Temu: Turning People Into Scammers

Temu, the Chinese Amazon, has a couple of tricks up its sleeve.
From having a full blown casino like experience in the app to rock bottom prices, tons of people have flocked to Temu. However, Temu's swift uprising has brought out the worst in people. From spamming Discord servers with referral links to scamming people with fake ROBLOX tweets, people are doing everything to satiate Temu's extremely exploitative referral system. Temu is turning people into scammers, spammers, deceivers, and more.
SOCIALS
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Discord Server
/ discord
Twitter
/ notexttospeech
TIMESTAMPS
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00:00 - Start
00:29 - What is Temu?
03:55 - Referral Program
09:08 - Temu Taking Over The World
12:06 - Wish.com
MUSIC
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chillhop.com
El Train, Marc Mathias - Snap Back
Masked Man - Fuyez
Ruck P - Green Valley Trail
anbuu, Florent Garcia - Hayride
chromonicci - Afterglow
cocabona, Misha - No Problem

[@NoTextToSpeech]

Heyo gamers, I've been wanting to try and improve the sound aspect of my videos to be more "professional". Be as brutally honest as you want regarding background music and the very few sound effects I use.

[@footballlife443]

Please

[@MysteryMan_Official]

You sound like a robot 😊

[@0_ctopus]

it sounds exactly the same

[@J7xEalt]

bro you used a dildo to make an example for shipping

[@Sun20GD]

u sound like my grandpa

[@icanbarely]

I like how temu came out of the blue and immediately took off and turned people into walking ads

[@YourPalKindred]

Its actually really nefarious and kinda scary

[@icanbarely]

@@YourPalKindred just like every wednesday :D

[@doesthisIookinfected]

I have the app and the reviews are LITTERED with people trying to trick you into using their referral codes 💀

[@Mc_Lovin09]

Temu is life

[@TylerTMG]

@@Mc_Lovin09 edited lol

[@catnip202xch.]

AS A CHINESE PERSON DO NOT ENGAGE WOTH TEMU. PDD is notorious in China for selling cheap fake products, horrendously false advertising, and making people die from over working them. I repeat do not engage with TEMU or PingDuoDuo. They are infamous even in China for a reason. Not to mention multiple cyber forensics firms have analyzed the apps and have found genuine malware and back doors sending info back to the CCP

[@MostafaElSakari]

Good to know

[@MB-lo7vb]

This is great to know :) also do you have any articles or sources for where you found the information? Im not asking because i dont belive that temu would, i just like to have evidence to back up my beliefs and to be able to show others too

[@chefinwhitecoat]

Listen to him

[@samtheenderman2]

It's called the SSR the с in Russian is an s in English and the р in Russian is an r in English

[@TerabyteAIX]

@@samtheenderman2 You may have gotten it mixed up with the CCCP, which is the Soviet Union, which you seem to be talking about. OP is talking about the CCP, or the Chinese Communist Party.

[@FrahdChikun]

I'm glad I've already adopted this mindset of "if something on the Internet is aggressively advertised, avoid it like the plague." I did it with TikTok, I did it with every single sponsorship on KZbin, and I'm sure as hell gonna do it with Temu. Besides, if I want used items at a thrifty price I can just go to Goodwill. Also has an added bonus of being able to physically check the quality of what I'm buying before taking it home!

[@TheSpecialJ11]

Yeah. Seems companies make up for lack of quality with large advertising budgets. Actual quality products spread like wildfire with word of mouth recommendations.

[@dystopiannoob5730]

I’m glad to see other people also have this mindset with things like this

[@greencreeper9144]

Honestly same. I've avoided so much video game and app ads like TikTok and them voodoo games cuz they're like a goddamn plague. They're so annoying that I think it's not worth to check them out in the end.

[@maramba32]

Nordvpn

[@CoppeRoseBush]

The big thing for me is their ads. I already am not at all interested in buying products advertised on KZbin, but at least Mint Mobile and Native don't use garbage TTS

[@tepigninja7198]

I knew there was something up with Temu the moment I started seeing ads for it literally freaking everywhere. One day things were fine, then the next day its all I see. It always shows me the most random things out there every time it shows up.

[@liamodahl1205]

For me it was the pricing and the way they had text to speech in their ads. Nothing says sketch like text to speech and the phrase "shop like a billionaire."

[@ambrosiahasnevertastedthis3673]

@@liamodahl1205 i agree! i always thought the tts was sketchy

[@ilovebeefydie]

And the way they sell those airplane pillows but its feet. And they are always like "Oh No oNe WiLl BuY tHiS bEcAuSe ThEy DoN'T bElIeVe We ArE gIvInG tHiS oUt FoR fReE" like yea because the actual item lasts like a week and then breaks

[@lightsupportweapon]

@@liamodahl1205nothing says sketch like a weird chinese lady who can't even pronounce headphones and subdollar prices LOL instantly filed away temu under "never use"

[@Madlad2]

I dont want shampoo holders for 1.67

[@lagcom]

The first time I saw a temu ad, all the red flags were going off, it was too good to be true, and there was something very fishy. If there’s anything my childhood search for free Minecraft taught me, it’s that there’s no such thing as free stuff.

[@Quirksvil]

I remember there once was an actual "free Minecraft", it was called Minecraft Workbench and it was if I remember correctly just a download for version 1.12 or 1.15 of Minecraft. Like everyone in my school had it on a school computer and it wasn't a virus, just illegal. Don't think it exists anymore for obvious reasons.

[@qwertydog9795]

hey once someone figures out how to torrent Robux, we're in business!

[@qwertydog9795]

@@Quirksvil so just a pirated copy of the game? or am I missing something?

[@Quirksvil]

@@qwertydog9795 literally yeah

[@QuestionSquirrels]

Unless it's a free steam game or a free game sale or something

[@BlueBerry20071]

As someone who tried to buy a simple stress ball from temu, just to see how they would do, i have to say i'm pleasantly surprised that the stress ball managed to come, not only broken, but torn to shreds and turn into basically a gel made of rubber and cheap foam.

[@cruncherrs]

damn, that's why I never use scummy apps like temu

[@manowa3395]

Looks like the stress got to it first

[@winterkingbeats4183]

@@manowa3395 Lmao

[@markzhang6078]

@@cruncherrs the app is completely legit, i bought some rgb lights and wireless lenovo earphones for a total of just 20 dollars. sure, the referral program is fishy, but the actual marketplace is completely legit. its sad to see ppl calling it a scam when they havent even ordered from it.

[@markzhang6078]

u know u can just return it and get a refund right...

[@HarmonyHope7534]

Temu is especially horrid for scamming older people into thinking they're getting something their kid wants. I love Squishmallows and Care Bears, so my mom tried to get me stuff on there. She bought me Care Bears stickers, and they were all stolen images and fanart. They even printed the DVD case with the rating in the bottom corner. Luckily I stopped her before she bought a knockoff pink cow Squishmallow and informed her I didn't trust plushies from online stores.

[@nix2361]

From the moment I first saw Temu I knew they were a scam, and I’m so happy I wasn’t the only one

[@Metal_junk]

If it has a Chinese name then I’m immediately suspicious.

[@randomdudelol69]

Same

[@kartblaster9987]

yeah i had a hunch it was japes

[@odzergaming]

Temu is reliable and good, i bought like 39 things from temu and it costed like 21 dollars and it shipped from china in 5 days, the things are still in good condition after 5 months

[@hanasong5484]

It's also supporting products that were produced by forced labour... not a good sign.

[@sofiaandersson9661]

Remember, if something is free, then you're the product. Social media sells your data. Temu wants you to be a walking ad. The free sample at the grocery store is to get you to buy more stuff. Everything companies do is for the purpose of profit.

[@dusaprukiyathan1613]

At least the free samples are honest.

[@Goat0423]

I can eat free samples and then just..not buy their shit, I don’t see how this allegory works.

[@pieguy203]

​@@Goat0423 yeah it's pretty stupid

[@Sky_darts]

I see the point of the other two, but don’t you dare diss grocery free samples

[@PineappleDealer37]

Unless you're picking up returnable trash on the street and returning them to a store. Or finding wild food growing in forests Or... Eh, you get what I mean, there's a lot of free stuff but you need to know where to look.

[@AesWhole]

This man turned down 5 bags just to make a genuine video about temu for his community. Protect him at all costs.

[@OPGardevoir]

It's not hard to not work with shadey businesses

[@SAYSTHEONEWITHFANDOMUSERNAM]

Everyone makes better content than bots 😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@VoidHxnter]

Giving someone 5K like dropping a penny for these guys, and that grows into 10x that amount.

[@Itsamechrisprat]

You say you’ll protect him yet you just moved on to another video and forgot this

[@eeurr1306]

@@VoidHxnter Bro hes got 400k subs and almost no sponsors. Not every KZbinr is automatically rich

[@bubblebeampiplup8132]

I work in a post office. And the amount of people who come in everyday to return stuff to Temu because of how crappy the stuff they got from there is a significantly mind-boggling amount. Also too, those return labels? Temu doesn’t even put their name on there anymore to hide the fact those return parcels are theirs. Edit: at the time of writing this, the return labels now have their name on it…

[@pretzel4626]

I don't know if you're allowed to ask people, but I'd like to know how often you're personally seeing the package contents labeled incorrectly in your area? My experience with any place in China that sells dirt cheap stuff has always been that they intentionally mislabel the stuff to skirt Customs Duty. I also haven't really considered it until now, but could that also have something to do with regulations regarding anti-trust, undercutting, and predatory pricing?

[@bubblebeampiplup8132]

@@pretzel4626 I cannot say for certain how much parcels are labelled incorrectly (either because the worker couldn’t be bothered to list them all, customer did say everything either by accident or on purpose, or other factors) as most parcels we process are usually labelled properly, and we stress to people that if it’s mislabeled and customs does get suspicious, they’ll send it back and they have to pay to resend it (it has happened a few times, and its a pain to explain it to them) and that if it is mislabeled, they could get in trouble if its stuff that cant be sent such as batteries or perfumes. Plus, most customers I serve are honest about what they send anyway. I will say though that customs have begun to get strict about what goes as letters leaving Canada. Granted, even I can’t say why they are getting strict now, though all of the reasons you gave are plausible.

[@Deimos620]

I’m watching this on mobile, and there is a Temu ad underneath this video advertising a gaming mouse for $0 lmao

[@asheep7797]

Except you only get the mouse if you throw a javelin 100 metres in the Olympics.

[@cxnnxli]

Temu is like those catalogs you’d get in school where you would have to sell a certain amount of items to get a cheap free prize. Most of the time these little toys would break within ten minutes. It’s crazy to me that people haven’t learned anything since being kids.

[@thenightjackal8876]

I remember in 5th grade we had the ability to get a switch if we sold like 300 tubs of cookie dough. Doubt anyone got near that amount

[@cxnnxli]

@@thenightjackal8876 Mine was something like a day in a bouncy house, but it was impossible to do 😭

[@miciso666]

Refer 20 friends to buy membership. Get a cool shiny hat. Everyone who sees the hat thinks: o cool a sellout

[@haruhisuzumiya6650]

My happy sack is still in good condition from the heart foundation

[@rabbitsdenn]

Ah good memories, I knew I wouldn’t be able to get the drones and stuff but the MP3 player was at 50 coupon book sales. I first went around my neighborhood and one of my neighbors gave me the best salesman advice, sell them a solution to their problems, I ended up selling 65, most to random folks I didn’t know. That MP3 player kiss ass, size of a USB stick with good audio quality and it could even connect to FM radio, I still use that thing. But yea those fundraisers top prizes were pretty much unachivable

[@nillypc42]

My family are in the Temu craze right now and I'm pretty anoyyed because the company is obviously suspicious. Every time I say Temu is suspicious my family just say I got the "American mindset"

[@neezduts69420]

It's very ironic though because in the 21st century china is probably much more capitalist than the US

[@Multigamer8000]

“American mindset” 💀

[@dubbyplays]

I can tell you it's fishy and I'm European. Rest in peace to their privacy, their data will have a fun trip across the whole world...

[@chillyconmor]

temu literally fits perfectly into the "american mindset"

[@fadingrainbow8882]

It is fishy. My sister referred it to me and it was extremely flashy with vibrant colors. I automatically assumed that something was going on, since they would not just give out items for free. turns out i was correct!

[@a26lolheart]

Immediately got a TEMU ad. This app is literally taking over the world quickly

[@ripperFromTotaldramaIsHot]

Same

[@eightballheffner2055]

It's been a year I got a temu ad as soon as I clicked STILL

[@Meswan]

The first time I heard of Temu was from a message from someone I barely know sending me a referral link. The whole thing felt scammy from the start for me. I won't be touching it with a 10 foot pole.

[@KiiXii]

It’s the equivalent of, “double it and give it to the next person” but once somebody takes it they receive a single dollar.

[@ricalva]

Double it and give it to the next person

[@Oxygen1004]

Take the $2

[@ai_is_a_great_place]

The funniest thing I saw this week on a feed was an article stating Temu was dangerous malware and shouldn't be downloaded - the next article was an ad by Temu for a Switch bundle for like $99 lol

[@kbricks6650]

I got an ad saying there was a 7 dollar switch. No way that's EVER gonna happen

[@M4CHINE69]

​@KBRICKS even if it did the switch would break in a nanosecond and be fake

[@rapidrush6033]

God it’s like a fucking virus that’s actually terrifying!

[@Brtt4849]

Dangerous malware🤣🤣

[@kbricks6650]

@@Brtt4849 Noontinow swap would like to know your mother's maiden name to be able to use the sadcons. [Decline] [Accept]

[@kjorndog]

The first time I saw the music video ad I literally screamed when the guy in the sweatshop sadly reaches up out of the void to hand the girl a box like the lack of self-awareness just sent me flying

[@austinjackson2574]

Honestly, this has earned a sub. All i see is creators, even my favorite creators! Folding to this scam called TEMU. They even say it themselves, "Products may not appear the same as or be the same quality as those depicted in images and descriptions" on their app. It's WILD that this is allowed, and it's terrible that companies can use referral scams to turn people into free advertisement. I know the money they offer must be good when it comes to youtube ads, but the fact you rejected it in order to tell the full stop truth is great. I hate when I see a good creator try to throw me at an app that's clearly this fishy.

[@Ovrel]

Its sad that Temu is legit, but people turn into scammers because the requirements to get the free gifts are BRUTAL

[@iamsargentbucky9368]

i have gotten over 750 dollars from temu alone lol and im adding the free switch i earned into that. it can be brutal but it is entirely worth it for something so pricey.

[@miach9n789]

@@iamsargentbucky9368 ok I see how we are just walking advertisement (in a funny way, please do not take offense)

[@soupsy4606]

​@@iamsargentbucky9368 how many referrals on average does it actually take for you to get something tho?

[@GhostKibble]

@@soupsy4606 A lot and it goes up significantly depending on the price of the free item. I tried it a few times and couldn't even finish because you're timed. I tried to go for a gift that wasn't even $40 and referring 5 people wasn't even enough. You have to become a super annoying POS to get things since it's the predatory equivalent of an MLM. The fake wheel spinning and stuff is ridiculous, not to mention. It's possible to win, but at the cost of not giving a shit about using dozens of your friends and family as a stepping stool.

[@Allustar]

I wouldn’t call Temu’s business tactics legit. It’s very predatory and exploitative.

[@G00sely]

I think hamburgers and fries go well together.

[@brien.]

tbh buying things are legit, but it’s seems scammy because everyone and their mother are trying to promote their code, so it’s overall a pyramid scheme

[@guy-]

​@@brien. well yea

[@guy-]

​@God & Liberty no way what

[@brosbeforehoes42069]

It's for children with their moms credit card the content deals and promos flashing colour in your face it's all just stimulation

[@missymoroi]

it does look like a scam, however from my personal experience i've had 0 issue whatsoever, i got my stuff perfectly fine, not damaged or anything just dont pay mind to having to inviting people for free things, aint worth it, just buy your stuff and dip

[@ArkThePieKing]

Times like this I am actually thankful for my anxiety. Insane sensory blasts like the popups and the ticking timers and things like that trigger my anxiety like nothing else and I freak out and close the app, it's almost full on fight or flight mode so it's been extraordinarily easy for me to avoid getting sucked into things like this. I feel bad for everyone else who gets got by it, I just got a cocktail of mental illness that somehow renders me nearly immune instead.

[@suffolk4418]

That was the most chilling outro ever, loved the whole video

[@WallieWest]

Temu is nomore than a giant scam, its been around for almost a year and now has gained tons of traction due to its consumer audience who also became mini salespersons of there own for temu

[@josjos2203]

I mean I’ve used Temu and I got the products on time and were exactly what I bought so I wouldn’t say giant scam

[@nezzled]

Nice pfp

[@thecreature456]

Not a scam just scummy

[@RichardMontgomeryYT]

Your profile is my steam profile, a man of culture I see

[@xenn2996]

not a scam but i wouldn't recommended buying electronics from temu

[@YurisNotHere]

As a Amazon employee who fulfills orders, the dildo in the beginning is very accurate, the amount of sex toys we ship is unholy

[@RusticRonnie]

Its one of the most common things that is shipped.

[@rhettshanley8712]

Lol 😭 it must be funny at first but after how many of those you have to touch in your work day it probably gets gross

[@numbrerotime6683]

Yeah sorry guys, i just got an insane toy collection going and im tryina catch 'em all

[@lindseylay3824]

Oof I’ve heard from multiple Amazon employees to never buy toys like that from Amazon

[@illzealot]

@@lindseylay3824 why though?

[@DiegatusStudios]

Man thanks for the explanation. For the past month everyone around me was promoting this app with those stupid codes, even a friend of mine ordered a lot of things like stuffed animals, funkos and a car model but surprisingly it got everything at home for a ridiculous price, but I'm still not confident.

[@trueyoshi2120]

Temu’s referral program is ridiculous at this point. I had a classmate that I’ve never interacted with besides letting him borrow my charger once ask me to download Temu so he could get his spin on one of those games.

[@bashfulwolfo6499]

There’s nothing more than scares me away from an app/program more than an overwhelming design. If I just get stressed by looking at your app, then I ain’t even gonna bother with it, and Temu makes me stressed beyond belief with all those pop ups just in this video alone.

[@dubbyplays]

it's basically a hypnotizing tool to convert easily guillable people into zombies

[@Curlyheart]

Bro same

[@vRyanXOXO]

this right here is someone on the internet with common sense

[@cynicalia]

Weakling

[@toxihex876]

I tried Boo (dating app) yesterday because I was told it's actually alright, and oh BOY was it NOT alright. It bombards you with pleas to go premium constantly and has a whole ass unskippable tutorial before you even make an account. It's also another one of those things that claims not to be like other apps and completely fails to deliver. I gave up a few swipes in because it just won't stop hurling things at you to dodge. It got me so annoyed I uninstalled it not even a minute into actually getting to use it (after getting through the minimum effort "detailed" personalization of my account). Who even is this kind of aggressive spam meant to cater to? Who even decides to throw money at something which annoys them from the first second they start using it?

[@CDblade]

My mom sent me a link to Temu and i flat out said that was the sketchiest looking link. was also worried someone spoofed her phone number

[@StarrX9Skye]

Same but with my friend

[@gardenscapeNastya]

It’s not sketchy it’s just kinda a pyramid scheme

[@kelxey]

@@gardenscapeNastyabut pyramid schemes.. are.. like, inherently sketchy..?? please feel free to correct me if im missing a joke or something, but i dont get what ur point is LOL

[@Y_elloww]

@@kelxey how are you hesitating over text? The fuck? Pyramid schemes are things that give people rewards if they make them advertise it to others.

[@Y_elloww]

@@kelxey nvm I checked your channel holy fuck I’m filled with cringe

[@Su_tarman6-Bio]

Temu is under investigation for a reason.

[@avo2986]

This is the first video I’ve watched by this channel and holy crap the outro scared me

[@thomaskite7222]

Saw my girlfriend playing a whole bunch of strange minigames on her phone, and when I asked what it was she said Temu. Freaks me out that they know exactly what will keep people in the app.

[@prexy_Pasta]

I mean yea. If u want to market, you've gotta market. Knowing the people and what attracts them is all part of marketing.

[@itskitt3237]

That’s marketing and business management. Want people to continue using your app? Then give them something to do on said app. It’s not an evil or hard concept, it’s just knowing how to keep people entertained for the longest period of time

[@CosmicAlien.]

and they’re all rigged so you have to spam invites to new users to win. not just users you need NEW users

[@Blaze_1379]

you should break up

[@thomaskite7222]

@@Blaze_1379 Great suggestion! And you should kick a puppy and go live in the forest!

[@-kurumi-tokisaki]

Aside from being a HUGE scam for Temu’s Chinese brother, Pingduoduo was also recently exposed for using exploits on your phones to steal EVERYTHING (including contacts, location, etc). So if you think wiretapping is already bad enough, be careful that Temu could only be far worse.

[@dubbyplays]

If america bans TikTok they should ban Temu for the same reasons

[@loganc.2824]

The first time I saw an ad for Temu from a KZbinr I like, ALL of the online scam alarm bells were going off in my head.

[@LikesWafflez]

When I instantly saw those $7 switch ads flood my recommended I knew to stay away.

[@affinitycrafts1068]

When Temu blew up and started inundating everyone with their million dollar advert, my first impression was "Hey, I've seen this one before!" I felt like I had seen things like it for years. It really reminded me of just all the crappy ads for mobile games I have been seeing for years now; Flashy "get in on the action", "Download now" and of course, big bucks spent on adverting. It doesn't help the unflattering comparison that they have popups to "increase your reward" nor minigames. But at my core, I will always be suspicious of someone that murmurs in my ear to "shop like a billionaire".

[@camera2178]

i made 1 dollar with temu it works you guys 😢 ive sacrified my life savings for this

[@dargoplayz]

Temu uses: “I’m only human after all, I’m only human after all, no need to put the blame on me”

[@WextraYT]

lol

[@xyzzy64]

i was simply following orders

[@DrakoSolos]

Users

[@MemoryImprints]

Thumbs up for the Rag'n'Bone Man reference.

[@lasercraft32]

How ba-a-a-ad can I be?

[@cmcgarry250]

This seems like a combination of a pyramid/MLM scheme and a casino, two business models which are individually quite effective at exploiting human motivation.

[@JanFieber]

I had the EXACT Temu Ad just before you showed it in the video haha

[@Bbhamadama888]

My family got in the temu stuff, and when I tried to warn my cousins, they just barked at me like “I guess he just doesn’t like free stuff.” It’s honestly sad.

[@Blaze_1379]

my bro explaining to me why his free robux trojan that he installed onto his dads phone is legit:

[@super_steve1237]

It truly is such a shame, their data will now be mine. Temu has been funding me with data for over a year now, I know the location of every pixel on their phone, the location of their secret stash of treasure in the middle of Albuquerque new Mexico. And most importantly I know that they live at the American Gardens Building on W. 81st Street on the 11th floor. In the morning they put on an ice pack while doing stomach crunches, they can do 1000 now. After they remove the ice pack they use a deep pore cleanser lotion. In the shower they use a water activated gel cleanser, then a honey almond body scrub, and on their face an exfoliating gel scrub. Then they apply an herb-mint facial mask which they leave on for 10 minutes. They always use an after shave lotion with little or no alcohol, because alcohol dries your face out and makes you look older. Then moisturizer, then an anti-aging eye balm followed by a final moisturizing protective lotion. Thanks to Temu, I will be able to sell this information the dark web, and soon your cousins will know that their so called "free stuff" was really not so free. Because soon the dark web employees will come steal their livers.

[@miciso666]

Thank God my dad told me : son nothing is free... why give out free stuff they would go bankrupt.

[@PoIarisPrime]

@@super_steve1237 💀

[@PoIarisPrime]

@@miciso666 they’re making money every day and they literally said the referrals don’t last forever which implies if it is they’ll go bankrupt lmao do ur research

[@Koopahunter197]

"abject horror" doesn't even come _close_ to describing the emotions I felt and the expression on my face as you described their referral system. Oh my god.

[@Ayuraos]

Maybe your PFP matches the expression on your face

[@VelumCaeli]

this feels like a ponzi scheme lol

[@Ayuraos]

MLM much?

[@RaidenKunii]

@@Ayuraos i forgot MLM means multilevel marketing and not just male love male 💀

[@Curlyheart]

My dumbass thought MLM = Martin Luther Ming

[@Notzthefam]

A temu ad literally just popped up while im watching this

[@riverw4721]

I got a Temu midroll ad (the one you showed but then stopped) and thought it was part of the video.

[@jarionscarlight]

Lmao Temu is literally the textbook definition of a pyramid scheme

[@-pigeon-]

we truly do live in a boring dystopia

[@virusDETECTED]

right like we dont get cool cybernetics n neon cities, just this

[@erikbrand6682]

no fr

[@crazedaxebutbetter5208]

people in the past thought that we would have flying cars and that we would colonize other planets or something, but no. what we really have these days is a bunch of MINDLESS BOTS that go around creating more mindless bots to get fake rewards. and even if they do get these rewards, it is not at all worth it because they have created so many other spammers. this is straight brainwashing through fake promises.

[@scawytewifying]

@@virusDETECTEDyaaay just stupid referral programs that steal your data and global warming :DDD so fun /s

[@FrahdChikun]

​@@virusDETECTEDreality is often disappointing

[@ThatPillow]

Something I noticed about the Minecraft tweet is that the handler has 2 @s so it seems it could be inspect element, and both look like they got taken from a different Temu ad and had a new number slapped on with bad editing

[@voidishprattles4319]

It's so funny to me. I was in a marketing class at the time and for a paper i needed to research ads. So i went on KZbin till i found some and Temu selling a "Frog Plush" for 69 cents immediately caught my eye. While i was writing it I started doing a joke to myself that "i want the only ad on my KZbin to the Frog Plush ad" mainly because it was funny looking and because I'm insane. So every single time even in public if i saw the ad i would immediately say in a robotic voice "Frog Plush from Temu brings me tremendous joy!" And it worked too lmao. Nearly every day I'd see the exact same toy... So now learning all this about the company (which i already figured the joke was always ironic) makes it 10× funnier to me. My professors words still haunt me "there are two kinds of people in the world. The people who understand marketing and the poor."

[@Detective_asparagus]

I've been skeptical about Temu as soon as I saw their first "wHy iS nO oNE BuYiNg oUr pRodUctS???". I still live by the phrase "if it' sounds too good to ne true, then it probably is", and it's gotten me pretty far lol

[@oneechanknowsbest615]

not as far as the money it got me lol

[@S.1.L]

@@oneechanknowsbest615 the money it got you: 1 dollar

[@oneechanknowsbest615]

@@S.1.L way more than that

[@S.1.L]

@@oneechanknowsbest615 1 dolar and 1 cent

[@PoIarisPrime]

@@S.1.L got me 5 thousand lol, just made 50 bucks earlier

[@Edgee_yy]

Temu is so criminally suspicious, I really don’t trust it entirety. Feels like it’s going ti become Etsy kinda of misery.

[@xunluckycloverx]

whats wrong with etsy?

[@Faustice]

Bahah I also wish to know 😭

[@Edgee_yy]

@@xunluckycloverx Etsy exploits the sellers for a lot of their funds from products being sold. So most people wirh businesses on Etsy don’t make much money

[@ozboz-roblox363]

Ive actually gotten money from temu its not a scam😂

[@Brtt4849]

I use temu

[@fantical999]

You'll never guess what pre-roll ad i got before this video

[@legoferrari14]

This is basically an MLM with extra steps

[@Anunak255]

I really appreciate that you didn't made a temu advertisement. You gained more of my trust thanks.

[@Quackra]

I personally agree here, I will never do a Temu ad myself because of what I have been shown.

[@vecto.]

this videos is basically just a big ad for temu tho, so he could have just taken it

[@lightsploit]

@@Quackra bro its 5000$

[@km7dev]

​@@lightsploit for a scam app. The whole point of this video is showing that Temu is a scam.

[@A_Simple_Neurose]

@@km7dev It's not really a "scam" in the sense that if you buy something on it you wont receive your product. But the pyramid scheme refferal system definitely makes it obnoxious and scam-like. The only thing you're realistically wasting is probably your time. Like if you're really hurting for a nintendo switch this might be the way to get one for cheap but given it's a chinese website you can never really be sure if you're getting what you thought you bought or not.

[@guy-]

Everybody gangsta till TEMU *ACTUALLY* partners with NTTS

[@2Node]

ok

[@kubahladik3492]

ok

[@mewity]

ok

[@guy-]

ok

[@Quackra]

ok

[@sadhorsememes]

Your outro is incredible

[@Raine_A.I.]

9:48 I literally got that exact same ad right before that bit and I was making pins while watching this and it confused the hell out of me for a second.

[@FA1RHARD]

I got so many adviserments of Temu. It was ridiculous

[@thecreature456]

Getting one before the video rn😊

[@andyisandy]

same

[@valti223]

adblock

[@Mooms]

I keep seeing ones for $5 Nintendo Switches which I doubt are legit

[@valti223]

@@zer0synd1cate youtube revanced

[@Blaze_1379]

this man turned down 5k to tell the truth what an absolute gigachad my respect for this guy went up a ton i subbed protect this man at all costs society could be restored if there was more people like you

[@railworksamerica]

Fucking gigachad

[@nintendoswitch3709]

Bro is glazing like crazy

[@eliel1815shadow]

He's Canadian, most likely doesn't need it

[@taylorswiftsucks]

​@@nintendoswitch3709 he just copied a comment that was right above it on my screen but he added more words lol

[@Bruddy69]

@@taylorswiftsucks he’s right tho bro is glazing😭

[@ABPUC]

2:13 People when they see "Huang" in a random video: BFDI FANS, ASSEMBLE!

[@clockwork3494]

The ironic timing of me getting a Temu ad right before this video even started is so uncanny that it literally can't be a coincidence at this point.

[@biembo3695]

Fun fact: Temu is a pyramid scheme

[@FG-bn3qq]

It is considering that the free gifts you can receive require you to have people sign up using your codes just to feed fish, or earn coins, or whatever it is they want to make users do.

[@eiamstaples2659]

Not exactly. The people at the bottom aren’t making any less than those above them, so it’s not illegal, just immoral.

[@RusticRonnie]

They also, don’t pay for shipping. China claims developing nation status. Meaning that when your package is delivered no one gets paid for the delivery. Buying from temu is literally fucking over your local economy. Not to mention the slave labor. Child labor, and fact that the Chinese government is using it to spy in you. Lose,Lose,Lose,lose situations

[@lindyloohoo]

I was thinking the same thing. It feels like an mlm in a way *because pyramid schemes are illegal* (lol i watch a lot of anti mlm content)

[@4m4n40]

@@eiamstaples2659 Yeah, it’s more like brainwashing people into becoming sellout influencers, they’re chasing the carrot. It should definitely be illegal, but it probably won’t be unless it gets politicised.

[@blizzary9369]

Temu is scarily addicting. The economy has gotten so bad that we will throw away our dignity for reasonably priced products

[@Duskkyanite]

I can confirm it is addictive. I would spend hours scrolling through countless cheap products that seem to good to be true.

[@mariotheundying]

If everyone on earth agreed to just lower the prices for literally everything back to how it was many many years ago, nothing will be affected, except maybe more demand for stuff but also maybe pay checks will be lowered, but also people will have huge amounts of money from before that do maybe its a bad idea unless everyone gives their money away and changes it to the new current value of stuff

[@BeetleBuns]

they're overpriced for what you'll get, I can assure you

[@blizzary9369]

@@BeetleBuns through all the grabage, ive found some really good products. All the shoes ive gotten have been great quality

[@allMinabe]

Temu is pretty addictive I ordered like 10 times from there.

[@puzzlick7088]

I love how the only ads I got this entire video were temu related

[@derpderpington1000]

The funniest part is there was a temu as the ad below the video

[@baileyayyy5085]

They were like what if we did a pyramid scheme but it’s advertising

[@informalnarwhals]

case is in your point. it is a pyramid scheme because we are the product :(

[@Patel-Chirag-Gupta]

Exactly.

[@PoIarisPrime]

Cap

[@baileyayyy5085]

@@PoIarisPrime I like beanies better

[@PoIarisPrime]

@@baileyayyy5085 cap

[@jonaykon]

What is Minecraft premium???

[@sonia_sousa_ofc.632]

In future that means the store in Minecraft bedrock

[@PikaTheory]

It’s to have free minecraft java

[@hakkero7522]

I never used Temu ever but looking at its insanely cheap prices on some deals screams "Too good to be true". The more you know.

[@BelgianWaffle]

I always feel like bringing up Temu at all is advertising in itself, which I guess they got without needing to spend $5k

[@hurricanedude5090]

Temu feels like wish all over again

[@LilacMonarch]

That's because it pretty much is

[@shopece8807]

IT IS wish on 'roids.

[@hurricanedude5090]

@@shopece8807 fr

[@starmight7109]

Does it offer bizarre items for WAY too good to be true price, like wish?

[@elijahorama]

​@@starmight7109 Yeah they price items for super low then make their money back from putting ridiculous shipping plus half of the products are low quality and misleading

[@ronny_fkn_nose8859]

Loved the temu ad that played on this, and every critical temu video I've seen

[@elbie.]

this video was directly above a temu ad for me 😂😂

[@gorillasnake1989]

I seriously hate Temu, I was in a class where everyone was just bombarded with people trying to accept their bloody Temu referral, I was the one bullied for not accepting any of theirs only because I was the only one with common sense, its the closest thing we have to an online neurovirus, what is society coming to?

[@00piumSora999]

Nah that’s insane

[@quinnmaster504]

"Digital neurovirus" lmao

[@Floaydi]

You're weird if you get bullied for not accepting that.

[@liquidRkive]

i think that’s less of you not excepting it and you being a dork lmfao

[@lordpumpkinhead265]

@@liquidRkive Temu shill.

[@bozo]

Bro, I'm still shook from Temu's come up. Like, one day it's not even on my radar, and then bam, it's everywhere and everyone's talking about it. They've got some mad skills turning people into walking ads without even trying. That's some next level marketing right there. 🔥💪💰

[@Fishyusu]

Fr

[@Patel-Chirag-Gupta]

​@@krazyrobloxian4253cap.

[@OPGardevoir]

They are trying to turn people into ads that's literally the whole point of a referral system

[@helper_bot]

​@@krazyrobloxian4253id rather have the seller market their products in the app, but buy it straight from the physical shop

[@axain7784]

​​@@krazyrobloxian4253 Then order something and tell the truth about the product you get, and nothing less. Spare 0 details. Tell us if it breaks in a week, because that's the reality of these products. Dollar Tree has better products than this.

[@averylangs]

what distortion pedal did you use for the tone at 3:25? sounds metal af bro

[@Swainspond]

I got a temu ad for a glass phone case while watching this.

[@OfficialPatrickStar]

I remember once me and some good friends of mine looked at (knock-off) plushies from Temu, and we couldn't stop laughing. I mean, The (knock-off plushie) Intruder from Mandela Catalogue looked like some dude got hit with a brick.

[@bqyfriiend]

THATS SO SILLY HELP

[@tenacity25]

Realistically, if a group of people using Temu got together in like, a discord server or something, couldn't they just, all use eachother's referral codes together? With enough people that could exploit the system a decent chunk lmao

[@jebronlames987]

It’ll eventually dry up. You’ll constantly need to recruit more people… not unlike a pyramid scheme.

[@Blaze_1379]

WE MUST DO THIS TO MAKE THEM GO BANKRUPT

[@tenacity25]

@@jebronlames987 Fair.

[@crazyfriend50]

​@@jebronlames987how would it dry up? Ur always getting free shit for each other

[@jebronlames987]

@@crazyfriend50 You can only refer someone once. That’s how referral codes work. Once you’ve referred everyone, you’ll need to get more people to refer.

[@hyankabeer5840]

7:21 I’m pretty sure that this is known as the near-miss effect in gambling psychology; that’s where you’re so close but not there yet which encourages you to try again and spend even more money and fail by a small amount again in a long loop until you either give up or lose all your money

[@misseselise3864]

the only part of temu that surprises me is how people thought it was different than wish

[@MakeItWithCalvin]

The way that they get people to spam their friends to get discount codes is really clever. And also really shady! It feels like another one of those clearing the warehouse of the stuff that did not sell on Amazon apps.

[@PillowWillow007]

"Pokémon cards" *Shows Club Penguin Jinjutsu cards.* Still, a man of culture.

[@Fire-Studios]

I love how as i was watching this video i got 4 Temu ads one at the start, one after that one, then one in the middle of the video, THEN one at the end. XD

[@natanbratan350]

I like how i just got curious cuz of the thumbnail and i got a temu ad before the video.

[@adouglastracy]

Temu kinda just came out of nowhere. I started seeing dozens of commercials. All it looked like to me was just some sketchy Chinese company who sold knock-off products. Not to mention over half of the commercials used the TikTok TTS voice.

[@n_art_cissist]

As someone who is neurodivergent and struggles with addiction, the two catagories these microtransations, gambling and now gamification directly target, I’m disappointed but not surprised this is a thing and am so annoyed. It also sucks that the first mention of it I heard of was from my therapist…

[@Teal182]

Just wondering, how does a therapist casually recommend a pyramid scheme?

[@damearstor2120]

​@@Teal182same way how a dentist might recommend harmful MLM mouthwash/products directly in their place of work.

[@mirandamanga9083]

@@Teal182”I understand your struggle, but do you understand Temu?”

[@Teal182]

@@mirandamanga9083 oh that makes sense lmfao

[@Teal182]

@@damearstor2120 money.

[@dandelaney5711]

I got a temu midroll ad and watched the thing cause i thought you were showing it to make a point. Such is life.

[@ELing-ib1ki]

So far from Temu I have bought: guitar picks my phone case (dropped it a few times on the floor and no damage) a stylus a laptop case some clothing and all of these have been very reasonably priced, as long as you do your research by checking out the vendor's reviews and things like that

[@Firjiwater]

This company has been RELENTLESS. I've honestly just been wondering how rich the person who started it is

[@Chriscraft-ug3sz]

@@user-ep5du7xu8kI didn’t know PDD Holdings was the Chinese government

[@Toadey2012]

Google it.

[@thet00nedl00n]

I feel like every couple of years or so we get a new crappy Chinese web store. First it was AliExpress, then Wish, and now, it’s Temu.

[@cj.wijtmans]

Aliexpress is a lot more legit.

[@silly10002]

I love the fact that I got a temu ad before this video

[@Piece_of_rat]

Lmao I just finished the video and then a Temu ad popped up out of nowhere😂😂

[@Smart_DuCkY]

Lo

[@ts4858]

I love how well researched your videos are while still being casual and accessible

[@ewwitscullen9132]

I have been really upset seeing some of my favorite creators partner with Temu, I would think they would know better. How can you see these low price items and not think something is fishy??

[@prexy_Pasta]

Even so, the government is always watching us and holding our info. Tbh it's really nothing new

[@zenkosaur4729]

i mean in reality temu is honestly legit, but yes its an extremely scummy way of business. but i did one of their sweepstakes like 2-ish months ago and got both a 165hz monitor and airpods, and both have worked great for me. yes the way they do business is scummy and predatory, but the products and the marketplace are completely legit, and you do actually get the stuff from the sweepstakes if you do end up completing them.

[@Blaze_1379]

if a creator i like partners with temu i instantly hate them

[@NapoleanBlown-aparte]

Ruben sim became rubenpleasedontshootmyfamilyccp

[@GAMIR_SFM]

1:45 AliExpress takes mostly less than Ebay. About 3 weeks at most. While with Ebay (if its from China as like with Ali) usually takes me a Month.

[@Quot101]

I got a Temu ad watching this

[@zutt3567]

Some kid knocked on my door and made my dad download Temu... just how far will people go 💀

[@pxyrinn3675]

be for real-

[@guapify2320]

Seriously?

[@zutt3567]

@@guapify2320 Yeah.. 😭

[@guapify2320]

@@zutt3567 Wow 😂

[@amberhawksong]

I would of told him to gtfo

[@tammytheranger7645]

Love the "Try Not to Get Age Restricted" vibes from that video with that item example 😂

[@tammytheranger7645]

7 months later and it's still not age restricted.

[@gigglesseven]

the irony of a temu midroll ad

[@SKULL.PG3D]

The fact I got a temu ad right before this is crazy.