General Reports

[LittleBigMan]

Need More Gas,

Yes and Yes!

[Duniawala]

WUERZBURG, Germany -

Brother Niklaus, a 49-year-old Benedictine monk was arrested in Germany for stealing erotic movies from a sex shop. He was regularly sent to town by the abbey on church business.

He was only caught when an assistant at a sex-shop in Wuerzburg -- 150 miles from the abbey -- spotted him trying to hide a selection of movies under his habit.

After the assistant spotted the miscreant monk, he chased him through the streets of Wuerzburg, during which time Brother Niklaus tried to dump the stolen films in a trash bin. Police later discovered he had stashed almost 40 erotic movies in his cell at the abbey.

Among the films he was stealing when he was caught were "Ladyboys do Bangkok" and "Nuns in Heat".

[Joe Nailer]

Hullo,

This may be a question to BKK residents.

I am planning for a trip to BKK in mid April. I understand between 12 and 15 April is Songkrun.

Among other things, I want to buy a pair of glasses. Are shops open? Are opticians / optometrist working during this peiod?

TIA

[M P Lurker]

I use the same girl at Pantip plaza for my movies and she warns me which movies aren't good quality.

Me too. I buy from "Bow" at KB Video on the ground floor next to escalator coming down. They are very fair, will replace movies, and tell which are the master quality, since I am a regular customer and buy a lot of movies. They only stock shoddy new movies because the competition places have latest movies filmed off the Cinema screen. But KB don't sell any crap to me, and will replace anything I am not happy with.

[Member #2041]

Hummer Bird, this is the General Information thread. You will find plenty of Pussy information in the sections on Bangkok, Pattaya, and any other Thai locale threads that you search.

[Hummer Bird]

What is with the extended home shopping network banter. This is an APB-
PLEASE put up some photos of: babes, prices, locations hours. performance, etc.

[Member #2041]

My watch guy is in the Nana area. I always give him 1200 Baht for the best supercopies on the market. Sometimes he tries to jack the price up on me like he did yesterday when I returned to buy two more. He gave me a price of 3600. I reminded him that I always give him 1200 each and that I had just bought 3 for 3600 a few days ago while his brother was manning the store. I told him that I am going to have to start bringing my receipts to remind him. There is never a problem returning for exchange or repair and I always use my credit card.

DVDs are another matter. I have found it best to get them on the other side of the globe in Lima, Peru for $1 each, case included.

The fakes I was looking for were not available in the Nana area - only Patpong. I'm talking about thin, mechanical high quality copies of brands like Patek Philippe, Jaeger LeCoultre, Breuget, and Vacheron Constantin - not the widely available stuff like big clunky fake Rolexes, Omegas and Brietlings and the like, or quartz copies.

Here are examples of the caliber of fake I'm talking about - I actually got these three watches for $80 TOTAL for the 3 in the central marketplace of Ho Chi Minh City, negotiated down from an asking price of $80 EACH - note the thinness and the beautiful, completely mechanical movements:

http://www.replicahause.com/patek-ph...cb440ac2cbcab2

http://www.hotreplica.com/product_in...nding_replica_

http://www.hotreplica.com/product_in...s_Hand_replica

This similar quality fake Vacheron Constantin set me back 1600 baht in Patpong, negotiated down from 4500:

http://www.replicahause.com/vacheron...cb440ac2cbcab2

I'm quite sure that 1600 baht was the best price on this caliber of fake in Patpong, as several vendors let me walk at 1500 before they took 1600. So that's still substantially higher than the same quality fakes sold for in Ho Chi Minh City ($27 vs $48). In China, the same fakes could be had for $25 to $30 as well.

[Sevastopol1]

My watch guy is in the Nana area. I always give him 1200 Baht for the best supercopies on the market. Sometimes he tries to jack the price up on me like he did yesterday when I returned to buy two more. He gave me a price of 3600. I reminded him that I always give him 1200 each and that I had just bought 3 for 3600 a few days ago while his brother was manning the store. I told him that I am going to have to start bringing my receipts to remind him. There is never a problem returning for exchange or repair and I always use my credit card.

DVDs are another matter. I have found it best to get them on the other side of the globe in Lima, Peru for $1 each, case included.

Can we keep this site clear of shopping gossip, I personally can speak to the wife regarding this!!!

[Mr Enternational]

I agree with you on the fake or bootlegged stuff. No better place than Thailand or China. I prefer to deal with the guys in Thailand over China though for fake watches or bootleg movies. I use the same girl at Pantip plaza for my movies and she warns me which movies aren't good quality. I have a watch guy down in Patpong who is only out during the day and he also warns me which watches are best and which to avoid.

My watch guy is in the Nana area. I always give him 1200 Baht for the best supercopies on the market. Sometimes he tries to jack the price up on me like he did yesterday when I returned to buy two more. He gave me a price of 3600. I reminded him that I always give him 1200 each and that I had just bought 3 for 3600 a few days ago while his brother was manning the store. I told him that I am going to have to start bringing my receipts to remind him. There is never a problem returning for exchange or repair and I always use my credit card.

DVDs are another matter. I have found it best to get them on the other side of the globe in Lima, Peru for $1 each, case included.

[Traveler1234]

Actually, I think that Ho Chi Minh City is the best of all for the high quality fakes - prices similar to China, but vendors looking for longer term business, similar to Thailand.

Didn't realize you were talking about high end fakes
Shenzhen for watches - according to my son.
I land in HCMC in 24 hours, will see what's being sold and report back!

[Gfighta]

I agree with you on the fake or bootlegged stuff. No better place than Thailand or China. I prefer to deal with the guys in Thailand over China though for fake watches or bootleg movies. I use the same girl at Pantip plaza for my movies and she warns me which movies aren't good quality. I have a watch guy down in Patpong who is only out during the day and he also warns me which watches are best and which to avoid.

I have never been able to find any similar "honest" sellers like that in China. But then I do spend a lot more time in Thailand than China.

Care to share who your guy is in PP? I'd like to pick up a few watches before I head home.

[Member #2041]

I agree with you on the fake or bootlegged stuff. No better place than Thailand or China. I prefer to deal with the guys in Thailand over China though for fake watches or bootleg movies. I use the same girl at Pantip plaza for my movies and she warns me which movies aren't good quality. I have a watch guy down in Patpong who is only out during the day and he also warns me which watches are best and which to avoid.

I have never been able to find any similar "honest" sellers like that in China. But then I do spend a lot more time in Thailand than China.

Actually, I think that Ho Chi Minh City is the best of all for the high quality fakes - prices similar to China, but vendors looking for longer term business, similar to Thailand.

[Thor93]

I was talking about high end stuff. Also high quality fakes are cheaper in HK and Vietnam than in the U.S. For example, I can get high quality fake mechanical Patek Philippe or comparable watches for $30 or less in HK or Vietnam, whereas the cheapest that the same fakes can be gotten in the U.S. is off the internet for prices of around $150 or so.

Camera gear is the exception, where the U.S. prices are definitely the lowest in the world. 10 years ago, Hong Kong was cheaper, but not anymore.

I agree with you on the fake or bootlegged stuff. No better place than Thailand or China. I prefer to deal with the guys in Thailand over China though for fake watches or bootleg movies. I use the same girl at Pantip plaza for my movies and she warns me which movies aren't good quality. I have a watch guy down in Patpong who is only out during the day and he also warns me which watches are best and which to avoid.

I have never been able to find any similar "honest" sellers like that in China. But then I do spend a lot more time in Thailand than China.

[Member #2041]

I humbly disagree, unless you're talking about something like expensive high end watches or low end electronic accessories. Most regular product, electronics and camera included can be gotten on-line stateside.

I was talking about high end stuff. Also high quality fakes are cheaper in HK and Vietnam than in the U.S. For example, I can get high quality fake mechanical Patek Philippe or comparable watches for $30 or less in HK or Vietnam, whereas the cheapest that the same fakes can be gotten in the U.S. is off the internet for prices of around $150 or so.

Camera gear is the exception, where the U.S. prices are definitely the lowest in the world. 10 years ago, Hong Kong was cheaper, but not anymore.

[Hummer Bird]

i humbly disagree, unless you're talking about something like expensive high end watches or low end electronic accessories. most regular product, electronics and camera included can be gotten on-line stateside.

guys your right, prices for most consumer goods are cheaper in the us.
why? because of the failing dollar. most americans have no idea what the environment is really like outside of the safe fold. the us has thrown perfect propaganda out for years, but when you fly into lax or jfk and see what those airports look like compared to thailand, hong kong etc, you will be shocked at the state of the states. the us infrastructure is crumbling and the rest of the world is now coming to the states for oursourceing. the corporate greed and politicians behind them are not concerned about the us people or the country. only [CodeWord125]!!
the only reason things are cheap is the states for now, is that the population would revolt if they really understood what their dollar is worth in the open market. ignorance is bliss though, and walmart is the haven for it.
oh
cheers
mates