Shopping in Phuket
Beach Side Stalls
For the first time
visitor, the initial introduction to Phuket's shopping opportunities is
often the beachside stalls. You can find all kinds of trinkets, fake
designer labels, copied CDs etc. The first thing to say is this is really
not the place to do your shopping. The quality of the goods is variable and
the prices are much higher than can be found elsewhere. The beachside
stallholders are paying huge rents for their prime locations and of course,
they pass this on to their customers. Their opening price may well be triple
or quadruple what they are willing to accept. Even if you haggle them down
to their bottom price, you can probably find the same product cheaper
elsewhere.
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