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Home furnishings are a bit special. The market is flooded with cheap Chinese goods. There’s no way to tell what’s good, and there are way too many choices/knock
by gonyea 8y ago
Home furnishings are a bit special. The market is flooded with cheap Chinese goods. There’s no way to tell what’s good, and there are way too many choices/knockoffs. Plus it’s too heavy to return if you don’t like it. You really have to see it in person to have the confidence that it’s right.
This is also true for cabinets, flooring, lighting, etc.
- xfour 8y agoI agree with you that’s its probably the worst case. But let’s explore, I also need a new TV, well not need but it’s been around 10 years figure I want to see what’s up in the TV market. This time there was one new review site I was happy to see called rtings that I hadn’t heard about. But between thats was 50 versions of better buy and the like. Perhaps it’s false nostalgia but I feel like search results used to have some variety.
- Skrillex 8y agoI was about to say that headphones were in the same place as furniture, where any ratings cannot be trusted, and the only way to guarantee a quality product was trial and error. Maybe the problem space is larger than I realized but I just do not buy enough stuff to notice.
- _ah 8y agoI've mostly given up on product research and now just use Wirecutter.