Temu

[LittleEsme]

Has anyone bought anything from this website that's actually worthwhile?!

I bought a load of pens for school and they're not reliable at all. Losing ink etc.

What are your good Temu finds?

A water flosser! It's great , works so well and paid £7.50 for it.

A pair of over the ear headphones. Less than £7 and great sound quality. I've actually been impressed with everything I have ordered so far.

An anti aging and rejuvenation device for £15. The same thing is £60 on Amazon

@HoogahToogah how long have you had it. Do you think it's working?

Only a week so far, too soon to know if it's giving results but happy to report back in a month. It works correctly though and can definitely feel it "doing" what it says it should

I’ve not bought anything or downloaded the app. Looks like cheap tat to me. Their marketing ploy appears to be to convinced you you need this tat. A bit like Betterware but worst, so much more worse and that’s just from the adverts.

Is no-one slightly suspicious about this website suddenly, from nowhere, flooding everyone's social media advertising all this stupidly cheap tat?

Where has it come from? Who is funding it? What is its supply chain?

Why is it here mining us all for tiny amounts of money? How is it making its money? Where is all your data going?

I will never buy anything from Temu. Yes the odd thing might be ok, but majority is cheap plastic tat made in china that will end in landfill. It's cheap to buy because it's cheaply made. You get what you pay for. You also cannot guarantee the safety when it comes to toys, electronics etc. Not worth it.

We get it, you have money. Not everyone is so lucky and you shouldn't look down on people who have a much tighter budget. Being able to pick and choose who you give your custom to is a privilege that not everyone has.

This. I agree it’s very suspicious and I for one won’t be downloading the app

@PretendUsername I don't have money.
I save and make considered purchases.
It's that simple!

They're so cheap that I've not gone there. I'm assuming they have very poor ethics and zero regard for the environment and sustainability.

Lol don't forget Kleeneze too

I won't be buying

You're right - sweatshops with a healthy profit margin added somewhere along the way are much better!

I won't buy. I think we need to rethink what we buy and consider the implications for security & the planet.

I googled rope toys for a large dog and temu came up, never heard of them before........when they came they were the size for a chihuahua😂 my own fault really, I should have known by the price! made the small dog next door happy anyway🐶

Most of what they sell will be available for similar prices in places like Ikea, supermarkets, pound shops, Wilko, Tiger Tiger, The Range etc etc.

Places where it is shipped in, in bulk and not packaged up one at a time, and you can actually look at it before buying, so you can see the size, quality etc.

So unlikely to work out any more expensive than Temu, where you've a good chance of half of what you buy will be wasted because it's nothing like the picture, useless, poor quality etc when it (eventually) arrives. Because it's not going to be worth sending back to China for a refund is it?

It's the same business model as Wish or AliExpress. They are just marketing heavily to try and be even better than them, like Wish did when it was new and now it seems to have disappeared (but still exists). The way they make money is volume and low margins. If you sell a LOT of items for pennies' worth of profit that's still better than selling a few items for a few pounds worth of profit.

But also there is not "the Temu factory" this is not one company, it's an online marketplace.

"Made in China" is a misnomer, as people have said, made in China is a lot of things, including high end brands like Apple. But there is a difference between the products made for large companies that just happen to have their factory situated in China (even if it is for cost etc), and these tiny individual no-name factories churning out products with no quality control, safety standards etc just for the cheapest possible price for it to look right enough that you won't return it instantly.

If you're buying from a company that is legitimately placing itself in the market, building a reputation for high quality and ahering to standards etc then you know that the product won't be a load of absolute rubbish (you have the right to return, if it is) and you know that it won't harm you if used in the intended way.

If your business model is just to make the cheapest possible shit thing and if you get challenged you can just disappear and instantly rebrand, then you don't care about any of that stuff. So you get toxic plastics, dyes, chemicals etc being used as they are cheaper than the stuff that is certified as safe or food grade. You get electronics that aren't properly earthed so can carry a risk of electric shock, or which will burn out quickly and stop working, or which don't have safety features so they can overheat and cause a fire hazard. And yes sweatshops and unethical stuff like that (though, as said, these things also happen for factories used by "trustworthy" brands).

There probably are safe things to buy from places like that but in general, people should be a lot more wary than they generally are. This goes for the same no-brand anonymous cheap stuff for sale on Amazon etc as well (at about 3x the cost of Temu/Wish/etc)

Swimwear, dresses I don't mind polyester but you can filter for cotton, cuddly toys and rings. I also bought some glasses lens cleaners for pence and they're the best ones I've ever had.

Most stuff comes from China and one reason Temu is so cheap is that you're often buying from the manufacturer or wholesaler directly.

This

I don't care. Nor do many others.

I bought a screen/keyboard cleaning kit that is very nifty! Also a 'stanley' style cup which is amazing, I'm utterly in love with it. Copious amounts of stickers and little stationery bits like erasble pens/highlighters, tipex, glue dots etc for craft mad DD. I think the best thing we've bought so far has been the packet resealer though - worth every penny to stop things from going stale, and it discourages the snack grabbing every time a DC opens the cupboard.

"I'm proud to support slavery so my daughter can have stickers".

You're honest, I'll give you that.

E@HoogahToogah well that's a good start!!

an update in a month would be brilliant!!👍🏻😊

Wow. You should be very proud of yourself.