virtualman

I'd like to know where can i buy D80 with the best price ?? I had check the ec-mall , bask1, pix-one and fotofollie.

So far, I'd like to buy @pix-one ?? Do they have VAT?

As I can't read in thai language, i 'd also like to know the location of pix -one , too .

Thanks !

Pix-one in 2nd fl, fortune tower,rachada phisek road. Best price but with shop warranty so you cannot get VAT refund for this price. D80 body only is about 21,300 baht in pix-one.

For VAT--Fotofile (ground fl)and Fotothailand (3rd fl) in MBK --Their prices (D80 body only is about 28,500 baht) are more than pix-one or ec-mall because of Niks thailand warranty but you can get VAT refund. Niks Thailand in Silom road has also VAT refund for tourists.

You can ask VAT refund in fotofile (in MBK) ,fotothailand (in MBK or Central Plaza ladprao),BigCamera(CentralWorld plaza, Pathunam), WorldCamera (in pantip), NiksThailand (in Siloms) and the like where they sell the Nikon DSLRs with Niks Thailand warranty.

You should better to buy D80 body only and buy the lenses separately (but in this case it will cost more than buying D80 with kit lens).

Anyone know where I can buy a Tamron SP AF 90mm F2.8 Di MACRO 1:1 for a Nikon, in Bangkok? I've looked everywhere but had no luck.

Thanks.

Niks Thailand is a dealer of Tamron lenses. But Niks prices are a bit expensive than compared to Fortune town as they do not sell gray market lenses.

Niks (Thailand) Co.,Ltd.

166 Silom Road 12 Bangrak Bangkok 10500, Thailand.

Tel.0-2235-2929-34 , 0-2635-6570-4

Fax. 0-2236-7240

Opening Hours

Mon-Fri : 8.30 AM - 5.30 PM

The following link is a Tamron dealers list from Niks Thailand web page.

http://www.niksthailand.co.th/dealer.htm

And also try AV Camera at

1 Soi Keson (Charenkrong 50), Next to Robinson Bangrak,

New Road, Bangrak, Bangkok 10500

Tel : 0-2237-1041-2, 0-2234-4786

Fax : 0-2237-8548

Email : [email protected]

www.avcamera.com

Hope this helps you.

It seems like some cinemas in Bangkok have already started to implement some measures: this is what happened to me a couple of weeks ago.

I was going to watch a movie at the Esplanade Cineplex, and I noticed that, at the cinema entrance, the staff was asking some movie goers to leave their mobile phone at the entrance. Each phone they were taking was tagged and then placed in some shelves at the entrance. They were giving another tag with the same number to the phone owners for them to collect back the phone after the movie. When I entered the cinema, they asked me to leave my phone. I replied that I would only be able to do so if they would give me 25,000 bahts in cash in exchange. I explained them that this was a valuable phone (the PDA phone I was carrying that day was worth that price indeed!), and that I would return them the money in exchange for the phone after the movie. They smiled at me and told me it was impossible. Some kind of cinema manager then came to me and explained that this was a new policy and that this measure was to prevent the making of any illegal film copy by cinema patrons. I explained him in return that I had no intention to "film" the movie with my phone and that, according to my own policy, I would only give my phone to the cinema staff in exchange for a security cash deposit equivalent to the phone value. Of course, he disagreed with me. I then told him that, in that case, I would ask for a full refund of my cinema tickets and I would watch the movie in another theatre. He finally smiled at me and let me, my friend, and our mobile phones get in without any further discussion. 

Moreover, I had seen a similar procedure taking place last year at the premiere screening of "Muay Thai" at the SF World cinema: in the same way, they collected all mobile phones at the cinema entrance and gave them back to their owners at the exit.

Interesting ...

In responding in such an unpredictable way to their request that you leave your cell phone with them at the cinema entrance, you also showed them how absurd their procedure was...

I also thinking of that way of responding since I walked out from the movie theatre last year.

I went to the major cineplex a year ago and they asked me to leave my digital camera (25,000 baht) at the entrance for security reason. I had no idea at that time so I left it with the ticketing girl at the entrance. She put it in the small cabinet (I don't think it has the lock) then she wrote my seat number on the very small paper (actually it was teared off from the small note pad) and gave it to me as a receipt. I asked her to write down her name on the slip. But I couldn't enjoy the movie at that time. Worried about my camera. After the movie I went back to the entrance for getting my camera. The girl was not there. The other staff came ato me so I showed him the slip. He opened the small cabinet (no lock) and gave the camera back to me. Since then I never go to the movie theatres.

Now I have a dslr camera and I carry it every days. How comes I leave my camera and the lenses (total cost 100,000 bath) with someone I don't know. I cannot exchange a hundreds baht worth movie with my 100k camera. If they don't trust me how can I trust them. Even if they don't try to learn or test with my camera where I were in the theatre, who knows if they accidently dropped my camera from a shelf or locker.. I don't think you can enjoy the movie if you need to leave your dslr camera or iphone etc. at the entrance.. I hate this procedure. So if I want to see the movies, I only buy the pirate dvd movies and watch them at my room. If the authorities can close down the place like pantips etc..I cannot watch the movies..no problem...I can have more time to enjoy the other things..Not a big deal..

For the embassy, we have no problem...not many people come to the embassy ..but something like the cenima entertainment places many people come and I know that the staff cannot handle with what we left with them... your mobile phone might be handed to the worng person by mistake.. This also happened to me one time in one of the libraries in BKK. So I don't trust them anymore. Sorry that English is not my first language.

It seems like some cinemas in Bangkok have already started to implement some measures: this is what happened to me a couple of weeks ago.

I was going to watch a movie at the Esplanade Cineplex, and I noticed that, at the cinema entrance, the staff was asking some movie goers to leave their mobile phone at the entrance. Each phone they were taking was tagged and then placed in some shelves at the entrance. They were giving another tag with the same number to the phone owners for them to collect back the phone after the movie. When I entered the cinema, they asked me to leave my phone. I replied that I would only be able to do so if they would give me 25,000 bahts in cash in exchange. I explained them that this was a valuable phone (the PDA phone I was carrying that day was worth that price indeed!), and that I would return them the money in exchange for the phone after the movie. They smiled at me and told me it was impossible. Some kind of cinema manager then came to me and explained that this was a new policy and that this measure was to prevent the making of any illegal film copy by cinema patrons. I explained him in return that I had no intention to "film" the movie with my phone and that, according to my own policy, I would only give my phone to the cinema staff in exchange for a security cash deposit equivalent to the phone value. Of course, he disagreed with me. I then told him that, in that case, I would ask for a full refund of my cinema tickets and I would watch the movie in another theatre. He finally smiled at me and let me, my friend, and our mobile phones get in without any further discussion. 

Moreover, I had seen a similar procedure taking place last year at the premiere screening of "Muay Thai" at the SF World cinema: in the same way, they collected all mobile phones at the cinema entrance and gave them back to their owners at the exit.

Interesting ...

In responding in such an unpredictable way to their request that you leave your cell phone with them at the cinema entrance, you also showed them how absurd their procedure was...

I also thinking of that way of responding since I walked out from the movie theatre last year.

I went to the major cineplex a year ago and they asked me to leave my digital camera (25,000 baht) at the entrance for security reason. I had no idea at that time so I left it with the ticketing girl at the entrance. She put it in the small cabinet (I don't think it has the lock) then she wrote my seat number on the very small paper (actually it was teared off from the small note pad) and gave it to me as a receipt. I asked her to write down her name on the slip. But I couldn't enjoy the movie at that time. Worried about my camera. After the movie I went back to the entrance for getting my camera. The girl was not there. The other staff came ato me so I showed him the slip. He opened the small cabinet (no lock) and gave the camera back to me. Since then I never go to the movie theatres.

Now I have a dslr camera and I carry it every days. How comes I leave my camera and the lenses (total cost 100,000 bath) with someone I don't know. I cannot exchange a hundreds baht worth movie with my 100k camera. If they don't trust me how can I trust them. Even if they don't try to learn or test with my camera where I were in the theatre, who knows if they accidently dropped my camera from a shelf or locker.. I don't think you can enjoy the movie if you need to leave your dslr camera or iphone etc. at the entrance.. I hate this procedure. So if I want to see the movies, I only buy the pirate dvd movies and watch them at my room. If the authorities can close down the place like pantips etc..I cannot watch the movies..no problem...I can have more time to enjoy the other things..Not a big deal..

For the embassy, we have no problem...not many people come to the embassy ..but something like the cenima entertainment places many people come and I know that the staff cannot handle with what we left with them... your mobile phone might be handed to the worng people by mistake.. This also happened to me one time in one of the libraries in BKK. So I don't trust them anymore. Sorry that English is not my first language.