In any way you know of. I find people here are more aware of politics and ethics behind big companies and this is what prompted my question but I’m also curious about any other differences.

I’m in Australia and I’ve only used Ebay and AliExpress so far. I find AliExpress has more variety and somewhat cheaper prices but I don’t know why or anything else.

When I first heard about Temu it was always in relation to dodgy products and sex toys so I didn’t pay much attention to it, however lately I keep hearing about people buying regular stuff without issues. Never tried it myself though.

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    AliExpress and Temu are somewhat similar, as in cheap products of questionable quality.

    This of course depends on what you are looking for. I’ve found for electronics repair, AliExpress is legit. No idea about Temu for electronics though.

    eBay is completely different. Sure, there are counterfeit items on there, but by and large it is a legit marketplace.

    Fun fact: I’ve had the same eBay account since 2003.

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      Fun fact: I’ve had the same eBay account since 2003.

      They say 1999 in my account. :)

      But it was actually much earlier. I guess they deleted some database (back in the days when data was still deleted).

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        Damn mine says 2000 here. I’ve had an ebay account for a quarter of a century. Jesus. I don’t know what’s more surprising, how old I am or how old ebay is.