country will still want our fenty, who knows? At this point, fenty from the US would be like getting your fenty from a corner dealer anyways.

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        Afaik most fentanyl in the US is produced in the US with raw materials imported like that from China

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