Temu Tat…

I've heard stories of people reverse image searching stuff at "artisan" markets and finding it on Temu.

Small shops have been caught selling Temu Tat here by the way - it's illegal so you can report them.

What was the brand?

BS. I got something off Temu and it was EXACTLY the same brand that my friend got in a high street shop for three times the price. Chinese yes. But exactly the same brand.

Wonder if we should just AgreeToDisagreeSometimes? 😉

Wonder what poisonous toxic fumes Lovely smells you are filling your house/lungs with

Ok yes I know some stuff from Temu is crap but there are things that are brilliant; I buy all of my Christmas wrapping paper from them it’s bloody awesome thick really good quality & everyone loved it this year; I’m heavily into crafting &!8 get loads of my stuff from them it’s just so much cheaper than hobby craft; but I do not buy toys or children’s things I don’t know what they’re made from & I worry about the paint does it contain lead etc but other bits it’s brilliant just shop with care x

Cheap from places like Temu isn't just disappointing bad quality but not as safe to use and goes to landfil quickly. I bought Wow and ELC and similar, they were robust. After being played with by my boys and their cousins, they are still in excellent condition to be passed on again.

They don’t! Tests showed the majority didn’t meet safety standards!

I don't buy from temu tbh I bought some hot wheel type toy cars for my then 2 year old when they arrived they were like cardboard not die cast like I was lead to believe fell apart on the first play and he wasn't even rough with them and don't get me started on the clothing I have been told temu and shein clothes come from the same place but seriously I've had better stuff off shein and it wasn't great from there

What got me was the research (possibly by Trading Standards, can’t honestly remember) into the stuff being imported by third party resellers, so Amazon etc as well as Temu et al. So, mainstream and used by loads of people. The stuff was safety tested and 95% of it failed to meet UK safety standards! Children’s toys fared better, only 80% failed safety standards! Most shops are selling stuff made in China, yes in sweatshops, but avoiding them altogether takes time, effort, and money that frankly most of us don’t have (myself included). So I just try to stick to shops selling things that meet the safety standards.

Re: ethics, that is a really hard call. I’m still trying to buy better quality, more consciously, do without certain things etc., but on a low budget it often boils down to buy unethically or don’t have it - and when it comes to making my child miss out, I hate to say it but my ethics have not won. I will do without stuff for me, but she goes without so bloody much already, that I’m afraid that yes, I bought her the Chinese made toys, just the slightly more expensive ones not from 3rd party importers, so where I had a reasonable expectation that they would be safe at least.

That is quite possibly the worst argument I've ever heard. If we're all fucked, I'm just going to take up smoking again and, why not, maybe start a crack habit?
If our organs are getting destroyed anyway, I'll drink away my liver, why not ?

Health and safety gone mad, we should go back to the good old days of lead paint and radium girls' faces rotting off.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radium_Girls

Do you think there's no point to any safety regulations or chemical limits at all then?

I went on Temu but hated it - things popping up and flying around all over the place!

We've done several electrics orders on AliExpress recently for my campervan. DH started it by buying a new speedometer which runs off GPS (only £20) which we fitted together a while ago, it's brilliant and now I'm hooked.

Currently got an order on its way with a new Bluetooth/mp3 car stereo (£10) and all the fixings needed to connect up my new speakers!

In case you hadn’t noticed we are all contaminated from multiple historic nuclear disasters, we all contain an excess burden of harmful chemicals which are going to cause disease and early deaths anyway and none of us can escape. We’re all doomed. But at least I’ll go smelling of lavender and meadow pansy 😃

But they're cheap and smell nice.... who cares if they're made by slaves and with stuff which will potentially make you ill.

Jesus wept, critical thinking is a dying art.

The air fresheners we buy here have to comply with relevant standards and regulations, such as REACH, CLP, COSHH, etc. and have to be CE marked to demonstrate compliance.

The ones from Temu don't, have been tested and found to contain formaldehyde, MIT, CMIT, lead, benzene and acetaldehyde, which are released into the air you breathe when they heat up.

All of these can cause long-term health issues.

There is a reason they're so cheap:

1. They don't have to pay for testing for compliance with UK law.

1. They put in any crap, mostly stuff that's not allowed here.

Trading Standards don't have jurisdiction over Temu itself but they can act if UK business sell crap from Temu
https://www.rctcbc.gov.uk/EN/Newsroom/PressReleases/2025/February/Over100counterfeitandunsafetoysseized.aspx

How do you know they contain the same things?

You can be fairly sure that products sold in shops here meet basic safety standards, for plug in air fresheners:

• Chemical Safety (UK REACH & CLP): Products must comply with UK REACH (Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation and Restriction of Chemicals) and the Classification, Labelling and Packaging (CLP) Regulation, requiring manufacturers to:
• Disclose potential chemical hazards.
• Use standardised warning labels (e.g., P102: Keep out of reach of children; H317: May cause an allergic skin reaction).

Stuff you buy from Temu doesn't have to comply with anything, doesn't have to be tested, and doesn't have to accurately list ingredients or disclose hazards.
When Temu products have been tested, dangerous chemicals, incorrect labelling and unsafe design has been found in cleaning products, cosmetics, toys, clothes, plates, bottles, electronics - lots that would be illegal to be sold in the UK.

It’s absolutely wild that people can’t connect the dots and realise if they’ve something on Etsy and temu it’s very likely that temu has actually stolen the design off the real designer.

all that stuff you’re returning is getting dumped straight into landfill

What do trading standards do about things made the other side of the world that don’t have British regulations?

Exactly the same things as the ones you buy here. We have no idea if they are safe either. Crazy eh?

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Don’t save your details on the site!!

Surely thay don't meet safety regulations.i would contact trading standards.