Temu is Even WORSE Than You Thought

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The online shopping platform, Temu has come under fire for a number of alleged unsavory practices. The e-commerce site which promotes overconsumption has been accused of forced labor, spying on customers and stealing money from customers’ bank accounts among other offenses. In this video essay, I do a deep dive into Temu and its questionable ethics and why you should stop stopping there.
Sources:
How Temu is shaking up the world of online shopping
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7 Things To Know About Temu Before You ‘Shop Like A Billionaire’
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Congressional report says there’s an extremely high risk Temu’s supply chains have forced labor
apnews.com/art...
One of China’s most popular apps has the ability to spy on its users, say experts
www.cnn.com/20...
China: Anniversary of UN’s damning Xinjiang report must be ‘wake-up call’ to action
www.amnesty.or...
Forced Labor in China’s Xinjiang Region
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@jayjayjenni Месяц назад

“Shop like a billionaire” is such an insidious slogan. Shop like you have no regard for other human beings. No one needs to be shopping like a billionaire.

@elenakalliste Месяц назад

Facts

@lbu9542 Месяц назад

So true. But the Chinese government hates their own people and treats them like animals, so I'm not surprised when they missed the mark with that slogan. I hope their citizens will one day soon have better leadership

@happygecko66 Месяц назад

when i heard that slogan in the super bowl ads i literally felt such a horrible dystopian feeling wash over me 🥲

@cordulam Месяц назад

Billionaires don't buy such cheap crap

@margaritamishina887 Месяц назад

@@cordulamreal

@Itscannatella Месяц назад

I heard someone say once “if an app is free to use, you are the product” I never forgot that.

@lesbiangoddess290 Месяц назад

Thats such an amazing way of putting it.

@eileennovak1656 Месяц назад

💯

@kaela420 Месяц назад

wow... now i'm only going to download paid apps 😂

@Froggycolouring Месяц назад

RU-vid is free…

@MisakiSudzuhara Месяц назад

@@Froggycolouringyes, and we are the product here. RU-vid owners get their money bcs we watch free ads, RU-vidrs get their money bcs we watch their videos, click their links or watch some adds they were paid for. Same with social nets and media.

@maddieb_99 Месяц назад

clicked on this video and immediately got a temu ad 💀

@jazztalk2008 Месяц назад

You and me both lol

@larissabrglum3856 Месяц назад

I got a BH ad

@nightlysobbing Месяц назад

Same

@TheFavi94 Месяц назад

Same 😂

@BrandNubian84 Месяц назад

Same

@Athenation2010 Месяц назад

This app is so predatory ☹️ it’s important to explain to our elders etc that it’s a scam

@chelseashurmantine8153 Месяц назад

I can’t even explain to my youngers lol. My niece is 17 and she and my sister, 38, waste so much of their money on this crap

@Athenation2010 Месяц назад

@@chelseashurmantine8153 same here! My niece was addicted 🥲

@Meirins Месяц назад

My parents aren’t even at the age where their cognitive abilities and higher mental functions start to deteriorate yet I cannot for the life of me get them to employ some or any of their critical thinking skills to come to the realisation of how exploitative, and as you say predatory, the marketing schemes and operation of this app are. Last month my mother fought with me and spoke ill of me for being ‘bitter’ about the fun she was having with the app because I wouldn’t download it and sign up with my email to create an* account and spin a stupid wheel for a stupid game they set up, that allowed her to make free purchases of stupid things she doesn’t need.

@littlesparrow303 Месяц назад

I try to tell my mom but she doesn’t believe it. She’s like omg these shoes & clothes are so great and a great price. I didn’t like anything she showed me.

@evyberm801 Месяц назад

Omg yes!!! My mom buys from Temu and I tell her time and time again how cheap and horrible for humanity buying from there is but ahhh, they can be so stubborn because well they didn't have this before perhaps. Slowly I see people are waking up so that's great! ❤

@daelynelise1939 Месяц назад

Nobody really took Wish seriously when it became popular, why are we not giving Temu the same energy 😭

@marir.s3620 Месяц назад

EXACTLY!

@Justcanary8888 Месяц назад

I forgot about wish😭

@sky-trevishere9638 21 день назад

Because Wish’s marketing was shit, so no one cared for it because Wish didn’t actually give us a reason to or something eye catching. Temu however fired on all cylinders. Practically shoving you with Nintendo Switches, Xbox consoles, everyday needs and tools, and advertising they had everything on the planet with also having influencer sponsorships, with misleadingly incredibly low low prices that would get anyone’s brows raising. Wish however was like “you want it?… uh… we have it so, yknow use us” (atleast, that’s the kinda vibe I got from their ads when I rarely ran into them lmao)

@chunkymonkey356 15 дней назад

@@sky-trevishere9638I agree with everything you said. Temu is Wish evolved

@beachykeen1263 12 дней назад

I got burned by wish with fraudulent charges, so I have never used temu and don't plan to.

@cobaltcoast1105 Месяц назад

remember: if a product/company you've never heard of suddenly starts advertising everywhere and many influencers are advertising it as well, be suspicious of it.

@Stillmad_deadend_end Месяц назад

Best advice fr

@x.vmp1re.m0ney.x Месяц назад

I always follow this. Anytime every youtuber I know is advertising a brand, I stay clear of that brand. Always been accurate.

@Black-ig6vh Месяц назад

❤I never take ANYTHING advertised on SM seriously anymore. It all looks fake and gimmicky to me 😕

@kawaiimombear Месяц назад

Beware that if you buy from Amazon, that doesn't mean it didn't come from exactly the same place as Temu and Shein ☝️

@lorescien4148 Месяц назад

Yeah, there's really not enough people pointing this out tbh.

@lesbiangoddess290 Месяц назад

I think we know this

@larissabrglum3856 Месяц назад

Amazon is really not much better, I avoid it as much as I can

@sparktader1 Месяц назад

Yess this, I started doing Google lense on anything I buy online

@brieoshiro Месяц назад

They sell pretty much the same crap. Same as Etsy resellers. Just Temu is the cheapest. It's so sad.

@genevievesingh3547 Месяц назад

These influencers buying “quirky“ items from Temu for content is funny until you realize that literal slaves had to work their butts off just so that we could all laugh at a TikTok.

@chelseashurmantine8153 Месяц назад

Psht not everyone is laughing.

@larissabrglum3856 Месяц назад

Right?? Consumerism doesn't want you to think about where your stuff comes from or where it ends up.

@annaadedokun8744 Месяц назад

They know where it comes from they just dont care becuase it affects them positively.

@realsmosher53 Месяц назад

@@annaadedokun8744 *doesn't affect them negatively

@SoapiiOSC Месяц назад

@@realsmosher53same thing

@itskindofemily Месяц назад

No way in hell would I buy a TOASTER from Temu

@larissabrglum3856 Месяц назад

That sounds like a one-way ticket to a house fire

@UNF4lR Месяц назад

I got a hotpot from there. Works perfectly fine

@sillysumi Месяц назад

@@UNF4lR good for you i guess..?

@oliversedgwick7236 Месяц назад

I know someone who LOVES this app and wants an air fryer- like, I wouldn't trust it as far as I could throw it but if it blows the electrics not my home 🤷‍♂️

@karkador Месяц назад

@sillysumi what's the point of your reply?

@veronical.9089 Месяц назад

nothing comes for free, and everything has its price - I can't believe how people can look at an item marked as free and not have any alarms going off in their heads.

@areswalker5647 Месяц назад

I blame overconsumption and influencer lifestyle that makes the average person rush to buy every and each new "in item" while knowing it's impossible to be able to afford everything. They probably hope some company even worse than Temu is gonna be made soon so that they can buy even cheaper stuff regardless of all the cons

@dizzylilthing Месяц назад

I hate that generosity has been taught to be a sign of deception or entrapment because of the poor actions of others. I carry a backpack filled with water bottles and candy and snacks and cigarettes and medical supplies and hygiene products because I love to give gifts and surprise people with something nice for no reason. But I have to be so absolutely careful about how I do it, there's nothing harmful about offering a cigarette to someone taking out one of their own but trying to give sealed candy to a child is so horribly suspicious even though I just like people to know that the world isn't entirely harsh. generosity and friendliness is now seen as a suspicious thing because of people relentlessly pursuing their self-interest.

@lipstickzombie4981 Месяц назад

This isn't the first time I've encountered a shopping site do this. Awok (a now defunct site here in the Middle East) did this as well.

@realsmosher53 Месяц назад

@@veronical.9089 ikr at 3:10 you pay with your race if you use temu 😱😱

@ilovemycatrosie0 Месяц назад

@@dizzylilthing theres nothing more harmful to offering someone a cigarette? 🙄

@sunbeam9229 Месяц назад

What annoys me the most is that google is advertising temu ALL the time 😭

@aesinam Месяц назад

Well bear in mind that Google is a profit making company so of course they will advertise if paid to. To think otherwise is being naive

@sillysumi Месяц назад

lirtally whatever i search its almost all from temu😭, when im looking for something like a bra, i see the picture and im thinking “wowww thats pretty maybe this one 💭”, and then i look and its from temu 💩

@veetee4826 27 дней назад

Ikr it's not even real

@veetee4826 27 дней назад

I can't help it they have the cutest keychains i can't find elsewhere

@funkytime69 25 дней назад

@@veetee4826 dude they use slave labour. just don't buy their keychains

@danamania150 Месяц назад

Temu reminds me how important it is to shop small and shop local.

@lonewolf8667 Месяц назад

There are very few if any items in the style I want in my local shops. I have been shopping online since at least 2007 because I can't find exactly what I want locally. There have been periods where I had no other choice than to thrift because of low income, most of my thrifted clothes and homeware are being thrown out now because I'm buying in clothes and items I truly like and feel comfortable in. Very little of what I own is from Temu because I heard about this shop just a few months ago, but other online stores I'm buying from like Killstar has also been popular to warn against for at least 7 years now. Everything I like and feel comfortable with seems to come with a dozens of warning videos and forum posts, sigh. 🙄Despite all the warnings most of my shopping have gone smoothly. I have however had a lot of problems with small Etsy businesses, Ebay sellers and sellers on my country's national online marketplace.

@lonewolf8667 Месяц назад

@sheatemyheartt You mean the Temu content? I'm not really into novelty products, so these videos she's showing aren't interesting to me. Not everybody are into buying random weird useless things just for laughs. Some of us just struggle to find specific items in local stores. Most of this over consumerism seems to be for videos and clicks. The problem is youtubers and tiktokers earning their income by making haul videos instead of serious and helpful review videos.

@yyoveltube Месяц назад

Also, SHEIN is basically the same as temu

@Justcanary8888 Месяц назад

Did Temu bought out SHEIN? Because they have the same advertisement now as temu

@ariaryayy7314 Месяц назад

@@Justcanary8888 Even Walmart online and Amazon

@xokalpita 14 дней назад

@@Justcanary8888no SHEIN now uses / copied temu marketing

@Ohsnapitzann Месяц назад

I never trusted temu they always seemed sketchy.

@ItzKayla-rp7tj Месяц назад

One of my friends mom back in 2021 back then got her credit card stolen and stole 1200$. So I knew that it was a scam all the way then...

@lucey-hc6cj Месяц назад

Then dont

@lamppuu1 Месяц назад

I thought we were over this after wish..

@SuperCoolPersonCalledLillith Месяц назад

Same

@faith-o8w3j Месяц назад

The ASMR girl is awful 😭

@draikairion Месяц назад

I was having a horrible, visceral reaction to her whisper voice. I think I don't like whispering...😂

@areswalker5647 Месяц назад

After so many years of ASMR there are still people thinking all you need to do is whispering and doing smacking/crunching noises...I hate ASMR but there are people that are good at it and people that, for lack of nicer words, should try other genres too lol

@areswalker5647 Месяц назад

@elleshak621 Месяц назад

I had to fast forward it 😣

@wryterzblock Месяц назад

Oh thank God it wasn't just me. I was becoming literally angry listening to her.

@lavendarofsummerside Месяц назад

In my culture (Slavic) there is a phrase “the miser pays twice.” If you don’t want to buy a high-quality item right away, then you will buy it later, after the low-quality one. But if a person continues to buy the same plastic crap over and over again, then this is something for us all to think about as a society. Thanks Ashley, spot on as always. ❤

@abba9265 Месяц назад

I always tell my parents that I’d rather shell out on quality than pay little for schlock

@eleanoraddy4683 Месяц назад

We have that saying in England too, "buy it nice or buy it twice"😂

@mist3995 Месяц назад

In spanish we say "Lo barato sale caro"

@Wilma.Flintstone Месяц назад

I say, "Buy cheap, buy twice" and it's always true!

@erinnadia0409 Месяц назад

Yes this is my mindset too, buy cheap, you end up having to buy it again, and again, and again, just be patient and get the high quality item

@xg2513 Месяц назад

Temu has very dark pedo sides nobody is talking about. I fell down a dark rabbit hole , (unfortunately literally) on Temu after being suggested animal theme male “toys”…. Then in the suggested items for that item were more animal “toys” and …. Baby dolls. For some reason realistic soft baby dolls were suggested based on the animal male “self time toy”… there were hundreds of listings of realistic silicone babies suggested listed as sex toys. Alongside things like “pig castration tables” and animal hoohahs. It was the most DISTURBING rabbit hole I’ve ever fallen down.

@TheWolfeDen Месяц назад

Wtf

@tsrocks2029 Месяц назад

I used to work in an Amazon warehouse and while I didn’t see things that bad, there’s also a huge amount of sales of similar toys on there like that. I never saw any babies but I did seem animal type things, and some dolls that seemed suspect.

@marir.s3620 Месяц назад

Hell NO! Somebody needs to talk about this!

@cricketandgraham8644 Месяц назад

wtf.. i already knew temu was bad but not that kind of bad, ew

@Bully_Biscuit Месяц назад

Amazon has that too. Just look at the reviews, it will make you sick.

@Africasfinest21 Месяц назад

as a Temu ad plays prior to the video 🥴

@thejammiestjam Месяц назад

I guess the upside of that is at least it's playing for an audience it won't work on!

@lbu9542 Месяц назад

😂😂😂

@RojinDrawsStuff Месяц назад

same lol

@beverlyarcher546 7 дней назад

Had a birth control come up for a Ju-on movie 🤨 yeah I think I understand the hint don't have children if seen the movies you will understand

@Patchouliprince Месяц назад

My father is uber obsessed with temu. He buys 3-8 shirts on there a day. He’s always trying to give them to people and using “gifting” them or “maybe selling them in the future” as an excuse to buy them it’s insane

@Itscannatella Месяц назад

My Mom does that too, she got so mad at me when I wouldn’t remind her of my apartment number so she could send me 12 pairs of leggings. I had to tell her her straight up I don’t want anything at all, I have what I need and urged her to delete the app.

@yougotgamesonyourphone6947 Месяц назад

@@Itscannatellalol 12 pairs of leggings???

@Patchouliprince Месяц назад

@@Itscannatella Ikr!? I’ve told my dad several times “stop buying me clothing I have too much right now” and he will still show me shirts he bought “he can just sell if I don’t want” like sir plz this is so wasteful

@Meirins Месяц назад

@@Itscannatellaoh my godddd I thought it was my parents alone! The ridiculousness is unfathomable and untenable. I honestly don’t understand the attachment they have with abusing the app and exhausting their money, so much so to the point that they get hostile with their relatives for not wanting to partake in the consumption!

@larissabrglum3856 Месяц назад

I hear about so many old people getting duped this way

@bobbiobanion7706 Месяц назад

My high school economics teacher always said, theres no such thing as a free lunch, somebody somewhere has to pay. Mrs. Evans drilled that in my brain, im glad she did. I havent used temu and politely declined it when my friend sent me a link that would "gift" both us. I tried to explain to her and make her aware of the labor, the identity theft....its not worth it. I hate using Amazon and i only use it when im desperate and cant find the item elsewhere. Like my old mower parts.

@valentina905 Месяц назад

Wow! You sound like me. I try to not shop at Amazon unless I can't find something in the brick and mortar stores.

@bobbiobanion7706 Месяц назад

@@valentina905 it's extremely hard to shop ethically these days, I don't have money for sustainable fashion and the most ethically sourced items but I've worked for Amazon. I know how they treat their employees, I believe they were one of the first companies to do affiliate links (helping to usher in influencers lying to get more money) and they try to bust unions. I live in a very small town so unfortunately amazon and walmart are necessary evils from time to time. Plus bozos got divorced, ex wife got half and he was able to easily bounce back to be one of the top richest people in the world.

@heatherva Месяц назад

Amazon isnt always bad, I have found small business shops on Amazon ❤ @@valentina905

@RojinDrawsStuff Месяц назад

Fr "nothing is free" is something people really need to learn nowdays. Because nothing is truely free...and someone DOES have to pay.

@samanthapicard-drouin5326 Месяц назад

What pisses me even more is many influencers makes bank $$$ & they keep doing huge ass hauls & even getting sponsored. Someone would think that when you have that kind of money you'd buy from ethical stores but nope they buy even more than the standard person. 😭 😡

@Tokiohotel192 Месяц назад

And people like to watch it 🫠

@tynugget2072 Месяц назад

right if it was someone like in college and don’t have people to send them money or don’t get the most hrs id understand but these people make so much money 😑 so it just makes you mad

@porkiipahfahh 22 дня назад

im thinking of running a poll experiment where I ask influencers what they think of temu, and then checking their account to see if they are sponsored by temu in the case they say yes.

@vvitch-mist20 Месяц назад

Temu scares me more than Shein bc how much lead is in these products?

@roxcyn Месяц назад

What's really concerning is they're starting to sell medicine (OTC) and candy. 😮

@vvitch-mist20 Месяц назад

@@roxcyn Ew yeah lol

@MalaYLoca Месяц назад

Temu is a hoarders dream, just buying a bunch of inexpensive useless junk and stashing it in their homes over & over 😂

@brieoshiro Месяц назад

My grandma buys from there. I wish she didn't. I've told her not to. She then proceeded to send us cheap crap from there for Christmas. Thanks Grandma... my husband threw the blender thingy away b/c it looked sketchy AF. I wish she'd save her money or buy better stuff. She can afford it.

@sillysumi Месяц назад

yeah my step grandma said its “okay” to buy from temu sometimes and told me she bought stuff for gifts like a soccer for her nephew even tho i told her about how bad it is :(

@otismadigan3882 Месяц назад

Literally got a temu add on this video. It's so awful and predatory.

@samanthapicard-drouin5326 Месяц назад

Same got the ad right before the video

@nellesify Месяц назад

@@samanthapicard-drouin5326 Me too.

@criskp6861 Месяц назад

I got it too

@Mewxytech Месяц назад

Same

@michaelalexxx Месяц назад

same

@Shellnbaby Месяц назад

I unsubscribe from anyone advertising for Temu or Betterhelp.

@vmbay2212 Месяц назад

So when do you plan to delete your RU-vid account; because Temu ads are raging like a forest fire on this platform…

@olenchka День назад

Many RU-vidrs Don’t endorse it tho ? So no need to delete the app. The RU-vidrs I watch don’t endorse temu, I might have older subscriptions to people I no longer watch , but the recent people I watch don’t promote temu or better help

@iridium7554 Месяц назад

Never purchased on Temu, never will. The first time I ever heard of them was due to people's data being stolen. I think buying there is unethical. And if you're poor, you simpy can't afford cheap shit, as my mom says. PS. Your cat is so lovely🐈‍⬛

@quryil Месяц назад

Exactly, never will! The sudden virality of Temu and SHEIN was off... like I already _did_ my time with a few Wish purchases back in the day. I know Amazon isn't great either, but it's ~generally~ more reliable than these.

@Catsenui Месяц назад

@quryil reliable? Yes. Ethical absolutely not , they're on the same level as the rest

@iridium7554 Месяц назад

@@Catsenui I only purchased three times on Amazon. Can't say I'm proud about this, the items were just not available in my country (Poland, Central Europe). Amazon is not even very popular hare, we mostly stick to our regional platforms.

@janea8093 Месяц назад

Their ads are very cringy and forceful. Every time I open RU-vid temu ads harassing me

@billmartins5545 Месяц назад

Just wait before you hit the BUY button. Add things to your wishlist, for sure, but then wait for a week or several weeks before you review your cart to decide what you really want. That should apply to ALL online shopping.

@alisonm2558 Месяц назад

You know how much food companies fought AGAINST the addition nutrition labels on products? Product manufacturers are definitely fighting against releasing the labor conditions in which their products are made.

@darrytw94 Месяц назад

12:29 Reminding myself of the old proverb "Im not rich enough to buy cheap" really helps me stay away from sites like Temu and Shein and even Amazon to an extent. I can't afford to settle for the cheapest option then have to rebuy that item multiple times after just a couple uses. Not to mention the poor quality could actually be harmful to you depending on how the item is made or what its made of. For me, I feel It will always be more beneficial to save up and spend a little more for good quality that you only have to pay for once

@randiroyer9893 Месяц назад

I used this same reasoning when explaining to a family member why I spent $100 on a rain jacket instead of the $20 one from Walmart. Could I afford it? Not easily. But I will never need another rainjacket 🤷‍♀️

@lmattsonart Месяц назад

Bruh how would anyone ever trust temu???? It was so obvious from the start. Also I don't have words for how cringe that """""ASMR"""""" whisper girl video was.

@alisonr819 Месяц назад

So disturbing and creepy! 😱

@majesdane Месяц назад

Right?? From the moment I saw their stupid ass ads I knew it was a SCAM.

@ilovemycatrosie0 Месяц назад

cause they sell stuff for cheap. people can look past all of that stuff just because they can get some items for a low price

@doid4354 Месяц назад

@@ilovemycatrosie0You can get some quality craft supplies for cheap there. I tested it myself. It’s the same products that stores like Michael’s and Joann’s has, except at a better price. Straight from the source. My data hasn’t been stolen either, I’ve bought from them a few times.

@dallynutkat3252 20 дней назад

She's so 🤢. I can't believe anyone wants to see this content and I can't believe anyone wants to make this content 🥴.

@itsme-nt2lj Месяц назад

All this Amazon/Temu/Fast Fashion ect plastic crap needs to have a *carbon tax*

@jongiovanna4242 Месяц назад

YES I mean why not? They’re the ones causing the overconsumption and the urge to ruin our planet further.

@malama-u3k Месяц назад

i feel nauseous watching unboxing videos like why do people buy junks ,are they even thinking how bad it is to our planet? this is the only we have and yet we are destroying it.

@liv9194 Месяц назад

I also think temu has made shopping addiction more prevalent and unfortunately more normalized

@AlexaSmith Месяц назад

i honestly cannot believe those people do those giant hauls of those products that are obviously trash that they probably wont even use and dont feel bad about it. idk its so disgusting to me and i really have to stop myself from judging these people too harshly because to me that kind of stuff is just as bad as running around in a private jet, not in terms of impact exactly but just like...idk i hate to invoke a book reference but it just feels so capitol citizen in the hunger games just over consuming and not caring what the cost is

@normairizarryni Месяц назад

Not to mention that a lot of that stuff, especially the clothes will end up in landfills. So the impact is as bad as private jets. Maybe even worse.

@eileennovak1656 Месяц назад

Bravo! Thanks for not selling us garbage. Because mumu sells YOUR data, I automatically put a "do not recommend" channels which promote them. Fast fashion in general SUXXs, and boo-that-mu is worst of the worst. You're legit. 🌹

@FishareFriendsNotFood972 Месяц назад

Temu is emblematic of fast fashion in general, we do not need this many cheap products, everyone

@larissabrglum3856 Месяц назад

If Shein represents fast fashion, Temu represents fast... everything

@billmartins5545 Месяц назад

Primark, H&M, Zara etc are just as bad.

@sillysumi Месяц назад

@@billmartins5545 they arent just as bad but still very bad

@FNJ720 Месяц назад

I KNEW IT!!!! I KNEW TEMU WAS SCAMMY!!! IVE NEVER ORDERED FROM THEM!!! IT ALWAYS GAVE ME SCAMMER VIBES!!!!

@ilovemycatrosie0 Месяц назад

i really wanna stop ordering from temu. im not a temu haul person but im guilty to have gotten a couple of clothing items from temu. this crap is scary abt the whole black market thing and slavery 😭

@dizzylilthing Месяц назад

@@ilovemycatrosie0 So you're passing judgment on me for giving a cigarette to a broke smoker but here you are participating in temu slave labor and you still haven't tried to stop?

@ilovemycatrosie0 Месяц назад

@@dizzylilthing I've only ordered 6 things max from temu, dude. I never said I was the temu warlock just like how I never said I was a perfect human being. any amount bought from them is a bad amount just like how any amount of support you give to smoking industries and tobacco addiction is also a bad amount.

@ilovemycatrosie0 Месяц назад

@@dizzylilthing wym? I've only ordered 7 things max from temu. I'm not the temu warlock you think I am. any amount bought off of there is a bad amount. and yes, I have every right to pass judgement onto you for supporting the tobacco industry. unlike you when it comes to cigarettes, apparently, I actually feel guilty from even ordering off of temu and I actually plan on never buying off of there again because I genuinely don't want to buy from them and encourage what it inherently supports. I also never once said that me ordering off of temu wasn't hurtful....bye.

@MeirinSutcliff Месяц назад

Finally someone spoke about the cycle of cheap stuff that are meant to break in a very short time! I watched a few people talking about temu, some of them were like "oh its for the people who cannot afford" er... no? Because it's not going to last, because it is made with dangerous chemicals and people will eventually spend more money there than buying one good thing. I learn my lesson when I bought a drawing tablet from a chinese brand (always chinese brands jfc!) it was so cheap, so good and people were talking about good things about that, yeah... it worked only for 3 months, and the warranty they didnt answer my emails! Thank god I bought on a marketplace from hardware store and they gave my money back, and I save up even more money and I bought another one from a very well known brand, an year and half ago and doesnt have any problem! My opinion, save up money and buy just one thing that is going to last more time.

@larissabrglum3856 Месяц назад

I'm fairly poor and I manage not to buy plastic novelty crap because, well, I don't need it. I kinda don't believe the "But what about poor people" argument with regard to Temu.

@MeirinSutcliff Месяц назад

@@larissabrglum3856 Same! We gonna waste money on crappy plastic stuff when we can wait and have a good thing, ou even buy in second hand shop!

@Calipsopawzz Месяц назад

Was the chinese brand u speak about gaomon? I have a pd1161

@MeirinSutcliff Месяц назад

@@Calipsopawzz (sorry I only notice now! It was huion)

@RojinDrawsStuff Месяц назад

that reminds me the quote "Buy it nice, or buy it twice"

@OpheliaLightfoot Месяц назад

My mother in law has packages coming to my house from Temu every week for my daughter. I’m very grateful for all the stuff that she gets her BUT -The clothes shrink after one wash, being washed on cold with organic detergent and being hung to dry. The clothing also rips and tears easier partly due to the seams being an absolute mess -The toys and hair accessories break almost immediately. I went to put one of these cute animal hair ties in my daughter’s hair and it broke before I’d even fully extended the elastic.

@WitchOfThePage Месяц назад

Please be very careful with the products you use from Temu on your daughter. These products aren't regulated and people have had reactions and been hurt before.

@tessuttaja 2 дня назад

Nooooo, many Temu clothes and toys contain stuff like huge amounts of lead, mercury and very harmful chemicals. Don’t let her use them.

@AlchemistLynn Месяц назад

My close family member uses temu for school supplies / surprises as she’s a teacher and a lot of the things students get are bought by herself personally. I feel bad because she enjoys it, and it’s helping her. schools are notorious for not paying their teachers well enough or actually giving them workable budgets. However I still do not use it and will not. So I understand where some people who are struggling may need it. The ones who truly exploit in my opinion are those who do not need to buy cheaply made items and are doing 500$ hauls. It’s sad that there are still justifications for this type of platform tho 😞

@doid4354 Месяц назад

There are some good supplies on there! Things get shady when you want to get cheap electrics and cheap clothes. The temu influencers who do big hauls I never respected. There is a lot of useless stuff on temu, BUT a lot of good craft supplies and it’s just skipping the middleman because I already know big name art stores and walmart already source their products from china.

@wiccanloverkris Месяц назад

Buy it cheap, you'll buy it over and over. I hate Temu, honestly hate it. Along with shein and asos. Literally why the planets dying and people are getting screwed over.

@dizzylilthing Месяц назад

I love my shein wall decor and my shein shorts but literally nothing else in my life could be supplied by nonsense.

@sillysumi Месяц назад

buy it nice or buy it twice 😝

@KaysFantasy Месяц назад

I'm not even on TikTok let alone shop on this scammy low quality app. Temu is a rip off of Shein, and even Shein is bad enough

@RamenzillaX Месяц назад

I've never used Temu and the stories about identity theft are enough to keep me away from it forever.

@leesa154 Месяц назад

“The cat is smarter than his dad!!!” 😂😂😂😂

@OnePoetWanderer Месяц назад

That made me laugh. Especially since my cat's preferred toy of choice is used twistie ties. Free with the purchase of a loaf of bread. 95% of cat toys sold are for the owner.* *not an official statistic

@auraedenamor Месяц назад

Yikes! The messages are so clear. Say no to labor exploitation and wasteful consumption. Thank you Ashley for sharing your sensible take on this. This video just appeared in my watch later segment right in the thick of time, minutes after teetering between what "freebie" gifts to get off the Temu app!

@carolejean8110 Месяц назад

I had to pause at 11:00 , 1st of all I ́m concerned she was the best swimmer in her school because this was rhe worst less confident pool entrance I ever seen in my life, and we all know that nobody swims with hands opened. I wonder who follow her on social media

@scorpiosin Месяц назад

I feel so bad for buying clothes and such from SHEIN but I literally can not afford anything else 😔 I don’t buy worthless junk, but bedsheets and such. I don’t want to support the unethical labor but I unfortunately can not afford a product that is made in a country with ethical conditions

@goodradoodles1549 Месяц назад

I don’t order from shien or temu (at least not purposefully, resellers are horrible) but my mum does. I had to beg her not to order from shien, but she still often orders from temu. I’m very particular about my belongings, and don’t really tolerate cheap things when it comes to buying for myself. I can recognize products from places like that at a glance, and I’m pretty much never fooled when my mum tries to shop for me from there.

@aesinam Месяц назад

I'm very happy to be living in a country in which Temu doesn't work

@crytkryssus9851 Месяц назад

Never bought any of the Temu garbage, never will.

@MonaLisa625 Месяц назад

I can't imagine how bad is this for our planet......

@DaniDumZ Месяц назад

I [LOVE] consuming MICROPLASTICS 🤑🤑🤑🤑

@zest761 Месяц назад

Love the video but it irks me when people mention "not accredited by the better business bureau" as a point when it means nothing. The BBB is a private company where people can pay to be "accredited." Its helpful for some small businesses as advertisement but means nothing for large and foreign companies, of which Temu is both

@OneGina83 Месяц назад

Far as returning items you really don’t. They just refund you and don’t want the products. I just bought travel size products and infamous stuff your travel pillows ended up as a back pillow on the train. They held up perfectly fine on my trip😮.

@flohough1870 Месяц назад

There are things that I've bought from Temu that have been very nice. The key to ANY kind of shopping is that it needs to be purposeful. Buy only what you need. Not what you are influenced to buy.

@nikkired4925 Месяц назад

Facts! I buy what I use. I brought some clippers to shave my dog and paid $10.00 they are nice! Rechargeable and better than the one I paid $100.00 for. 🤷‍♀️

@Kushablestoner Месяц назад

I agree. I shop with a purpose and for things I absolutely need.

@doid4354 Месяц назад

Exactly. The people complaining are just shopping addicts and are easily persuaded by ads. It’t easy to be reasonable with your money for most normal people.

@realsmosher53 Месяц назад

Mfw 3:10 Temu turns you white???

@TiredBirb490 Месяц назад

😭

@Carlos-jw2xd 24 дня назад

Reminds me of that Chinese laundry detergent ad 😭

@rebeccahupf Месяц назад

As a recent cybersecurity graduate, Temu is my greatest nightmare. 😫

@fieryvixen25 Месяц назад

Thank you for talking about Temu. My father-in-law adores Temu and buys so much useless crap from it. It's frustrating and he won't listen when I talk about why Temu is bad. I'll send him this video.

@kasvispupu Месяц назад

Everyone should think twice before buying from Temu, Shein, etc. It’s not worth your money. I am absolutely scared to even think about all of the exploitation and environmental problems these shops produce. How can someone just close their eyes to that?

@hypernovasoup 27 дней назад

From the first time I saw a Temu ad, I thought it all seemed way too scammy and swore it off. My family has not done the same and yes, they now have a ton of useless items I see once and then never again, buried in a hoard of more cheap, useless stuff. I try to stick to small businesses I come across, and seeing the seller write little thank-you notes and add little stickers based on what I got is infinitely better than the soulless corporate stuff… or having my information stolen

@sharriri3030 Месяц назад

Who shops online using a bank/credit card?🤦🏽‍♀️

@PoppinHoops Месяц назад

Deleted my account . Did a couple of purchases of things I needed and I agree it’s so easy to end up buying stuff you don’t need. I regret buying from them now I know about their use of slave labour and spying allegations. Thank you for speaking up. I really like your videos and your take on different subjects.

@roccafille Месяц назад

Thank you for spreading this message. This is so important to get the info out there because people will claim that they don’t know slavery is being used. Shamefull!! Once again thank you Ashley, great video once again 🤎.

@KoboldAdvocate Месяц назад

Overconsumption

@theredtitan Месяц назад

TEMU=POLLUTION

@aurora_blanchette Месяц назад

had TWO temu ads on this video ☠️☠️☠️ feel like the dystopias I read about at school are already coming into reality

@pesodana Месяц назад

Temu, Shein, Aliexpress, Light in a box, Alibaba, GeekBuying, Gearbest etc etc etc etc - PURE EVIL. Also, most mass production companies 🤷‍♀

@ambertheanxious Месяц назад

Thank you for this video! I saw a RU-vidr do a sponsored video for Temu and their excuse was that they have to pay for college. I questioned their ethics from that and where they draw the line 🤷‍♀️ this would be good to send over to them

@KoreaSCR 22 дня назад

Moral of the story: Let’s be financially responsible

@Jeskers18 Месяц назад

Temu literally haunts my every day life.

@ginnygin7141 24 дня назад

If you are sketched out about a website DO NOT GIVE THEM YOUR PRIVATE INFO. Yall we have to be more responsible.

@heatherterrill8975 Месяц назад

There is a temu ad directly under this video.

@glitchybish Месяц назад

Buying clothes off temu just sounds like a bacterial infection just waiting to happen

@Kricket.B Месяц назад

The three S's were off the chart in this video 🔥🔥🔥 Sarcasm, sass and snark. It never stopped and I was living for it all 👏🏻👏🏻🤣🤣🤣

@mayae9372 Месяц назад

I don't understand why ppl don't have the common sense to realise places like temu are awful

@s.a.m.a.d.o Месяц назад

STOOOP I GOT A TEMU AD BEFORE THIS VIDEOOO😭

@geekyvoiceacts Месяц назад

SAAAME! 😂😭 It's as if Temu is like "idc, anyway-" 😂

@mlsb9591 Месяц назад

The whispering girl almost made me throw my cellphone to garbage

@sbielec30 Месяц назад

Thank you for exposing this! You should definitely look into the overconsumption of textiles. It affects sub Saharan African countries. It known as the mitumba problem. All donated clothing is shipped to these countries, if they refuse them they risk loosing other aid (like food aid). Much of it ends up in landfills and in the ocean. Interesting topic. 😊

@anthropomorphicpeanut6160 Месяц назад

Thank you for not taking the temu sponsorship. You are amazing

@woodificould Месяц назад

I think all the points that this video touches on are important, but personally, the slave labor was all the information I needed when I first found out, and I do kinda judge the people that don't consider that an immediate "nope". If we only condemn slavery when it's in the past, but are ok with participating in it ourselves when it's slightly more convenient, I think we really need to reevaluate our priorities and if we're trully THAT much different from those people in the past that we try to condemn and separate ourselves from

@amandak.4246 Месяц назад

sanrio girl is sad...like there is no way those are licensed products, so how can she feel okay with herself buying fake sanrio

@heatherva Месяц назад

I would personally be so embarassed to tell someone I got my clothes from Temu 😂

@Tinerila Месяц назад

I am actually proud of it 😂 I do not buy recklesly I got some pretty dresses and they have pockets and they were all the rage on our summer parties. My girlfriends were amazed at how little I paid for them😅 I'd rather buy books than other things I need, so I buy anything else cheap if I can. Fast fashion can last also If you take care of them and pick quality that's why reviews are holy

@sillysumi Месяц назад

@@Tinerila are u farming drama

@Tinerila Месяц назад

@@sillysumi I just live my life with the little money I have, I cannot save no one or end their drama

@AnisaIslam-jj5pj Месяц назад

@@sillysumi its not that fucking deep

@sillysumi Месяц назад

@@AnisaIslam-jj5pj sorry

@Username0467 Месяц назад

PSA: Don’t use a debit card online!

@chelseashurmantine8153 Месяц назад

Lol your quiz “do you want to buy really cheap sht? Lmao

@BabyDigi Месяц назад

I told my mom for 2 weeks not to order from temu at all and told her the bad things that can happen and she wouldn’t listen and would laugh and say “oh I ordered it from temu “ and a month later she was getting charges from random places and y’all I was so fuckin mad at her that I yelled at her and snatched her phone , helped her figure out the card situation and took her phone and deleted her account . I WAS MAD YALL😭😭

@daezea Месяц назад

14:07 YOUR CAT IS SO CUTE OMG ♥

@alexyssaubrie1606 Месяц назад

I will always support videos speaking against Temu. It frustrates me so much when I see videos like “I bought things from Temu so you didn’t have to.” They’re all the same. It’s one of two reactions every time, “wow this is better than I expected” or “wow this is terrible, just like I expected”. And then they just write it off on their taxes because it was for a video.

@Hazel.Scott2024 Месяц назад

Hearing the insights of young people like you makes me wish I'd had kids. (Fortunately, that feeling soon passes.) You and the other analytic, hyper-aware nuance-juggling Millennials and Gen Zers are the miracle I thought I'd never see. I know it's hard sometimes. But as folks used to say, "Just keep on keeping on."

@devinfox91 Месяц назад

Literally just got a Temu ad while watching this.... hilarious.... But thank you for this video Ashley and for bringing attention to Temu being a scam, so glad I went with my instincts not to use that shady app...

@Pisces-1978 12 дней назад

I started oredering from Temu around Nov 2023. I never would buy electronics, kitchenware...certain, I hope, obvious things. I've purchased decorations for my walls, a cpl nik nak type things, plant pots...I've never been dissapointed. If you read the entire description, you'll know the exact size of item, where it's coming from etc. Idk everything is a scam it's seems nowadays. Do i love Temu? No. I enjoy some of their quirky products + for things like plant pots they're ok. I work literal minimum wage. I dont want to shop like a billionare, I just want to be able to afford necessities + maybe make my place look a little nice.

@dark-vigilant Месяц назад

Thank you SO much for making this video! I am HORRIFIED. I had NO idea that Temu scammed people of their money and enforce work slaves. I actually do like Temu bc it is like a 2nd AliExpress to me where I bounce back and forth on both apps if I can’t find the item I want/need. But today, I am going to delete my information and the Temu app. Thank you again, Ashley! 💞💞

@blessingkach Месяц назад

Temu offers 90 days of free return. I guess they return them after creating the content.

@PlintThePlant Месяц назад

God I hate consumerism

@BelinaBelii 6 дней назад

Why Are we shaming people for what “weird” stuff they bought if they didn’t know it was a scam ? A lot of people from my country buy from temi and I’m sure if all of them knew this they wouldn’t buy from temu. But I wouldn’t shame them for what they bought

@newmoonie333 17 часов назад

she's filming this using a phone/camera produced with slave labor. i wouldn't take this video too seriously. people getting credit card information stolen are not using their credit card wisely and that's not temu's fault. most people have no issue with temu, but these videos are popular with people who think they're saving the planet by not buying from temu but still buying iPhones 😂

@imlubu Месяц назад

sickening that i keep getting temu ads on this video.

@SpitGoblin Месяц назад

i wish my mom would listen to me when i warn her about these things because she loves temu, is always on it, and has the app. it worries me but she's like "its just like amazon"

@rune_rosen Месяц назад

Subscribed because, while I don’t understand what “campy” means, you brought out the economic sense and talked about something that most people have put down.

@stormbr1nger194 Месяц назад

my cousin loves shopping at Temu and no matter how many times I tell him not to, he still does it. He's a 13 year old with no money. Of course free items are appealing to him.