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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So? I could come up with almost infinite things a child could activate, but definitely shouldn’t. Temu isn’t in this lady’s home and ‘good parenting’ isn’t a product they sell. This is entirely her responsibility.
Now, if we’d been taking about - I don’t know - children’s shoes full of BPA, chromium and lead, then yes - that would absolutely been on the manufacturer and partially on Temu (and I wouldn’t be at all surprised to find they sell something like that too), but…
Please link to us a similar device of higher quality made in the UK or USA.
You appear to be missing my point by a wide country mile. Also, either pay me or do your own work.