cross-posted from: https://scribe.disroot.org/post/5522689
A mother whose three-year-old girl’s hair was ripped out by an electric cleaning brush says the internet giant Temu “does not care about the safety of people”.
Amy, 36, from Norwich, bought the brush online for £4 to “make life easier” with housework, but it caught in her daughter’s hair when the child took it out of the box.
She reported the item as it appeared on the shopping site to Norfolk Trading Standards, who said Temu had now removed it from sale in the UK.
A spokesperson for the Chinese-owned site told the BBC: “We are deeply concerned to hear about this incident and wish the child a full and speedy recovery.”
They added: “The safety and wellbeing of our customers are always our top priority, and our customer service team is in contact with the family to offer assistance.”
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Such ‘incidients’ have been occuring frequently with products from Temu, Shein, and the like. I am wondering why something like that never happens with products bought, say, at local shops or other points of sale where strict product safety laws apply?
It probably does, it just doesn’t get national media coverage because it doesn’t make good yellow peril clickbait.
No, that’s not true.
Maybe it’s also the type of people that buy shit off Temu. Strict safety laws don’t protect stupid people from doing stupid things.
It never happens or you never hear about it?