Online shopping at Temu / Shein

I have bought very cheap items to clean loos and they have been excellent, a lot cheaper than Amazon. I bought stuff for clearing blocked drains, again very cheap, the only problem was the instructions for use were written in Chinese so I used common sense and it appeared to work.

The clothes I have bought have been well made and very cheap. I was looking on Amazon to buy a new air fryer and the vast majority were made in China although they had household names.

I’ve bought several sewing bits from Temu. I could have ordered the piece that arrived today from Amazon or eBay but they’re all made in China but Temu was cheaper.
24hr delivery for my side cutter overlocker.

I bought a tent from Temu.. it says it was made in Ireland and it was shipped from Ireland.. it was fantastic value and is really good quality.. From what I've heard on radio Temu is selling goods from lots of different companies but is making money by getting people to sign up for their ap. ie getting details.. I didn't do that as I made a one off purchase

Cheap material for clothes. Some things are a bargain.

I stupidly bought some lovely looking embroidered socks from Temu.
It said that they were 💯 cotton. They aren’t, they are 💯 polyester.
Never again, luckily it was just a few quid wasted

They also have labels saying where goods were made. I was astonished to find some years ago that some lovely pasta bowls ordered from The White Company had ‘Made in China’ stamped on the back. I kept them because returning porcelain isn’t easy but I remember where they originated every time I use them. You can’t always tell country of origin from the advertising but I do my best to find out. I remember the beautiful blazer I turned down a couple of years ago because it was made in China. I always email companies to tell them if I have decided not to buy on discovering country of origin.

My friend buys loads from Temu and I ve got to say they all look nice
It makes me smile when people are so adamant they won’t buy Chinese made goods, as many of the ‘good’ labels use Chinese factories but that’s ok if it has a ‘name’ behind it

The Chinese are notorious for stealing intellectual property.

As has already been said, I don't knowingly buy Chinese goods. From what I've seen, the Temu adverts show ridiculously low priced items and I have no doubt that some of these gadgets only work in the video and not in real life.

An artist I like recently posted a photo to show that some of her designs have been stolen and are being used on items sold by Temu.
Not a company to trust IMO.

Don't bother.

Poorly made just for the fast fashion market.

Shein are opening a pop up shop in Southampton this week, I’m not sure if there are others in the UK.

There will always be plenty of people happy to buy Chinese goods no matter that some of us refuse to do so for ethical reasons.

It’s a conundrum GSM - not buying their goods puts them out of work. No work, no money. I don’t think they have a welfare system like we are fortunate to have.

Imagine the conditions in which they were made though, the lives of the workers. That’s why I never knowingly buy Chinese goods.

So true Elegran! I have bought some laundry washing bags from Temu and they are amazing quality. Perhaps I was lucky and bought at the right time!

Temu are a new company which is flooding the internet with impossibly cheap offers at the moment, in an attempt to buy themselves a place in the online market. I predict that their prices will zoom up in the near future. I have no idea of the quality of the goods, but whatever it is like now, it will probably zoom DOWN to balance the rising prices.

Have you ever been at a market stall where an eloquent salesman is doing his salespitch? He starts with a few items that are far below the right price for their quality, waves each at the audience while praising them highly and and does the "I am not asking you for £10. I am not asking for £5, not even for £3. Ladies and gentlemen, I only ask you for £1 for this (whatever) but these are the last 10 sets, so I am afraid it is first come first serve. . . " and at that cue his shills, planted in the audience, come forward with their £1 notes to claim the "last 10 sets".

The effect of seeing this is to loosen up the resistance of the audience to step forward and buy. Next he brings out other goods - the first examples are good quality and a good price, He (apparently) is a good guy who sells quality items at knock-down prices.

Once his "last remaining" excellent value examples are gone to eager buyers, he falls back on mediocre stuff no different and no better value than what other traders around him are selling - but by then his crowd are in the mood to spend money buying from this "bargain stall".

When I started to get emails from these companies, I reported them as spam so they go into the spam folder in future.

That’s Boden black listed then.

For anyone not wanting to support China, it really made me chuckle to see alongside the Boden label in a dress I had bought, one that declares "Made in China".

Kupari, I would rather go without than support a Chinese company.

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I’ve bought lots from there and like it try for yourself I even buy from Wish it takes a while to be delivered but it’s really good stuff made in China

Good luck

Why would anyone knowingly support China?

REceived my order from Temu Yesterday. A pack of three front fastening bras for £19 and two pretty tops for £12. Everything fits and I'm delighted with my purchases.
My neighbour told me about the company.
The order took 12 days to reach me, and the company kept me updated with the progress of my order from dispatch to arriving in U.K. I spent £31 and the company did not charge me for postage- which surprised me. Will use them again.
Looking at some of these posts I think its very easy to criticise people like me who buy from Shein and Temu - if you have a generous amount of spending money. I dont!

We have ordered from Temu several times. Most of the stuff is cheap but you have to order a minimum of £10 per order. Delivery is free but takes about a week to arrive.

I've never bought from Shein because I'm not interested in cheap garments but I've had a couple of orders from Temu, mainly crafting materials and packaging supplies. Communication is very good, delivery time pretty average (and free) and everything I've had so far has been exactly as expected. Many things have been identical to products bought on Amazon but at a much lower price.

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Debbie58
They are the same company. All owned by the same man.

Are they? I'm not so sure. I've never bought anything from either and probably wouldn't, but millions clearly do. Ethics don't come into for many people who are only looking at the bottom line.