I'm A Bit Miffed

I recently read a story about them from a computer magazine, their online site, and it was damning. I started out buying them from them too until @MarieCoyle made me aware some of their practices. They don’t just use child labor, they use labor from prison camps with people imprisoned for being Muslim. Their app has also been linked to data breaches, and that part does not really surprise me. Apps tracks our info so closely. You just don’t think of them actively stealing your credit card info and such, even from a Chinese company. They have moved some of their business to Ireland in hopes it looks better for their company, but not the actual places where employees do the slave labor. As for the quality…the first few things I got were nice, and held up well. Subsequently, a few things arrived broken, a bracelet showed up with only part of it included, and a shirt fell apart in the washer. That was around the time Marie talked about it, and I ran across a FB post from @GardenGerty I believe.

Not buying from them is not going to stop the child labor.

I have read that Kim Kommando says that installing the app leads to spyware on your devices and is almost impossible to remove. I personally believe that to offer the prices they offer there would have to be some kind of forced labor. My opinion only. I will not do business with them.

Hmm I wonder how we can find out for sure as I just downloaded the app and was thinking of buying from them.

Be careful if you shop at TEMU. Our police warned that many had their data sold by TEMU and now are receiving goods they never ordered.

Do some research on Temu. I think you might be rather shocked. Many, many of their items have a high lead content, as well as cadmium. They are using forced labor. They are under investigation. And if that's not enough for you, when you download the app on your phone, they steal every single picture, post, anything you've searched, it's all theirs now. Still want to shop there? When I did my homework, I wasn't even tempted. You may have my share of Temu!

Personally I have never heard anything positive about anything anyone has received from them. It appears as though other members have more information.

I have heard of this online store, but I’ve never used them.

See if you can find those same or similar things from a more reputable supplier? I just read about how TEMU (or one of the businesses who sell through it) stole a young designer's dress idea and sold it at a quarter of the price - but they even used her own photos to promote it!

I read early on from some MyLot members that you had to be careful of your data being stolen. That's what turned me off to the site. I didn't know about the child labor. It doesn't surprise me since their prices are so low. I will not buy from them. Have a good day.

Another problem with them (and similar sites) is that they often steal designs and make poorer quality versions of things. There's a great video online where a dressmaker buys one of their knock-offs of her own dress What they are offering and what arrived were very different.