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Low Cost vs. Low Quality?
A simple comparison Comparison price shopping is common, in order to locate the best deal. A particular television model may be priced at $200 dollars at one store but found on elsewhere on sale for...
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The problem of “Chaobuduo” (and how it effects reproduction furnitures)
Chinese workers love to use the phrase ¨cha bu duo¨ (pronounced “Cha Boo Daul) which directly translates to ¨not very far off (meaning approximately or roughly)¨ Unfortunately, in almost all case it...
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Do you know what you are selling? Because your customer might not.
I am noticing a trend where just about “everyone and anyone” is now selling so called “Chinese antique furniture” (or some variation of this) and misrepresenting it as any number of different things....
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Comparing apples to oranges – more on determining quality in Chinese antique...
Photos of these two cabinets have been floating around on our file server for quite a while and I have been meaning to put them up here as another excellent example of differences in quality between...
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Guide to buying Chinese Antiques on eBay
The Brutal Truth about Buying Chinese Antiques on eBay This is a great little guide from an ebay seller who goes by the screen name of loveshackbaybee. Its fairly comprehensive and worth a reprint...
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Buying from China – The customer is NOT always right.
Having been both involved in the past with furniture sourcing and buying, and more recently operating a retail furniture store and factory (where I now must sell to those same types of furniture...
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