Page 22 | To ask you to swerve Shein & Temu

Eeyorefan · 25/10/2025 18:55

LittleCarrot12 · 25/10/2025 18:19

Temu order delivered yesterday and ordered Shein last night. The UK is ridiculously expensive and I need to live

This

TheGoddessAthena · 25/10/2025 18:54

Nothing wrong with buying a dress in Sainsbury’s. You know it’s safe and not going to go up in flames. You know that Sainsbury’s as a uk based company try to avoid using sweatshops and slave labour. You know Sainsbury’s aren’t stealing designs from small independent firms. Sainsbury’s creates jobs for local workers in their stores. Your dress from Sainsbury’s is 1000 times better than one from a Chinese tat site.

ilsalund · 25/10/2025 18:52

I don't buy from either - however, people do not want to hear about how awful they are.
I mentioned it once in work and others practically rolled their eyes at me. When they talk about their Shien and Primark hauls now I just don't join in the conversation

aufolandedonmyface · 25/10/2025 18:50

Ive been trying to buy brands that are made in britain i has this idea of wanting to use my money in this country. Its really hard though ive been trying to find clothes made here or shoes and i nearly always cant - i cant spend hundreds on one dress or whatever so i end up buying a dress in sainsburys or whatever.

Strawberryorangejuice · 25/10/2025 18:50

winterbluess · 25/10/2025 18:45

Exactly the same just more expensive!

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Yes! Drives me mad the calls to not buy from Temu and SHEIN by people I know who happily use their Prime subscription to get things quickly!

Don't get me wrong, I don't agree it's great but I think people bury their head in the sand about Amazon being the same!

Lilyhatesjaz · 25/10/2025 18:49

When China had those big military parades earlier in the year, I thought to myself that it's us in the west buying all their crap paying for it.

gamerchick · 25/10/2025 18:49

I've never used them. I don't really understand it much because it doesn't make sense. Theyre still scammy sites in my head.

smilingfanatic · 25/10/2025 18:46

Love this thread.

'The child labour element does bother me but....fuck those 5 year old Chinese factory slaves, I am skint and I need all this plastic shit.'

winterbluess · 25/10/2025 18:45

Strawberryorangejuice · 25/10/2025 18:19

Will you be asking people not to buy on Amazon given many of the items are from the same factories?

Exactly the same just more expensive!

Gettingbysomehow · 25/10/2025 18:43

I never buy from either. I can't get past the pop ups.

LifeBeginsToday · 25/10/2025 18:43

I tell teen DDs that there is no away. If you buy clothes of such poor quality with the mindset that they can just be donated, but the charity shop doesn't want them so they throw them away. But away doesn't exist. They have to go somewhere. The planet is drowning.

Bagsintheboot · 25/10/2025 18:42

ninjahamster · 25/10/2025 18:39

I use Shein and Temu. Money is really tight and that is what I can afford.
I don’t have children, mine are all adults, and would probably avoid for toys but gadgets and gizmos, clothes, advent calendars, stocking fillers are fine from there. I probably wouldn’t buy beauty bits.
The link with child labour goes bother me but in an ideal world I’d have enough money to buy ethically locally sourced products. But I don’t.

Is what you buy from there really, truly essential though with no other options (like charity shops or Vinted) accessible to you? Because otherwise the "I know they use child slaves but I really need it" line isn't a good look.

MaggieBsBoat · 25/10/2025 18:42

TheGoddessAthena · 25/10/2025 18:22

Depressing. People think they have the right to endless piles of shit for their children, made by enslaved people or children. I hate what Christmas has been turned into with the hauls and piles of tat and “cute bits”. Fuck the planet, fuck sustainability, I want I want I want.

This.
OP people here don’t care. They just don’t. They want to buy endless tat. For ever cheaper prices. Shameless. Makes me sick and YANBU. BUT PEOPLE ARE DUMB AND SELFISH.

TheGoddessAthena · 25/10/2025 18:41

Jumpingthruhoops · 25/10/2025 18:39

People on a very tight budget can buy a fair bit from Shein and Temu for Christmas and not break the bank. Respectfully, until you're paying their bills, you should probably keep your opinions on how and where they spend their money to yourself.

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A Fair bit of plastic shit? Stocking fillers nobody needs or wants? Endless gadgets and gizmos fun for 5 minutes then in the bin?

Pleasegetmeacoffeesotired · 25/10/2025 18:41

ninjahamster · 25/10/2025 18:39

I use Shein and Temu. Money is really tight and that is what I can afford.
I don’t have children, mine are all adults, and would probably avoid for toys but gadgets and gizmos, clothes, advent calendars, stocking fillers are fine from there. I probably wouldn’t buy beauty bits.
The link with child labour goes bother me but in an ideal world I’d have enough money to buy ethically locally sourced products. But I don’t.

None of those things are fine from there.

Bagsintheboot · 25/10/2025 18:40

waitamo · 25/10/2025 18:37

The Brexit reference was about not being allowed to bring food to or from EU. You know, the place with great safety standards for food and goods. But I can order from China no bother.

That's where the problem lies, not with people buying the stuff.

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The problem DOES lie with people buying the stuff, because they're the ones importing it into the country.

Saying "oh it wasn't my fault" isn't going to help your kid when they're choking on a loose bit of toy.

TheGoddessAthena · 25/10/2025 18:39

DulceDeLecheDelish · 25/10/2025 18:37

Surely nobody would get joy from that stuff unless they had no other option…

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You reckon?

http://www.darlingzine.com/2024/03/middle-aged-women-are-shiens-average.html?m=1

Middle Aged Women are Shein’s Average Customers, So Should We Stop Blaming Gen Z for the Fast Fashion Brands Success?

Darling Magazine, independent zine by Emily Duff. Daily content on Fashion, Film, Culture, and Activism. Ethical, feminist, no ads, no subscriptions.

http://www.darlingzine.com/2024/03/middle-aged-women-are-shiens-average.html?m=1

ninjahamster · 25/10/2025 18:39

I use Shein and Temu. Money is really tight and that is what I can afford.
I don’t have children, mine are all adults, and would probably avoid for toys but gadgets and gizmos, clothes, advent calendars, stocking fillers are fine from there. I probably wouldn’t buy beauty bits.
The link with child labour goes bother me but in an ideal world I’d have enough money to buy ethically locally sourced products. But I don’t.

Jumpingthruhoops · 25/10/2025 18:39

DoNoTakeNo · 25/10/2025 18:12

This Christmas?
I know it’s mainly a cost thing but if it’s achievable, can people possibly manage with less stuff?

People on a very tight budget can buy a fair bit from Shein and Temu for Christmas and not break the bank. Respectfully, until you're paying their bills, you should probably keep your opinions on how and where they spend their money to yourself.

TardisDweller · 25/10/2025 18:37

I do agree, a lot of the products don't pass the UK safety checks, particularly in terms of chemicals and flammability. You could potentially invalidate your house insurance too I would think.

allthegoodusernameshavegone · 25/10/2025 18:37

RampantIvy · 25/10/2025 18:28

I have never bought from them and never will.

me neither.

waitamo · 25/10/2025 18:37

Bagsintheboot · 25/10/2025 18:28

It is if the purchaser knows they're buying something which presents a considerable risk to themselves and their children! That's just plain stupidity in the name of greed.

Brexit has nothing to do with this, as Temu and Shein are in China, which is outside the EU.

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The Brexit reference was about not being allowed to bring food to or from EU. You know, the place with great safety standards for food and goods. But I can order from China no bother.

That's where the problem lies, not with people buying the stuff.

DulceDeLecheDelish · 25/10/2025 18:37

TheGoddessAthena · 25/10/2025 18:32

No, it’s also the “new outfit for every occasion” people, the “ewwwww second hand” people, the people who are influenced by influencers and various others who just don’t care and think it’s all someone else’s problem to fix.

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Surely nobody would get joy from that stuff unless they had no other option…

Digdongdoo · 25/10/2025 18:34

bluebettyy · 25/10/2025 18:32

I did a temu order recently and most of the clothes were shiny polyester crap so I’ve had to return them.

Wonderful. They'll go to landfill or be incinerated FYI.

ThePoshUns · 25/10/2025 18:33

I’ve never bought from either never will.