alemauro
longtail driver
Posts: 6

#1 Posted: 21/9/2008 - 22:38


Hi Folks!

I am enjoying this forum since I found it...

I am planning to travel from Buenos Aires to Kuala Lumpur, and then visit Thailand, Laos, Vietnam and Cambodia, for about 40 days. I am planning to buy a digital camera and a notebook there... I suppose that tech will be cheaper than Argentina and US... but I don´t know that.... where should I buy tech in SE ASIA?. Is there a market where I should go in Thai or Vietnam? Is Bangkok cheaper than Hanoi?...

So many questions... please help!!

Jano

idreamofdurian
tourist
Posts: 60

Located in:
Singapore

#2 Posted: 21/9/2008 - 23:04


You can find some cheap notebooks at electronics markets in Thailand but they tend to be older models and you will likely not get a warranty.

The best place to buy a notebook in Thailand is from one of the Hypermarts like Tesco-Lotus. Quality is higher and you get an international manufacturer's warranty.

I usually buy electronics in Kuala Lumpur. There's a Dell shop at the Mid Valley Mega Mall and the technology mall downtown on Bukit Bintang road. I find it's cheaper than Thailand and you get newer products.

SBE
tuk tuk driver
Posts: 199

#3 Posted: 21/9/2008 - 23:55


I don't know about Argentina but you can buy from the US then I'm pretty sure that (new) notebooks and digital cameras are cheaper there than in Thailand.

idreamofdurian
tourist
Posts: 60

Located in:
Singapore

#4 Posted: 22/9/2008 - 00:02


Yeah - if you can do your shopping in the US/Canada brand name stuff is much cheaper than in Asia.

I.e. I live in Singapore and picked out the new mini notebook that I want here - it's $900 Sing dollars which is about $650 Canadian. I went home to Canada in August to visit and picked the exact same one up at a big box electronics store for $400 :o

Jon_Mak_Mak
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Located in:
United Kingdom

#5 Posted: 7/10/2008 - 18:45


You could check out PANTHIP PLAZA in Bangkok. Floors of electronics, I Bought a laptop from there once (and alot of dvd's) aswell as a electronic dictionary. Also, my sister in-law got her computer and electronic dictionary from there aswell.

Worth checking out in BKK.