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Nice lT mall 🤗😊👍🎉🎊

@EagerExpat

4 ай бұрын

Yes, thank you. It's a great IT spot

I was there in June '23, bought a used Samsung S22 and a used touch hp laptop. All is so good so far. I will visit it again the next time am in Thailand

@EagerExpat

5 ай бұрын

Fortune Town is the electronics place these days. MBK is also pretty good

I always try to swing through there when I am in town - I like browsing through the record shops. Enjoyed the walk through. Cheers!

@EagerExpat

5 ай бұрын

This is a great place for records. I wish I kept my record collection.

Thank for sharing

@EagerExpat

4 ай бұрын

Thank you too

Other than distance and family constraints remaining, I can't see a single reason not to retire early and move there. Thanks for your great videos!

@EagerExpat

5 ай бұрын

Very true! That's what planes are for. Life is short.

Interesting, I’ve never gone there but will check it out next trip. A techies paradise.

@EagerExpat

5 ай бұрын

Fortune Town has it all

Cool vlog🙏🙏

@EagerExpat

5 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching

Piyanas is the bomb with prices to match 💰

@EagerExpat

5 ай бұрын

Thanks for the tip. I appreciate you watching.

Great place for us tech nerds....

@EagerExpat

5 ай бұрын

I agree. Tech nerd heaven. You'll find it all at Fortune Town

You may enjoy a trip out to Papaya Design & Furniture > maybe a 25-30 min drive from BKK City Center > if you're into collectables...4-5 stories stuffed with all sorts of stuff from Circa Decades ago > heard they were gonna be opening up a restaurant/food court when I was last there in September > an easy 1-2 hrs spent there...for me anyway... thought was definitely worth the trip.

@EagerExpat

5 ай бұрын

Thanks for the tip. I'm not really a collector, but that sounds like a fun spot

If your credit card has a WiFi symbol, you can use it in any MRT station (will not work in BTS). That will save your time falling in line

@EagerExpat

5 ай бұрын

I know that works on the Blue MRT. I was told WiFi doesn't work on every MRT line. I believe the new Yellow MRT even takes the BTS Rabbit card. Each line is owned by a different company that have their own pay policy. Hopefully, someday it will all be WiFi everywhere. It's getting close today.

@HN-st4hj

5 ай бұрын

It's the contactless symbol, not the wifi symbol

@EagerExpat

5 ай бұрын

@hj Nope it means WiFi. Or wireless fidelity. Contactless became a word 2 years ago. WiFi and that symbol have been around since 1997. True, it's contactless, but you still need the chip in the credit card and a WiFi signal to work. Or in many places you can use the WiFi signal on your cell phone. The same symbol is shown on the phone when using WiFi. The same WiFi symbol on the MRT gate. That radar wave looking symbol has always meant WiFi.

@SaverioMurgia

2 ай бұрын

@@EagerExpat not really. the wifi symbol has 3 arches and a dot, the contactless symbol has 4 arches.

@EagerExpat

2 ай бұрын

@@SaverioMurgia I'm probably wrong. Won't be the first time. Ha Ha. I think the newer contactless is a low freq NFD signal rather than full on Wi-Fi. Either way, it's better than using cash

any nice lounge bar with some celebrent couple dancing near soi nana

@EagerExpat

4 ай бұрын

No shortage of dancing in the Nana. Check out Hillary's on Soi 4. Keep buying ladies drinks and you can dance all night

Thanks for the video. I've recently heard of Fortune Town, but gone yet. Could you recommend a place to buy a karaoke machine in Fortune Town?

@EagerExpat

5 ай бұрын

No, I don't know it that well. But, I'm sure it won't be a problem. I showed every floor. You should have an idea what floor it might be on. Maybe the 4th where all the record stores were? I'm positive you can find it there.

Was that Retired Working For You at 2:35? 😯🤔🤔

@EagerExpat

5 ай бұрын

Was it? He does live nearby. I've met him a few times. He doesn't know me well, but if he saw me filming, he would have said, hey. Probably another Canadian guy. Ha ha

So Asoke is the station that connects to the MRT? I went to fortune town in 2022 but I forgot already.

@EagerExpat

5 ай бұрын

Asoke BTS connects to Sukhumvit MRT. You can also connect a few other spots. Silom MRT & Sala Daeng BTS also connect.

Did you by any chance see how much the Galaxy S24 Ultra is going for at Fortune Town? I balked at the 50,000 baht price tag, which is what they are asking for at EmQuartier Samsung store.

@EagerExpat

5 ай бұрын

I think it's the same price at any Samsung shop. You might get a good deal on the S23 or S22 at Fortune, but new phones are a set price. Of course if you agree to the 1200b monthly plan, they will cut down the sticker price. In the end, it's the same cost. I think I paid 48K for the S22 Ultra 2 years ago. Phones seem to cost about 15% to 20% more than the US. Probably an import tax?

I think there are now only two cellphone networks in Thailand. Dtac and True merged in 2023.

@EagerExpat

5 ай бұрын

I'm all for competition, but it's the same in the US. There used to be five big companies and T-Mobile and Verizon bought everyone up. Hopefully, unlike the US my cell phone isn't $60 anytime soon.

Pantip Plaza used to be the place but I hear no longer

@EagerExpat

5 ай бұрын

Today, I think that place is more wholesale. You can get a deal, but you may have to buy 10 hats or T shirts.

@lynnetteleilah3739

5 ай бұрын

True the Pantip traders all shifted to Fortune town mall. It is totally different kind of business now.

Wow vinyls are expensive. Would you sy electronic prices are lower, higher, or about the same to the US?

@EagerExpat

5 ай бұрын

Vinyl comes at a premium price. I would say electronics are about 20% more than the US. Sometimes my KZread messages vanish. It's best to start a fresh thread. If you answer this message, I get the response about 50% of the time. Maybe a glitch in the system. Someone, I thought might have been you, offered to carry over some small thing I might need from the US. If that was you, I saw the message on the train. When I got home, it was gone. Again, if that was you, thanks very much, but I don't need anything. I try to answer all comments, but it's hard when KZread deletes the thread.

i went to MBK found mostly scammer selling cheap products... Is this mall trustable?

@EagerExpat

4 ай бұрын

It's the place to go for cheap and fake products. They're not really scams. It's just a place for haggling and "real" $50 Rolex watches. If you want trustable, you need to go to Siam Paragon. That's all real stuff. Nike's at MBK $15 US, at Paragon $115 US. One is real and the other is a fake. Up to you.