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    <title>topic 📋 What ONLINE Shoppers Need to Know about Temu vs. Shein (AARP Article) in Friends &amp; Family</title>
    <link>https://community.aarp.org/t5/Friends-Family/What-ONLINE-Shoppers-Need-to-Know-about-Temu-vs-Shein-AARP/m-p/2543292#M7383</link>
    <description>&lt;DIV&gt;&lt;DIV&gt;ANYONE USED THEM? WHERE DO YOU DO YOUR ONLINE SHOPPING?&amp;nbsp; &lt;span class="lia-unicode-emoji" title=":thinking_face:"&gt;🤔&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp; I DONOT "TRUST" ONLINE ANYTHING AND ONLY WHEN I CANNOT FIND AN ITEM I "NEED" DO I DO IT. SO FAR, AMAZON - WALMART - HOME DEPOT - LEE'S JEANS.&amp;nbsp; &lt;span class="lia-unicode-emoji" title=":smiling_face_with_sunglasses:"&gt;😎&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;DIV&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;DIV&gt;FROM THE ARTICLE - SEE ARTICLE FOR MORE.&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;DIV&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;DIV&gt;Both low-cost retailers ship from China, but there are differences.&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;DIV&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;DIV&gt;By Beth Braverman, AARP. Published March 08, 2024.&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;DIV&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;DIV&gt;Is it safe to shop at these companies?&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;DIV&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;DIV&gt;Both sites claim to follow security best practices with customer information at checkout. But the U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission has raised concerns about data risks associated with the sites.&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;DIV&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;DIV&gt;If you’re worried but still want to shop with them, one way to protect yourself is to opt not to save your financial information on the site and to use a disposable virtual credit card to pay for your purchase. Available through most credit card issuers, disposable virtual cards are single-use numbers that are different from the ones on your credit card.&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;DIV&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;&lt;A href="https://www.aarp.org/money/budgeting-saving/info-2024/temu-vs-shein.html" target="_blank"&gt;https://www.aarp.org/money/budgeting-saving/info-2024/temu-vs-shein.html&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;</description>
    <pubDate>Sun, 10 Mar 2024 15:13:56 GMT</pubDate>
    <dc:creator>SummerOnTheWay1</dc:creator>
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      <title>📋 What ONLINE Shoppers Need to Know about Temu vs. Shein (AARP Article)</title>
      <link>https://community.aarp.org/t5/Friends-Family/What-ONLINE-Shoppers-Need-to-Know-about-Temu-vs-Shein-AARP/m-p/2543292#M7383</link>
      <description>&lt;DIV&gt;&lt;DIV&gt;ANYONE USED THEM? WHERE DO YOU DO YOUR ONLINE SHOPPING?&amp;nbsp; &lt;span class="lia-unicode-emoji" title=":thinking_face:"&gt;🤔&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp; I DONOT "TRUST" ONLINE ANYTHING AND ONLY WHEN I CANNOT FIND AN ITEM I "NEED" DO I DO IT. SO FAR, AMAZON - WALMART - HOME DEPOT - LEE'S JEANS.&amp;nbsp; &lt;span class="lia-unicode-emoji" title=":smiling_face_with_sunglasses:"&gt;😎&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;DIV&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;DIV&gt;FROM THE ARTICLE - SEE ARTICLE FOR MORE.&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;DIV&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;DIV&gt;Both low-cost retailers ship from China, but there are differences.&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;DIV&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;DIV&gt;By Beth Braverman, AARP. Published March 08, 2024.&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;DIV&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;DIV&gt;Is it safe to shop at these companies?&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;DIV&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;DIV&gt;Both sites claim to follow security best practices with customer information at checkout. But the U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission has raised concerns about data risks associated with the sites.&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;DIV&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;DIV&gt;If you’re worried but still want to shop with them, one way to protect yourself is to opt not to save your financial information on the site and to use a disposable virtual credit card to pay for your purchase. Available through most credit card issuers, disposable virtual cards are single-use numbers that are different from the ones on your credit card.&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;DIV&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;&lt;A href="https://www.aarp.org/money/budgeting-saving/info-2024/temu-vs-shein.html" target="_blank"&gt;https://www.aarp.org/money/budgeting-saving/info-2024/temu-vs-shein.html&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Sun, 10 Mar 2024 15:13:56 GMT</pubDate>
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      <dc:creator>SummerOnTheWay1</dc:creator>
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      <title>Re: 📋 What ONLINE Shoppers Need to Know about Temu vs. Shein (AARP Article)</title>
      <link>https://community.aarp.org/t5/Friends-Family/What-ONLINE-Shoppers-Need-to-Know-about-Temu-vs-Shein-AARP/m-p/2543304#M7384</link>
      <description>&lt;P&gt;I love Temu, not so much Shein. I have an order on it's way from Temu, actually. ETA Friday, March 15 - 24, 2024. I cannot wait to receive it! I think this is order number 8, no hitches, no prior problems.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Thanks &lt;a href="https://community.aarp.org/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/32699552"&gt;@SummerOnTheWay1&lt;/a&gt;! So happy you mentioned this!&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;P.S. As long as you're online, and on the web people, it is important to take precautionary measures to establish a more privatized way of browsing and shopping. At this point, this is a given. I've never had an issue with standard Windows Security. Never.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;span class="lia-inline-image-display-wrapper lia-image-align-inline" image-alt="Temu Order.png" style="width: 999px;"&gt;&lt;img src="https://community.aarp.org/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/89308i2B1B46B78B664E77/image-size/large?v=v2&amp;amp;px=999" role="button" title="Temu Order.png" alt="Temu Order.png" /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/P&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Sun, 18 May 2025 04:09:30 GMT</pubDate>
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      <dc:creator>KellytheBelly</dc:creator>
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