A thread for chatting about Temu bargains.
Ive bought quite a lot from TEMU and have set up to pay by revolut with a card setup specially to buy online with very limited funds available to protect from being scammed.
Many people wouldn't notice small charges being taken frequently.
Only use a service like PayPal and you can rest easy. Why is your bank card registered if you never used Temu? Did you get on to C/S to find out why the money was to be taken?
I always use Google Pay so...
I wouldn't jump at it being Temu, tumultuous ways your card details could have been leaked
THEFT ALERT!
OK so a charge appeared on my TEMU account Just under 12 euros, I didn't notice it but a month later a charge for the same amount was taken from my bank as a recurring payment.
I had not bought anything or subscribed to anything from TEMU, I stopped the payment and immediately closed my TEMU account.
I suggest you look carefully at what TEMU is taking from you.
If TEMU can charge every account about 12 euros per month, and with their multi-million account holders worldwide, that's a lot of money they could be stealing!
Has anyone else noticed charges like this being taken by TEMU from their banks?
Not according to the IT bloke.
The first one said all I had to do was remove my [English] mobile number and it would default to email verification. The trouble was they could not do it, I had to and I was given access to their site and logged in without a problem.
When I tried to remove my mobile phone the obvious happened and it sent a number to the mobile I was trying to remove.
It was either an old one of mine or an employers. I have had dozens over the years but refuse to pay for a service I need to go on a hike to use these days anyway.
I'm getting used to the problem. People that use facebook as a trading website are a pain, I have to sign up to a new email address, make up a pile of fiction that bears no relationship to a previous account, sign in and four days later the mobile is requested for verification, so another new account is needed for the next inquiry.
Sims in the UK were two a penny, if you have a signal I cannot see the value for security. My UK bank uses my landline which never changes!
I notice a scam in the US is to duplicate numbers, people nominate other peoples and get the number transferred to themselves with no security at all.
It makes a sick joke out of a so called security system that has it's only value as being a popular medium for those that walk round totally dependent on and looking like they are going to need a surgical procedure for removal of their phones.
Many thanks, I'll give them a go.
I always like supporting home industries but the one thing that is good about web purchases is that you know what you pay up front. There's none of this phone for price garbage and "mention me to them" nonsense that seems the norm for some companies here.
Amazon have definitely outlived their usefulness, what was once seen as an advantage of purchase the simple no fuss click and order is gone and was not that good anyway when a good percentage of the time if the item was on display in a store, it simply would not be purchased. Sometimes Amazons photo and description can be as deceiving as a food photo on a restaurant menu :-)
Can't you turn off the 2 stage authentication on Amazon? I have never enabled it, it's still optional.
I never give a mobile contact number for that very reason. You don't need a mobile number, I only order from Pc. Description is generally good and sizes the same in clothes. They usually let you keep a wrong or faulty item if under a certain value and let you have 1 item per order you don't need to return if something is wrong.
Returns are free post, if an order is delivered after the estimated date you receive €5 credit. If you keep track of past orders in the previous 30 days if the item reduced in price you can ask and receive the price difference. If you type on the chat option minimum spend it should let you order anything without a minimum spend as well. So far I stopped buying cheap stuff from Amazon and other Chinese companies since they started here really.
How do these compare to Amazon generally?
I got sick of the high failure rates and false descriptions on Amazon, but the final straw was the need for a mobile phone to log in.
Amazon don't seem to be aware that in a lot of Ireland and Britain, mobile phone signals are a bit like William Bunters postal order.
Amazons solution? Complain to the mobile phone company.
Where do they dig up these people?
Can Temu be ordered from without a mobile?
How are they generally on product description accuracy?
Are returns simple, Amazon used to send a prepaid label via PDF, but I guess they thought getting the punter to pay more cash out would reduce the return rate.
Iv a few parcels coming . One arrived at airport awaiting flight on the 6th , still awaiting flight . Other arrived waiting flight on the 7th and landed in Dublin yesterday
I ordered something else the same night as the one being delivered today and it only left on a flight yesterday so it will be be monday or tuesday getting to me at the earliest.
Unfortunately it doesn't seem to have arrived in Ireland yet, waiting for a flight 🙁. My first time ordering with them, does the status get updated quickly?
Hard to know I have stuff stuck for over 2 weeks in customs or somewhere but at the same time I placed 2 orders on the 4th Feb getting delivered today by an post.
Ordered on 2nd Feb... Some valentines items for my daughter's 14th Feb sleepover with her friends. It's been in the airport /awaiting flight since Tuesday lunchtime, 3 days now. I suppose i dont have a chance of it getting here by Wednesday 14th?? Or what do you all think?
An order I made on Jan 30 was dlivered today by An Post.
I get these adds all day that you got 3 for 1 under €10 and lucky you have x amount of prize.
To me if I get free €100 to spend that will cost me even €10 to get it to buy stuff I don't need within a certain time.
Well I'll keep my €10 rather than have junk.
In saying that I have stuff ordered to be here soon by an post.
tried the link above- it was rejected but gave me 250 in vouchers instead…?! mostly requiring a very high spend (eg. over 100) to use them. And all expire tomorrow… so limited use really.
You can remove the bank card from the site, I have done this previously
you can use this referral link to get €100 worth of coupons when you install the app
Two orders created January 30/31 were delivered with An Post today.
Two orders created January 6/8 are still in transit with Fastway.
Whats this about €100 in vouchers for using the app, is it a referral code? I think Ive only used the website thus far but bank card is connected to it, they sneakily connected it on my second order as I wouldnt have ticked a box allowing it.
Be handy in an post just collected mine from customs 🤣
Items due to be delivered with an post today after re-ordering on Jan 28th, the same package has been with fastway customs since Jan 12th.
Doesn’t usually take that long to move from customs, before Christmas I was getting deliveries from temu in about 9 days on average
It can easily take that long. Six days minus long weekend.
this order appears to have entered the twilight zone
some bike lights ordered on the 15th, just got €5 credit for late delivery but they're apparently going to be delivered today anyway. They only cost €6.
I've bought several from Alliexpress,never an issue. Usually very good deals.
An I right in thinking they don't do any mobile phones? I find their search annoying.
I've never bought a phone online but I'd be tempted to risk Temu as their customer service seems to be very good if anything goes wrong.
If not is there anywhere similar that does reasonably cheap phones who can be trusted? AliExpress scare me 😱.
I've had two fast ways packages enter the Bermuda triangle around the 22nd. 5 euro credit on both and from the looks of it I'll prob refund it too. Shame as I was looking forward to having heart shaped fried eggs 🤤
This post should be highlighted IMO.
