They are sneaky!

@dfollin (26827)
United States
November 12, 2025 8:45pm CST
If you recall about a month ago I attempted to make a small purchase from Temu and they over charged me for over $200 right away! It took them a very long time to refund me by doing it in stupid increments like 48 cents and a little later 23 cents. I then researched and found no places that had those items. So I set up another payment plan with them and put enough money in it to cover the order. They have always had a method of having to purchase $10 worth plus tax and you receive free shipping! Last night my order came to $16 because they no longer had the items that I tried to purchase for my grandson last month I was trying to click the button to place the order and it wouldn't. It was now changed to minimum purchase being $20 now! Then I had a pop up that the additional purchase could be made from the list below. I went to the list and picked out 2 items , $6 and $7. They tricked me! Another pop up saying that both the items from the list they said I could pick from were from other companies at a shipping rate of $2.99 each! And I was still going to have to pick out items that amounted to $4 that are manufactured by Temu. None of the items were marked saying who the manufacturer was! So I am not going to shop from them. Too tricky and sneaky
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@porwest (111144)
• United States
13 Nov
I have never liked Temu, and I think they've become a meme of sorts, so much so... They will be out of business in a few years.
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@dfollin (26827)
• United States
13 Nov
I love those sponges that they have and I cannot find them anywhere else. I guess I will have to find something else to like but they will cost more. But if I look at it in the long run I will save because of all Temu charges. I hope they do go out of business!
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@dfollin (26827)
• United States
13 Nov
@porwest Yep, that's the world for it!
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@porwest (111144)
• United States
13 Nov
@dfollin Deceptive is a word that comes to mind with them as well. Everything is small. lol
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@LindaOHio (206056)
• United States
13 Nov
I have heard too many negatives to shop there. Cousin #2 shops there all the time and loves what she gets.
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@dfollin (26827)
• United States
13 Nov
I love those sponges and mostly every thing else I have got, but now all of the sudden I am finding that it is hard to even make a purchase without being over charged or suddenly the minimum purchase goes up and they start putting items in that are not available to be bought in that purchase.
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@dfollin (26827)
• United States
14 Nov
@LindaOHio Sure is!
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@LindaOHio (206056)
• United States
14 Nov
@dfollin That's a lot of red flags.
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@crossbones27 (51620)
• Mojave, California
13 Nov
Yeah, way business works these days, I mean I guess kind of like our Identity, but if you a business that wants to be reputable, wouldn't you want your name out there. Shows you where we at if smaller any business does not even trust this new world.I can't say I blame some because many who find things out try to destroy them and that is why I do not want my identity out there buts just me, they have to look after people.
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@dfollin (26827)
• United States
13 Nov
But they aren't looking after people.
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• Mojave, California
15 Nov
@dfollin Most of them no, but some actually do. Not many, but some.
@Traceyjayne (6540)
• United Kingdom
13 Nov
We have placed a couple of orders with Temu ….some for the Grandkids ….toys. Some for me ….kitchen items and things for presents …..some for The Mister , can’t remember what now , probably socks and the like ….and we were very happy with the items and the prices. Only problem we had was the number of emails and messages that he was sent …..good thing they could be deleted , if they were on paper there would be a missing rainforest now !
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@dfollin (26827)
• United States
14 Nov
A missing rainforest! LOL! Yeah I enjoyed what I had got from them but they are getting ridiculous now! Take well over an hour to keep going back to add then deleting stuff because it's not from their specific company. Tell us in the first place!
@Deepizzaguy (116068)
• Lake Charles, Louisiana
13 Nov
I do not blame you at all.
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@dfollin (26827)
• United States
13 Nov
Thanks!
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@Deepizzaguy (116068)
• Lake Charles, Louisiana
13 Nov
@dfollin You are welcome.
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@arunima25 (92625)
• Bangalore, India
13 Nov
That's terrible. Giving no clarity to buyers and trapping them in those pop ups...that's not a fair way either. Better to stop patronizing them straightway and write their review on every possible platforms.
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@dfollin (26827)
• United States
13 Nov
I have been posting about them on many platforms.
@AmbiePam (106336)
• United States
13 Nov
Temu has a terrible reputation.
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@dfollin (26827)
• United States
13 Nov
Yes they do, but I have bought from them many times mostly the kitchen sponge things I use for the dishes and a few other smaller priced items from them and never had any problems till recently.
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@celticeagle (181890)
• Boise, Idaho
14 Nov
Didn't you read the post I did on Temus? If not you should. I hope you don't buy from them again.