Temu

RetiredGreyFox · 2026-03-12T17:19:14+0000

I've only just started using Temu and quite impressed, everything I've ordered has come withing 5 days and of course quite cheap compared to Amazon etc.

I've always ordered off the website but the APP is a PITA with constant free gifts etc.
Has anybody here actually claimed these free gifts?
eg It asked me to choose 6 items that totaled about £247 but then asked me to choose an item/items totaling over £20 and those free gifts would be mine.
Has anybody done this with any success?
Or if you have was there any comeback?

RetiredGreyFox · 2026-03-12T20:05:51+0000

Diddums said:
Temu

Bored. Thought I'd have a look at what all the hype is about. Downloaded the app and was presented by sixteen billion offers and games and coupons and vouchers and discounts and specials and and and. Can I just buy something? Don't be silly, you have to complete the Jungle of Offers level...

forums.overclockers.co.uk

Use the Web and you get none of that.

RetiredGreyFox · 2026-03-13T09:02:25+0000

Grim5 said:
The biggest problem is everything on Temu looks much bigger than the item actually is

If i remember I have a great example

RetiredGreyFox · 2026-03-13T13:09:34+0000

Yaayuh! said:
All this 'cut out the middle man' and buy cheap direct from China, cheapness over quality, safety and local economy etc.

You're all okay with that?

100%
The items I've bought so far have been excellent.

RetiredGreyFox · 2026-03-13T13:18:30+0000

Nabinium said:
Just don't buy any mains powered stuff.

My bass player has just bought some lights for stage, I'll let you know if they blow up.

RetiredGreyFox · 2026-03-13T14:21:26+0000

Jonny69 said:
Are you seriously going to be using lights you bought on Temu at a public venue? You have no idea if they’ve used substandard wire size, whether they’re insulated or earthed properly, if they’re even wired properly or if the plastics have the right temperature or fire rating for stuff like that. You must be out of your mind pal!

Whatever Pal, I even have a Chinese phone, what do you say about that

In fact we have a lot of stuff in our house with Made In China on it.
Not dead yet Pal.

RetiredGreyFox · 2026-03-13T14:27:48+0000

413x said:
Temu is the popular front for Aliexpress basically.

They are nothing to do with each other, they are competitors.

RetiredGreyFox · 2026-03-13T16:05:26+0000

Nabinium said:
That's not the point. Read @Jonny69's previous post above about CE marks. It's not necessarily Chinese products that are the issue.

Dude, I was the Quality Audit Technician at Creda/Hotpoint/Merloni for 27 years.

RetiredGreyFox · 2026-03-13T17:30:46+0000

GIBURROWS said:
That explains a lot.

I've tried many times on here to explain how the Italians made us send out crap.
It got to the point where all the guys in the Lab got the Italian bosses to sign sheets saying they had allowed this rubbish to go to the public.
I walked in the Lab one day and the two Gas Registered colleagues were at their desks in a bad mood. I wasn't an expert on gas but we used to push air through and it had to reach a certain bar (?) and we had a minimum figure, let's say 22, the Italians came in and said the minimum can now be 10. This is one of the reasons since 2007 on these forums I have advised against Creda/Hotpoint/Merloni/Ariston/Belling etc.
I was still warning against them in 2022 - https://forums.overclockers.co.uk/t...-washer-dryer-freezer.18957270/#post-35780071
We did try.

Put it this way, if I had a choice of domestic appliances from Temu or the makes above I would choose Temu.