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Quote: Originally posted by Bernie47 on 14/11/2023

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Although they sometimes advertise as Temu UK, it is a Chinese company with mailing addresses in the UK and the USA. The goods are manufactured in China and despatched from China.
By buying from them you are helping to increase unemployment in the UK and increase the finance and power of China.

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Quote: Originally posted by bessie500 on 14/11/2023

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Quote: Originally posted by Bernie47 on 14/11/2023

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Although they sometimes advertise as Temu UK, it is a Chinese company with mailing addresses in the UK and the USA. The goods are manufactured in China and despatched from China.
By buying from them you are helping to increase unemployment in the UK and increase the finance and power of China.

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I think its a bit late for that sitting in my office now, my phone,laptop,monitor,clock,fan & Heater are all made in China even my 20 & 25 year award models are made in china.
The UK has been buying products in mass from china for at least the last 40 / 50 years.

Bessie      

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Quote: Originally posted by iank01 on 15/11/2023

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Exactly why we, and other Western nations have high unemployment. People in the West want to buy as cheaper as possible, but also want the highest possible wage which then makes Western goods expensive. I cna hear the merry go around!

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Quote: Originally posted by daveyjp on 15/11/2023

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Similar warnings apply to many of the online travel sites such as Skyscanner, booking.com, hotels,com, Trainline etc. Setting up a company and immediately having a potential customer base of billions is easy, delivering the promise to millions of customers isn't and the tales of woe I read from users of travel site aggregators are a red flag to me so I don't use them.

The safest way is to buy from known outlet with a UK presence and operating under English consumer laws. This can be done by simply looking at the 'about us' or 'contact us' pages on the website. If these details aren't there definately avoid the company.

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Quote: Originally posted by iank01 on 15/11/2023

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Exactly why we, and other Western nations have high unemployment. People in the West want to buy as cheaper as possible, but also want the highest possible wage which then makes Western goods expensive. I cna hear the merry go around!

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Quote: Originally posted by Colin21 on 16/11/2023

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There's anther merry-go-round here. British working people want the highest possible wage because of the ridiculously high prices here. They also want cheap goods because often that is all they can afford.
I have often said that one company's employees are another company's customers, and what goes around, comes around. Companies want their customers to have plenty of money so that they can buy lots of their goods and/or services, but they then want to pay their employees peanuts.

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Quote: Originally posted by Hedgehugger on 23/12/2023

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There has been some adverse publicity recently about Temu and how some of their goods are sourced from areas of China where Uyghur forced labour might be involved, which would help to explain how the prices can be so low. China's trading tentacles have spread worldwide and we'd struggle to do without their goods now. They'd struggle to do without all the foreign trade too, in the (highly unlikely!) event of a widespread boycott.'Buy British' seems like ancient history... only a minority can afford British-made prices, for reasons stated further up in the thread.

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