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do you guys shop on places like aliexpress/Temu and if you do what items have pleasantly surprised you? (lemmy.world)

submitted 1 year ago by yuunikki@lemmy.world to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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I'm curious what sorta finds you guys have had

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[–] scrubbles@poptalk.scrubbles.tech 61 points 1 year ago (4 children)

Temu is just driving the social media impulse "buy buy buy you need it buy it now!!" Culture when in reality their stuff is crap, and even for the cheap prices... You probably weren't going to buy it anyway. They are really striving in being a shitty company that's bad for us and the planet.

Good video here that explains more of how they're just manipulating us to buy more: https://youtu.be/7hGD5Cz_now

[–] JaxiiRuff@pawb.social 45 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Their tagline "Shop like a billionaire" makes me sick. Fast fashion and stuff like Temu have become so predatory lately. Fuck FOMO tactics.

[–] scrubbles@poptalk.scrubbles.tech 12 points 1 year ago (1 children)

TikTok and them just fuel each other to create fake fomo and it's so crappy. They target kids so hard and take advantage of them wanting to fit in, and get them to just spend money on crap they didn't need to buy anyway. Not to mention they've pushed fashion cycles to be faster to make people think that top they bought 2 months ago is useless and should be thrown out.

[–] fiat_lux@kbin.social 11 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The top from 2 months ago frequently does need to be thrown out, because it's so poorly made it lasts only a couple of washes. Even the waste-pickers in the Ghana landfills don't want it.

[–] luthis@lemmy.nz 6 points 1 year ago

ClimateTown really drove home how hilariously bad fashion is for basically everyone

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[–] pickle_party247@lemmy.world 0 points 1 year ago

Some things on Temu are complete trash but some are really good for the cash. They have a HUGE range of pin badges for less than a dollar, I've seen some of the more expensive ones ($2) sold for $10+ on other marketplaces like Amazon.