Listen up, you broke bargain hunters and AliExpress addicts. I’m Marcus ‘The Scrutinizer’ Veritas, and I’ve been burned more times than a faulty phone charger. Today, we’re dissecting the sacred cow of budget shopping: the expiration date on Chinese products. Spoiler alert: it’s a lie, but sometimes a beautiful one. Let’s start with my first disaster: a pack of ‘organic’ green tea from a random seller. The box screamed ‘Best Before: 2026’ in bold, reassuring letters. I brewed a cup, and it tasted like mowed lawn mixed with regret. Turns out, the tea was already stale when I bought it. So much for chinese products expiration date being a guarantee…