MBK..........department store is great expect to pay around 70 to 80% for designer brands compared to Aussie stores, stalls on upper floors as far as clothing FAKES, DVD and to a lesser extent now cds COPYS, plenty of second hand mobiles and mish mash of everything you can think off, once picked up a counterfit bottle of Hugo Boss Soul there i think for around 300, 150m it was very good i was suprised, if your looking for copy tshirts/clothing then Patunam (spelling is incorect) just down from centre world over the river, cheapest by far from anywhere in BKK, up the road near there is the IT everything, forget the name but just a short stroll down the road, i was there at xmas and bought my partner an ipad not really cheap but after getting the vat refund at the airport it came out to close 100AU$ cheaper, i thought the laptops i was looking at not realy a good buy compared to here.
If your looking designer...Centre World, Siam Paragon, Emporium there are a few more, all close togther and easy sky train ride away, expect to pay 70 to 80% AU prices, dont belive anyone who tells you you get the real deal from the markets etc...i had an english woman swear black and blue what she bought the night before at the night market (popular sports brands)were the real deal.......i could not convince her that what was a $AU5 nike tshirt was a fake.
Normaly i wont buy fakes just the odd item, this year a Ralfh Lauran shirt at MBK for 180 and a Hotspur jersey at Patunahm for 500, was the best copy id seen to that point, if there are sales going on then you can expect some very good prices at the Major department stores like what i got at xmas.
Fot aussies wanting to phone thai...go talk, look em up something like 2c a min, partner is on her mobile for something like an hour, when i use to call her back home would cost me an arm and a leg for a a few 10 min chats.