Shopping List For Hong Kong

[PooMother]

PF is off to Honkers in a week and a bit. Will it be any cheaper over there than here for buying lenses etc does anyone know? If you do know or have pruchased from over there do you have any links, names of stores etc?

Thanks again in advance

[polomum]

Hi......hubby was in Malaysia last week with a Nikon D3 owner/buyer (Malaysian) and he took him around to shops supposedly well priced........He bought back lense prices for me that were no different than online shop prices here.......don't think Hong Kong would be any different..........He did get me a monfrotto tripod and head about $100 cheaper all up though..........glad he didn't bother with buying lenses - I thought for sure they'd be cheaper......but no!!!!

[PooMother]

THats what I was thinking, oh well

[Poo d'état]

Five months ago, definitely; right now, don't bother.

[rubiton]

Personally I'd do research on anything that I may want in the near future on the prices here and then if you do happen to come across a bargin over there then buy it.

[Poo d'état]

That's probably a wise thing to do. If it's any help, Fortress is one of the main electronics chain stores there, here's a link to their dSLRs and other gear. The prices you see are RRP, i believe. They're pretty much across the board these days. You might be able to find little shops that would take a bit off if you pay cash, or occasionally you'll find shops that stock parallel imports that are a bit cheaper. Broadway is another chain store your man could try. For non-chains, any shop on a main shopping strip/road probably would not be cheaper (due to ridiculously high rent) so don't bother. And if he wants to haggle in Cantonese, he can try "Pang(low tone)-Dee(high tone)-Ah(high tone)?"

Good luck and happy shopping!

[PooMother]

And what does that mean please? I think he should take one of his work colleagues with him lol BUT I told him not to go and get it from the markets!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Poo d'état]

It literally means: "Cheaper?"

I'll teach you the swear words another time.

Taking a local could help if they know of smaller shops. Oh i just remembered, there's a street in Central called Stanley St (right near Lan Kwai Fong, the main watering hole in town) that has quite a few independent camera shops, it used to be the place to get pro gear, though i think a few of them have closed down due to competition from the biggies. Might be worth trying as well.

[PooMother]

It literally means: "Cheaper?"

I'll teach you the swear words another time.

Taking a local could help if they know of smaller shops. Oh i just remembered, there's a street in Central called Stanley St (right near Lan Kwai Fong, the main watering hole in town) that has quite a few independent camera shops, it used to be the place to get pro gear, though i think a few of them have closed down due to competition from the biggies. Might be worth trying as well.

Great thanks for that. I am after lenses as I ahve the 40D so shall see how he goes :-)

[sandyl]

It literally means: "Cheaper?"

I'll teach you the swear words another time.

Taking a local could help if they know of smaller shops. Oh i just remembered, there's a street in Central called Stanley St (right near Lan Kwai Fong, the main watering hole in town) that has quite a few independent camera shops, it used to be the place to get pro gear, though i think a few of them have closed down due to competition from the biggies. Might be worth trying as well.

Just make sure you double check what you bought before taking it out of the store. I bought a lens cleaning set at one of these shops and they took out the cloth before they handed it to me.

Goodluck!