I always hear stories about the dangers of buying from WIsh.com, Aliexpress, and recently Temu. I’ve jokingly called them “buyer beware” sites even. Yet people still use them, and there’s just as many positive results as negative. But I’ve also heard about unexplained card charges, data hacks, pyramid-scheme-like behavior, etc. So which of those sites, or other similar sites, is the “safest” if I DID wanna shop there?
I haven’t tried wish, but my experience with ali and temu were great with a few notes: Check the dimensions on anything you order sometimes the pictures can be decieving for certain items… I stopped using ali when Trump stopped their ability to sell vapes (was easily $10 per item cheaper vs local smoke shops) As far as I have tried the “games” on temu are useless and unwinnable so I wouldn’t bother with those; however the price of the items on the actual store are very competitive and good deals can definitely be had. Temu>Ali for shipping time, temu always has my stuff at door within 3wks unless you paid for extra shipping AliExpress would typically take 60-90 days. Ali>temu for item diversity/availability/options because Ali has been around for longer they have more listings. Although this seems to be getting better every day on temu… I can’t remember what payment I used on Ali but temu let’s you pay with Cash app/PayPal which is ideal because I just load exactly what I need on that acct before I use it to place the order which won’t allow for additional charges. Everyone gets data hacked everywhere any way. Temu is kinda pyramid if you play the stupid games but like I said it seems unwinnable (or you need to refer 100 people for a $50 item which I’m not dedicated enough for) but other than that they’re pretty alright. My wife used wish and usually ended up okay but sometimes stuff wouldn’t be as listed or they’d use a Chinese size chart which makes a large shirt=small usa standard shirt but ymmv
Never tried temu (likely never will) but I’d be careful, it looks a lot like chinese spyware-like … I’d happily pay a little more and get stuff on Amazon, or other stores (brick-and-mortar included) rather than dealing with temu.
It’s quite a bit more through Amazon. For the little junk I buy on Temu, it’s like 500% more on Amazon.
And CapitalOne gives extra cash back when you shop at Temu through a browser instance. It works out well.
I’ve had nothing but normal experiences with Temu and AX.
I guess it’s worth it for me, also I haven’t seen nearly as much as 500% for the exact same item (possibly for “similar” items but I can already tell the quality). And I’d rather not deal with companies like temu. Anyways, good for you if it works for you.