'I bought £5.30 blinds from Temu and was left in stitches when I opened package'

A mum who believed she'd bagged some trendy blinds from Temu was left stunned when her parcel turned up. After buying an apartment, Bron Galic needed a blind for her kitchen window and spotted the bargain purchase on the popular discount shopping app for roughly $10 AUD (£5.30).

But rather than receiving an actual blind, the mum-of-two opened her delivery to discover what appeared to be a novelty tablecloth - a thin sheet featuring a bamboo blind design. Bron told What's The Jam: "When I opened the package, I couldn't believe what I was looking at. It was [a] sheet with a bamboo blind print on it!

"I had a good laugh. I didn't think it was a mistake - I thought it was typical for Temu."

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She originally planned to use the bizarre item as a table covering but quickly abandoned the idea and threw it in the bin.

While Bron managed to find humour in the blunder, she'd waited two weeks for delivery - meaning she had to wait an extended period for her blinds.

Despite the mistake, she wasn't surprised - branding the product descriptions on the platform as "convoluted".

She didn't approach Temu directly, instead applying for a refund through the app - a request which was swiftly approved.

The mum from Melbourne, Australia, added: "I noticed they [the blinds] are no longer available.

"They were described as a blind [online]. Sometimes their descriptions of products are so convoluted and they go on and on."

The shopping blunder hasn't put Bron off using the budget retailer, though she confesses she'll be scrutinising product descriptions more carefully from now on.

Temu is renowned for its enormous range of products, spanning everything from clothes to gadgets to household items, all at very low prices, linking customers with third-party vendors primarily located in China.

Comparable blinds from alternative retailers typically command a significantly steeper price, but Bron maintains the experience was more amusing than annoying.

A Temu spokesperson commented: "At Temu, we're grateful for all our customers. We understand that on this occasion the product didn't quite meet expectations, but we appreciate the good humour Bron brought to the situation.

"The product listing in question was removed in May for not meeting platform rules.

"Customers are covered by our 90-day money-back guarantee for items that are not as described and our customer service team is available 24/7 to help with any post-sale concerns."

Bron isn't the only person to have received something from Temu that failed to live up to what was promised.

A Yorkshire mum bought a football for her son from the shopping platform that was advertised bearing Cristiano Ronaldo's name, but when the item turned up, it displayed 'Ponaldo' rather than Ronaldo, The Mirror previously reported.