What is TEMU, is it safe to buy from them?

I use Temu all the time. Items usually take 6 - 10.

MOST OF THE ITEMS ARE SECONDS. That’s why all the products are listed 3 or 4 times at different prices.

Replying to Ex-Dancer: I ordered some window pictures from Temu. They are really nice and were delivered without any problems I then ordered some trousers - they are really snazzy and I've worn them a lot during the summer. Worth trying - you can return items that you don't want.

Please check out the ethics of this organisation
From child labour to information gathering- it’s a no from me

How many of you give a thought to the slaves picking your fruit and vegetables in the Spanish polytunels 🤔 Not many I bet.
I think I can guarantee that the Chinese labour force have running water and toilet facilities: these poor souls don’t 😡 So yes the effluent does go into the soil. And yes, the owners of these polytunnels have put genuine ethical farmers out of business.
All this going on less than 3 hrs by plane from the uk, and, * an eu country*
I see this close hand most winters when we drive through these sites to our campsite.

Even found chemicals exceeding acceptable levels
www.google.com/search?q=ethics+of+temu&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&hl=en-gb&client=safari

If you do order from Temu use PayPal to pay for your order. This means you are not handing over your credit card details to a Chinese company. Do not sign up notifications as you will be bombarded with ads.

petra

Temu as such do not produce any goods. They are a platform for other companies. Companies that you buy from on EBay or Amazon.
Not many people question where those cheap goods come from.

Very true… I buy from Temu often as very frequently the items I want on eBay or Amazon ( identical to those advertised elsewhere) are far cheaper on Temu, and no doubt bought there or from similar Chinese companies to resell.
However as others have said …be wary… the clothes advertised are often the originals from other designer sites, but when you look closely at the ACTUAL item offered it turns out to be a poor copy …that said ( after double checking what is actually offered) I have bought loads of jumpers from them which are comperable to Cotton Traders or Lands End and a quarter of the price. Beware electrical goods though …I bought a small ‘open by touch’ bin for my bathroom…batteries didn’t fit… filled in their returns form with pics and my money was immediately refunded and told to keep the item . I now have a free ‘ordinary non touch’ hand opening bin in my bathroom! This happened about twice since with unsuitable items all under £11 …all refunded and told to keep the item. So, apart from the ethical issue, if you do buy, just double check everything, product info etc, and don’t be taken in by the initial image. These are all items sold at massive increased costs elsewhere online…so why not go to the sources? I would be willing to bet a lot of your items in your wardrobe bought from other sources have ‘made in China’ on them?

I have bought from Temu, but only cheap stationery / children’s craft type stuff which was fine for my grandchildren who are overseas, and a T-shirt which was rubbish and I have not downloaded their app only buying off the website. My husband has bought a couple of electrical bits which were rubbish and failed within days. I’ve seen too many negative reviews to buy anything more clothes wise. So I definitely would not recommend them for clothes

This isn't very helpful, but I'll put in my two pennorth!.

I know that I read a damning report about this firm about a couple of months ago, but can't remember where, though it's likely it was either on the internet or in my daily paper. I remember that it fixed in my mind a decision never to buy from them, and since then I've seen its name mentioned regarding items I'm interested in, but have not bothered to look, because of the impact the article had on me.

Have you looked on Ambrose Wilson they have men's jumpers in that size for around the £35.00 mark.

Hi, I bought 2 5x tee shirts for son in law last Christmas but the size was small and wouldn't fit him I've had loads of stuff off temu and apart from those tee shirts size was always ok, if you get off temu make sure to order bigger size and check what it's .made of, Amazon is good for larger sizes for some off there and size us perfect hope this helps . 😀

I once ordered a summer dress from them.
It turned up about three months later.

I assumed I had been scammed as no email address to contact them. I also alerted my credit card company.

Then just as all the paperwork was going through, the blooming dress turned up.

There was no returns label or invoice in the parcel and the dress was awful. Much too big anyway.
I ended up giving it to charity shop.

So no, don’t risk buying from them.

Jacamo do large jumpers - just bought a 4x for DH in a cotton blend. Lovely and not expensive. Don’t buy the merino wool ones - the reviews say how much they shrink. How I wished I had read them before I washed it!

Have used temu a few times never had any problems. Waiting g for an order at the moment.I would not order clothes with them because their sizes are a bit of. Have ordered shoes from them and jewellery no problem.

Love Temi and Shein. Have had some fab clothing from them. Some things come up small but never had a problem with them.

I resisted Temu for ages and tbh, it's fairly addictive.
Didn't know about the workers conditions, just thought it was low prices due to volume of sales.
Won't be using again .

And then towns have boarded up shop and are empty of people. Use it or you lose it.

mokryna

And then towns have boarded up shop and are empty of people. Use it or you lose it.

What if your local town doesn't have shops selling the things you want?

Want or need MissInterpreted?

Jaxjacky

Want or need MissInterpreted?

Both, I guess. For instance, my local town doesn't have any clothes shops (apart from charity shops), so I guess you could call that either a 'need' or a 'want'.

If you want to buy stuff from China made by slave labour minors then Temu is for you

I would never buy anything from Temu for ethical reasons and I'm sick of their adverts popping up.

I bought a small wheelie suitcase from Temu and was sent a scarf with horses on it …. So no I wouldn’t buy from them again, which is a shame as they ‘appear’ to sell some nice stuff …

I ordered from Jacamo last year too. They are an online only company and specialise in large sizes. I checked them out before ordering and had no problems.

I agree with what everyone is saying about the ethics of this company. But no one seems to have mentioned the further dodgy ethics of one of the other ways they make big money selling very cheap items. The article I read said that to make the company successful extremely quickly, they sold as much of their customers private details as they could, for big bucks.
The article explained it all in quite a lot of detail, but I don't remember all the details now - I just know I'd never ever use them!