TEMU Tool Scam? Buying 5 Woodworking Tools: Unboxing, Review & Scam Investigation
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- Опубліковано 30 лип 2024
- Are you tired of falling victim to online scams? In this woodworking video, I share my experience buying 5 woodworking tools off TEMU and reveal whether I was scammed or not. Join me as I unbox, test, and review each tool to determine their quality and authenticity. Whether you're a beginner or a seasoned woodworker, this video will provide valuable insights into the online tool buying process.
Throughout the video, I'll showcase the tools, demonstrate their functionality, and share my honest opinions. From hand chamfers to rulers, we'll explore the features, performance, and craftsmanship of each item. Additionally, I'll provide useful tips on how to identify potential scams when purchasing woodworking tools online.
Join me on this woodworking journey as we delve into the world of TEMU tools and uncover the truth behind their products. Don't forget to subscribe to my channel for more woodworking projects, tool reviews, and helpful tips for your woodworking endeavors.
Join the woodworking community and let's explore the world of woodworking tools together! Have you ever been scammed when buying tools online? Share your experiences in the comments below. Thanks for watching! - Фільми й анімація
The only scam I see in this video. Is the video. You got exactly what you ordered.
The speed square he expected it to be bigger and litteraly shows the picture off the website where it shows the dimensions in metric and imperial :))
He didn't look that closely at the dimensions. He played himself 😂
@@AlexandruCalinColodiucyeah you have to select imperial or metric he probably didn't pay attention. Plus they show the dimensions on the site
Read the product descriptions. I have shopped on TEMU and got EXACTLY what I ordered because I read the product description. Also it may be helpful to know your product names and how they work before you review them
Mate, you read my mind. Too bad there is no I.Q. minimum for UA-cam reviewers. This guy is pathetic!
Oh yeah, they NEVER lie in the product descriptions; nope. If I buy anything off Temu I always plan on it being 2" shorter/wide than what the pictures/title/description shows. Good on you if you've gotten exactly what you paid for! I can't lie, I've bought a few things i'm super happy with but 7/10% of items have gone in the trash. :)
I agree, I just got 2 packages yesterday and only 1 item is not what I was expecting only because I didn't read it properly
When ordering the speed square it said pretty clearly that it was 160mm x 95 mm. Looked to be exactly that. How is that a scam?
You said the chamfer plane didn't work. Why didn't it work?
You gave the scribe line thing 0 for usefulness. Why? It seems to be the size you need when working with smaller stock.
Was the scam that you ordered a lot of stuff without knowing how to use them? I don't want to be too negative but I would appreciate a little more background to the purchase, real testing and well explained opinions. I happen to own a few similiar products and they are definitely useful.
Hey Daniel, I don’t believe all the products were bad, the chamfer was dull and the red paint was causing so much friction that it was rubbing off on the workpiece. You would think it would come with Atleast an initial sharpness, I was pretty bummed out when it didn’t work the way I hoped.
Be negative as you want, I chose to put this video up, feedback is always good. This was my initial review, and the scam is that these are woodpecker knock offs, in the essence of time, I do believe a second video is worth while to really look into how these products work and if they are worth the price!
Thank you for your insight!
You can't call it a scam because you either didn't read the description, including dimensions or didn't understand what you read. I've been ordering from temu for about a year - tools included - and have always gotten exactly what was described. So far, I've not been disatifeied. I mean, I wouldn't buy their battery powered tools but hand tools and measuerment tools? Hell yeah!
I'm impressed with any of the woodworking tools I've bought from TEMU, and I'm a pro woodworker.
If you read the descriptions FULLY you got what you ordered!
Clicking through the associated pictures in the app of what you are intending to buy gives a good description as to what you are going to receive
I've ordered from temu 3 times and always get exactly what I need. I don’t bother with the spins,discounts and what have you. I like them cause I do work with small items in woodwork and they have the right size I need.
You got exactly what was advertised. How are you the least bit surprised?
Reading descriptions before hitting the “add to cart” button would do you a world of good. Not sure of anything in this video could be blamed on TEMU. Sorry but nothing at HD would have been cheaper.
Temu recently started ops in Australia, so I decided to see what I could find that I needed, and see what the quality/service was like.
What I have bought so far has been cheap in price, cheap in packaging, but of decent quality compared to what I could buy (for much higher prices) locally.
I do spend a lot of time looking around on the app or site and won't buy any 'big ticket' type stuff. Time will tell I guess.
For sure! Don’t get me wrong, I’m impressed with the metal quality, it’s not cheap plastic like the older days. But if they are indeed Woodpecker knock offs, then they might as well have made them identical. I think a follow up video may do the items justice 😮
@@JesseNardone True. I'm (at the moment) more into 12 volt components; bus bars, connectors, LEDs etc, and so far, everything has been good. The only tool I've purchased so far is a pin punch which was inexpensive, yet solid as. I'm buying a stripper/crimper next week, so we'll see what that's like.
I'm wary of buying any electronics though. I'll be looking forward to your update video.
Hey Brad! Truthfully, I used to buy a lot off alibaba, and it would always be a let down. I thought the scam was in the fact that I wasn’t even going to get the product through TEMU. Electronics are scary because you really can get scammed by false advertising or cheap quality!
I don’t want to troll so I won’t, I’ll speak truthfully… you don’t know what you are talking about. Oh, and my opinion comes from over 30 years of professional woodworking experience.
Did you not read the description of anything you bought? If you had you would have realized the sizes, and that everything was metric. so I would say you have no one to blame but yourself.
You thought three and a half inches would be bigger? I bet you did.
Golden comment 😂👏
I think using the terms ‘scammed’ and ‘garbage’ are a bit unfair and perhaps a reflection on your inability to read the item specifics on the Temu site.
I’ve checked several of the items you bought and they seem to be listed as exactly what you received. You complained that the large ‘T’ square was marked in millimetres??? What were you expecting from a ‘450mm Metric T square’
Also, you really didn’t give the plane a fair chance. Trying to take the corner off a 6” long piece of scrap is not a tool test.
Just a suggestion, maybe you might want to read the descriptions before spending your money.
Great suggestion. I may or may not take your advice
The size the of the product is usually listed in the description
With Temu, you always have to be careful reading the description. I've made a few mistakes by not doing that. Now I'm very careful. Also, they show many items of something in the pictures with a low price. Then when you try to order it, it's for just 1 of that item. Thanks for the review.
I dont believe you were scammed...buying a bunch of red anodized aluminum woodworking tools, you got to be comparing to Woodpecker versions. What is the price comparisons to each respective WP tool, and the Temu equiv?
PS: millimeters ROCK! :-)
It does help to actually understand what the tool is for and how to use it. The only crap in that pile is the bevel plane and the spokeshave.
Concur with most comments. I love their tools. You may be a Festool geek.
I know I am but I like Temus stuff also and frankly, the edge roundover plane is a goto for my small custom box business
and it does exactly what it is supposed to do. //ji
I have just done my first order to test Temu however this review is pretty poor given that most of the products you were expecting to be larger are not what you expected. That’s down to you to actually read what your buying. Secondly being a woodworker myself I think it’s safe to say that you should not buy planes (spokeshaves/chamfer planes) from places like this. Only decent vintage or veritas/quangesheng/lie nielson work well out of the box (with a honing).
Everybody is right, READ THE DESCRIPTIONS! If they printed a different size and you ordered it then you would've gotten scammed, they tell you exactly what the sizes are. And another thing, the whole world uses the metric system, THAT'S WHY THEY ARE THAT SIZE, you're used to inches and feet that's why everything you have is so damn big. I wish I grew up using metrics instead of inches and feet because to tell you the truth, it's so much easier to carry around all of that SMALL stuff and get the same, and more exact measurements than to carry all these big bulky things around we have to.
I think he did not read about each product . A spoke shave has a set up rule ,he probably didn't bother to do it
I think he just wanted to bash everything. 95% of my Temu purchases are good to very good . I guess he doesn't know how to use tools because he never showed what he was doing
The square I use more than any other square I own is a 2" so I be that little square ends up being your favorite how often do you need a two foot square. About half as often as you need a 6in square. Maybe that's just me. But that's why I carry a speed square, and the framing square stays in the truck.
layout ruler is nice , pocket rulers are the most used ones in my shop. What do you make ?
u have to sharpen your blades with the chamfer plane ... and your enjoyment factor will go up
And perhaps learn how to use one!
I watched your video to see if there were any other products from Temu that I do not have yet. I have all 6 of your items and 4 items I was able to buy in inches (Imperial) and they all work fine. The T-Square is aluminum and is nearly 1/4 the price of a American brand and is accurate. The chamfer I use the 1/4 round to take the sharp edge off my work (especially on french cleats) and it worked just fine also, and better than a small straight planer. The 6 inch square is great for checking my blade angles and measuring out small pieces. They are all sturdy. The spokeshave is a tool you must practice with, no one can do good work with one on their first try. Mine took a couple days for me to get accurate with. A few items from Temu are junk. Those items in Imperial versions are fantastic and a great deal. I think if you had imperial versions you would warm up to them.
Framing square? isn't a framing square "L" shaped? I think it is called a T-square.🤣🤣 Just poking fun at ya👍
1000% it was a raw unboxing, and I have never had a T square available to me. Comes in handy!
@@JesseNardone T-squares are normally use in conjunction with a drafting table or drafting board. The table/board edges are square (90 degrees). If not, you use the T-square to square up your drafting sheet to the table/board. My first use of a T-square was in 8th grade (mid 1970's) in a shop class doing mechanical drawings. Also, the use of a 45 and a 30/60 triangle.
Oh... the 1970's....I sure do miss those times.....Great music and awesome cars!
For sure Mikell! Simpler times, thank you for your insight and support. This just adds to my tool addictions. Haha
Your review is worthless and way too long. Looks like you don't like what you've bought because it's too small or it doesn't work or too pricey. It seams your goal was to do bad review. And don't complain about being scammed. You can return it and get your precious money back.
Next time do a real review and don't buy sh*t you don't need. Sincerely.
I've shopped on TEMU and I am very happy. If I need something durable and good quality I buy the brand but for things I use few times TEMU is a blessing.
Not necessarily a scam but definitely over priced is Festool and Woodpeckers. I understand they are good quality....but come on.
Right there with you! I like my name brand items, but apart of these purchases was to see how similar they were to woodpecker products!
The real scam comes when you see something for a ridiculously low price (like a laser engraver for $13.48) then when you put it in your cart, the price jumps to over $100.00. That happens on other things, too.
This stuff looks like Woodpecker knockoffs.
Bigger isn’t always better.
As a manufacturer and seller it always boggles my mind when the buyers take no responsibility in reading product descriptions regarding things like size descriptions/dimensions. I'm in the USA, but I don't find it "cool" to jump on the bash China bandwagon, when the reviewer takes less responsibility than the manufacturer.
I agree I pay close attention to the size and sometimes draw out the measurement on a piece of paper. however many items use Stock picture of some western person and photoshop the item on top of the picture which makes it hard to figure out the size as everything around it is not true to size.
Small hand plane will NOT do round overs.
W e have the same problem in the UK everything you buy ( or don't buy) is friggin metric. I end up buying second hand to get proper imperial
Wish I had watched this before ordering from Temu. I orded a box of router bits and some other stuff. Bearings of the bits blow off at first try.. but the wooden box is nice.. Video coming out this month. Ps. Temu did not publish my estimation of the product....
If those items are anodised, which they look to be, then they are aluminium, not steel alloy. To me you got what you ordered. The fact that most of the world has gone metric is not a scam- it is an excellent measuring system that beats your ''metric inches'' (and that's an oxymoron if ever there was one). I use small squares that size and a lot smaller when using metal stock, if it stated its size, how were you 'scammed'?
Your workshop looks like mine! I do a lot of pitteling around too!!
I don't see any scams. Misleading title. Temu is cheap stuff but the description states the sizes, you just need to read the descr
''how idiot I am '' agree no scam just dumb customers 😂😂😂😂😂😂
Poor review you need the product description before you buy. Also you don't seem to know what the tools are used for.
Hahaha. You now have joined the club like the rest of us. Garage sales are the best places to buy both good and cheap tools.
Doesn't read descriptions, doesn't know how to use the tools that he bought.....his verdict? "They scammed me"
*facepalm*
without checking squareness , means nothing to say it looks good
Temu has been coming up a lot lately. People sending me messages to approve their invite. Spent an hour yesterday browsing their inventory after being told i hit the hackpot on the spin and all items were free. But then it turned into asking me to make some purchases first. There's a lot of clickbaiting going on
This happened to me! And then you hit different discount codes with more money spent. It’s Definetly alarming to say the least
Read the description
Temu isn't structured right for survival. Its trying to airfreight all its stuff from China because it fairly clear by their shipping time that that is the only way stuff can arrive in that short of a period. That why packages are so oddly shaped because they are being flown as extra cargo and simply crammed into the aircraft to fill up space. You can also see it by the product they are selling its all lite weight and small.
There is no other way they could set up and gotten products through to customers. Amazon has built huge infrastructure in the US to do bossiness and Temu simply lack that.
So my advice is to abuse the hell out Temu before they go broke. Buy there cheap consumables and things you want try but stick to hardware store on anything you intend to keep long term.
You also weren't using there coupons because I have one sitting unclaimed that would taken twenty dollars off your total. Also you weren't exactly being a value shopper in the item you chose you could have hunted around and received most of then for 50% discount on the site.
Also watch out for the scam listings there are common where they will try and trick you into buying something not as listed. This fairy common so always make sure your buying what you think you are before clicking yes.
Do you not know how to check a square?
Based on the extreme lack of woodworking tool knowledge, and the apparent lack of reading comprehension you exhibit in this video, I'm amazed that you have 1.9k subscribers -
- precision square with precision scribing guides speed square
- t-square with precision scribing guides a drywall square
- miter saddle square speed square
- metric ruler imperial ruler
- 3-3/4"x6-1/4" whatever you imagined it would be (I'll leave the size jokes to others)
That's 16 minutes i won't get back saying he was scammed was a crock if he is so weak minded stay away from the internet
It says it's only 6" ...jus sayin lol
No scam involved in anything you bought just an extremely poor shopper who did not read the data given with the products. Sizes are shown with most tools and are generally in imperial for your market and metric for the rest of the world. For the price, the quality is more than acceptable when compared to branded makes. The only 'scam' is that a lot of tools on Temu appear to be rip-offs of their expensive cousins.
Alll tools made in PRC are copies of some other countries makers/manufacturers. They do not design or invent anything themselves, they are just copy/reproduction factories. Imperial measurements went out with the Doo Doo.
if you think that Temu are a rip off then why do you keep buying from them.
If you agreed to buy these tools how were scammed
You said you wanted to get just the chamfer tool, but I’m not understanding how you think you got or was forced to get all those other things all those other things are on you not them and why are you bad mouthing them for something that you did? It was your choice to do that that’s on you.!
Oh, and why did you wait until after you ordered to look online at Home Depot and compare prices or even the size and the quality I mean you can zoom in on anything online most of the time and see the quality of some thing
People don’t understand that they scam them selves. You complain about the package then throw it on the floor?
Until now I have never heard of temu.
Well I would suggest checking it out for yourself before you listen to this dude's take on it, because I've ordered from Temu 3-4 times and just the fact that I've been back multiple times tells ya their items are decent to good, and rocking prices.
Didn t you know what you were ordering
No complaints from what I’ve got from them. I agree with others, read the descriptions. Maybe you won’t be disappointed in the future. Maybe you’ll whine less
You obviously have no idea what you're talking about. Not all squares are 2 x 3ft. For marking out a small square is what's required. Small is a problem for you it seems?
You need to learn the meaning of the word 'Scammed"
You, sir, need to know what you're buying before you buy them. I agree with everyone who has commented that you got what was advertised. The measuring tools you purchased are small because they are used for smaller jobs. You're comparing a large framing Square to the smaller t square and they're not the same thing. Get a clue.
Just the name says scam to me.
You're trying to compare hobby or drafting tools to professional carpenter tools.
Metric is king!
Come on! Don't criticise a product because you didn't read the dimensions before you ordered. If you're going to review have something worthwhile to say.
You "Scammed" me into reading this....
Trying to be disappointed?
Doesnt know how to use product he purchased, probably struggles for 30 minutes so just cuts to "it didnt work" with no explanation or showing how it didnt work lol. Not to mention not knowing what any of these things even are
You're funny with that "I didn't expect it to be so small" thing - you have pics there and there's a scale on the tools so you know what size it is.
Well, unless all these promotions caused a shopping frenzy.
As a tool reviewer, you make a great scam artist. Sorry buddy, but just had to say something. Blame it on my ADD
Read the description. Dont act all indignant and let down when the product description says what it is. You didnt get scammed. Im 6 mins and clicking off. Talk too slow. Take too much time to open stuff like slow motion and then act like you got cheated or something...nah...no thanks
The video is the scam. Don't waste your time watching
They coerced you? You must have a freaking weak mind. I love temu. Very low prices and everything came as expected, provided you read the descriptions and measurements in the pictures. I only had 2 mistakes so far. A lamp that arrived broken. I sent in a pic and they refunded me right away. Another is missing set of magnets. Again they refunded me right away. I tend to stay from wood working tools as most stuff they have are in metric only.
No scam , read the description, your bias has lost me
😂😂😂😂😂 read product description 😂
R T F D
I know nothing about Temu but, if you don’t understand what 150mm x 90mm is…you might want to look it up.
25.4…know this number
Did not watch to the end, will never watch any content from this guy.
This was satire right? Right? Because clearly you have no clue. You bought a bunch of cheap stuff, and thats what they send you, cheap stuff
This has to be just about the most uninformed, useless and careless review I have ever seen. A great example of the bad side of UA-cam. As someone says below - the only scam here is this video :(
You just set out thinking you were going to be scammed and found any reason to show that you were. You showed no demostration of use for any of the items to back up your thoughs. I have 2 of these items and they do what they are ment to do, very accurately at a cost a lot less then branded items. This is one of the worest reviews I have seen on Chinese tools! Stick to the day job!
Thank you for taking the hit so we could know the truth. Your no idiot.
Anything on TEMU is a knock off or a rip off!