A Financial Analyst’s Journey to Pet Redemption

Welcome to IRREFUGEE

I’m X, born in 1981 in Wenzhou, China, a Virgo with a perfectionist streak. After 15 years as a financial analyst in real estate, crunching numbers that could buy half a zoo, I quit my high-paying job in the fall of 2023 to tackle something far more meaningful—curating products for families who can’t speak up for themselves.

People ask me why. Maybe it’s the guilt I’ve carried for over 30 years, when I lost a loyal little dog on purpose. It couldn’t read balance sheets or understand profit margins, but it followed me everywhere as a child, even hopping onto my electric bike on its own. Losing it haunted me, and now I pour that regret into finding products worthy of every pet’s trust.

Today, I live in an attic apartment in old Wenzhou. Every morning, I brew a pot of local tea and dive into 1688.com, scouring millions of listings like I once audited financial reports. But now, my mission is to find pet supplies that pass a Virgo financial analyst’s obsessive scrutiny:

Is the spacing between pet comb teeth perfectly even?

Does the silicone ring on that smart water bowl smell weird?

Will the stitches on a pet raincoat hold up?

No labs, no fancy tools—just methods forged from years of financial rigor. I dissect products into 116 cost components, compare six nearly identical listings side-by-side, and inspect injection mold details like architectural blueprints. Last week, I spent days verifying a viral cat tree’s wood thickness after spotting discrepancies in the specs.

I’m far from perfect. Last month, two sweaters pilled up after washing—a reminder of past audit oversights. But my living room wall is papered with sticky notes: complaints like “charger overheats” on the left, solutions like “Dongguan factory sourced” on the right. Every night, I remove a problem note; by dawn, a fix takes its place.

Here, you’ll find no “pet tax” markups. Every price reflects weeks of factory visits across Zhejiang, Jiangsu, and Shanghai. Shipping fees from Wenzhou to Los Angeles are laid bare like shareholder reports—no hidden costs, just honest math.

Our product photos aren’t glamorous studio shots—they’re raw images straight from factories. This isn’t a flawless store, but a heartfelt promise from a former financial analyst: to guard every wagging tail and hopeful purr with the same precision I once reserved for year-end audits.