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[–] clearedtoland@lemmy.world 16 points 1 month ago (2 children)

I was going to binge purchase off Temu at one point - inexpensive junk stuff to tickle my fancy. But in good conscience, I just couldn’t. It’s wasted money on stuff I don’t trust made by exploited workers or knocked off patents that ends up in a landfill.

Would I confidently let my kids play with the toys and tchotchkes? I don’t even buy stuff for them from Amazon cause of all the counterfeit and toxic crap. I know some consumers have to be extra price conscious. It sucks that they’re relegated to crap quality products that are less durable and essentially more disposable (not to say that better quality junk isn’t disposable junk in modern times).

[–] aniki@discuss.tchncs.de 23 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Amazon at this point is just Aliexpress with better shipping. I seriously have made it a point to just find what I want on amazon then find it for 1/2 price on aliexpress.

[–] ShinkanTrain@lemmy.ml 13 points 1 month ago

You buy something from Amazon and it's just a company dropshipping you the product they bought from AliExpress

[–] calcopiritus@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago

Amazon for me is just a search engine. A shit one at that, because the actual search function sucks. I have to search for a product related to what I want and then keep clicking on "products you might want". And after finding what I want just go to the manufacturer's website and buy it for 10€ less.

[–] KevonLooney@lemm.ee 9 points 1 month ago (1 children)

knocked off patents

This is the least problematic part of your complaint. There's a lot of good quality knock-offs in Asia, sometimes from the exact same factory as the originals. T-shirts should not be $500, no matter what quality they are. Baseball caps should be $20 maximum. They cost like $5 to make a good one that sells for $500.

[–] mavu@discuss.tchncs.de -2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

So, do you have any relatives that would want to work for 2$ per hour to assemble 2 baseball caps with good quality per hour?

If so, I think i have a buisness plan.

[–] amanda@aggregatet.org 1 points 1 month ago

I think I you heard the wrong argument here