Ya man! Thanks for sharing!

This is so useful!! Thanks so much :)

Thx for sharing 😊👍

Haha the paper bench part cracked me up! Great video 😊

@HowNowTaobao

2 жыл бұрын

Haha thank you! Glad our sorrows could bring someone else joy HAHAHA but ya the paper bench is no go ☹️

Thank you for sharing your experience with the products you purchased. This definitely helped me and I believe others too. 👍😊👏❤️🙏

I had the same issue with the diatomite mat, using the sandpaper and all didn't really help and was so troublesome to do it. But I went to get those heavy duty 3M scouring pad and ran the mat under water while scrubbing it. I added some hand soap too. Takes about a min to scrub the entire surface twice. After drying it, it's very usable again. ofc not as good as when I first got it but at least it's not totally useless. And each scouring pad can use multiple times so it's not expensive to maintain also.

@HowNowTaobao

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for sharing with us Ryan!

Thanks for sharing! I’ve had some similar experiences too (1) bought wooden placemats but actually it’s just so much easier to clean the dining table without them. So the placemats now come out only for special occasions/when guests come by (2) bought foldable 1-seater paper stools. Not easy to move around once unfolded. They are fine though for when additional seats are occasionally needed at the dining table. (3) Exact same experience with diatomite floor mats - switched to chenille bathroom mats with rubber backing. Effective and easy to clean - just toss into washing machine weekly with rugs/rags at delicate/gentle wash cycle. (4) Also faced flaking on my black kitchen tap which at this time can still be covered somewhat with black paint. It’s a matter of time though before this won’t be enough. Fortunately, it is the only black one in my house 😅😅

@HowNowTaobao

2 жыл бұрын

Haha aw man! Totally feel your pains on all four points, but I guess we just had to learn it the hard way to have learnt that those items weren’t as useful as we thought it will be. 🥲 sometimes the “normal/old school” method still works the best

Your chair part so funny

The diatomite mat is one of the best buy. I place it not only at toilet doors, but one underneath tabletop dish rack and 2 big ones under kitchen sink to absorb water droplet if my kitchen sink condenses in the cabinet.

@HowNowTaobao

2 жыл бұрын

Haha hello! Wah, that’s great to hear! How long have you been using it and where did you buy from? Glad it worked for you, quite sad ours dropped in quality in a year 😢

@Missy_Ai

2 жыл бұрын

@@HowNowTaobao I bought mine from shopee. Must support local business once a while lah.

@HowNowTaobao

2 жыл бұрын

Oh! Haha maybe the local products are of higher quality. But ya sometimes we also buy from Shopee when we need to get urgent items too 😂

@patriciachng4616

2 жыл бұрын

@@Missy_Ai can share the shopee link please?

Hey Tricia! Would you be able to do a video on items you’ve regretted buying so far for the baby/pregnancy (:

@HowNowTaobao

2 жыл бұрын

Hello Junn! Haha ok sure, I’ll KIV that because I think it’s a bit too early to say what’s regrettable. We’ll explore more pregnancy/baby-content ideas. Thanks for letting us know!

Use a Mr DIY spray black paint $3.90 on the black chips on shower n tap.

@HowNowTaobao

2 жыл бұрын

Oh! Haha we decided to live with it but thank you for the suggestion! Perhaps one day we might do that.

Best taps is not chrome or black, but stainless steel

@HowNowTaobao

2 жыл бұрын

Yes, seems that way! But we had to learn it the hard way ☹️ hopefully others don’t make the same mistake as us!

@Missy_Ai

2 жыл бұрын

@@HowNowTaobao Anyway don’t lose heart. Those taps made in China won’t last long, probably 5 years and it will go kaput. Just tahan a bit until it kaput lor 😊

@HowNowTaobao

2 жыл бұрын

Aww thanks! HAHA I’m not sure if I want it to last long (and make my money worth) or spoil soon (so can faster change) but I guess we’ll wait and see what happens 🥲

Any possibility to add rubber studs to the paper bench?

@HowNowTaobao

2 жыл бұрын

Unfortunately it can’t be done! ☹️

Thanks for sharing this! I’ve recently just checked out the paper bench 😭 may i know whats the brand of paper bench you’ve bought? Hopefully not the same one as i’ve checked out 🥺

@HowNowTaobao

2 жыл бұрын

OH NOOOOO 😭😭😭 I hope you have a better experience than us though 😣 we bought from this shop called “纸玲珑官方自营” let us know how it goes when you get it!

@bwchloe

2 жыл бұрын

@@HowNowTaobao okay! I got mine from 十八纸 so hopefully it’s a little better! My husband just turned to tsk at me while we watched your video 😂 thanks for the tips so far!

@HowNowTaobao

2 жыл бұрын

HAHAHA aiyo I do hope yours works better than ours! 😂 tell your husband give chance la, TB videos sometimes quite convincing. Let us know how it goes when you’ve started using it!!

@zhengye8984

Жыл бұрын

@@bwchloe any update on ur chair after 9 months cause I'm planning to get it from the same shop haha

So the diatomic mat, the soft kind not stone kind works better?

@HowNowTaobao

Жыл бұрын

We can't say for sure regarding the soft kind because we've not gotten it! But yes, the stone kind didn't work well for us in the long run.

Can I check the black tap and shower. Is it the so called nano coating? Because I am actually looking at this 纳米枪黑 sink but worry that it might have the same problem as yours.

@HowNowTaobao

2 жыл бұрын

Hi JJ! Hmm we’re not sure if it’s supposed to be nano coating, it wasn’t something we looked out for but I don’t think our taps are nano coated. Maybe you could ask the sellers whether this peeling issue will happen as a guarantee!

@JJ-dx7hy

2 жыл бұрын

@@HowNowTaobao do you still have the product link?

@HowNowTaobao

2 жыл бұрын

Here you go! Tap - 【淘宝】m.tb.cn/h.fp1Q6Zp?tk=Rw6V2gSwAov「全铜洗脸盆冷热水龙头洗手盆面盆卫生间家用台上盆黑色单孔池龙头」 点击链接直接打开

@tanjieyingraeann5269

2 жыл бұрын

@@HowNowTaobao oh dear the link is already broken:/. Possible to paste it again here? I am worried about mine too.

Felt that the background music is a bit too loud vs. your voice

@HowNowTaobao

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for letting us know!! We are still working on finding that balance for speaker vs bg music 😅

sis. I want to ask, can shopping on the Taobao app be sent directly to the Singapore address, or must it be sent to the China warehouse first, then can it be sent to the Singapore address? please help me, i want to shop but i don't know how to do it..

@HowNowTaobao

2 жыл бұрын

Hello! There are a few shipping methods available on Taobao so it depends. Check out our TAOBAO 101 Playlist, that will be a place to start learning how to use Taobao :)

That bathroom mat still ok actually. For my issue, I will start buying it after 1 year as it began to lose its effectiveness despite I sun it outside every 2 weeks. Some item from taobao will only last after 1 year but heart not too painful because some are really cheaper.

@HowNowTaobao

2 жыл бұрын

Haha same experience! Quite sad that despite following the “cleaning up” instructions, the effectiveness wasn’t restored. Feel a bit of a heart pain like you said, to have wasted the buy 😢 we upcycled it by donating it to our church garden to put flower pots etc 😂 at least got 2nd lease of life

Thanks for sharing. It baffles me why people buy a half million dollar home only to install cheap poorly made stuff from Taobao. Invest in the Made in Germany or MIJ stuff. It will last a decade at min

@HowNowTaobao

Жыл бұрын

Hey there, thanks for sharing your thoughts! I hear you and agree that most times, what you pay is what you get. Cheap price tag usually equates to lousier quality products. But I think the beauty about Taobao is that some of these sellers are also the OEM of companies that mark up the furnitures in exchange for proper QC and warranty. So instead of paying a hefty price tag for high quality and long lasting products, taobao gives an option of a cheaper price tag with above average quality, but in exchange we bear the risks of the QC. Hope this helps provide you with a better understanding of why some of us choose this option :)

@stcemel

Жыл бұрын

made in China and assembled in Germany is more like it 👀 very few affordable items are made in Germany nowadays.