Joker@sh.itjust.works to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 6 hours agoChinese immigrants in the U.S. are running Temu shipping centers out of their homesrestofworld.orgexternal-linkmessage-square34fedilinkarrow-up1193arrow-down14
arrow-up1189arrow-down1external-linkChinese immigrants in the U.S. are running Temu shipping centers out of their homesrestofworld.orgJoker@sh.itjust.works to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 6 hours agomessage-square34fedilink
minus-squarethemurphy@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up33arrow-down2·4 hours agoTemu is insanely popular. Don’t underestimate this. Yes, it’s pure crap, but people buy it. They earn bucks. Meaning, it’s not a valid argument to say it’s crap, and then it’s not a problem. Temu is a problem. But then we have to start another discussion about the free market, because then Temu is valid. Then what? Legit question, I don’t have the answer to.
minus-squarenednobbins@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·3 hours agoThe thing is that it’s not PURE crap. It’s kind of like going to a flea market. Most of it is crap and you can still find some decent and good stuff that’s way cheaper than it should be.
minus-squareinterdimensionalmeme@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·2 hours agoI got some temu stuff. A 7$ bag heat sealer. Works perfectly fine. However, I do not abide surveillance pricing. I can defeat the surveillance pricing but the procedure annoys me, so I’ve gone back to aliexpress which is easier to defeat.
minus-squareCreeoyfred@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·2 hours agoAny tips on defeating aliexpress pricing? I stopped buying because everything was up so much.
minus-squareGBU_28@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·3 hours agoWhere there was once Tupperware, and makeup, there is now temu
minus-squareImgonnatrythis@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down1·60 minutes agoDo they sell Adderall?
Temu is insanely popular. Don’t underestimate this. Yes, it’s pure crap, but people buy it. They earn bucks.
Meaning, it’s not a valid argument to say it’s crap, and then it’s not a problem. Temu is a problem.
But then we have to start another discussion about the free market, because then Temu is valid.
Then what? Legit question, I don’t have the answer to.
The thing is that it’s not PURE crap.
It’s kind of like going to a flea market. Most of it is crap and you can still find some decent and good stuff that’s way cheaper than it should be.
I got some temu stuff. A 7$ bag heat sealer. Works perfectly fine.
However, I do not abide surveillance pricing. I can defeat the surveillance pricing but the procedure annoys me, so I’ve gone back to aliexpress which is easier to defeat.
Any tips on defeating aliexpress pricing? I stopped buying because everything was up so much.
Where there was once Tupperware, and makeup, there is now temu
Do they sell Adderall?