Marketing. It popped up for you and has marketing taglines suggesting it’s substantially cheaper than other options. Some people are willing to jump through a lot of hoops for the possibility of savings
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Showroom7561@lemmy.ca 3 months agoWhy the hell is it so popular??? I don’t get it. Do people like these never-ending promotional games without actually being able to buy something easily?
bionicjoey@lemmy.ca 3 months ago
Showroom7561@lemmy.ca 3 months ago
Some people are willing to jump through a lot of hoops for the possibility of savings
Sounds like a lottery! Even jumping through hoops resulted in no sale for them, and no product for me. Such a stupid concept for a “store”.
Professorozone@lemmy.world 3 months ago
I don’t ever spin the wheel. I just go there to buy cheap stuff I don’t need to be the highest quality. Never buy anything like a digital camera, but you can buy plastic brushes to clean your wheels all day long. Stuff like that. But yeah, it IS pretty scammy.
Showroom7561@lemmy.ca 3 months ago
I don’t ever spin the wheel.
In this case, I was forced to spin in order to get this item “free”. I mean, it was the whole point I downloaded the app! But they keep giving you more and more spinning wheels, and at some point you have to decide to check out. Then you’re hit with a much larger total than they led you on to believe you would have!
Professorozone@lemmy.world 3 months ago
Yup, I understand the comment. I was merely pointing out that I don’t think TEMU is 100% scam. It has its uses. To be honest, when I saw the wheel, I just thought it was an annoying pop up and never really considered taking it seriously. LOL. Just clicked on that x.
Wilzax@lemmy.world 3 months ago
Temu uses illegal marketing tactics. The illegal marketing tactic they used on you was the Bait and Switch. These tactics are illegal because they are effective. Many people with weaker wills would just say “fuck it” and check out anyway, rather than deleting the app. These people prop up Temu and give them the funds to continue running their illegal business the way they do.
I’m just wondering why the FTC hasn’t fined the app out of operating in the US yet
Showroom7561@lemmy.ca 3 months ago
Yeah, that pretty much explains it. Sad state of affairs when you have too many people willing to support such an unethical business model. I can imagine that anyone with a gambling addition could spend thousands of dollars quite easily on their platform.