Many years back I bought some furniture like coffee table. Bar chairs..dining chair..light fixtures, table lamps.. that time tried to save money.. which I regretted, end up rebuying most of them locally because of the poor quality. Wasted quite a bit of money and lesson learnt. I suppose if you know how to source quality ones then it's fine? I've seen some people with quality taobao furniture. Else i wouldn't do it again if you ask me.. Most of the items arrived intact.. maybe just one or two having some dents. Penny wise pound foolish for me that time.

I guess so la.. there are better quality products in tb, the prices will be higher, need to factor in shipping and risk of shipping, is it much more expensive here? If just a few hundred difference, better get it here.