So I saw an ad for this cool looking led strip thing you can put in your car and then it has lots of settings.
Clicked the link and it took me to Temu, figure sure I’ll give it a go and download the app.
OMFG what the heck is this gamified shopping?
When it loaded I swear to Odin it went like a casino and said you can get the item you clicked on for free and you can choose another 5 items.
So I’m browsing through all this crap I don’t really want and adding things to move on. After selecting all free items it then said you win again or something and gave me more things to pick.
Then at the end it’s like right spend $35 to get all the other stuff for free, but said the original thing I clicked to get was not available. It’s like a bait and switch and I’m thinking I don’t any of this really I just wanted the cool led strip thing and to be left alone.
Honestly I really can’t believe people would use this place at all.
My wife shops on Temu regularly. She doesn’t trust them, so she uses one-time cards. Most of what she buys are single-use items: party accessories, crafts for kids, etc. The exceptions were solar lights, which are surprisingly durable, vastly outlasting those we got locally or Amazon. Speaking of Amazon, we used to shop there a lot but almost completely stopped. 90% of goods are just rebranded Temu products, and the “premium” selection can be found cheaper in the nanufacturers’ or speciality stores. Amazon is currently positioned very poorly, with competition pressuring them both from top end and junk. Looks like Amazon as a retailer is heading back to its origin, with books being the only reasonable deal there.
Temu is owned by PDD aka Pinduoduo, a Chinese company with a long history of either accidentally or deliberately (“accidentally”) putting malware in their apps. Malware that tends to dial home to PLA servers for some odd reason.
E.g. something like https://krebsonsecurity.com/tag/pinduoduo/
People’s Liberation Army?
It’s essentially an app to cause as much addiction as possible, with 10-20% discounts to allow for it
It was cheaper than resellers in local sites, but you could usually find the same thing but on AliExpress instead (much more honest of a site)
Thanks for this info.
I’ll check out AliExpress next time I see something interesting.
They’re still not great, but better. If you don’t hear from in a week or so, check your order. It might have been cancelled. They do give refunds within a certain window though.
Prices have got up a LOT with the tariffs
I think you’re probably better off constructing whatever you need out of trash and free debris, lol
Cheapest shit on the internet…and you really do get what you paid for. Buy ten and one might work, or spend twice as much and be certain.
No. Misleading images, dogshit quality. Learn from the mistakes other went trough, and dont use it.
I tried Temu and Wish around the same time and had mostly the same experience:
Tons of misrepresented garbage, often with varying prices for the same, exact product, that you may or may not even receive after several months.
I’ve imported things from other countries before, even China, using other services such as eBay and never had it take the better half of a year to receive anything, and I almost always got what I expected. These sites suck even for trying to get cheap crap.
Yeah I vastly prefer AliExpress, there are items in a similar vein with the ‘pick three!’ type, but those are in the significant minority.
And if you check for good sellers then you’ll get good products, like all the other buying platforms. I usually buy stuff on there if there are no fair labor made alternative
it’s terrible
My guy has been living under a rock for the past 5 years. Nah don’t get it, just buy it off aliexpress
Apparently so 😂
I love watching Vargskelethor’s Temu Trash streams where he browses the site looking at funny awful products. (clip from one of them that I cut together) That’s the closest I’ve gone near it.
I’ve never been able to get to the end of their gamification to actually check out, I’m not seeing that as a bad thing.
Not at all. Certainly saved me buying something on impulse for no reason at all.
Temu and wish are just aliexpress with less options.
I got a keyboard, keycaps, and some switches for a work keyboard. I wanted something cheap cause it is just supposed to get me off a shitty ergo one they provide. Spent maybe $40 and it’s pretty decent. I got quiet switches, connectibility is good. No complaints. But I got it solely for this purpose, I haven’t been back on it again, and I researched what I was wanting to get, so nothing was surprising.
It worked well for it’s intended purpose, but they bombard you with sales and stuff to get you to spend more. It’s definitely a trap system
Hey that seems super cheap for a keyboard.
Do you happen to have any of the links to the ones you bought?
YUNZII Typewriter Keyboard
Outemu Silent Peach Switches v2 (v3 is available, idk the difference)
Keycaps I got are sold out, but it’s just generic ones with no branding or design, just black and tan.Yunzii is a brand I’ve seen in other sites outside Temu, so I was decently confident in it being alright. I wanted quiet switches because I work in an office (obviously lol) and I didn’t want to make extra noise. These are very quiet switches, barely louder than the AC air blowing. Keyboard itself is decent enough for just a cheap chassis, but I also like the 108 keyboards and not the small ones (daddy needs his numpad).
Thanks so much for this.
but I also like the 108 keyboards and not the small ones (daddy needs his numpad).
Man, I was glad to drop my numpad. That forces my mouse further off to the right and causes my keyboard not to be centered with my monitor.
I do have a very few prices of software that use it, and I didn’t want to give those up.
What I wound up doing was to get a separate, dedicated numpad for the very few pieces of software that I use that require it. Basically, I care about a handful of older roguelike games. I can put it in front of myself just for those rare occasions.
The numpad was a standby for people who did serious numeric data entry work and spent time to train themselves on the thing. Like, plonking data from paper into a computer. But that isn’t a field that most people need to deal with these days — most data can already be gotten in computer-readable form.
I do type numbers on some occasions — I write software and do use some statistical software — but it’s invariably mixed with other data, and the time cost of switching between the home row and the numpad is the dominant cost there.
The fact that a high proportion of PC users today use a laptop, and many of those have no numpad, creates a lot of pressure on software not to rely on it as well.
I could maybe see a left-handed person who uses a mouse with their left hand not caring as much, since the mouse isn’t a factor.
I have this mental issue with the number pad as well. My solve is having a separate number pad to the left side, which frees up the right side for the mouse.
I type with my keyboard in my lap; for whatever reason, I’m not usually doing mouse and KB at the same time. I used numpad cause I worked retail through college, and if I’m hitting anymore than 5 numbers, I’m using numpad. But I also don’t care about the esthetics while at work. Same with my desk at home, tho it is set up more to my preference. I just don’t care about the KB being centered with the mouse. I think I like the unbalanced look better, it gives each piece it’s own weight.
That, and the damn keyboards cost $140 anymore. If. the paying that much, I want the option of a numpad lol. Plus I think they look dumb without the extra keys, if that makes sense?
Whew. I’ll look and see, gimme a bit
Haven’t used temu, but I have used Wish a lot. It’s a lot of misrepresented low quality stuff. But if what you’re after is impossible to misrepresent and quality doesn’t matter it’s alright.
