Shopping?
Got go "Su lian Shi chang"(They call it russia market) anot? You
can buy branded clothes at like 5USD. Dont buy clothes at "Central
Market". Those sold in Central Market are all imitations. In Russia
market, some are imitation too, but some are real stuff, stolen
from the garment factories there.
To tell the difference between real and fake, look at a few things.
Material, real stuff use good material, if the hand feel is bad,
most likely it's fake. Small accessories, like zips, real branded
jeans use YKK zip, the small nailed button should says "levi's" too
instead of a blank copper button. Look for tags, a decent branded
garment should have the brand tag with size and factory code(a 6-12
digit Alphabet/number mixed code), material tag, washing & care
tag inside the garment.
If you go central market, can buy some jewellery there, those
stones(ruby sapphire emerald) are real, but just the cutting
quality is bad. If you look at earrings, you will see the cutting
of left / right is different, which shows they have bad cutting
skills. So buying pendants / rings are OK, try not to buy earrings.
Dont buy stones alone, airport custom wont let you bring it out,
must be on rings/pendants/earrings then can bring out.
Custom also dont let you bring out "Hong Mu"(red wood?)
stuffs.
If you dont mind, can get some fake branded watch too. For around
30-50 USD, you get a imitation watch that is really mechanical,
sapphire crystal surface(cant be scratched, the shopkeeper will
show it by using a screw driver to scratch it), basically it works
as good as a real one.
