There is a outfit called TEMU that advertises stuff online extremely cheap.
Clothes, tools, most anything and everything tailored to the site they’re on.
Their return address is New York state, home office Boston, but logic tells me they're a Chinese Amazon.
They say who made it/is selling it, and if it’s shipped from TEMU or not.
Free shipping for most orders and express shipping on orders over $130. 
I bought 10 items to check for quality and service.


Like this screw extractor set, drill on one end, extractor on the other.
6 pieces in 5 sizes for  US $2.89... yes, for the whole set with a plastic box.
OK, so I know they’re crap that won’t last long... but how long?
If you ever had a broken screw bedeviling you, you’d pay way more to have it go away.
 
So I ordered on the 18th, TEMU says delivery between the 25th and 27th.
Next day an Email from UPS saying they have it and delivery on the 21st.
I go to UPS site and they wrote a ticket, but don’t have any more info about it.
TEMU says if it comes after the 29th I get a $5 credit within 48 hours.
That says the 29th is the realistic time target.
Both TEMU and UPS emailed it’s been delivered on the 27th.
UPS dumped it on the USPS to deliver it "the last mile".
I don't know if UPS got it in China or port of entry..
My name is on the Homeland Security and China Spy Guys watch list ... again.

Anyway, one of the more expensive items is 100 Stainless Steel Cable Ties, for $6.98.
They are 3/16 wide and about 8.5 inches long, probably meant for up to 6 inch use.
I figured I’d keep a few and the rest would be good around salt water/salt air like my Buddy’s place at the shore.

But they blew my mind when I read the label, “do not open until ready for use”.
WTF? Why not? Ignoring the logical answer I tell my Buddy about them.
He sent me two pictures of what happens to Chinese Stainless Steel.


It not your Mothers Stainless.
I am edumacated and you are warned