Gennadiy Tsygan knows how expensive it is to build a home in the United States. That’s why he imported almost everything for his dream house from China.

Most of his home fixtures were imported directly from over two dozen factories, and Tsygan — an engineer in Baltimore — flew halfway around the world in 2024 to choose some of those products.

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    10 days ago

    He thinks he’s saving money now, but in the long run, he will be paying for repairs, replacements, etc. Ask one of my former landlords. 😂

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      10 days ago

      he will be paying for repairs

      none of that shit can be repaired. No parts availability. See most of the Chinese drop-shipped crap at Big box stores.

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        7 days ago

        Not the crappy fixtures, but my kitchen cabinets definitely needed to be replaced when my shitty kitchen faucet sprayed water all over the place. Yeah, the cabinets were cheap particle board, too. 😂