EU fines Temu €200M for allowing sale of illegal products

Post by Scroll_Swe » Thu, May 28, 2026, 10:52 PM UTC

Numerlor wrote: post #297

Scroll_Swe wrote: post #246

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Like what? The clothes are all 100% plastic polyester shit with extra chemicals. If you have proof of otherwise, show me. Yes I make enough to buy good clothes. If I REALLY need cheap clothes H&M basics are always there. Same with anything else, IT and tech parts I shop in Sweden. What else? Like, what is so needed now that you did not need before but you need to buy plastic China crap from Temu now?

More niche hardware has been impossible for me to find in the EU marketplaces I got to with searches, with only availability from US ebay, and then Chinese marketplaces. Or if it does exist here it's the same used part but it costs 500€ instead of 40

Post by kergonath » Thu, May 28, 2026, 11:15 PM UTC

dsign wrote: post #109

Say what you may of Temu, and I do think more vetting of certain goods is a good idea, but they fill a very real need. In the part of Europe where I live, the choice is only between intermediaries for the same products coming from China. The local intermediaries sell a very limited picking at staggering margins. And when it comes to certain things, like electronic components, the choice is between importing (old) Ame…

Post by kergonath » Thu, May 28, 2026, 11:20 PM UTC

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But I still think chargers and children's toys are exactly where the line should be drawn

I think the line should be much earlier than that. But even with this very thin line, like the parent said, the deficient products are everywhere. Just look at the recalls in any major store here (Carrefour, Action, Leclerc). And that's for the main brands/distributors, go into any bazaar or market and you'll find the exact same products you find on Aliexpress/Temu, but with 10x price markup, like the parent said. Do…

Post by kergonath » Thu, May 28, 2026, 11:28 PM UTC

AnthonyMouse wrote: post #262

greggsy wrote: post #224

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With that thinking, people would still be buying unlabelled arsenic wallpaper. Consumer standards are a net benefit to society. > and people are (incorrectly and dangerously) expecting to be protected now. The general public hasn’t the faintest idea how to differentiate between a safe product and an unsafe one, and they shouldn’t have to

> The general public hasn’t the faintest idea how to differentiate between a safe product and an unsafe one, and they shouldn’t have to The problem being that a marketplace platform with millions of small sellers has no reasonable way to do this either.

Post by kergonath » Thu, May 28, 2026, 11:34 PM UTC

DANmode wrote: post #298

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Are parents supposed to perform safety and toxicity testing on all products they buy?

“Supposed to”? I’ll do whatever reading, and due diligence keeps my family safe. I’ll abstain from things until I’m sure. Others might choose the same.