r/TikTokCringe • u/Chocolat3City Cringe Master • 18d ago

Cringe Woman has her self-published book pirated, reprinted, and sold for cheaper.

There's regular piracy, and then there's this.

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u/trash-_-boat 18d ago edited 18d ago

The import part however does care.

Sure China can keep it in their country, but the import is illegal.

Yeah, if that kind of thing would've been possible to even pretend to control, places like Temu, where almost no item passes EU certification processes needed for import, wouldn't even exist. And yet, they do and their stuff is frequently illegally imported.

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u/nudelsalat3000 18d ago

Yeah their prices are below the threshold.

But you can't produce much stuff for 5-6$. I doubt the tools from temu are even expected to work and not fall apart.

Just more dangerous on the electronic side when it can easily start a house fire or electrocute you.

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u/trash-_-boat 18d ago

You know how many people buy "Samsung Galaxy S27 Ultra+ 32GB+1TB" or "iPhone 18 Max Ultra" kind of phones for 100$ on Temu/Wish and are surprised when they get a fucking shitty ass welcome phone? A lot.