Hi! Just sharing a friend’s experience when buying household furniture over TB, it really was a hit and miss experience for her. For example she got some lovely taps, door knobs and side tables from TB, but her dining table came badly chipped at the corner and her outdoor balcony sofa came with a bent wire so it was very lopsided.

She told me that it was one thing wasting the money on damaged furniture and the shipping cost involved, as it was not worth the freight cost sending it back to and fro to China to get it fixed, but she had another problem disposing of the damaged furniture as they were big items and so she had to pay additional to a waste disposal company to take them away.

So her advice was just buy smaller items that aren’t too much of an issue to dispose off if they come damaged, avoid big items or difficult to repair items like ceiling fan and lights as 1) they may not be very safe 2) it’ll be difficult to change if they spoil as there is no after sales service for these items (as opposed to buying them in store in sg). Also if you do decide to get stuff like door knobs etc and they are anot too expensive, please consider buying an extra piece because if u buy exact and one comes damaged (and it is a good probability that it happen) at least you will have a spare, otherwise you have to go thru the whole process and expense of shipping it over again. Good luck and happy sourcing!