Shopping in Thailand/Bangkok

pinky07

Hey everyone heading to thailand in june to islands and bangkok
Just wondering wheres the best place for shopping in bangkok???
Especially cosmetics do they sell brands like mac and benefit over there if they do is there much of a price difference??
Thanks:D

dory

Well I'm just down the road in Malaysia, and here, along with every other country I've been to, brand names are pretty much the same price. So I doubt they're cheaper in Bangkok.

Swampy

Siam Square and MBK shopping centre next door. You'll get all you need there. Excellent shopping in Bangkok. Go to the weekend market if you get a chance. Chatuchuk.

Louise1003

yea Siam Sq and MBK Shopping Mall have great selection of make-up, lots of MAC, Bobbi Brown, Clinique etc, be careful tho with some of it. Some of the make up is definitely real (i.e. eye shadows, eyeliners, lipstick etc) however with the foundation and powders and stuff they wont allow u at the best of times open the box so its hard to tell the shade or wether its not a copy! if ur staying on khao san rd (as most ppl do) u can get it cheaper on the stalls there!!

Lil Miss MJ

Have Spent last few Summers over there- found with all the brands - f they were cheaper they were usually fake - especially perfume - dont bother buyin it cheap!!

MBK is definatley a must - bargains 2 be had - but remember barter with them....Watches and bags(Fake) are such a bargain over there - always have ppl admirin them!!! (They all cost less than a tenner):D

Would avoid the Night market in Patpong - over priced red light district with rude and arrogant sellers:mad:

mac123

im in bkk at the moment, being a man im not sure about makeup etc but for clothes i found that mbk was by far the cheapest, the base price for most t shirts is 100b(about 2 euro) but at the khao san rd you would have to haggle alot and you would be lucky to get the same t shirt for 100b. at mbk they also have sim cards, dvds, and pretty much everything else you could think of...

mackey087

found shopping in phuket to be really cheap. season 3 lost, season 2 heroes etc were about 5 euro per set. perfect quality. music cd's were 1.50 euro. clothes were dirt cheap. billabong, ripcurl, o'neill, disel. flip flops for about a fiver. if you bought a few things from the one stall you could get the stuff cheaper. always bargain. we usually got the stuff for about a third of the asking price or less. wife is size 10 and found tops and shorts easy to get but jeans and trousers were very small fitting. taser guns are good value also. didn't see many make up shops in phuket maybe bangkok is better

Larianne

The make-up in MBK in the stalls are fake, defo not real. You'll only get the real stuff in the department stores. The duty-free at Bangkok has MAC etc and it's slightly cheaper than MAC in Dublin Airport (Hong Kong airport is the cheaperst I found).

My advice if shopping in MBK. If you see something you like, buy it (after a lot of haggling of course) as you will not find the shop the next time you go back. It's just impossible!