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You might have seen ads for a new shopping app called Temu. Are its deals for real, or should we avoid it?
From USA Today. Seemingly overnight, everyone’s talking about Temu, an online shopping app full of deals that seem too good to be true. You’ll find $17 wireless earbuds, $1 “gold” necklaces and $23 wedding dresses.
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No wonder Temu is the second-most popular shopping app in the U.S., behind only Amazon. But most of us know little about the app’s origins. Like some other apps, it’s tied to China. …
Where did Temu come from?
This app isn’t some fly-by-night operation. Temu (pronounced “tee-moo”) is based in Boston by PDD Holdings Inc. PDD is headquartered in Shanghai. …
What you need to know before using Temu
First, you’re buying goods directly from manufacturers in China and other parts of the world. That’s why shipping times are often much longer than on sites like Amazon. You might get your stuff in a week, but that could be more like 12 days.
For the most part, the prices are low because the goods are cheap. The pictures of what you see advertised may not be what you actually get. …
But that’s not the worst of it. As you shop, Temu collects lots of information.
It gets worse
Temu isn’t unique in all the info it wants to capture from your phone, of course. Most apps out there want as much as you’ll give up. But considering its ties to Communist China, the permissions seem even more frightening to me.
Temu collects, among other things:
• The info you provide, such as your name, address, and phone number.
• Details you enter, such as your birthday, photo, and social media profiles.
• Your phone or computer’s operating system and version, your IP address, GPS location (if you allowed it), and browsing data. …
Americans using Temu are selling the country out for bargains that really aren’t worth it. I say you delete it. …
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(Excerpt from USA Today. Photo Credit: Canva)
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Seeing the too good to be true bargains on Temu, I intuitively felt a malevolence attached to the deals. America is under surveillance by the CCP and I feel we need to use discernment. I also know we need to steward our finances. Blessings to you DW.
Yes TEMU deals are real. Ive been shopping with them for about 4 or 5 mounths. But I didn’t know that are info was going to the chinese govrnment. I might not have started with them if I could have known that before hand. However I don’t doubt at all that a portion of there profits are going to the CCP to buy guns and bombs to aim back at us. Just like japan did in the 1930’s. Dam I feel a bit unpatriotic buying from them . But what are you goiing to do? Im retired liveing on ss check,fixed income and I need the bargin deals they give me. And crap , most everything you pick up at walmart our dollar tree is made there anyway.
At least at Walmart and Dollar Tree, we’re not giving them our information..