Temu ‘known for its rock bottom prices’ investigated.

I don’t buy on line, never heard of Temu, but it does sound awful.

I am constantly receiving notifications to join, even by friends who I've already told I'm not interested!!

Relieved to say thus far not heard of them. Apple News a constant however.

M&S and other companies are not a lot better at getting clothes made for a pittance in another country and charging a lot here.

I have coffee with 2 GNs who have bought from Temu so I did also. I bought a long sleeved colourful jumper but I would have preferred it to have been made with something other than nylon. It fits well and is well made, I only want it to keep me warm in the house. My cardigan is long and colourful but again 100% nylon which I do not like.

they have not hassled me since delivery about 3 weeks ago but I do have Ad blockers.

There’s getting clothes made for a pittance by people who receive a fair wage by the relevant country’s standards, and there’s slave labour and total lack of human rights. I wouldn’t touch Temu with a bargepole.

I do not buy from Temu, but I do not agree that people are cululabry ignorant and put price before ethics.

Some people are very affected by the cost of living and they are on benefits, low wages, or just living of a full state pension, so the politics of it is not a consideration, if it is cheap they buy it. I know some posters will say they get low wages/pension only and don't buy from it, but that is personnel choice.

What happens to the workers if people don’t buy from these companies? Is a pittance better than not earning anything? I don’t suppose there are welfare benefits for them. It’s a dilemna.

I confess to having bought from them because their prices were stated as ‘introductory’ offers and I assumed that, after the introductory period, the prices would rise considerably.

I haven’t bought clothes, but household type items and rucksacks and the quality has been fantastic. So far…!

I expect people working in slavery have to produce good quality products for fear of repercussions.

Yes, I fear that may be so Gsm, but what’s the answer?

Don’t buy anything from them. We all have far more stuff than we need. We might like something but do we really need it? If we do need a particular thing it may well be found in a charity shop.

Well, in my defence, I haven’t bought anything that I could buy locally and I use charity shops all the time! I absolutely agree with you that there’s a lot of ‘want’ rather than ‘need’ involved in what we all buy!

The "introductory period" has lasted a long time. Their object with the very low prices is to establish themselves as a competitor to Amazon. They work in much the same way, taking a profit on everything sold through their organisation by individual firms, so they are not taking any entrepreneurial risks. They can't lose! It is the makers and smaller organisations who risk not making enough on the transaction to keep them in business.

Ironically, it was a poster on GN who recently mentioned Temu. Up until then I’d never heard of them!