April is a time when I'd rather stay in malaysia and enjoy the cool weather and occasional rain.

bangkok has dry spells that lasts for months. From feb to april/may, you hardly find any rain. And its hot. March and April hottest, can reach past 40C.
And in march, comes burning of paddy fields for later replanting. So the whole darn area is smoky and dusty.

hmm....i plan to go there for shopping....i still wonder how to pack...should i bring huge luggage? i plan to get clothing stock from there...hmm.....budget is 30KG

Use their poslaju or slow mail over there-lah...Airlines lugage having weight limit - AA- 15kg & MAS 20kg hor..

Anyway, I find those clothing in bangkok is not really so cheap compare wth M'sia hor. but quality is better-lah.

I find that computer games, computer accessories, parts, RAM and HDD are cheaper than LYN/LYP and Sim Lim Plaza.
Their services are good and cheap like changing LCD, Ram, HDD, fans and skinning laptops. They have more variety - HI-end and low-end stuff, and you have more choice also.
They even have a shop in Prontip where you can see and touch the latest high end mobo & GPU of all the brands!

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Added on March 15, 2010, 3:13 pmPre-Buy the excess baggage will save you lots of money.

Their mens fashion is ok but no cheap. I find Hatyai carries better, high quality branded mens cloth than Bangkok.
For ladies, it is a lot better, got many many choices but NOT for ladies looking for XL, XXl and ...err... you get my drift.

This post has been edited by DarkNite: Mar 15 2010, 03:13 PM

I dun really cheack those games & accesories bcos not so interested..probably locally produce accesories & therefore no import duties & thus cheaper there...but comparing their imported Notebook, handphones, TV, LCD & etc no cheap wor...

I remembered went in to Tesco Onnut & the normal china made aircon already selling THB16,000 & that's the cheapest liao..comparing to ~ RM800 china made aircon in m'sia..so do their whatever eletrical product..But locally product - yes ageed cheaper.

Well, if r heading there by AA then d cheapest baggage wud be 15kg follow by 20kg then 50kg.Well if there are 2 of u, then u wud have 30Kg. U dun need to buy baggage for 15kg each person when u r going to BKK. Take min clothes there.U can check in 2 big luggages as long as u dun exceed 15kg. Only purchase for 15kg x 2 pax for your return trip.

Thats because you were looking at all the wrong places to buy cheap and gooding clothes in thailand.

Just as happy4ever mentioned. I'm rather surprised to hear a woman say that clothes in Thailand are not cheaper then Malaysia!

From what I've seen (from following friends shopping of course, cross dressing ain't my forte!), clothes are generally cheaper overall.

But not to say everything is cheap there. Things like some electronics are a lil more expensive.

thanks for the reply....i'm looking for ladies fashion...as I know Airasia provide max of 30KG rite?

I heard pratunam area is good for this type of stuff....

Wow..1st time I heard 30kg..Like dat MAS also loss liao..

On the clothing well probably...Whenever I go..the cheapest T-shirt i can get only 90bath..WTH...I Petaling st only RM5 nia...

& I was so happy getting a samsonite lappy bag at THB90 the cheapest in MBK..until my colleague got a RM70 almost similar to mine in KL..WTH....

fuah airasia got 30kg. u must have paid a lot for the extra 15kg

Pratunam Mall will be ur choice to shop for cheap clothes

O ya....air asia baggage price change already.It use to be RM10 for 15kg...right? And now

Domestic /International - RM20 (15kg)
RM30 (20kg)
RM40 (25kg)
RM50 (30kg)

platinum mall i think? pratunam mall at the (+) junction on the way to gaysorn/isetan is quite a rundown mall that has uhm...fashion that most might not like tht much (most shops are NOT wholesale shops).

best place(s) to shop:
platinum mall and pratunam market. both at opposite front (edited* not end but front..haha. across the street. TYPO). wholesale area where mostly would want you to get 3 pieces minimum from their shops. also, do take not that some, especially at pratunam market(baiyoke area, you could see the tallest building in bangkok - baiyoke sky) do not allow you to mix and match. some would ask you to take all of the same or 3 of the same. but most would let you mix and match around the store.

do not misunderstand their way of not layan-ing you wen you try to bargain because for their wholesale area, they do not bargain as they charge both local and tourist the same price (most of the shops - because i understand a handful of thai, enough for me to shop around and simple communication). perhaps the thing tht you would want to negotiate on is the number of pieces that you need to buy coz it might be a feat to be able to get 3 pieces.

and owh...go to platinum food court(buy your preloaded card. they dont accept cash. you need to go to the credit counter to get the card). alot of food to choose from and it's packed 24/7!

*talking about all these make me wanna go back again tho i just got back. haha*

This post has been edited by andrienne: Mar 16 2010, 12:28 AM

Food....YummmmmmY... make me hungry

T shirt you wan can go jatujak, or some outskirt malls or street stalls like in ramkamhaeng.

for samsonite, bag, THB90 is like RM9 here. So is still cheaper than RM70 in KL. wat toking jew?

Typo error..THB900 not THB90 haha.

On those whosales area. at Pratunam or even chinatown, yeah agreed that it's cheap..but hor normally tourist go there for 1 pc or diff design...but those wholeseller as Andriennes said..take it of leave it...Boyz I really kena from them...I wanna only 1 shoe & it's so cheap only RM20/pair..damn...That seller ask me to take 6 otherwise..nou tak kheng..celaka...

That's why..I hate shopping in bangkok..KL better!!

H4E, me missed jatjujak..I went there during weekday...Most shop closed & seeing the zinc roof market from far...I dun feel like walk in at all...sauna!! U mean I can get RM5 T-shirt there? ohhhhh

thanks for the info....for platinum mall, which hotel is the nearest and around RM100-200 per night? and the platinum mall operating hours is from wat time till wat time?

i'm so excited to go la.....just crossing my fingers that nothing bad will happen before and during my trip

p/s: u take ur wholesale from that area also???...can let me know how much roughly the clothing cost there compare to our malaysia's jalan kenanga?

The full name of the mall is Platinum Fashion Mall but then my Thai friends keep on insisting it is Pratunam Mall >.< which made me confused

anyway, the Platinum Fashion Mall is just opposite of the Amari watergate

if u want to stay at pratunam area, Baiyoke Suit is the nearest n within your range of RM100-200. Citin Pratunam hotel also within the range, but just that if u r not very familiar with that area, there will be problem when u try to tell the taxi driver.