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desertjoe 
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Posted: 04 Sep 2024 at 4:27am |
I see lots of ads for different products that "look" like some regular products,,,but at some very low prices,,,,? Just wondering of any one here has purchased any and what was quality,,,or this a big scam,,,?
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thendrix
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Posted: 04 Sep 2024 at 5:50am |
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My wife has bought a few things from Temu. You have to be very careful and read ALL of the fine print. I think everything she bought was clothes but we've heard some "nightmare" (some of them funny) stories. Can't remember what it was but somebody bought a "to good to be true" deal and when they got it, they bought a picture of the item they thought was such a deal. They tried to get money back but when they read the fine print, it plainly said "this is a photograph".
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Posted: 04 Sep 2024 at 5:54am |
I have bought some stuff (indoor/outdoor thermometers and small parts plastic trays). So far I am happy with what I bought. Very cheap prices and relatively quick shipping (they must have warehouses in the USA).
I have a friend that is a USPS rural mail delivery person. She says she has a lot of their merchandise to deliver.
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jaybmiller
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Posted: 04 Sep 2024 at 6:07am |
I've had GREAT luck in buying from TEMU. Under counter LED strips, IDE/ATA to USB interface, foamy insoles,gardening watering connectors,'Q-tips', bandaids, electronic modules,4.5" sandpaper disks,bicycle front LED light,LEDs for tractor,drain uncloggers,magnets. yeesh all sorts of 'must haves'. Also bought a 'mason jar cold coffee filter' for 1/4 of what Amazon listed the SAME thing for !
Prices are very good,though I do get nailed GST(Cdn taxes...grrrr), free shipping, delivery is within 2 weeks. Quality is standard,same as stuff in 'bricks and motor' stores here,just a LOT cheaper. Used to buy from BANGGOOD, mostly electronic modules, but then found out TEMU have the SAME products at a lower cost, so I jumped ship. All in all,TEMU has worked out for me,usually order once a month,sometime twice .
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Posted: 04 Sep 2024 at 6:14am |
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Cheap Chinese goods direct from China without any middlemen. Happy to see everyone fully gleefully supporting China's communist economy.
Edited by PaulB - 04 Sep 2024 at 10:54am
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jaybmiller
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Posted: 04 Sep 2024 at 6:30am |
hay Paul, whose 'smart phone' or TV do you own ? Or pickup truck, or lithium powered tools ? Dang just TRY to buy NOT Made in China, let alone Made locally any more ! I submit it'd be extremely hard to NOT buy from China.
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Posted: 04 Sep 2024 at 8:51am |
TEMU is and has been investigated for malware and spyware. It can override privacy settings, and sells your data. The US and state governments are suing them for various reasons, including forced labor. Personally, I’ll stay away. Temu: when Walmart just isn’t cheap and Chinese enough for you! 
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Posted: 04 Sep 2024 at 9:33am |
Once in a while I listen to the Kim Komando show. She discusses the latest tech trends. Please read this article on her website that explains Temu.
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Posted: 04 Sep 2024 at 10:37am |
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Temu is directly associated with the Chinese Communist Party.Temu and Tik Tok I stay away from!
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Posted: 04 Sep 2024 at 11:59am |
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I may hafta get China stuff,, but I do stay away from temu and I don't do tic-toc, for reasons I've heard of spyware/malware
Yea,, lot of that Temu stuff looks to good to be true,, another reason to stay away...
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Posted: 04 Sep 2024 at 12:05pm |
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Wow! This really turned into a peepee slapping in quite a hurry! Really appreciate you fellas directing me on how my family should spend our money. Let me guess, you're just trying to help?
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Posted: 04 Sep 2024 at 12:10pm |
 thendrix wrote:
Wow! This really turned into a peepee slapping in quite a hurry! Really appreciate you fellas directing me on how my family should spend our money. Let me guess, you're just trying to help? |
if you took what I said that way, I’m sorry it came across that way. You may spend your money however you choose as long as you don’t sign me up for something!  But yes, I was sharing what I know about TEMU to try to help. You may ignore it.
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Posted: 04 Sep 2024 at 2:39pm |
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Keep em busy filling out shipping labels and hope it takes their minds off playing around with killer pandemics such as Covid and having them and Fauci giving it to us. Kinda kewl having a few things around you can honestly say were built by 6 year old orphans and convicts who were most likely paid maybe a chicken or a duck every month too. Possibly a dog carcass as a bonus also at Christmas and Thanksgiving.
Edited by Walker - 04 Sep 2024 at 3:24pm
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Posted: 04 Sep 2024 at 3:13pm |
Tbone95 wrote:
Temu: when Walmart just isn’t cheap and Chinese enough for you! |
No offense huh?
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Posted: 04 Sep 2024 at 3:39pm |
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Posted: 04 Sep 2024 at 4:13pm |
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Some of the guys that say they won't buy from Temu also tell about buying from Harbor Freight where almost EVERYTHING they sell comes from China.
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Posted: 04 Sep 2024 at 4:22pm |
It must the the 'app' you download onto your MADE IN CHINA 'smart phone' as their website doesn't do anything bad using a real desktop.
As for selling your information , nearly EVERY 'app' does that ( read the TOU ), YOU gave them permission to do so.... same as Amazon, Google, all Apple stuff, etc.
BTW Chinese would not have had COVID-19 without the direct consent of some Americans.
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Posted: 04 Sep 2024 at 4:22pm |
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I have bought weed eater gas line, rechargeable flashlights and a few other things from them. Been happy so far. It just cuts out the middleman. If I could have gotten it made in USA I would.
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Posted: 04 Sep 2024 at 6:01pm |
jaybmiller wrote:
It must the the 'app' you download onto your MADE IN CHINA 'smart phone' as their website doesn't do anything bad using a real desktop.
As for selling your information , nearly EVERY 'app' does that ( read the TOU ), YOU gave them permission to do so.... same as Amazon, Google, all Apple stuff, etc.
BTW Chinese would not have had COVID-19 without the direct consent of some Americans.
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So you’re good with them being sued for forced labor then I suppose? Cuz you do have all the answers of course.
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Posted: 04 Sep 2024 at 6:03pm |
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Some of the guys that say they won't buy from Temu also tell about buying from Harbor Freight where almost EVERYTHING they sell comes from China. |
NNNNNNope. I admit, I did step foot in there once in an urgent matter. But they didn’t have what I needed.
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Posted: 04 Sep 2024 at 6:44pm |
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I went in to use the restroom once but then I noticed the suction pipe from the drinking fountain led to the same ditch.
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Posted: 04 Sep 2024 at 7:17pm |
I don't know who has sued them, what the case is about. If it is forced labour it's only because hey don't have a generous welfare system like the USA does.
wonder if the antiTEMU guys have ever bought from AMAZON ?
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Posted: 04 Sep 2024 at 7:48pm |
jaybmiller wrote:
I don't know who has sued them, what the case is about. If it is forced labour it's only because hey don't have a generous welfare system like the USA does.
wonder if the antiTEMU guys have ever bought from AMAZON ?
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... or absolutely ANYTHING that is made in China. It's virtually impossible to not buy things made in China.
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Posted: 04 Sep 2024 at 7:50pm |
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Some kind of Communist brain washing or mind control involved with Temu when every item says only two left, better hurry then next day all items say stock of maby 15 be happy in your shopping and prosper, following day right back to only 2 left better hurry. I'm still trying to cypher out the Burma Road and don't need this.
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Posted: 04 Sep 2024 at 8:18pm |
jaybmiller wrote:
I don't know who has sued them, what the case is about. If it is forced labour it's only because hey don't have a generous welfare system like the USA does.
wonder if the antiTEMU guys have ever bought from AMAZON ?
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Gee ‘Jay’…. Maybe you could look into it a bit. Doesn’t take much effort. Y’all so anti google, must be something for Google to disassociate  . But hay, you saved a buck. Sigh.
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Posted: 04 Sep 2024 at 8:20pm |
You all really think my imagination is that good?
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Posted: 04 Sep 2024 at 8:33pm |
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I don’t know how to insert links from my phone, it’s easy on the computer. Especially without my glasses on!
Arkansas is suing for unfair business and the spyware malware issue.
There’s a Select Committee investigating forced slave labor. This stuff is easy to find.
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Posted: 04 Sep 2024 at 8:35pm |
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If you can be bothered to check any of it out and still want to do your business with them then have at it.
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Posted: 04 Sep 2024 at 8:37pm |
desertjoe wrote:
I see lots of ads for different products that "look" like some regular products,but at some very low prices,,,,? Just wondering of any one here has purchased any and what was quality,,,or this a big scam,,,? |
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Posted: 04 Sep 2024 at 8:41pm |
desertjoe wrote:
I see lots of ads for different products that "look" like some regular products,,,but at some very low prices,,,,? Just wondering of any one here has purchased any and what was quality,,,or this a big scam,,,? |
I tried Temu for the first time and i cant advice people to use it, their products are too cheap to be true 
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