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Shopping

Taobao vs Shopee: Taobao is More Expensive After COVID-19

If you are thinking of buying and shipping from Taobao – STOP. Don’t do it. We no longer recommend buying from Taobao for one simple reason. COVID-19 made shipping from Taobao or third-party forwarders very, very expensive. The Taobao vs Shopee comparison just got a lot fairer. Prices for Taobao Shipping Increased 20-40% Shipping Prices

General

Huge Recall of Unsafe Elmark Ceiling Fans

Can an Elmark Ceiling Fan Drop and Kill? Elmark just got instructed to do a fan recall for 17 models of their ceiling fans. Everyone probably has had some nightmare of ceiling fans and blades dropping down and killing the person sleeping – unfortunately this could be a reality if you’re using a faulty Elmark

Maintenance

How to Clean a Glass Toilet Shower Screen

Having a Glass Toilet Shower Screen A toilet shower screen is nice, especially when it’s made of glass. A screen is more expensive (around $500) than a shower curtain, but they keep toilets drier. We have both, so it’s very obvious a screen works better. It’s also something most hotels have, so it looks more

Shopping

Budget Guide: Shopping and Taobao Shipping to Singapore

Note: We no longer recommend shipping from Taobao. Check out our Taobao vs Shopee comparison. Taobao Shipping to Singapore – Is It Possible? Yes! In the past, you needed to do a lot of extra work just to do Taobao shipping to Singapore – those were the days of 65daigou and other third party companies.

Renovation, Shopping

Our DIY Washing Machine Installation

We DIYed our washing machine installation. It sounds easy. Unfortunately, it wasn’t. Buying our washing machine without installation We bought our washing machine before renovation finished. We wanted to take advantage of LiveUp cashback by Lazada (non referral link, needed to put this for the nice SEO), which made it much cheaper than traditional stores

Shopping

Be Careful! Taobao Isn’t Cheap Anymore

Taobao isn’t that cheap anymore. This shouldn’t surprise you. Taobao was super cheap Most people caught on to the fact that Taobao was cheap around 2015 to 2017. Indeed, things were cheap on Taobao. We published several articles gushing about cheap furniture (e.g. general guide, taps, ceiling fans) and appliances, compared it favourably to Ikea.

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