Temu: I bought 23 items from the Chinese-owned online retailer for less than $200. Here’s what I got

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With summer finally approaching, I was keen to buy a cheap desk fan to keep me cool. If you pop into John Lewis, the cheapest one you can find is £15; on Amazon you can get one for £12.99. Surely that must be the best bargain — because isn’t Amazon nearly always the cheapest out there? Well, no. There is a rival website selling desk fans for less than half the price at £6.22. TheNightly Get in front of tomorrow's news for FREE Journalism for the curious Australian across politics, business, culture and opinion. READ NOW It is also selling...