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Part 4 - Shopping
Well is there anything to shop in thailand ?
Well according to my beliefs there are several items that are a good buy.
Clothes: Shirts(silk), Suits(silk or heavy silk)(tailor made), Kimonos(silk)
Good quality at good prices. There might be other stuff as well that might be considered a good buy if you like like crocodile skin stuff.
Unfortunatly I no longer fit most of the clothes i bought when I was there.
I'm tired of buying kimonos since all female friends wants one, so pile them up for someones birthday etc.
Certain brand items that are fakes. Like lacoste shirts or zippo lighters ,rayban etc. Just be aware about the quality, that might be low compare to the original.
THE HAGGLE: (especially from street vendors)
If you like to haggle you will like thailand since this must be the haggeling mekkha. Personally I was so tired of it. I didnt really go for the absolute lowest price I could find. But low enough to make it worth my time. The chance that you will many vendors that sell the same item are 100%. In my example i will use a zippo as a reference.
Vendor 1: You ask the price for the zippo and he say 500 baht. You then say 400 if he accepts you say that you will be back later.
Vendor 2: he say 500 you say 350. If he accepts you just tell him that you will be back later.
You work yourself down in price from vendor to vendor until you say a price that no vendor will accept. Then you have a faily low price of the item. Depending on how much time you want to spend you can haggle around like a maniac. I dont want to spend to much time so I went to only a couple of the vendors. But if you like doing this then go for it and spend some hours to save a couple of baht and have fun at the same time. If you buy many of the same kind you will also get a better price.
I was not that good with this, so ask someone you trust to help you save some time and money. The girls usually helps out since they think the better price you get the more money for them. The price also depends on where the vendor is located etc.
I personally like to pay cash for my items no matter where I bought it.
Credit cards and passports are big business there and I dont want to give them my plastic number.
Continue later
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