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Temu (again)

Paul Bullinger

Paul Bullinger

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I know there has been some discussion about this on-line retailer before but I hadn't looked at their website until today.
I was chatting to my sister-in-law today about Temu as she ordered a bread bin (!) from them. It took a month to arrive from China and when she got she reckoned it was so small you could only store 2 x rolls in it! 😂
However, she did say if I wanted any fishing gear I could order it through her.
So, I looked at the fishing gear available on Temu and its mind bending. Reels from free to £1.99. Luggage from free to 99p. 122 lures for £1. Etc etc.
What is going on? Is it so cheap because of slave labour/Chinese Government funding or just rubbish materials used?
Curiosity will get the better of me and I know I will end up getting sis-in- law to order me something, but wondered if anyone on here has had good experience of Temu fishing equipment?
 
Multiple reasons and I’m not an expert but essentially you’re buying direct through the back door and those products may not be of a satisfactory standard to be sold properly with the U.K. market. Also allegedly Temus profit model isn’t the goods as such but rather the data collection. You get a cheap reel and the Chinese Government gets your personal information. I’ve used AliExpress, which is similar, a number of times and if you want a life times supply of swivels or something it’s ideal.
 
I've brought ALOT of lures off there. Mainly spinners, and light sea fishing jigs upto 8g
I was curious at first but the biggest bargain was 16 spinners and a zip up case for £3.94 and I couldn't fault them


Also some rod but locks that resemble the nash ones, pack of 3 for £2.50....
I compared them to the nash ones that I already had that were £15 for 2 and they are identical


There is a Facebook group that reviews temu and Ali express fishing tackle
 
Derek Funcks said:
Is there a reason not to. 🤷‍♂️
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I'd say yes Derek ... we may bemoan the scarcity of fishing tackle shops these days, but it is us that caused their demise by buying so much of our stuff on-line. And by the same cause-effect 'equation', us buying our stuff from China will lead directly to a closing down of manufactures/suppliers outside of China (similar to what's happened with solar panels, and is now happening with cars etc). Plus we know that Western suppliers are already outsourcing their manufacturing to the East (mostly China)
The innovation has (and probably mostly will continue to) come from the West, but if we continue to buy cheap copies from the East then that innovation will cease or at best decrease.
And that's taking the ethics/morality questions out of the equation (e.g. slave labour, hegemony etc)
There will be an on-cost down the road. I think ultimately there will be a price to pay...by us, in the West
IMHO.
 
Posted this last year. It still stands and I didn't even mention the data collection elements (which are immense and remain very unclear at best).

"It's a simple but complex matter of consumer choice.

It is wholly owned by a Chinese holding company and has no products of its own to sell. Its business model is simply based online with products sourced from a massive network of suppliers along the lines of Amazon, Ebay and others. But in TEMU's case, all those suppliers are based in China. The origin of some of those suppliers and products is hidden. Researchers and regulators are increasingly linking the production of some of TEMU's products with the Xinjiang Province (google it!). TEMU then has the ability to ship those products around the world at incredibly low cost from China to its various international distribution sites. It has quickly grown country by country on the back of a massive targeted advertising budget and is expanding at a rate."

Their background business model is entirely based in the ether of the "wild, wild west" version of the internet where they're immune to deep scrutiny. No Western Companies involved at all so can't really be compared with Amazon/Ebay/Ali Express as they would then have to comply with a lot more onerous scrutiny. The parent companies at the top of the chain for TEMU (and SHEIN) are at the heart of Chinese State imposed policies including full and total State control of the entire internal logistics network (which explains the "how" of their ability to ship to the world at no, or very little, internal cost).

But we're free to make our choices.
 
Terry Simner said:
I'd say yes Derek ... we may bemoan the scarcity of fishing tackle shops these days, but it is us that caused their demise by buying so much of our stuff on-line. And by the same cause-effect 'equation', us buying our stuff from China will lead directly to a closing down of manufactures/suppliers outside of China (similar to what's happened with solar panels, and is now happening with cars etc). Plus we know that Western suppliers are already outsourcing their manufacturing to the East (mostly China)
The innovation has (and probably mostly will continue to) come from the West, but if we continue to buy cheap copies from the East then that innovation will cease or at best decrease.
And that's taking the ethics/morality questions out of the equation (e.g. slave labour, hegemony etc)
There will be an on-cost down the road. I think ultimately there will be a price to pay...by us, in the West
IMHO.
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Where do you think the majority of suppliers get their products from? I don't just mean fishing tackle shops.
They have the items made in china with their logos added, then sell them to the shops who then fleece the man in the street.
As one example, I bought several pairs of waterproof stretchy thermal lined combat trousers from temu for less than a tenner, the very same trousers were being sold online for up to 80 quid !
Imo, buying from temu is a no brainer.
 
Ian Woods said:
Where do you think the majority of suppliers get their products from? I don't just mean fishing tackle shops.
They have the items made in china with their logos added, then sell them to the shops who then fleece the man in the street.
As one example, I bought several pairs of waterproof stretchy thermal lined combat trousers from temu for less than a tenner, the very same trousers were being sold online for up to 80 quid !
Imo, buying from temu is a no brainer.
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Yes, I'm fully aware of that. As I wrote above .... "Plus we know that Western suppliers are already outsourcing their manufacturing to the East (mostly China)".
Re. "no brainer"...yes, that is exactly what China etc is depending on, and expecting from the West. No need to engage the brain, buy today, and pay the true cost (i.e. consequences) later. It might look like it but, it ain't a free lunch that's being offered.
 
Ian Woods said:
Where do you think the majority of suppliers get their products from? I don't just mean fishing tackle shops.
They have the items made in china with their logos added, then sell them to the shops who then fleece the man in the street.
As one example, I bought several pairs of waterproof stretchy thermal lined combat trousers from temu for less than a tenner, the very same trousers were being sold online for up to 80 quid !
Imo, buying from temu is a no brainer.
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All from out of the same factory.
 
Temu have a UK based warehouse facility now so fir some items delivery is 2/3 days.Some of the gear is poor at best, recent purchase was a tyre inflation that was faulty, contacted Temu with pics etc, and they refunded and didn't want item returned.
Are we sure this stuff is the same as the real thing? After all they are masters of copying.
I have bought quite a bit from them and yet to be convinced other than they are cheap rip offs, one item I would recommend is the SSG shot.
 
At the end of the day no one is forced to buy from temu.
I for one will continue to buy items from them as the majority of items I have had have been excellent.
If any item isn't up to scratch then temu have never made any defence of it and either pay a refund right away when the item is posted at the post office or they just refund and say keep the item as well.
 
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