I bought a ‘wreath’ from Temu… I was amazed when I opened the package

With the holidays just around the corner and Christmas markets slowly but surely popping up around the world, many of us have started decorating our homes.

Among them was a woman, Tracey Robinson, who decided to order a Christmas wreath from China-based online giant Temu.

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Taking a quick look at the advert on the website, where the product has currently been reduced to under £5, shoppers can see that the white ”wreath” comes with a cute snowman design and beautiful flowers.

With hundreds of rave reviews and a bargain price that was too good to sleep on, Tracey immediately added the handbag-friendly Christmas essential to the basket before placing an order.

However, when the parcel finally arrived and the Temu customer opened the parcel, Tracey was astounded to discover what the fantastic ”wreath” was. Real was.

Tracey’s daughter Rachel shared the hilarious moment on TikTok as she filmed her mum holding the product – a door banner with a festive print.

Left in complete stitches at the epic fail, Rachel wrote in the caption of the now viral video: ”If you buy a ‘wreath’ from Temu.”

Needless to say, the clip has since taken the internet by storm, earning the duo more than 5 million views and nearly 3,000 comments.

Fortunately, one Temu shopper had seen the video just in time, because they too were considering purchasing the ‘wreath’.

“This is in my basket, I’ll take it out right away.” [right now].”

But not everyone was so lucky, as some had already purchased the banner without realizing what it really was.

”I’m waiting for mine to come. Deep down I’m upset,” one viewer wrote.

Someone else said: ”My mum did this last year and she said ‘I ordered some lovely wooden decorations from Temu’. They showed up and were window stickers.”

A fourth chuckled: ”I don’t see a problem, just hang it above your front door, close it and you’re done. The snowman is an added bonus.”

It appears this isn’t the first time a customer has misread the description, as several ”wreaths” on Temu are now saying it’s a ”door cover”.

Why is Temu so cheap?

TEMU exploded onto the scene in late 2022, with people on social media raving about its low prices.

The company is a Chinese-owned digital marketplace – essentially an online shopping app where people are connected directly to the retailer while the app handles the shipping element.

The frenzy about the app isn’t completely unfounded either, as it offers a wide variety of products including fashion, makeup, electronics and furniture.

According to a report of the US House Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party, Temu is taking advantage of a trade gap that allows the company to ship duty-free goods directly to the US.

The loophole is called the de minimis exception and means they can ship goods worth up to $800 (£643) to the US without being inspected or taxed by US customs.

Temu connects customers directly to manufacturers and only manages how the items are shipped to customers.

It means that Chinese suppliers can essentially sell and ship their products directly to customers without building a network of warehouses around the world.

By doing this, they save huge costs and ensure that the product itself is not additionally marked up.

While many of the products featured in the Temu app come from brands with extensive, original collections, there are many more dupes from designer brands.

Recently, another shopper, Kate, shared her hilarious blunder after buying a mini calendar for cheap, which cost her just 47 cents – so, can YOU spot the mistake?

Kate’s calendar runs from December 2023 to the end of 2024.

The mini calendar, which is small and portable, can currently be ordered from Temu for less than 50 cents.

Kate opened the little black calendar, but was shocked to see that while the numbers for each month and day were in English, the days of the week were not.

The online shopper, who also ordered some fake flowers and an LED clock, assumed the writing was Chinese.

But as a result, Kate was baffled as to how to read the calendar as she wasn’t sure whether it ran from Sunday to Saturday or from Monday to Sunday.

Making light of the blunder, Kate later wrote: “I can’t read Chinese so I can’t figure out which day is which lol.

“I have no idea which date is which day.”

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