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    thanks for sharing on your experience on taobao stainless steel taps and accessories! Will steer clear of them... cheers!

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    UPDATE ON TAOBAO GOODS AFTER USING FOR 6 MONTHS

    Hello everyone! I just wanted to do an update on the quality of taobao goods after using them for 6 months.

    So far everything I've bought, all is working well infact extremely well EXCEPT

    DISCLAMER: ALL THE TAPS/ACCESSORIES I BOUGHT FROM TAOBAO IS STAINLESS STEEL AS DESCRIBED BY SELLER.

    1. Toilet Accessories Such as Shampoo and body wash rack

    They have started to rust even though there's no scratch, nothing! Its horrible!

    2. Water Tap / Sink Stopper

    Think even though they say its 100% stainless steel etc, somehow its very difficult to maintain the look and the surface looks uneven with stuff growing on it that cannot be scrubbed of. Its quite fustrating because previously I was using a Germany made water tap for my previous house and after two years it still looks like brand new. What you pay is really what you get and how long you can use it for. One of the toilet tap is also not functioning well where the water coming out flows slanted.

    3. Kitchen Tap

    Just this week, the kitchen tap started to leak, everywhere! I contacted Contractor J and his worker and they told me that all those homes whom they installed kitchen taps from Taobao wouldn't last. He always had to get the plumber to go back after 3-6 months to get the homeowner to buy a good quality Kitchen Tap. So yesterday I went back down to Heritage Bathroom and bought an expensive kitchen tap instead to replace the old one and hopefully it doesn't give me any problem.

    Despite the fact that the kitchen tap was sold on taobao with more than 10,000 ratings that is it 100% stainless, the tap started looking a little rusty after 6 months and the leak was quite bad. Heritage bathroom salesgirl told me that it could be possible that the material is mixed with other alloys that is not pure thats why its rusty inside. Super bad experience.

    So here's my advice:

    You can buy anything from Taobao from table to TV console to curtains - EVERYTHING EXCEPT for sinks/taps/toilet accessories even if they vouch that its 100% stainless steel. My lesson learnt and your money saved :jawdrop: :jammin:

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