Amazon’s answer to cheap-but-slow-to-arrive goods from sites like Temu is called Haul, and it’s now available on the desktop. Amazon Haul, launched in November in beta, was previously available only through the Amazon Shopping app and offers products with “ultra-low prices and typical delivery times of one to two weeks.”
Amazon Haul products are all priced $20 and under, and they are backed by Amazon’s A-to-z Guarantee, “which protects customers when they buy in our store whether they are sold by Amazon or one of our selling partners,” according to Thursday’s announcement.
Amazon Haul offers free delivery on orders over $25, and it also offers free returns on all purchases over $3 within 15 days of delivery – and buyers can use Amazon’s returns network that includes over 8,000 drop-off locations across the US, including Amazon Fresh, Whole Foods Markets, UPS, Kohl’s, and Staples.
In a post on LinkedIn, Amazon executive Dharmesh Mehta – Vice President of Worldwide Selling Partner Services – said in part, “Since launching Haul in beta last November, we’ve received great feedback from customers, and we’ve continued to expand the selection of affordable fashion, home, lifestyle, electronics, and other products that are available. Today, you’ll even find some branded favorites that are up to 80% off.”
However, President Trump announced tariffs on Wednesday that include the end of di minimis known as the loophole that lets these cheap-but-slow goods come to the country duty-free. Numerous sellers seem pleased by the news about di minimis, though not so much about the prospect of higher prices from the main tariff news – see the AuctionBytes Blog for more information.
Amazon posted the following video about Haul in January on YouTube:
Hate to say it, but most of those items can be bought on ebay for the same price. And get delivered in 3-5 days. Not 10-12. Just goes to show that Bezo’s fee’s are the main thing effecting the final pricing of products on Amazon.
Bezo’s is just covering all bases, JUST IN CASE. You really believe he did not have knowledge of the tariffs to come? Or Warren Buffet? Who has a cash position of $300 billion as the market dives, instead of being invested in the market?
“It’s a big club, and you aint in it”
This whole tariff stuff is not for the average joe. It’s for the rich being cut out of the loop by the chinese. The average joe had his legs cut out from under him a long time ago. Why deal with payroll, production problems, tax problems. We just get the chinese to do it. But surprise, the chinese said to them finally”thanks but no thanks we dont need you any more. We can do it without you” and started to cut out the large American corporations out!