At Patpong Market what most people go for are the watches. The quality of the merchandise compared to that of MBK is lower, and much merchandise for sale breaks right after buying it. The merchandise for sale is mostly counterfeit (clothes, shoes, sunglasses, small bags, watches, DVD, CD), even if every so often you can find a stall that sells original products such as honey or handmade pillows. This open air night market is found in the Silom district. A price that’s decidedly too high when compared to the original chargers.Īnother paradise for fans of counterfeits is Patpong Market. An example are copies of PC chargers, which they sell for 3,000 THB for one. Prices vary according to the type of customer they find in front of them: if they’re Thai the price is low, if they’re a foreigner they’ll try to get as much money out of you as possible. Remember though that the tech merchandise sold at MBK is of inferior quality, and even though merchants might try to pass it off as original merchandise, it’s (almost) always fake. Stands where they sell gadgets for cell phones, computers, ipads, cameras, and much more, abound! You can also buy and repair smartphones and computers for rather low prices. On the third and fourth floors hi-tech reigns. Everything is rigorously copied you can find sport clothes for sale for a few hundred Baht, the same with name brand shoes for 500 THB a pair. The first and second floors of the MBK are entirely devoted to clothing, shoes, bags, suitcases, hair accessories, watches, body products and souvenirs of all types. You’ll find a very different situation in Cambodia where instead, you can discounts of up to 50%-60% percent, especially in town markets. My advice is to try to get the price down by knowing your stuff, since in recent years the Thais have become increasingly resistant to give discounts, especially to Westerners, and many vendors get offended. Just as with JJ Market, at MBK too you can negotiate the price of merchandise on sale. The mall is spread over 7 floors, and is open 365 days a year, from 10:00 a.m. 95% percent of the articles sold in this shopping mall are counterfeit, the remaining 5% are official re-sellers such as the Nikon and Canon camera stores, located on one of the last floors or the eastern part where there’s the Japanese chain Tokyu. ![]() The king of fake merchandise in Bangkok is the MBK shopping mall. It’s also Thailand’s biggest market and is certainly worth a visit.
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