At the very least, laughing is good for the soles of your feet.
The couple had a good laugh when they received a pair of ridiculous fake Disney socks from Tim.
Ahead of a vacation to the theme parks, Emily Fernstrom ordered what she thought were cute Disney-themed socks for her family, with the faces of iconic Disney characters embroidered on the sides. Her husband, John, Share on Trending TikTok Clips.
The cheap socks from the Chinese e-commerce giant initially looked normal when she first opened them and saw the character faces on the sock's feet.
But the couple were shocked to find a strange spelling mistake of their name at the bottom.
“Here's Chip. Isn't he so cute?” John Farnstrom said, showing a picture of a smiling chipmunk sewn onto a sock. “But when you turn it over, oh, it's Chibs.”
“Then there's Mickey Mouse. He's kind of goofy but you can tell he's Mickey. But according to them, he's 'Mickey.' Then there's his friend Minnie. She's nice but, oh no, that's 'Mimnie,'” he said.
In the final two pairs, the characters' names were spelled completely differently.
Donald Duck was rebranded as “Tonido” and Winnie the Pooh's little friend Piglet was miraculously renamed as “Bigito.”
“This is why you should never order any products from Temu,” John said in the video, which has been viewed more than 14 million times in four days.
Social media users seemed to love the socks as much as the Fernstroms.
“This is exactly why I order from Temu. I once bought a pair of Pepsi socks that said 'Peepee'. My favorite,” one user commented.
Another person said they suddenly felt the “need to buy these socks by Temu.”
But the company appears to be hesitant about the socks, with a spokesperson saying: Speaking to the Mirror It was removed from the website to avoid legal action from Disney.
The spokesman said Tem makes “intellectual property (IP) protection a top priority” and regularly removes listings it believes are copying other brands.
“When we receive reports of copyright infringement, we promptly investigate each case and take decisive action, including removing product listings and images and, in severe cases, terminating seller accounts,” the company added.
Shares in Tem's parent company, PDD Holdings, plummeted nearly 30% on Aug. 26 after the company warned that its revenue was likely to continue to decline amid growing competition in the fast fashion industry.
PDD co-founder Ray Chen stressed that the company's current growth is not sustainable as it battles with rivals such as Shein, Bytedance's TikTok and Alibaba for budget-conscious shoppers.
“High revenue growth is not sustainable and a downward trend in profitability is inevitable,” Chen said.
Tem is facing increased scrutiny from the European Union, which is working to close import tax loopholes that allow companies like Tem and Shain to ship lightweight goods purchased online at low cost.
