• @[email protected]
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    63 months ago

    It’s great for pet shit and buying low quality junk in bulk. Kid bday party, school fair, need 2000 zip ties - perfect for that. Annoying as hell to use that app, but you can bypass the markup on junk from China if you specifically need junk from China.

    • @seaQueue
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      63 months ago

      Fair enough. Check out AliExpress sometime too, it might be comparable.

      • @[email protected]
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        43 months ago

        I use Aliexpress mostly for work. It’s a massive marketplace with many different vendors involved and not all just junk. I find for more consumer level stuff temu is just easier to navigate with lower shipping costs and often lower product costs in many cases. The app is cancer though.

    • @[email protected]
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      23 months ago

      I bought crappy zip ties once and I still have them because I don’t want to toss them but they are too crappy to use for anything haha

      • @systemglitch
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        3 months ago

        Yeah funny you say that, zip ties are something I never cheap out on. At least not after buying cheap one a couple decades ago, I learned my lesson.

        Home Depot has some great zip ties and each time I use them, I get a small dopamine surge of joy.

        It’s just one of those things in life where quality matters.

        • @[email protected]
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          13 months ago

          Guess it depends on what you are using them for. I’ve pretty much only bought crappy ones and haven’t had issues. Probably regret it if I ever need to tie up a perp.