# Awww! I feel loved. My relationship with Temu™ **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [July 10, 2023, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/awww-i-feel-loved-my-relationship-with-temu/986869 "2023-07-10T18:14:07Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/son_of_a_rich/32/5439_2.png) [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Son_of_a_Rich)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2023, 11:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/awww-i-feel-loved-my-relationship-with-temu/986869/41 "2023-07-13T23:38:33Z")
Yes, there _is_ flower involved 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![dougrb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/76d3ee/32.png) [@dougrb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dougrb)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2023, 12:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/awww-i-feel-loved-my-relationship-with-temu/986869/42 "2023-07-14T00:08:14Z")
I was heading to visit my mom (79 yr old) the day this was posted and I just got back. She has boxes from Temu. Mostly chinese writing but a spattering of english. The one that caught my eye was a 3-port usb AC adaptor for 69 cents! ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2023, 12:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/awww-i-feel-loved-my-relationship-with-temu/986869/43 "2023-07-14T00:09:43Z")
Careful with the electronics. It’s hit or miss if they’re any good. According to the Lil’wrekker ---
**Author:** ![dougrb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/76d3ee/32.png) [@dougrb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dougrb)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2023, 12:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/awww-i-feel-loved-my-relationship-with-temu/986869/44 "2023-07-14T00:21:05Z")
That one worked because we used it to charge up her $5.99 rechargeable neck fan with non-replaceable batteries. ---
**Author:** ![nate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nate/32/13085_2.png) [@nate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nate)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2023, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/awww-i-feel-loved-my-relationship-with-temu/986869/45 "2023-07-21T15:44:48Z")
I saw this on the Temu’s front page. Back to school special price on realistic toy gun! > **[Soft Bullet Toy Gun With Cartridge And Pull Back Action Toy Foam Shockwave...](https://www.temu.com/soft-bullet-toy-gun-with-cartridge-and-pull-back-action-toy-foam-shockwave-educational-toy-model-for-kids-gift-2-magazines-16-cartridges-30-soft-bullets-g-601099516523321.html?top_gallery_url=https%3A%2F%2Fimg.kwcdn.com%2Fproduct%2FFancyalgo%2FVirtualModelMatting%2F8faecea89ac7ae7c7b75c32ccc5b5d34.jpg&spec_gallery_id=23153422&refer_page_sn=10132&refer_source=0&freesia_scene=116&_oak_freesia_scene=116&refer_page_el_sn=201401&_x_channel_scene=spike&_x_channel_src=1&_x_sessn_id=cjpss3lao6&refer_page_name=lightning-deals&refer_page_id=10132_1689954174296_uylpjocvpj)** > > Shop soft bullet toy gun with cartridge and pull back action toy foam shockwave educational toy model for kids gift 2 magazines 16 cartridges 30 soft bullets on Temu. Free shipping and returns. Discover more great prices on Toys & Games. ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2023, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/awww-i-feel-loved-my-relationship-with-temu/986869/46 "2023-07-21T16:00:37Z")
> [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](#): > > I bought a really nice heavy [glass bong for only $16.](https://www.temu.com/goods.html?_bg_fs=1&goods_id=601099514439357&_x_ns_irclickid=X4eTo1S0FxyNRE8wffWUczUPUkAXhDx7hzUg300&_x_ads_account=18350&_x_ads_id=1580&_x_sessn_id=q5azmrccuj&refer_page_name=bgt_order_detail&refer_page_id=10045_1689288871750_lt715849zq&refer_page_sn=10045) I usually use a glass pipe at home, but your post caught my eye and I ordered this on the same day you posted. The next day tracking showed the label had been created (July 14). But things stalled there and there was no progress until July 19 when it left Jamaica (New York, hehe). Tracking shows it in my mailbox!! ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2023, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/awww-i-feel-loved-my-relationship-with-temu/986869/47 "2023-07-21T19:05:49Z")
Alright!! Hope it’s a good one, @kayaker ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2023, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/awww-i-feel-loved-my-relationship-with-temu/986869/48 "2023-07-21T19:08:32Z")
Heh, they’re all good. I’ve smoked from an apple, a coke can, pages torn from a gideons motel bible, etc. ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2023, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/awww-i-feel-loved-my-relationship-with-temu/986869/49 "2023-07-21T19:12:15Z")
Word! ---
**Author:** ![Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/son_of_a_rich/32/5439_2.png) [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Son_of_a_Rich)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2023, 11:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/awww-i-feel-loved-my-relationship-with-temu/986869/50 "2023-07-21T23:20:01Z")
Pretty nice, isn’t it? My fingers automatically go the ice catcher dimples like they’re carbs. I dispensed with the bowl with the handle, and just put a basket type screen in the neck, if that makes sense, and it works perfect. Easy to clean, too. ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2023, 10:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/awww-i-feel-loved-my-relationship-with-temu/986869/51 "2023-07-22T10:58:46Z")
Yep, fun time last night ! ---
**Author:** ![Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/son_of_a_rich/32/5439_2.png) [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Son_of_a_Rich)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2023, 3:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/awww-i-feel-loved-my-relationship-with-temu/986869/52 "2023-07-22T15:13:02Z")
When I ordered my bong I ordered, kinda on a whim, one of these [pipe gizmos that screw onto bottles](https://www.temu.com/goods.html?_bg_fs=1&goods_id=601099512989032&_x_ns_irclickid=X4eTo1S0FxyNRE8wffWUczUPUkAXhDx7hzUg300&_x_ads_account=18350&_x_ads_id=1580&_x_sessn_id=jxgu9c6ygr&refer_page_name=bgt_order_detail&refer_page_id=10045_1690038228267_8ig7xnwru5&refer_page_sn=10045) and make them a little bong. It’s a legit little pipe! I freeze a couple of inches, then add some water. I then got a couple more because the stem is extra fragile. ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2023, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/awww-i-feel-loved-my-relationship-with-temu/986869/53 "2023-07-22T20:15:27Z")
It’s got a pictatinny rail. ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2023, 12:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/awww-i-feel-loved-my-relationship-with-temu/986869/54 "2023-07-23T00:05:10Z")
I don’t trust it. They are way too pushy with installing the app. I mean, I know about promotions and building customer bases and all that, and I still don’t think it accounts for the pressure they are applying for people to sign up and install the app. ---
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2023, 12:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/awww-i-feel-loved-my-relationship-with-temu/986869/55 "2023-07-23T00:45:43Z")
> [@Mangetout](#): > > I don’t trust it. They are way too pushy with installing the app. I mean, I know about promotions and building customer bases and all that, and I still don’t think it accounts for the pressure they are applying for people to sign up and install the app. I cut out the middleman and sent all my personal information directly to Xi Jinping. ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2023, 2:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/awww-i-feel-loved-my-relationship-with-temu/986869/56 "2023-07-23T02:07:02Z")
Yep you get the App and you’ll feel the love 12 times a day. It’s easy to uninstall tho’ ---
**Author:** ![WildaBeast](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wildabeast/32/6_2.png) [@WildaBeast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WildaBeast)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2023, 6:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/awww-i-feel-loved-my-relationship-with-temu/986869/57 "2023-07-23T06:09:25Z")
I just started getting a bunch of ads for Temu in my Facebook news feed. “Vintage style” Hawaiian shirts marked down to just 79 cents or something like that. And a replacement oxygen sensor billed as a “check engine light eliminator”. I mean, I guess it could be, if that’s actually what’s wrong. I’m not even sure what model of car it was for. ---
**Author:** ![nightshadea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/7ba0ec/32.png) [@nightshadea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nightshadea)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2023, 6:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/awww-i-feel-loved-my-relationship-with-temu/986869/58 "2023-07-23T06:18:11Z")
its the Asian version of Wish/Geek which is actually a US company …pretty much the same stuff ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2023, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/awww-i-feel-loved-my-relationship-with-temu/986869/59 "2023-07-23T20:21:30Z")
When you uninstall it, do they promise to destroy whatever information they already stole from you? ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2023, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/awww-i-feel-loved-my-relationship-with-temu/986869/60 "2023-07-23T20:37:45Z")
From what I can tell they already have that info. Nothing they ask for isn’t easy available from other sites and tracking. They know who we are. Big Brother is here. 😬 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/awww-i-feel-loved-my-relationship-with-temu/986869.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/awww-i-feel-loved-my-relationship-with-temu/986869.md?page=4)