How Temu Ruined Online Shopping

[@thebunsenburner]

Getting a Temu ad is icing on the cake for this.

[@WeirdoDude]

Lol just got one too

[@braeive2888]

ublock saves the dayonce again

[@Seskoi]

Icing on the cake... Hmmm I just made one gonna have a slice :D

[@ff1077]

I'm surprised people still aren't using things like Ublock origin and other extensions like Sponsorblock and such. The internet is so much better with it. Throw on Revanced and Firefox as well to make it better.

[@wolfforce58205]

Honestly though 😂

[@skartimus]

Etsy used to be awesome. I got so many cool handmade things there back in the day. Now it is a sea of dogshit

[@FutureProofTV]

such a shame, eh???

[@richelles1756]

I was thinking the same thing. Etsy seems to be polluted by drop shippers now too

[@XXX-XX-X-X]

@@FutureProofTVOh yeah, bud.

[@echo_soldier]

I only buy from a few sellers I know are legit. Hard to look for other stuff without knowing if its dropshipped or not. It sucks.

[@alexastorm97]

I still buy from there from time to time, but I only buy from small shops that located in same region that I'm in.

[@kantigua5544]

unfortunately even farmers markets n local fairs are full of mass produced items disguised as handcrafted these days.... thanks for this video. i'm an etsy seller n the struggle is real out here

[@FutureProofTV]

truly despicable honestly, just makes it that much harder to actually source locally

[@echo_soldier]

The disappointment of seeing a cute booth selling something, then getting closer and seeing the name of an MLM on it :(

[@mattymattffs]

And people reselling grocery store produce with a markup!

[@maxierose564]

As someone who tries to buy handmade stuff, it's frustrating too! (Though not as much as it is for sellers) Trying to figure out whether something is handmade or a dupe that was bought for pennies on temu takes so much time and frustration.

[@damnitfinni]

I was going to leave this comment! As an artist who had multiple designs get stolen and mass reproduced, individual resellers will purchase small lots from aliexpress for sale in their own storefronts. I’ve had resellers reply to my takedown requests saying they’re in the right because it was purchased legally on wish or aliexpress :( At the very least if you’re at a craft fair, you can examine the quality of the item before purchasing - in most cases, the original has a much higher standard and more thoughtful details that don’t get duplicated.

[@racheldykes8529]

One thing I think needs to be hammered home more is that a lot of people want something handmade without being willing to pay the fair price for the handmade item. About a decade ago I was into making handmade blank books as a hobby to be used for drawing, journals, etc. It takes several hours to do. The hourly price for my labor, plus the materials weren't cheap, is just too much when your product is placed next to other books in the search results.

[@catherinebaldwin6580]

Ooh I felt that. Sometimes I wonder how they get such low prices for something that should be worth 2-10x the price. And the answer is always, it’s 2-10x more terrible quality or someone is not being paid for 50-90% of their work. Often both. It’s sad.

[@TimmmTim]

Not to be rude but it's understandable that people wouldn't want to pay 100 USD even if it's custom-made. The thing is, you are still a stranger to them, and for many it shouldn't matter if it's made in China by a machine or someone in the USA using their hands. Just my 2 cents, and I hope you still could profit out of it.

[@SarahDawnsDesigns]

This. I do custom hand-knits, (I also write knitting and crochet patterns), and, oh, the anger I get when I tell customers that yes, that hand knit sweater will be at least $300, probably more (depends on complexity, size, yarn choice, etc). They get even more angry when I point out to them why the sweater they can buy in the store is only $10. (Spoiler: sweatshop labour, and crappy materials, anyone?) And yep, I don't put my knits on Etsy or other marketplaces any more for exactly that reason, because no one would buy them when they're beside the cheap dropshipped sweater made by slave labour. /sigh/ Luckily, I do get some customers who 'get it', and they've been awesome, so, I feel like its not completely hopeless?

[@racheldykes8529]

@TimorDa because the premise of Etsy is that it is supposed to be handmade. You (supposedly) go to Etsy for a handmade item. But that is not what is actually happening in reality, people want the lowest prices and Etsy caters to that. So there is not much of a place for successful handmade things because of human nature. I saw the video was talking a lot about the company behavior but less on human behavior and I wanted to point that out.

[@FutureProofTV]

yeah this makes a lot of sense, if Etsy actually cracked down on people selling dropshipped goods maybe this would be different (a lot of people found a lot of success on the platform in its early years) but who knows

[@gidramom]

What I dislike about Etsy is that they put "Handmade" labels on products that are obviously made in mass-manufacturing factories in China. I don't like being lied to. I rather buy them from Amazon. It's not like I approve their business but at least I know what I'm getting from them.

[@creaturedanaaaaa]

Yeah, Etsy has been invaded by dropshippers and there's no reason for Etsy to crack down since they get more money off it too

[@QoraxAudio]

@@creaturedanaaaaa Until Etsy has become a second Temu. They will lose eventually, because Temu is just so much larger. Etsy will go bankrupt when it has nothing left that used to make them unique.

[@savannah115]

See, I feel like you can't trust Amazon now, either. It's all a mess.

[@QoraxAudio]

@@savannah115 Yeah plenty of fake counterfeit garbage on Amazon.

[@fionarobertson8841]

Amazon sellers...over 70 percent are Chinese

[@spencercool100]

I still use Etsy, but shopping on there now feels more like "sifting through shit to find the gold" rather than what it used to be, which was "mostly gold with some fools gold mixed in" Edit: I got an ad for fucking temu on this video. Save me from this hell world, Levi

[@aro2103]

TEMU Is basically financing KZbin for the time being.... But their ads are disguisting

[@D.von.N]

Use Brave browser, no need for adblock even. If the youtube breaks it for a while, there is Brave Beta. Saved my sanity the other day. They will quickly fix the main Brave, in hours usually.

[@reaven2535]

I went to a local town fair recently. 90% of booths were MLM booths, or dropshipped garbage from China, including several booths selling the same exact products under their own fake brand. I'm not even sure what to do at this point. Handmade means nothing, local means nothing. Local fairs aren't even safe. I have no guarantee someone is making a product themselves unless I literally can see them doing it. There's still local businesses and local craftsmen, but faith in the marketplace in general is an all-time low, and it's becoming impossible to buy anything without a substantial amount of investigation if you want a cute local gift.

[@csrjjsmp]

Just buy something cheap off temu and say it’s hand made. You will be happier and have more money

[@forlornfoe]

@@csrjjsmp You are willing to lie to someone you care enough of to give a gift, and feel happy about it? What great morality.

[@justmika6964]

So it is getting worse then. I remember i had went to a handmade fair sometime in 2018 i think, and saw something familiar on the table, some hairpins from big lots i bought and switched the clips on cause the original ones was tiny alligator trash. All thwy did was take them off the paper they came on, and marked up the price and tried to masquerade them as handmade. At least add something to them or do something different. Granted at the time they were all clearanced off. I told them at least do something different, you charging too much for something that gone fall apart from big lots 🤦🏽‍♀️

[@justmika6964]

Imagine those car clamps for jump cables got shrunk down to be the size of your index fingernail, while the flower terribly hot glued onto to it was bigger then the palm of your hand like a colorful shiney sunflower, which originally was 1.50 on clearance for two of them, and they turn around and sell those exact same things 5 dollars each at a handmade fair. Ridiculous. And this is 2018 money. Which i looked up the inflation for that and a dollar then is worth 1.25 now. So still in dollar tree territory but still.

[@OGYouTubeEnjoyer]

@@forlornfoe I would be so annoyed if someone got me some hand made do dad from some local artisan as a gift. Like gee thanks I'll put it in my junk drawer. Give me something practical like socks.

[@allielabr]

etsy feels exactly like amazon now, any sense that you were virtually recreating the experience of walking through a crafts fair is completely gone. anyway, support local businesses!!

[@FutureProofTV]

^^^ !!!!

[@auggiedoggiesmommy1734]

What local businesses?!

[@lalaithan]

​@@auggiedoggiesmommy1734I would put money down that people in your area have small businesses. 😐

[@RGCarlton]

It feels exactly like walking through a crafts fair: it's all the same 20 items of low-skill transfer apparel and overpriced nostalgia/fandom plastic.

[@whytheflick]

Local businesses are selling the same alibaba semi-disposable products. Support your favorite overseas creators! And your local businesses too, tbh it's probably the same quality sewing threads and rulers you would get at franchise stores... Depends what you're getting.

[@EnbyGaemer2005]

The sad part is, even if I go to my local craft fair. There's someone selling drop shipped items. Mostly cheap jewelry or kid's fidget toys. I always avoid their table. I am familiar with my local artisans and buy exclusively from them.

[@jrochest4642]

THIS. All the local places -- antiques fairs, craft fairs, local flea markets -- have all been taken over by people selling cheap Temu/Amazon garbage. Either that or MLM garbage leggings or skin care.

[@aprildawnsunshine4326]

​@@jrochest4642 same here! It's infuriating 😔 I used to help run a few local markets and I don't shop there anymore after I caught one of the "farmers" buying from the discount grocery store and reselling it as locally farmed! Maybe 3 out of 10 sellers were legit and maybe one of them would actually make a profit.

[@FutureProofTV]

what! that's so evil tbh

[@kqlolll2618]

​@@jrochest4642how are the people that run these things letting these through?? Heck even in malls i see people selling ugly low quality items for kids and stuff.. its horrible. Theres also a lot of corner stores where im from that also sell ugly cheap shit too 😞😞 there has to be someone monitoring all these

[@ArtrenTV]

​@@jrochest4642 Takes a lot of cajones to do this in person. At least online they don't need to show their face. Though they might hire someone to do it for them, who knows.

[@MollyMiller-uh2jh]

I joined Etsy last year before really knowing any of this to sell hand crocheted bags made from recycling grocery bags (plarn -plastic yarn). I put a ton of research into opening the shop, what to set the prices at, biodegradable mailers, etc. Everything I make takes a good amount of time but it’s very hard to price it to what I think it’s worth when someone else can sell another version made of straw by slave labor in China. On top of that, the Etsy fees are just ridiculous, sometimes up to a third of a cost of one bag. I’m genuinely just trying to keep bags out of the ocean and Etsy would rather sell crap that’s just gonna end up in the ocean anyway 🤷‍♀️

[@lingeriedeparis7274]

Capitalism means competition worldwide, China does not have the same cost of living there for their labor rates are not the same, nor do they have the same rate of taxation we do

[@dawuid1491]

What slave labor in China?

[@estuardo2985]

@@dawuid1491 research Uyghurs.

[@thepandoricaoffandomsbacku7349]

you're an ethical seller, which is rare, but i am so pissed at etsy's fees, because they really are out of this world to the point where even if the price of the item is quite affordable, the shipping makes it not at all

[@aleksandrakowalczyk6043]

I would not buy plastic at all, keep plastic when it's unavoidable.

[@fabiolobo728]

Not to mention it's FULL of cheap AI art. Surely these shouldn't be allowed in there by those standards...

[@zixuanyu868]

And cheap CGi…

[@OGYouTubeEnjoyer]

Like everything is AI on there. Have you seen the g-u-n shirts? 🤣🤣

[@missbobasawr]

I only buy from artists who have their own e-commerce websites. And if they post their processs on their social media. I love watching them do their craft and see the hard work go into it. It helps my mind justify the cost of handmade goods and avoid being tricked by fake products passed off as handmade. I’m even starting to dislike craft shows because the booths are being filled with resellers, or people who sell art of licensed characters without having altered the look in their own style.

[@Jsarmy87124]

🙄 come on now a poster handmade 15 dollars by a lie aliexpress 5 ...

[@reneemelle6084]

I'd rather buy a handmade keychain or character merch form a stall than from barns and nobles selling a mass produced version form japan at a 200% markup

[@kisielthe1st]

Temu is just a part of a larger problem. Every single service that I have been using in the past 20 years have become fucking shit. I used to make fun of people who paid extra to buy their stuff at physical stores. I have now become one of them. I seriously underappreciated being able to see, touch, feel and try out whatever Im spending money on.

[@auggiedoggiesmommy1734]

The clothes on Amazon used to be good and I got severe double vision and can’t drive so having things shipped was a Godsend for me, but it’s all junk that looks nothing like the picture and ai have the hassle of returning it now, or it just never shows up and ain’t have to wait to get refunded my money.

[@unichan5]

This is one thing I wanted to mention as well! I used to think that only “old folks” still went to physical stores but seeing something with your own two eyes should not be undervalued. Every shop on the internet wants to sell their stuff of course but you really need to read the fine print to check if it’s an actual store based in your area and their goods are legit. Not many people do that.

[@Bustermachine]

The thing about the internet up until recently was that it benefited off of high trust (well, relatively speak) that had been built up by traditional brick and mortar establishments. Distribution chains, and the like, had considerably more quality control. Ironically, this makes well source and verified brands even more valuable since part of a brand is its known level of quality. At least until somebody buys and devalues it for a quick buck. But that hopefully slows down the church a bit, since a brand has to become known for quality in order to become valuable enough to buy and ruin.

[@SeanSkyhawk]

There's literally a term called "enshittification" that reflects this trend

[@justmika6964]

​@@SeanSkyhawkthanks to you i learned a new word, and it is rampant everywhere.

[@MarkFaldborg]

Ways to avoid drop-shippers online: 1. Reverse image search all of their product photos 2. Search the internet for their copy, put some of it in quotes 3. Look at their social media, usually drop-shippers do not have it or are just promoting the thing they are selling, no progress pictures or regular posts. You should also make sure they link to the place you are looking to buy from These can help, but it does not gurantee that you are not getting garbage, sadly.

[@jiyzo]

Nice tips

[@csrjjsmp]

Ai generated images and product descriptions baybeeee

[@zeanibanks3950]

I’m so over online shopping. You just don’t know what you’re getting anymore. And now it’s to the point you can’t find anything inside the stores. It’s so frustrating. Instead of being able to find it in person. Now you have to spend hours researching the best product and it could still be a scam😢

[@coolchameleon21]

this!! i don’t want to shop online but it’s so hard to find anything i need in stores. some things are only on amazon :/ i really really hate giving my money to amazon but sometimes i have no choice

[@daughterofsekhmet81]

My feelings exactly. I love going to a shop and seeing exactly what I'm buying, handling it and making sure it's worth my money first. Can't do that anymore. Even stuff in stores now is mostly cheap chinese crap designed to break. Feels like we just can't win anymore.

[@carbjr.8071]

I'm a USPS carrier and I know all the addresses on the top of my head who have a bad problem ordering from Temu CONSTANTLY. How can someone buy so much actual garbage???? Like 2 to 3 big bags a week! Also, I Fing hate their marketing slogans. "Shop like a billionaire"? This stuff is barely batter than the stuff at Dollar Tree

[@Ella-g2m]

their houses must look like overflowing dumpsters

[@daisylavender5275]

Stop throwing ppls packages 📦 on their steps! 😅

[@susiex6669]

​@@daisylavender5275This!

[@susiex6669]

OP, my niece is moving in August and Ive bought a lot of stuff for her apartment on Temu, like those tupperwares with a spout. Have only ever seen those on Temu. Ive also bought her a cute Kuromi soap dispenser. Im wearing $1.99 fake nails from Temu as I type this. Ive gotten lots of complimrnts on them and didnt need to go to a msnicurist. How about you just do your job instead of judging the people you deliver to? 🙄

[@karrenpopovics2780]

Billionaires don't buy garbage!❤

[@CritterSauce621]

I also assumed Etsy was kinda safe. I got a handmade silver ring from there that I love and wear every day. Tried to get my bf a ring and it was clearly dropshipped garbage. I got so mad. Got my money back when I threatened them, and reported them anyway.

[@laplaces-demon]

My experience with craft fairs is that it's still the same junk from AliExpress. That's why all the fairs sell the same things.

[@grantp3911]

I've bought a lot of products from China via AliExpress, Alibaba, Banggood and Temu and I can honestly say that almost everything I've purchased was of good quality, in particular electronic products and more specifically CNC Machine parts to build my own CNC Machines and the quality of the CNC components is top notch. If I had purchased locally, I would have paid 4 to 5 times as much. I'm stoked we have options, it forces people to be more competitive which is a good thing.

[@gurriato]

@@grantp3911 How are electronics and craft fairs related?

[@DoubleTsTreasures]

Temu = Amazon = Walmart All the same China stuff just different prices.

[@unconventionalideas5683]

Walmart seems to actually carry more variety than that these days. But that's not easy to navigate either. What a mess.

[@triadwarfare]

What I do not like about dropshipping is there's zero customer support when something goes wrong. Like the convertible sofa bed my sister ordered... we were just missing a part but the seller ghosted us, so we had to invoke the return policy. However, we've paid the delivery guy to assist us in checking the stuff so we had to give them a tip... and that's something we can't get our money back. If there was customer support, maybe they would just have sent the missing part rather than scrapping everything.

[@Ella-g2m]

Not just temu, I had this happen on amazon. I bought a bathroom shelf and one part was missing. I contacted them and they said they cannot send me a replacement because it was no longer being manufactured, even though I just bought it... I guess they only rent out the factory for a week to make a lot of items and then move on? It was horrible. I negotiated a $5 refund to cover buying a replacement part but I never did find one to spec, so the cabinet/shelf just doesn't have a door now.

[@SquawkingSnail]

I had a similar situation when I ordered a pair of walking boots and got two pairs of sunglasses instead. No help, no refund, no boots. Lol, they worked very hard, via email, trying to convince me that the sunglasses were a fair swap for the boots I actually wanted. Nuts!

[@nunurbidnis]

Temu has excellent and immediate customer support

[@nunurbidnis]

​@@SquawkingSnailrefunds are automatic, what are talking about?

[@annbow4064]

Temus customer support is brilliant,I've tried to return stuff only to be told keep it and the refund,I've also sent stuff back easy steps and a qr code to send back free,they are brilliant.

[@LaczPro]

Shein hiding in the bushes, watching this whole mess play while knowing they also contribute in it.

[@mommalion7028]

Unfortunately, unfortunately, even local craft markets have been overrun with Chinese garbage. 20 years ago my city hosted a music festival that had amazing handmade goods but the last three times I went it was mostly really cheap mass produced crap so I haven’t gone in a couple years. I also went to famous Amish flea market just to find out it was filled with Chinese crap. I couldn’t find a single real Amish quilt in the entire place and they had the gall to charge you an entrance fee. Amish market compromised. The music festival has had plummeting attendance and the flea markets reputation is also beginning to tarnish as everyone spreads the gossip that it’s worthless now, but I don’t think the folks in charge really care that they’re killing these events.

[@csrjjsmp]

Same here but the Chinese stuff is 3-4x better quality than the handmade stuff they used to sell

[@soviet9922]

This is how capitalism works, get over it.

[@seabreeze4559]

@@soviet9922 it's fraud not capitalism they don't disclose where it's from

[@zachanikwano]

If the Amish are compromised we truly are doomed

[@tianwang]

Chinese crap works because everyone has greed and everyone falls for consumerism to some extent. That is the perfect outcome of a lot of ” freedom “

[@Shyeep]

Craft fairs and farmers markets are increasingly having people ship in cheaper stuff and just resell it... basically turning them into temu too. Even roadside farm stands are doing this. just ordering in crates of goods and selling them as "home grown food".....

[@echo_soldier]

Sites like Temu also often steal designs from artists. They'll rip people's fan art without permission, knock off designs, etc. It makes it even harder to figure out "Is this person dropshipping, or was their design stolen?" I can't imagine how much it would hurt to see your hard work only being valued at a few bucks

[@susiex6669]

I dont buy art on Temu, I buy house/party stuff and love it. Unlike the local Dollar Store, they give credit when products break or are cheap quality. I ❤ Temu.

[@PraveenSrJ01]

I agree ☝️ and need to boycott Temu

[@PraveenSrJ01]

@@susiex6669you have to pay return shipping after the first return

[@thepandoricaoffandomsbacku7349]

same goes for shein, it's been proven so many times

[@meikgeik]

What a strange video... This video was about Etsy being shit, when Temu isn't even the original cause. Etsy has been shit for years, even before Temu existed. They were dropshipping stuff from aliexpress before Temu was even around.

[@TrevorMom]

Why would anyone use anything but Amazon?

[@G.S.Holland]

​@@TrevorMomAmazon is polluted with a lot of drop ship trash now as well.

[@mikeh8416]

@@TrevorMom Because they don't like paying *A LOT* more for the SAME STUFF.. Costway washer (same model) Amazon $189 PLUS $27 Shipping Temu $149 FREE SHIPPING

[@rubysy2531]

@@TrevorMomI found there is a lot of shit on Amazon, had send a lot back to them.

[@polreamonn]

@@TrevorMom Because Amazon's stuff is shit. Especially electronics.

[@stacyfakename]

It rocked my world when I found this out years ago from a local small business owner. Now whenever I shop on Etsy I purposefully look deep into the posting and try to buy in my own state or state thats close to me. It takes time!

[@FutureProofTV]

def takes time but worth it in the end !

[@hs5167]

I’m re-decorating my bathroom and I’ve returned so much stuff back to Walmart and Amazon because it’s all crap from Temu. If I wanted Temu crap, I’d order it from Temu and save the up charge the sellers put on Amazon.

[@G.S.Holland]

And that's a fair point and warning. This cheap Temu junk is coming to shelves of stores we shop at

[@MarcellJjr]

Thank you for shedding light on this. I know some people that buy so much junk from this website because it's so cheap not understanding its is cheap for a reason. There is the most useless things on there. This is worse than the dollar store/dollar tree products.

[@FutureProofTV]

This guy gets it!

[@chiquita683]

What is the difference from buying the product on Temu for $1 or buying the same exact product on Amazon for $10-15? When the person needs a product why should they pay an exorbitant premium when they dont have to? Virtue signalling?

[@hypotheticalaxolotl]

@@chiquita683 You know what IS virtuous? Watching the video you're commenting on before asking questions in that comment that are answered in the video. If you could give more signals like that, we'd all be better off.

[@Dominicreviews]

I buy certain things like silicone rings and other small stuff that's the same as Amazon but 90% cheaper.

[@michaelz.7140]

@@chiquita683 because temu steals your data

[@Bortniky]

More than half of Amazon products are from Temu now. Why isn’t that something of an issue discussed

[@hankeat]

Because Amazon is an American company, while Temu is Chinese.

[@skf6199]

How can one identify if products purchased on Amazon are coming from Temu?

[@hankeat]

@@skf6199 They aren't from Temu, but from China. Many products on eBay too. Actually all of them are from China. The question is whether we want to let the middlemen in the west to earn some or not.

[@MC-ry3by]

I'm so fed up with the counterfeit junk on Amazon

[@G.S.Holland]

​@@skf6199Good question. Look at the names of the "brands." They are often no name brands and look like a random collection of letters in most cases. You can do a reverse image search of the pictured product as well.

[@ropro9817]

Temu-ification... otherwise, more generally known as enshittification. 😒

[@FutureProofTV]

exactly.

[@PraveenSrJ01]

That is a shame

[@grantp3911]

I've bought a lot of products from China via AliExpress, Alibaba, Banggood and Temu and I can honestly say that almost everything I've purchased was of good quality, in particular electronic products and more specifically CNC Machine parts to build my own CNC Machines and the quality of the CNC components is top notch. If I had purchased locally, I would have paid 4 to 5 times as much. I'm stoked we have options, it forces people to be more competitive which is a good thing.

[@susannetaylor9914]

​@@grantp3911Everything I've gotten from Temu has been fine. Saving loads of money. Everything from electronics to clothes.

[@admiralkaede]

@@grantp3911 exactly most things are fine enough

[@wanglelife]

I literally die inside when my mom gets a package from Temu.

[@FatallyParasocial]

Even worse when she "gets a gift"

[@yeseulsaporov5700]

The gift part never ends every time you launch the website. Arguably, the app is even worse. It’s heavily advertising its discounts when it’s already heavily discounted without being hyped.

[@JAYZ-47465]

Same here man 💀

[@LakrisKlubba]

As someone who is too poor to buy garbage from Temu and similar sites, I really don't understand why others spend so much money on poor quality shit that they do not need. If you have the money to spend, why not buy things of quality? I primary buy clothes from fast fashion brands like H&M due to my low income, but the quality of "regular" fast fashion is so much higher, than clothes from Shien. I will never understand the spending habits of the middle class

[@noseboop4354]

Temu is garbage, but how could you possibly be too poor to buy it? They sell shirts at like $2, shipping included! There's no way H&M is cheaper than that. With that said, yeah don't buy garbage on Temu.

[@raptorjesus5488]

@@noseboop4354 whats cheaper buying a $20 shirt or 20 $2 shirts? there is a point where stuff is so cheep it starts getting more expensive because you have to re buy it so many times

[@thepinkestpigglet7529]

You can afford H&M...but not Temu and Shien? Mote you got that backwards.

[@yeeyeeyeeye]

You can find better quality clothing than H&M and Shein from buying secondhand or looking up clothing swap groups in your area.

[@susiex6669]

Im working class and would rather pay $3.00 for a generic charger cable on Temu than $15.00 at the store.

[@jjw6961]

Temu blows, but to be fair you could swap 'Temu' out for 'Amazon' in the title/description and it'd still be true.

[@jamesludwin6752]

I disagree. There's plenty of suckage on 'Zon, but it's far more legit than the scam called Temu.

[@EXMachina.]

Kinda ironic the only difference is Amazon might sell the same garbage product that is being sold on Temu but a little more expensive

[@wpelfeta]

I don't think Temu changed online shopping. Online shopping has always been like this. From the very beginning, Ebay was always full of knockoffs. And as soon as Amazon allowed thirdparty sellers it was too.

[@sebastiandelfinbarcelo1061]

it's not that it changed a lot, it's that it made the problem bigger, same things that companies like wish did, and fast fashion does in a way. The problem are not "knockoffs", but that those low quality products are all you can get, and that`s all the competition allowed.

[@biegaliusz4439]

Implying that garbage bought in farmers market 12:19 isn’t from alibaba

[@lesleydehaan-kj8sq]

Craft fairs? That’s just drop shipping, IRL. Garbage bought in bulk from Temu and Alibaba fill the tables around me and drags us all down.

[@stainedhands]

something a lot of people don’t know is that it is very common for North Korean prisoners to make a lot of the goods and sell it under the guise of being from China (if you are not familiar you can get arrested for essentially any reason in North Korea) The human rights violations are atrocious in North Korea and that is why I’ve completely written off buying from any of these websites.

[@sadmermaid]

Or Chinese Uighurs

[@channamasala1]

China has a domestic slavery problem of its own too

[@annbow4064]

Amazon sells the exact same stuff with a middle man grabbing a whack of it,I will miss the middle man out and keep the money, they also sell direct from manufacturers at much lower prices they are brilliant from their prices to customer service they could not be any better,if you want to buy else where and pay the middle man then go for it.

[@elijahconnorcole5497]

Never used temu. Never used tiktok.

[@innercityprepper]

I hate to blame individuals, but it sounds like we can also blame consumers on this too, at least a little bit. We have to be conscious of what we're buying and why it's priced how it is.

[@annbow4064]

You are paying the middle man on amazon for the same stuff only they hike the prices up,if that makes you feel better about yourself then carry on,but I will miss the middle man out and keep my money.

[@ricksandstorm]

I have stopped bying things online and started shopping at local stores because of this. It is even hard to know if you get a proper product if you buy online or a knockoff.

[@EndingProcrastinationTom-io4ik]

I didn't have an online shop, but I sold handmade clothes made from natural fibers (most of them were made in Germany) to my circle of friends; Some of these fabrics were quite old and were made in the 1990s. They were made of fantastic quality wool and cotton; thick, not transparent and no plastic mixture in it. I sold a pair of wool shorts for €15 (that is, it didn't even include labor costs), but after the advent of Temu I was asked to make them even cheaper; Even when I tried to sell the items at a local market, I was told that it was way too expensive. It showed me how few people are actually willing to pay a higher price, even though the sewn items were sometimes cheaper than at H&M because they were made by an amateur without professional equipment.

[@rubelliterose]

Unfortunately, more than a few people at the local craft shows and farmer's markets in my area are selling the dropshipped items too.

[@Erinba]

No way wow😮

[@noseboop4354]

If it's really obvious, you should report it to the fair organizer. If the fair is any good they should investigate and ban these people.

[@jochenklausberger9076]

Getting AliExpress ads on this video is just the perfect kind of satire.

[@theamazingwrabbit]

not even markets/craft fairs are safe now :( at conventions, people selling those cheap knickknacks are everywhere + now people selling AI generated posters

[@yavoth5850]

A good first step for shopping on etsy is checking where stuff ships from, plus a quick glance at reviews. Just this little effort is enough to avoid most dropshipping nonsense there.

[@mayowhishes]

Temu didn't start the fire ! They revolutionized an already existing idea to a monstrous point

[@mayowhishes]

Yep, final boss

[@mayowhishes]

Perfect

[@kkip]

You forgot to switch accounts when you congratulated yourself

[@mayowhishes]

@@kkip congratulated myself? The "perfect" was me realizing the video brought up my point :33 im just taking my own notes on my own comment section, sooo sorry my joy and thriving hurts your feelings 🤕

[@mayowhishes]

@@kkip oh I guess my comment has quite a few likes doesn't it ? why would I need to congratulate myself if people are litteraly doing it for me ? Keep an eye out for my name as i make many top comments and im actually really cool and based

[@dw620]

"Best option is to go to a local craft fair" got a chuckle because I *knew* what the comments here were going to say in response! A time machine to visit a local craft fair 20 years ago might just about have worked. Not nowadays...

[@VinTheDirector]

Video title: “How Temu ruined online shopping” Video content: “How online shopping was ruined before Temu”

[@kristinaanderson1047]

The video is almost done and he hasn’t got to Temu yet. I stopped it.

[@matthewwynne939]

I feel like what will be the defining factor are the people who place zero value on quality. The people for whom the only difference they see between a $10 skillet and a $75 skillet is $65.

[@Randompotatoes-qs7bm]

I think it depends on the product. I would not use a temu skillet because it’s probably costed in some noxious chemical. I haven’t used temu. But, for instance, I’ve bought a shower curtain on Amazon and I’m sure most of the Amazon products are coming from temu these days. I could buy a shower curtain from Ralph Lauren or something for 2-3x more money but it’s just not a product that I particularly care about in terms of quality.

[@annbow4064]

temu sell lots direct from the manufacturers so same stuff you are paying amazon a fortune for.

[@CHEFPKR]

I've actually seen this happen even locally. At my local Ren Faire you can find multiple vendors selling the same bags, accessories, parasols etc that you can find on Amazon or what have you. It makes it hard to try and find the small mom and pop shops at the same events.

[@martabachynsky8545]

Nooo! It's invaded Ren Faires also? Curse them!

[@seabreeze4559]

they should need to film themselves making it to sell there

[@yeeyeeyeeye]

I still buy from Etsy, but I purposely look at ALL the reviews, look for pictures of what the products look like outside of the stock photos, buy in my own state, etc. But even then, I tend to just go outside and visit all the vintage shops and small shops near me. Those shops always have art and products made by actual artists in my area, and you can know for sure if it's legitimate or not when it's in your hands.

[@PraveenSrJ01]

It is worry more to buy on Etsy if you can afford it

[@bioLarzen]

As for business models - when it comes to online shopping, price will ALWAYS trump notions like "human" shopping experience, a sense of community, environmental considerations... aspects that are usually of key importance to a much smaller sector of the online shopping target audience than they themselves like to think. Offer something at half the price more respectable sites offer, and you will always win. Even if your customers know they're getting lower quality.

[@omisan771]

My experience with Etsy 99% of the time: Wow this product is great, the price is high, but it's worth it! Add to basket...and shipping cost is the same as the product.

[@Doctor.Dentista]

Hey…Temu has some good stuff. Not the clothes. But kitchen stuff, cleaning tools, etc. I get diamond art supplies from there.

[@polreamonn]

I bought a wicked jar opener from there. Along with a few other items.

[@kozad86]

Anytime someone tells me they got something from one of these websites. I justroll my eyes. No amount of “that’s actually trash/looks like trash/should go in the trash/was a waste of money” will sink in for these folks.

[@FoxfireGreen]

Depends on what you buy, I've been using my cheap a** phone case for years now, it's still good and will be good until my phone kicks the bucket. It cost 1/10 of the price my local seller was demanding, mind that they also most likely get their items from a similar source, just slap a higher price on it and whoever falls for it, falls for it, with those prices they need ten times less buyers to make a profit. People need to start buying smart, do their research before purchasing something (because paying a lot will not always get you something of high quality, be it clothes, electronics, toys, whatever) and ask themselves - do I really need this, before clicking that buy icon. And also resist the urge to switch up item x just because they are bored it and the alternative is cheap. If it works and fits, continue using/wearing it, there's enough rubbish as it is.

[@annbow4064]

I have been using temu for a while and I can tell you it's not trash it's always people who don't use it who tell people it's trash,it sells a lot direct from manufacturers so eg I bought a garden box direct from manufacturers from temu,amazon the same one was £60 more so middle man got the extra not the manufacturers,it sells great stuff at great prices I know because I buy from them.

[@Chris.Davies]

I live in NZ, and I have had many orders from Temu, and everything I have ever gotten has been exactly as described. It is excellent for stuff that's hard to find, and impossible to fake. Even the cheap anemometer is absolutely fine. As with all these things, you need to be careful what you buy, and who you buy it from: If it costs $2.60 delivered, and it doesn't meet your expectation - well, you can probably live with that.

[@FC-ds9ve]

I sell handmade candles on Etsy and I definitely find it impossible to reach enough of an audience on there because the platform seems nearly designed to only promote a handful of big sellers. Even when I paid them to promote I got no sales that way. I do much better selling at local markets and I’m just getting into shops/looking at wholesale.

[@eggballo4490]

When Temu came out, I saw ads of it everywhere. So I decided to download it to see what all the fuss was about and as someone who collects toys, I wanted to see if they had any Beyblades, they did, but they were all fake. EVERYTHING ON TEMU IS FAKE FAKE FAKE!!!!

[@FutureProofTV]

selling fake beyblades is evil smh

[@tiagobelo4965]

​@@FutureProofTV they always have the worst tolerances too, sometimes they wont come apart after being assembled, though they are acceptable for making unholy kitbashed monstrosities

[@Vexmus_]

Oml yeah. Fake beyblades are everywhere. Don't think I've bought any legit beyblades online before :/

[@diogenesw144]

I must be really old. What are beyblades?

[@Code7Unltd]

@@diogenesw144 Competitive tops.

[@parrotcracker6629]

As a buyer on Etsy I am very careful not to fall in the TEMU, Aliexpress hole. I look for the tell tell signs that the seller is not an actual handcrafting artisan. I look at where the shipping is coming from. The product pictures to see if the images have been photoshopped. Checking description, spelling, grammar.

[@yay-cat]

with Temu you know that your purchase is a gamble but that’s always been clear, whereas ETSY and Amazon you think you can rely on reviews but after getting good reviews they often swop product out for an inferior version. with one you might get lucky and with the others you might get unlucky. Also like 90% of shops get products from China so the factory and its workers make the same amount (peanuts) if you buy directly from them or from a more curated brand. And depending on what you buy, a lot of stuff is reasonable quality like tools or components or whatever (based on what people have told me). I’ve never actually ordered from them but frequently window shop and might check out that cart one day - like it shows you novelty crap if you’re into novelty crap. If there was a way that i could pay what i thought the item was worth and any amount above the base selling price would go to the factory workers I would have checked that cart out long ago

[@epicurioh]

Gabi Belle talking about this, and citing a clip from Future Proof, all within a week. Living the collaborative publicity this market shift is getting!

[@FutureProofTV]

we just checked out her video, love how in-depth she went on this problem and that she explained how drop-shippers actually make their profits. she gained a sub!

[@Kreacher1974]

I have ordered hundreds of dollars worth of merchandise from Temu and only one was crap and was able to return it for a credit. I know exactly what I'm getting when I order because I am literate and can read the description. I've ordered same items from Amazon and temu and they were the exact same. 95% of what we buy is from over seas. People get confused when packages say assembled in USA. It's still jot made here.

[@dbhandmades]

I'm an etsy seller who handmakes crochet plushies and I hate TEMU for this very reason. Thank you for making this video!

[@-MacCat-]

How about we buy less stuff and definitely NOT buy garbage from any of these dispassionate dropshippers and platforms? Try and use your local manufacturers and suppliers. Make an effort. You'll end up better off in the long run.

[@etherealicer]

Yeah, it is easy to blame Temu/Etsy... people love to buy cheap crap. They might say "support local business", but at the end of the day, they still order on Amazon, because it's cheaper.

[@in4ser]

The majority of Americans don't have the spending power to be very discriminating anymore. Hard to justify paying 5-10x more for something when you are living paycheck to paycheck and have to deal with growing debt, higher interest rates and persistent inflation. Unfortunately, it's better to get something that can just barely get the job done rather than skimp out on paying this month's rent, utilities or other necessities.

[@etherealicer]

@@in4ser So, don't waste your money on garbage...

[@lemonlime8949]

Uh, no. Make me.

[@mkshffr4936]

To me the real valuable service of a platform like Etsy is things like vintage cameras. Markets for things like that are small enough that local sourcing is almost impossible.

[@ladybugamks]

I love this video style where you discuss something "bad" but end it with recommendations of how we can avoid it/spend our money more wisely!

[@dcs4219]

Sellers are leaving Etsy because of prohibitive fees. EBAY HAS A LOT OF DROP SHIPPERS AS WELL, I HATE DROP SHIPPERS. NO ACCOUNTABILITY, NO RESPONSIBILITY. CANT EVEN TRACK SHIPMENTS.

[@Nuggetheadification]

These sites are such an enviromental and social disaster.. makes me sick and upset 😢 globalization is an amazing thing but legislation needs to follow along.

[@Get_yotted]

Whaa, whaaa government step in and help me from using my brain to figure if something is junk or not

[@Jsarmy87124]

🙄

[@gurriato]

Globalization is pure evil. Not even 20 years ago every counter culture, revolutionary or socialist group out there recognized that simple fact, but all of them have been slowly compromised by corporate and government propaganda into believing the total opposite: that homogenization of culture (i.e. erasure of culture, especially those foreign ones people pretend to care about) and a never ending quest for the lowest common denominator on a global scale, with profit-driven corporations becoming more powerful that once democratic nations, are all wonderful things.

[@casquefer]

This video shows precisely what’s wrong with globalization.

[@nunurbidnis]

well, people that recycle take care of the horrid potential result at end of use. RECYCLE PEOPLE!

[@creaturedanaaaaa]

Being honest, I've never touched temu because of people I know spamming the group chat with the sign up promotions for free crap which was so wildly annoying I just did not touch it ever.

[@ninjanerdstudent6937]

I miss the physical stores like Venture, Phar-More, K-Mart, Builder's Square, and Service Merchandise. The 90s were the best era to ever experience. I loved it.

[@fabienneclavier5984]

Temu has taken the spot Wish has left. And when Temu comes down the way Wish did, there will be a new brand taking over, and so on and so forth. As long as we'll allow such companies to exist, and as long as people will give them business, there will be issues.

[@mrkenwu1]

I bought an overpriced dog bowl stand from Esty several years ago. The product was delayed, incorrectly shipped, and of low quality. That was the first time and last time I shopped Etsy.

[@sophiaisabelle027]

Temu is no different from Shein. No wonder there's questionable practices behind Chinese businesses. But that's just my opinion. No facts here.

[@chiquita683]

Definitely no facts here since Temu is mainly selling products you can find on Amazon not Shein but you won't call out Amazon for selling Chinese garbage products at inflated prices under various oddball random company names that are strings of letters thrown together with no meaning

[@mayowhishes]

Everything is made in asain countries because they have little to no labor laws, these practices develop from a lack of anyone protecting their citizens, why do we sit idly by ? the people being used in these factories are our brothers and sisters we need to target these business types as a whole and put better laws in place !!

[@terrificmarrow2764]

At least Amazon doesn’t sell lead filled products or products that chemically burn children

[@ketameanii]

not every Chinese business has questionable practices. You have to look into it more and some brands I’m really into have way better ethical practices than the average Big Company likely using Chinese sweatshop for cheap prices. For example Foxblood. Their clothes are made in China and Istanbul and they pay their seamstresses a fair wage and that shows in the prices $$$.

[@triadwarfare]

​@@mayowhishesnot necessarily. It's just because the western economy is so greedy and lazy, they're not willing to work for what they're really worth. Nobody wants to take the odd job of working at a local sweatshop. It doesn't help that your cost of living is so high because your farmers formed cartels and are willing to just destroy their overproduced crops than sell them below their set price. This keeps your food and cost of living expensive, meanwhile, developing countries are much more lax and the government is able to make demands on what their SRP is, where the consumer is prioritized over the farmers. Though, the consequences for this is that our processes are still largely manual, but it helps keep food and cost of living low, and keep minimum wage low. A westerner moving in to a developing country would live like kings because of the unequal exchange rate this would cause, meanwhile, an average salaried employee would have a hard time saving up money for an iPhone or any high price device compared to someone with a western salary.

[@End_Orca_Captivity]

I made enough on Etsy to support my hobby, sewing clothes for dolls, and I don't think this niche in particular is too affected by drop-shipping and Temu-ification, however Etsy just seem to enjoy penalising sellers so much (45 day pay-out reserves), that it's no longer fun to be there. Great video!

[@joycedudzinski9415]

Making interest on the money they owe you by holding it.

[@onem4040]

As a French person we don't really use Etsy like it's not as big as in US since shipping fees are higher and I feel 80% of sellers are American based. Any fellows European can confirm? I've hardly seen anyone buy from Etsy

[@Cantseemuch]

German here. I know a few people who buy from Etsy but only from local sellers. But yes, the majority is in the us or Uk, which is annoying because of the shipping and custom fees.

[@lenOwOo]

Amazon has ruined online shopping with their fake review and Shady recommendations more for me. After all, in temu i know what to expect. Trash. But in amazon if i didn't know what specifically i want to buy, it's wild west.

[@enrico6926]

If I want something specific it's impossible to find for me on Amazon, lot's of ads not connected to my search and then tons of whitelabeled china stuff not worth a cent.

[@theresaburdett1054]

Depends if you buy something that you need versus what you want. I bought a wall mop from them to wash my bathroom tiles. I am 69 and can't risk balancing on the sides of the bath. Pot scorers are great. Work like a charm. Now bought manual tin opener, dog bed and bath cleaner sponge. These are things you need for cleaning and don't get here. It makes my life a bit easier. Free shipping was great for me. The things I bought I use daily. Etsy is way too pricey. I did my homework comparing prices of the few things I bought and they work very well. Also cheaper than here.

[@lalaithan]

I was fooled on Etsy when I purchased what were supposed to be curtains that had been hand painted in California. I got tracking from a shipping company in China! Etsy was on the side of the seller, even though the curtains were both advertised incorrectly and took five weeks to arrive.

[@SSJGhost_Wolf]

I dont think its Temu, Wish came long before them, they just took that business model and expanded it

[@kpeterrafael]

So how many Temu videos will you guys make? Future Proof: YES!

[@FutureProofTV]

Future Proof: hold my beer 😎

[@catherinebaldwin6580]

There a lot of meat to roast. Gonna take 5 videos on 450 F plus a ton of jokes to season it.

[@patrickracer43]

Future Proof: "how many Temu videos do I really have to stock? 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 plus five!'

[@seabreeze4559]

@@FutureProofTV There's a ton of fake vintage and antique jewellery on Etsy from India too.

[@headman82]

I don’t mind. The more people that know, the better

[@maryshade6122]

Craft fairs don't work anymore...they are full of MLM's...is so sad

[@aruraven]

I just clicked the video and got my first ever Temu ad in yt 😂

[@100xasd]

There is a big dark side to Temu as well, the prices are low because there is a lot of child labour involved. Also the app gets full access to your information which gets sent back to a certain big country in the east. This is why Temu has been advertised everywhere as well, it does not make sense for a company to spend that much money on advertising bad quality products.

[@Ultrazaubererger]

I don't even think child labour is the worst thing that happens over there. While I won't deny that collecting data is one of their goals, their marketing strategy probably was a huge success financially. They managed to make temu "a thing" within days, prompting other media to report on it so most of the world has heard or read about it. I bet their profits are huge.

[@kristoffer3000]

Child labour according to who? Also every app does that pretty much and your personal info is not personal anymore, especially since it's all sent to the US gov.

[@katsabovitch8835]

@@kristoffer3000 Are you defending slave labor because everyone does it?

[@alannaroberson3363]

Child labor is in coffee, acai, apple products, and other products we use blindly. MOST EVERYTHING WE BUY IS FROM CHINA. SO....

[@alannaroberson3363]

Also I'm studying for my BS in Data Sciences and your info is not safe or private, just carrying a cell phone allows a method for collecting your data. Every click, every search, every website,every app is collecting your data. Are you new to the concept of the internet and data mining?

[@hi_rya]

I was just getting adds on my play store about this app and thought about your channel at same time 😂

[@FutureProofTV]

the sheer amount of temu ads that even WE get is insane

[@catherinebaldwin6580]

@@FutureProofTVI am shocked I never get them. Most of my ads are chewy and disney+ ads. Also is chewy good? Is any pet store good? Doubtful, but my pet needs food. All the small online stores seem to only have handmade toys.

[@cdysthe]

About time for this episode! When I saw Temu in the video titles here I was about to run away!

[@VeraHannaford]

I brought a key chain for around $3.00 that I saw on a museum web store for $20 and a bag for $10 that I saw on a well-known site for $40. The other day, I saw a pair of shoes that I paid $80 on Amazon for $15 on Temu. If I'm going to get cheap stuff, I might as well pay cheap prices.

[@nekomimime]

You don't actually get the same product though, often. Lots of the pictures etc are ripped off from websites that do actually produce quality.

[@supernova8962]

Wooh. I’m a huge Temu fan. But shoes. Ok. This is where “ I step in “. Hahaha. No. Lol

[@BumbleSmeeBee]

Something I’ve noticed as a Canadian on Etsy is that more and more stuff is coming from stores in Eastern Europe, but sometimes they initially lost themselves as being in the US. I’m curious if this is just a marketing tactic or if it’s a drop shipping thing? Or just an economic trend in that part of the world?

[@seabreeze4559]

yeah drop shipping report them

[@piccalillipit9211]

*I BOUGHT A £260 PAIR OF FABRIC SCISSORS* I had to save up for them. At the time it seemed like an extravagant luxury for my tailoring hobby. Now I have them - £260 seems dirt cheap, they are simply astonishing, they cut where I look. The balance is perfection, the cut effortless. *STOP BUYING CRAP* Honestly save up and buy quality stuff, its so worth it.

[@seabreeze4559]

er which brand and model please?

[@OCtheG]

Buy it nice or buy it twice

[@p_serdiuk]

Interesting. I use AliExpress and Temu mostly to find a very particular category of products, which is accessories to other things I already have, or organizational aids. Those products are themselves rather cheap, but buying them locally incurs additional costs and margins that are easy to bypass if ordering directly from China. For example, say, I bought a Garmin watch. It's easy to find third party accessories like a silicone bump case, protective glass, silicone plugs for the charging port, and a USB-C converter, on Temu, and order them all at once for cheap, because Garmin themselves don't package these with their watches. Or, say, I want to extend the usable space in my small kitchen and bathroom so they are less chaotic. Temu has lots of simple plastic accessories that can help with that, and again, it's cheaper to get them there than at a dollar store. The Chinese culture has this trait where some of them do _legitimately_ try to improve and extend the usability of electronics and just daily tasks, with simple solutions, as well as recycling as much as possible (Chinese recycled motherboards in particular are well known in some circles). With the dark side of this same trait being all the junk and bad copies that they also make. The duality of man I guess.

[@offbeatninja]

Ironically I got a Temu ad before this video. 😂

[@jameshepburn4631]

Video mislabeled ‘How Temu Ruined On Line Shopping’ is actually a motor mouth Etsy shill job. A lot of the Temu Chinese ‘pua lar’ (junk) is made by companies that sell the same merchandise through different outlets, just under different branding and at higher pricing. There’s no sense not to buy common items like combs, razor blades, scissors, cloth jacket, welcome mat, or such at the best price you can. Temu could use some native English speakers for their ads in English. They used to advertise soft indoor slippers as “like walking on shit”. No joke. It’s recently been changed to “like walking on cloud”. Not perfect but better.

[@PizzaRatPicker]

Drop shipping on Etsy has been an issue long before Temu came on the scene. I remember seeing complaints about it on the Regretsy blog and that shut down over a decade ago.

[@joycedudzinski9415]

I bought the Regretsy book. It's very funny and an eye-opener.

[@conanmn2381]

Reminds me of harbor freight in the early 90’s selling trash tools.

[@Lfcme]

So the problem with Temu is... That dropshippers sell the products on Etsy? Surely that's Etsy's problem? I think Temu is hot garbage don't get me wrong, but this isnt the issue at all. The low quality garbage that will break and hit the landfill with working conditions that go beyond questionable are the main issues surely??? This video is a rare miss

[@KarthikBharathi]

0:54 your table is blocking the door.. you hiding from some serial killer ??😅

[@lonewolf8667]

Sadly I saw cheap mass produced stuff being sold at the market place in the small city I live in. The seller had just bought cheap stuff online then marked up the price several 100 %.

[@enrico6926]

I wonder about the psychology of such people. It feels so much anti-community.

[@thunderb00m]

Also not mentioned here is that farmers market and crafts fairs are also filled with frauds. There is nothing stopping them from buying groceries from the store, or the same crafts from temu, tweaking it a bit and selling for a huge markup.

[@peachesenregal1a]

I think the most concerning thing about temu for me is the highly carcinogenic materials that stuff is made of. No way I want any of that radioactive crap near me, disgusting

[@phoebehill953]

Before the Internet, there were catalogs. There were lots and lots of catalogs. People would go home from work and sit for an hour or two looking at catalogs and shopping from them. Some of the biggest catalogs, i.e. Lillian Vernon, sold absolute garbage.

[@ConnorTribou]

Absolutely wild that I got a Temu ad on this video 😭