šJokerChinese immigrants in the U.S. are running Temu shipping centers out of their homes
themurphyTemu is insanely popular. Donāt underestimate this. Yes, itās pure crap, but people buy it. They earn bucks.
Meaning, itās not a valid argument to say itās crap, and then itās not a problem. Temu is a problem.
But then we have to start another discussion about the free market, because then Temu is valid.
Then what? Legit question, I donāt have the answer to.
I got some temu stuff. A 7$ bag heat sealer. Works perfectly fine.
However, I do not abide surveillance pricing. I can defeat the surveillance pricing but the procedure annoys me, so Iāve gone back to aliexpress which is easier to defeat.
What is surveillance pricing? Are they like using cookies to subtley raise the price on thing youāre searching for?
Things like using surveillance to figure out when your payday is and raising prices on that day because you psychologically are more willing to spend
Thatās fucked up. Why this legal?
We let them and also you need quite a lot of skill to overcome it as it is a kind of a cat and mouse game.
And thereās a end game of "tell us who you are or else we donāt tell you the price, or we tell you only the āhighest price that nobody paysā "
Perhaps itās not a lot of skill needed, but a particular set of skills
Because we live in a capitalist hellscape and the companies that implemented these tricks were the fastest growing segment of our economy for like 15 years (esp after the 2008 crash) so the government turned a blind eye. Now they control the world and are able to literally buy politicians
Iāve heard that if we vote, all these problems will go away. But every time I vote, thereās never an option on the ballets for āGuillotinesā
The free market will provide guillotines if the people truly want them. /s
You need to vote for people that will PUT guillotines on the ballot! If there are none, find someone who will, or be the change you want to see.