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by tgsovlerkhgsel 426 days ago
I'm surprised the Chinese sellers are able to compete for fast fashion. Clothes are the one thing I don't really buy online because getting sizing right is already hard even when you're not dealing with Temu-style "well actually we said there's a +- 25 tolerance in the fine print and this is within tolerance" bullshit.

AliExpress is indispensable for small technical items. If they're available locally at all, shipping included they'd often cost 10-20x as much.
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ljf 426 days ago
No idea about Shein, but I was shocked how easy/good Temu return policy was. My wife bought some rugs and some prints and they were not as described/pictured.

Took a minute in the app to generate a qr code, then I had it to the post shop the same day and they refunded within 3 days.

I wouldn't (personally) buy clothes to wear normally from them, but something like beach shoes or a poncho for a festival I'd maybe get there.

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tgsovlerkhgsel 426 days ago
TIL Temu has a return policy. I thought the return policy was "throw it in the trash and be out the money (albeit 1/10th of what you would have paid in a regular store)".
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Freak_NL 426 days ago
It's not fast-fashion they are competing with — they invented ultra-fast-fashion. Their platforms (Shein and Temu) are fully geared towards allowing manufacturers to jump on board the latest hypes and trends and have a saleable product on there within a week or so, to sell for a few weeks until it is no longer trending.

You want a 'My tariffs did that' T-shirt? Temu.

https://www.temu.com/search_result.html?search_key=tariffs%2...

Local store chains can't match that velocity.

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globular-toast 426 days ago
People are happy to just try stuff on at home then deal with returns or accept the loss if it doesn't fit or look good.
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