shopping in pattaya

[aarmitage9 0]

hi i am going to be travelling to pattaya for the first time in july 2004 and was wondering what the general prices of goods are over there eg/ electrical goods, cigarettes, spirits, clothing, football shirts etc. i was just wondering if they were alot cheaper than britain or roughly the same. any replys would be grateful thanks.

[ting_tong 63]

hi i am going to be travelling to pattaya for the first time in july 2004 and was wondering what the general prices of goods are over there eg/ electrical goods, cigarettes, spirits, clothing, football shirts etc. i was just wondering if they were alot cheaper than britain or roughly the same. any replys would be grateful thanks.

The only things on your list that are cheap is clothing, and "knock off" football shirts.

 

You might want to consider bringing some spirits via duty free, cigs from home, or duty free.

 

Lets see what other members say.

[CheshireTom 1,377]

hi i am going to be travelling to pattaya for the first time in july 2004 and was wondering what the general prices of goods are over there eg/ electrical goods, cigarettes, spirits, clothing, football shirts etc. i was just wondering if they were alot cheaper than britain or roughly the same. any replys would be grateful thanks.

aarmitage,

 

As a rough guide (70 Baht to the UKP):

 

Cigs - 75-85p for 20 (although I prefer to bring mine in duty-free (GBP60-70.00 for 1,000)

 

JW Black - GBP11.00 for .7 litre

 

Gordons Gin - GBP6.50 for .7 litre

 

T-shirts (Polo style) - GBP2.00 each

 

Footie shirts - GBP3-4.00 each (decent quality)

 

Electrical goods vary greatly - last thing I bought was a Panasonic rice cooker - GBP7.00

 

You'll obviously have to take into account plastic tuk-tuks, wooden frogs, coconut monkeys, "designer" sunglasses, fruit-shaped candles and a heap of other crap that you will no doubt end up buying.

 

Tom

[doolish 14]

hi i am going to be travelling to pattaya for the first time in july 2004 and was wondering what the general prices of goods are over there eg/ electrical goods, cigarettes, spirits, clothing, football shirts etc. i was just wondering if they were alot cheaper than britain or roughly the same. any replys would be grateful thanks.

Hi,

Cigs. unless you only smoke one kind, cheaper to buy in Pattaya, 30B to 40B per 20, if you use loose tobacco there are places where you can get it dirt cheap. If you are travelling by Emirates, buy in Dub. where most brands are cheaper. I got 50 King Edward Imperial cigars, 1Litre Glen. and 200 cigs. for £20.67, 1 L. Glen. in MAN. was over £20.

Spirits, Again cheaper in Patt. unless you drink malt whisky. I drink Glenmorangie, I was

unable to get a malt in LOS, but I found the cheapest in Dub. In Patt. you can get 0.7L Barc. Vod. Gin rum around 350B to 400B, local Whiskey 170B

Footballshirts cheapest I found was in the Tuesday & Friday market at 90B each.

As for bringing in the likes of 1000 cigs i'd be careful as the limit is 200.

Clothing, bring minimum, dirt cheap.

Electricial goods, Why.

What day will you be travelling to LOS as I am going from Man.(Eng) the 2 July for 8 weeks, I arrive in BKK 3/7/04 and will be staying in Bangkok for 1 night and heading for Patt. on the 4/7/04

Cheers Doug

[aarmitage9 0]

thank you for the replys they were just what i needed to know. just one more thing if any of you could answer is how much are digital cameras in thailand compared to england. i am after the canon ixus2 5mp camera.

[ting_tong 63]

Buy your camera at home, mostly all electronics are expensive in Thailand.

 

As an example a japanese girl told me a digital camera is cheaper in the US than it is in Japan?

[samaka 1]

hi i am going to be travelling to pattaya for the first time in july 2004 and was wondering what the general prices of goods are over there eg/ electrical goods, cigarettes, spirits, clothing, football shirts etc. i was just wondering if they were alot cheaper than britain or roughly the same. any replys would be grateful thanks.

I don't think there is a place on the planet were cigarettes are more expensive than the UK.

As for electronics goods try

www.dabs.com

www.simply.co.uk

pixmania.com

or you can try tottenham court road in London.