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.
it’s terrible
No. Misleading images, dogshit quality. Learn from the mistakes other went trough, and dont use it.
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.
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/
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.
I think you’re probably better off constructing whatever you need out of trash and free debris, lol
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 😂
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
I bought a toy for my nephew on temu and have since been getting constant emails offering deals. I’ve ignored them cause I suspect it’s some kind of scam
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.
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.
I bought two things on temu through a friend. I got what I paid for. One was a pack of origami paper for 0.60€, it was crap. The other was a pack of 4 typewriter ribbons for 6€, the quality was bad but good enough to use, I may buy them again.
