Fortune Town Electronics Mall In Bangkok

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[@EagerExpat]

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[@สุทธิศักดิ์มธุรพงศากุล]

Nice lT mall 🤗😊👍🎉🎊

[@EagerExpat]

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

[@Siam-Sam]

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]

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

[@walkinghdr]

Thank for sharing

[@EagerExpat]

Thank you too

[@drjeff6956]

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

[@EagerExpat]

Fortune Town has it all

[@elliotthall5543]

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]

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

[@lynnetteleilah3739]

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]

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

[@asiatravels007]

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

[@EagerExpat]

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

[@mariovandenhovel1341]

Cool vlog🙏🙏

[@EagerExpat]

Thanks for watching

[@EagerExpat]

Thanks for visiting

[@maxbest20s11]

Great place for us tech nerds....

[@EagerExpat]

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

[@jimmyosalla8319]

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]

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.

[@rnikko6472]

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]

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]

It's the contactless symbol, not the wifi symbol

[@EagerExpat]

@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]

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

[@EagerExpat]

@@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

[@mmaranta785]

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

[@EagerExpat]

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

[@shellcasing1040]

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]

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?

[@cristobalmorales2959]

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

[@EagerExpat]

Vinyl comes at a premium price. I would say electronics are about 20% more than the US. Sometimes my KZbin 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 KZbin deletes the thread.

[@EagerExpat]

Electronics are maybe 20% more in Bangkok than the US

[@dlhanson51]

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

[@EagerExpat]

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.

[@geowilson1587]

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

[@EagerExpat]

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

[@MRSTEEL15]

How do the prices compare to US? Laptops? Cell phones?

[@EagerExpat]

It cost more here. Maybe import tax? 10% if you're lucky, I've seen 25% more. The real issue is sales are unusual. In the US that laptop might be $2000 on sale for $1700. In Bangkok there is no sale and the same laptop is $2200. Two or three times a year they might have a sale. But, in many parts of the world, the sale is everyday. Bring a new laptop and phone.

[@evanpeay]

interesting...hard to find a phonograph....record player in the US......as well as vinal records......

[@EagerExpat]

It's all there, but you need to go to the specialty shops. There were a dozen record shops in San Diego. You might pay $100 for that $2 record from 1977, but it's there. That same $100 album might be $150 here in Bangkok. Out of my price range, but I do enjoy the sound. We have a few bars that only play records. I'll swing by once in awhile. kzbin.info/www/bejne/oZLKiZ1pm72Cp68

[@factsnchuckles]

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

[@EagerExpat]

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.

[@mmaranta785]

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

[@EagerExpat]

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]

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