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Posted 10 April 2013 - 01:44 AM
I decided to purchase my chandeliers, kitchen mixer, basin, basin mixer and rain shower from Taobao. It is not the first time that I bought things from China as I have a close friend staying in China so I always got my friend to send me the stuffs that I bought from Taobao.
The chandeliers that I choose for my dining area, passageway and entertainment room cost me slightly more than $400 in total. Plus shipping costs, it added up to be $500. Well, the price I paid for taking the risk is worthwhile. I saw similar chandeliers in lighting shops at jalan besar and balestier road. The price for one chandelier equals to my whole purchase.
The Dining Room Chandelier
http://item.taobao.c...e&id=4456497676
I got the 800*220mm version. Comes with LED lights and normal bulbs and remote control.
The Passageway light
http://item.taobao.c...&id=14264869602
Gotten the 40cm version. Cheap and good.
The Entertainment Room Chandelier
http://item.taobao.c...T&id=9075027620
Promotion price
The chandeliers that I choose for my dining area, passageway and entertainment room cost me slightly more than $400 in total. Plus shipping costs, it added up to be $500. Well, the price I paid for taking the risk is worthwhile. I saw similar chandeliers in lighting shops at jalan besar and balestier road. The price for one chandelier equals to my whole purchase.
The Dining Room Chandelier
http://item.taobao.c...e&id=4456497676
I got the 800*220mm version. Comes with LED lights and normal bulbs and remote control.
The Passageway light
http://item.taobao.c...&id=14264869602
Gotten the 40cm version. Cheap and good.
The Entertainment Room Chandelier
http://item.taobao.c...T&id=9075027620
Promotion price
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Posted 10 April 2013 - 01:51 AM
Gotten my kitchen mixer, basin and basin mixer plus rain shower together with my chandeliers to save shipping costs.
My kitchen Mixer
http://detail.tmall....898021df647b8d9
Less than $60. Where to find in SG???
My Rain shower
http://item.taobao.c...50008932&ppath=
I bought at RMB439. Now the price went back to RMB739. Wow. Best buy!
My Golden basin
http://detail.tmall....&id=12599000105
I cannot find this in SG but at the price I am looking at. No regrets!
My Golden tap
http://item.taobao.c...L&id=3089710502
Swee swee. Hopefully it matches my golden basin!
Placed an order on 18 Mar, it should arrive in 3 weeks time
My kitchen Mixer
http://detail.tmall....898021df647b8d9
Less than $60. Where to find in SG???
My Rain shower
http://item.taobao.c...50008932&ppath=
I bought at RMB439. Now the price went back to RMB739. Wow. Best buy!
My Golden basin
http://detail.tmall....&id=12599000105
I cannot find this in SG but at the price I am looking at. No regrets!
My Golden tap
http://item.taobao.c...L&id=3089710502
Swee swee. Hopefully it matches my golden basin!
Placed an order on 18 Mar, it should arrive in 3 weeks time
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Posted 10 April 2013 - 08:54 AM
25 Mar 2013
I had received my goods from China!
Didn't know shipping took 7 days to reach. Too anxious to receive the stuffs that i drove down to collect the items although it comes with free delivery service. 
A total of 6 parcels. I was so amazed by the packing of the basin. It came with wooden crate to protect the basin and i need to spend 30 mins with the help of my ID and CFO to remove it.
Chio chio.. hopefully the gold plating does not fade over time.
My kitchen Mixer. Looks good at SGD$60.
I had received my goods from China!
Didn't know shipping took 7 days to reach. Too anxious to receive the stuffs that i drove down to collect the items although it comes with free delivery service. A total of 6 parcels. I was so amazed by the packing of the basin. It came with wooden crate to protect the basin and i need to spend 30 mins with the help of my ID and CFO to remove it.
Chio chio.. hopefully the gold plating does not fade over time.
My kitchen Mixer. Looks good at SGD$60.
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Posted 10 April 2013 - 09:12 AM
29 Mar 2013 Good Friday
Since it is Good Friday and public hoilday for everyone, me and my CFO spent this special day fixing up the chandeliers that we received on Monday. It was fairly easy to setup and the instructions were clear. But there are alot of crystals to fix up and we spent quite some time to get the whole chandelier up.
With the help of my ipad and CFO, we assembled the chandelier up
Now i finally understand why the shops are charging so high for the chandeliers in SG. Because the installation will take them alot of time as the bigger the chandelier is, the more crystals you have to install. However, i am not sure if the shops provide free installation if you purchase from them.
Since it is Good Friday and public hoilday for everyone, me and my CFO spent this special day fixing up the chandeliers that we received on Monday. It was fairly easy to setup and the instructions were clear. But there are alot of crystals to fix up and we spent quite some time to get the whole chandelier up.
With the help of my ipad and CFO, we assembled the chandelier up
Now i finally understand why the shops are charging so high for the chandeliers in SG. Because the installation will take them alot of time as the bigger the chandelier is, the more crystals you have to install. However, i am not sure if the shops provide free installation if you purchase from them.
After fixing up the passageway chandelier, we realised that it is not logical to install the chandelier with the crystals on it as it is too heavy. So we remove the crystals and pack them nicely back in the box. Although it sounds stupid to fix up and dismantle after that but we gained the valuable experience of fixing up. The other dining area chandelier and entertainment room chandelier are a breeze to setup once you get the whole picture on the setup.
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Posted 10 April 2013 - 09:27 AM
30 Mar 2013
Happy Saturday! My plumber is here to install the rain shower and kitchen pipings. Citygas is coming to install my gas heater and pipings and the electrician is coming to install the chandeliers.
Rain shower up in mbr. Water pressure is good. Hopefully with the installation of gas heater, the water pressure stays this way.
Happy Saturday! My plumber is here to install the rain shower and kitchen pipings. Citygas is coming to install my gas heater and pipings and the electrician is coming to install the chandeliers.
Rain shower up in mbr. Water pressure is good. Hopefully with the installation of gas heater, the water pressure stays this way.
Got disco lights on the smaller shower head. No batteries installed but running on the water energy theory. Not bad for the price i paid for.
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Posted 10 April 2013 - 09:40 AM
Electrician came to install the chandeliers.
Passageway chandelier without the crystals. Was told not to install the crystals first as the painter will be here again to do some touchup so in order not to stain the crystals, it is better not to install them first.
See how bright it is at the passageway! I bet with the crystals up, the whole passageway should be wonderful!
Dining area chandelier up without crystals. One bulb is enough to lit up the dining area, there are a total of 6 bulbs. Not sure if the brightness can cover the whole of living room?
Passageway chandelier without the crystals. Was told not to install the crystals first as the painter will be here again to do some touchup so in order not to stain the crystals, it is better not to install them first.
See how bright it is at the passageway! I bet with the crystals up, the whole passageway should be wonderful!
Dining area chandelier up without crystals. One bulb is enough to lit up the dining area, there are a total of 6 bulbs. Not sure if the brightness can cover the whole of living room?
It comes with LED lightings. 3 modes, Red, Purple and Blue. Comes with a remote for you to choose the type of lightings effect you want. Cool!
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Posted 15 April 2013 - 08:00 AM
13 April 2013
Spent the entire weekend fixing up the crystals for the chandeliers. In total, i bought 3 chandeliers from taobao. The price is roughly $700 for all 3 chandeliers including shipping. My electrician fixed up the plates and connections while me and my CFO decided to fix the crystals up ourselves as it looked interesting and challenging.
We started off with the passageway light, as we had attempted to setup on Good Friday before, the setup was smooth and we took a mere 30 minutes to fix up all the crystals. 
Picture of it without lighting
Lights up!
My plain passageway breathe new life with this simple piece of art
100% satisfation! The effect turn up really good but both me and my wallet.
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Posted 15 April 2013 - 08:12 AM
The dining room chandelier posed a big challenge. It comes with 60 crystal balls and 82 pieces of square crystal strips. Linking them up took me and my CFO a hour to do so.
Hanging them up one by one is another challenge. Have to do it one row left, one row right to balance the lighting plate.
Finally completed the whole process in another hour!
I bought the 80cm by 22cm version. Looks awesome and relieved that it made my plain looking dining mirror looked so awesome!
Lights up! Swee Swee po pi pi!
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Posted 15 April 2013 - 08:34 AM
Faced the most difficult to fix up chandelier in my entertainment room aka the Grey Room. Why is it difficult since i had fixed up 2 chandeliers without fear? The reason is simple. Because my electrician did not screw up some important parts of the chandelier and fixed up the light onto the ceiling.
I have to figure out how to fix the important parts which includes using a screw driver to screw the parts without disassembling the base plate. After trying for 30 minutes plus cutting my finger along the process, i got so pissed off that i dismantle the light from the ceiling!
This time round, instead of doing the normal way of fixing crystals on top of the ceiling.. we do it the other way round since the light was removed and we got the luxury to fix the crystals on the floor.
With the help of my father-in-law and CFO, i managed to fix back the chandelier back to the ceiling with all the crystals. Wow, it is so heavy!!
Initial Chandelier outlook. 8 pieces of glass panels to hold glass crystals are not installed.
Final Chandelier outlook with everything up
Lights up!
Looks really cool right? Effort paid off for installing this piece of chandelier. It took us 2 hours plus just to get it up! 
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Posted 15 April 2013 - 08:47 AM
It comes in many lighting modes and a remote control is given to control the lights. Button 1 is to on the LED functions, Button 2 is to on 2 of the energy saving bulbs, Button 3 is to on the other 4 bulbs at the side and Button 4 is to On/Off all the lights. In total, there are 6 light bulbs to light and you have the option to choose how many bulbs you need to lit the room.
The LEDs also change colour to suit your mood.
Really awesome to install this chandelier, 110% satisfaction as the light did not burn a big hole in my wallet. Found something similar to this chandelier in one of the shops in Balestier. Guess how much is the price? $800!! Well, i got it at $200 plus installation. More than 50% discount! This is the main reason why i wanted to get the lights from overseas! If you dare to take the risk and willing to part off with the warranty... this is the satisfaction that i am talking about!
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Posted 15 April 2013 - 08:00 AM
13 April 2013
Spent the entire weekend fixing up the crystals for the chandeliers. In total, i bought 3 chandeliers from taobao. The price is roughly $700 for all 3 chandeliers including shipping. My electrician fixed up the plates and connections while me and my CFO decided to fix the crystals up ourselves as it looked interesting and challenging.
We started off with the passageway light, as we had attempted to setup on Good Friday before, the setup was smooth and we took a mere 30 minutes to fix up all the crystals.
Picture of it without lighting
Lights up!
My plain passageway breathe new life with this simple piece of art
100% satisfation! The effect turn up really good but both me and my wallet.
Spent the entire weekend fixing up the crystals for the chandeliers. In total, i bought 3 chandeliers from taobao. The price is roughly $700 for all 3 chandeliers including shipping. My electrician fixed up the plates and connections while me and my CFO decided to fix the crystals up ourselves as it looked interesting and challenging.
We started off with the passageway light, as we had attempted to setup on Good Friday before, the setup was smooth and we took a mere 30 minutes to fix up all the crystals.
Picture of it without lighting
Lights up!
My plain passageway breathe new life with this simple piece of art
100% satisfation! The effect turn up really good but both me and my wallet.
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Posted 15 April 2013 - 08:12 AM
The dining room chandelier posed a big challenge. It comes with 60 crystal balls and 82 pieces of square crystal strips. Linking them up took me and my CFO a hour to do so.
Hanging them up one by one is another challenge. Have to do it one row left, one row right to balance the lighting plate.
Finally completed the whole process in another hour!
I bought the 80cm by 22cm version. Looks awesome and relieved that it made my plain looking dining mirror looked so awesome!
Lights up! Swee Swee po pi pi!
Hanging them up one by one is another challenge. Have to do it one row left, one row right to balance the lighting plate.
Finally completed the whole process in another hour!
I bought the 80cm by 22cm version. Looks awesome and relieved that it made my plain looking dining mirror looked so awesome!
Lights up! Swee Swee po pi pi!
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Posted 15 April 2013 - 08:34 AM
Faced the most difficult to fix up chandelier in my entertainment room aka the Grey Room. Why is it difficult since i had fixed up 2 chandeliers without fear? The reason is simple. Because my electrician did not screw up some important parts of the chandelier and fixed up the light onto the ceiling.
I have to figure out how to fix the important parts which includes using a screw driver to screw the parts without disassembling the base plate. After trying for 30 minutes plus cutting my finger along the process, i got so pissed off that i dismantle the light from the ceiling!
This time round, instead of doing the normal way of fixing crystals on top of the ceiling.. we do it the other way round since the light was removed and we got the luxury to fix the crystals on the floor.
With the help of my father-in-law and CFO, i managed to fix back the chandelier back to the ceiling with all the crystals. Wow, it is so heavy!!
Initial Chandelier outlook. 8 pieces of glass panels to hold glass crystals are not installed.
Final Chandelier outlook with everything up
Lights up!
Looks really cool right? Effort paid off for installing this piece of chandelier. It took us 2 hours plus just to get it up!
I have to figure out how to fix the important parts which includes using a screw driver to screw the parts without disassembling the base plate. After trying for 30 minutes plus cutting my finger along the process, i got so pissed off that i dismantle the light from the ceiling!
This time round, instead of doing the normal way of fixing crystals on top of the ceiling.. we do it the other way round since the light was removed and we got the luxury to fix the crystals on the floor.
With the help of my father-in-law and CFO, i managed to fix back the chandelier back to the ceiling with all the crystals. Wow, it is so heavy!!
Initial Chandelier outlook. 8 pieces of glass panels to hold glass crystals are not installed.
Final Chandelier outlook with everything up
Lights up!
Looks really cool right? Effort paid off for installing this piece of chandelier. It took us 2 hours plus just to get it up!
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Posted 15 April 2013 - 08:47 AM
It comes in many lighting modes and a remote control is given to control the lights. Button 1 is to on the LED functions, Button 2 is to on 2 of the energy saving bulbs, Button 3 is to on the other 4 bulbs at the side and Button 4 is to On/Off all the lights. In total, there are 6 light bulbs to light and you have the option to choose how many bulbs you need to lit the room.
The LEDs also change colour to suit your mood.
Really awesome to install this chandelier, 110% satisfaction as the light did not burn a big hole in my wallet. Found something similar to this chandelier in one of the shops in Balestier. Guess how much is the price? $800!! Well, i got it at $200 plus installation. More than 50% discount! This is the main reason why i wanted to get the lights from overseas! If you dare to take the risk and willing to part off with the warranty... this is the satisfaction that i am talking about!
The LEDs also change colour to suit your mood.
Really awesome to install this chandelier, 110% satisfaction as the light did not burn a big hole in my wallet. Found something similar to this chandelier in one of the shops in Balestier. Guess how much is the price? $800!!
Well, i got it at $200 plus installation. More than 50% discount! This is the main reason why i wanted to get the lights from overseas! If you dare to take the risk and willing to part off with the warranty... this is the satisfaction that i am talking about!- Members
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Posted 15 April 2013 - 11:31 AM
'Teofamily', on 15 Apr 2013 - 10:45 AM, said:
Love the lights effect! What was the size for the passageway light you have there? Very temp to get too.
I intend to use peeka.
Can share what was the shipping cost they charged you?
The size was 30cm. Shipping cost is spilt among my other stuffs so i got quoted $85 for 8 items. Shipping is about $10 plus per item. If you intend to purchase, buy other items to share the costs. It will be cheaper this way.
hi,
ReplyDeleteare the crystals glass or plastic? real crystals? thank u