# Alternatives to Amazon

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alternatives-to-amazon/1014848>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [February 26, 2025, 10:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alternatives-to-amazon/1014848 "2025-02-26T22:51:08Z")\
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**Author:** ![PastTense](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pasttense/32/14550_2.png) [@PastTense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PastTense)\
**Post date:** [March 13, 2025, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alternatives-to-amazon/1014848/46 "2025-03-13T18:06:11Z")

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We’ve had a couple threads you might read:

> [@What can y'all tell me about TEMU, the shopping site?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-can-yall-tell-me-about-temu-the-shopping-site/984251):
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> What kind of experiences have you had with the site? Are they reliable? Do you get what you expect at a reasonable price in a reasonable time period?

> [@Awww! I feel loved. My relationship with Temu™](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/awww-i-feel-loved-my-relationship-with-temu/986869):
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> I’m addressed as ‘my dear’ and ‘my friend’ in notifications. I’m given, oh, I don’t know 20 ‘special, just for me’ deals and discounts a day. Thanked profusely for putting things in my cart. (I swear I didn’t do that) I’ve given them a precursory glance. Never ordered the first thing. Now folks around here, I won’t name names, use the site alot. So I assume I got in that way.

I’ve used it a few times; it’s OK. It has a very annoying interface; I use ublock origin extension in firefox to stop some of the scripts it runs.

They have the same Chinese junk which you find all over–but it’s often cheaper than at a site like Amazon. Delivery often takes about 3 weeks–but it is coming from China.

A couple products were unacceptable: some “large” size slippers were too small–I think it is a general problem in U.S. vs Chinese apparel type sizing. They provisionally give return refunds fairly quickly.

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