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Best City to Buy Electronics? (In far east)

  • 21-06-2008 8:16am
    #1
    theCzar
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    Hi, I'm going to be out in the far east in a couple of months, and I fancy an new digital camera, and possibly a N96 phone too. Where's my best bet? Not sure where I'll be based, probably Saigon but would be easy to take a weekend somewhere, and if I could save a few hundred quid on some expensive items, it'd pay for the trip.

    Singapore and Hong Kong are the two places I have in mind.


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  • #2
    RATM
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    Not sure about HK as Ive never been there but I thought Singapore wasn't actually that much of a bargain considering its duty free status.
    Bangkok is not bad- I bought my MacBook there for just over 800 euro when the same thing here was selling for 1150. The main difference was that the 3 year Apple Care warranty was the best part of 300 in Dublin but only 60 in Thailand.
    Also in Thailand if you spend over a certain amount ( I think its over 200 or so ) then you can claim back 7% sales tax at the airport on your way home. This is a nice little bonus if you buy something like a laptop but no so much so for a 200 euro camera


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