BigC extra on klang

[jacko45k]

19 hours ago, flaming dragon said:

My 80 year old friend from home got caught short whilst looking for a new mop in that Big C. He shat in a blue plastic bucket right there in the aisle, used his underwear to wipe himself and hobbled away on his walker without looking back.  The guy had no shame.  I can't think of that Big C or blue plastic mop buckets without envisioning the look on the face of the person who had to deal with that bucket.  

 

He could have been better accommodated in Homepro!

[Jumbo1968]

Lots of outlets closing down, Dairy Queen the ice cream place, has the lease run out and they are not prepared to pay an increase in rent ?

 

Big C shop is devoid of customers as well, has all the moving of everyday products to the back of the store put people off and they have still not finished yet.

[scubascuba3]

16 minutes ago, Jumbo1968 said:

Lots of outlets closing down, Dairy Queen the ice cream place, has the lease run out and they are not prepared to pay an increase in rent ?

 

Big C shop is devoid of customers as well, has all the moving of everyday products to the back of the store put people off and they have still not finished yet.

The restaurant on the left as you enter is boarded up also

[KhunBENQ]

During the week I was there a couple of times.

On first occasion I was completely confused.

Checkouts moved toward the shelf's and to the right. Half the number or so of before.

Open space where you can walk out unhindered. One hawk eye standing and watching that everyone has found the checkout 🤣

 

What's going on?

Big shrink? Rebuilding works ahead? (leaking roof).

Currently looks like a provisional site.

[jacko45k]

12 hours ago, scubascuba3 said:

The restaurant on the left as you enter is boarded up also

There isn't one to the left of Big-C so do you mean left of the front Klang entrance, Japanese place?

[scubascuba3]

8 hours ago, jacko45k said:

There isn't one to the left of Big-C so do you mean left of the front Klang entrance, Japanese place?

On left as you go into main Klang entrance, thought it was a Thai restaurant

[jacko45k]

15 hours ago, scubascuba3 said:

On left as you go into main Klang entrance, thought it was a Thai restaurant

Well whatever, it is closed now and boarded off, saw it yesterday. Not so comfortable a place to sit nowadays Big-CX food court, as one is hemmed in by boarded up areas, there was a seat shortage at midday. What with the inability to find things upstairs it's all a bit of a PIA!

[redwood1]

 Big C Extra deserves the loss of customers....

 

I want FREE plastic grocery bags again like the old days...

And

I want good value beef...Like in the old days...

And

I want to buy a box of 4 of those Quiche rounds for 180 baht like in the old days.

 

And folk the old days were only in 2019 and before...

[topt]

1 hour ago, redwood1 said:

I want good value beef...Like in the old days...

If you mean sirloin (striploin) or similar then look in the stand alone fridge they have on the left just as you enter.

At either 499 or 599  a kilo from memory the Aussie striploin from there is at least as tasty as the BangkokBob/Jagota Aussie striploin that is now well north of 1k per kilo. 

I think that is even cheaper than 2019.........

[Mark1969]

Pretty weird having the checkout in the middle of the store. I hope people don't walk out with things in the front by mistake, looking for the checkout then get caught shoplifting.

[KhunBENQ]

17 minutes ago, Mark1969 said:

Pretty weird having the checkout in the middle of the store. I hope people don't walk out with things in the front by mistake, looking for the checkout then get caught shoplifting.

I don't think this will be a permanent situation.

And as written there is always one employee on the outlook to "help you find the way".

[Jumbo1968]

1 hour ago, KhunBENQ said:

I don't think this will be a permanent situation.

And as written there is always one employee on the outlook to "help you find the way".

TBH i have been there a few times in the last week, the place is devoid of customers, not sure all the changes is keeping people away. The philosophy is get you to walk through the clothing department hoping you will buy something. After speaking to the staff the moves are permanent but still a few more counters to move yet.

Like most airports now you walk through the duty free to get to the boarding gates

[scubascuba3]

1 hour ago, Mark1969 said:

Pretty weird having the checkout in the middle of the store. I hope people don't walk out with things in the front by mistake, looking for the checkout then get caught shoplifting.

You won't be able to use that excuse so don't try it. Lotus Sukhumvit is the same

[Jumbo1968]

2 hours ago, scubascuba3 said:

You won't be able to use that excuse so don't try it. Lotus Sukhumvit is the same

Nothing to stop you providing the items aren’t tagged, I doubt Big C have a manned cctv system to monitor customers even if they did they would be too busy playing on their phones.

[scubascuba3]

13 minutes ago, Jumbo1968 said:

Nothing to stop you providing the items aren’t tagged, I doubt Big C have a manned cctv system to monitor customers even if they did they would be too busy playing on their phones.

You'd be surprised, plenty of plain clothes undercover security

[SAFETY FIRST]

1 minute ago, scubascuba3 said:

You'd be surprised, plenty of plain clothes undercover security

I'm always getting followed.

Always by pretties, good looking women, young beauties.

 

So they are undercover security, nice to know. 😎

 

[treetops]

On 8/17/2025 at 8:33 AM, scubascuba3 said:

On left as you go into main Klang entrance, thought it was a Thai restaurant

 

It was Fuji.

[BeastOfBodmin]

On 7/6/2025 at 12:55 PM, PoorSucker said:

No tourist thirts.

If you want a tourist thirt, does that make you thirtsy?

[BeastOfBodmin]

On 7/7/2025 at 6:01 AM, jacko45k said:

This is exceptional, there are old men wandering lost because they cannot find things. They are using special helpers to direct such lost customers to the soap powder. I got an impression they were going to have a large alcohol area, presuming there would soon be 24/7 sales allowed. My usual routine of going directly for what is on my list is all awry. I don't shop like a woman, feeling the obligation to see everything and peruse every single aisle. I looked for a particular cat food for 10 minutes, cat food now being mixed in with dog food...  then finding what I wanted on a completely different aisle!

The place is beginning to look like a USA Wallmart. 

My world is collapsing, as is the roof in that Mall. 

In effect, you are now shopping like a female, no?

[BeastOfBodmin]

On 7/7/2025 at 11:58 AM, scubascuba3 said:

You need to find new friends

A potential one was left behind in the bucket.

[BeastOfBodmin]

On 7/7/2025 at 3:01 PM, scubascuba3 said:

Makro did the same thing a few months ago, I'd just go straight to staff and ask where something was, I'm not wasting time searching makro

Searching for things in Makro be like: Where's the ketchup?

[Briggsy]

What are the little nuts on the bread rolls in Big C Extra?

[gk10012001]

I remember when it was Carre 4.m  Big C was down by Dolphin roundabout.  I liked the variety and option of two different stores.  Now all Big C

[Mark1969]

3 hours ago, scubascuba3 said:

You'd be surprised, plenty of plain clothes undercover security

Agreed. I left a handheld shopping basket in one of the isles one time and walked away. Way in the back of the store when nobody was around. Right before I got to the front threshold near the main hallway an employee came up behind me with the basket thinking I forgot it, I assume, or just giving it back to me.

 

The weird thing was the basket was empty and it was obvious I was leaving. 😂

 

They are watching your every move in there, most likely on cameras from the ceiling.

[CallumWK]

1 hour ago, gk10012001 said:

I remember when it was Carre 4.m  Big C was down by Dolphin roundabout.  I liked the variety and option of two different stores.  Now all Big C

 

Big C never has been at the roundabout, that was Best supermarket

[NickyLouie]

2 hours ago, Briggsy said:

What are the little nuts on the bread rolls in Big C Extra?

 

Deeez ???

[jacko45k]

9 hours ago, BeastOfBodmin said:

In effect, you are now shopping like a female, no?

As I discussed with someone else, their cunning plan worked, I had a couple of items in my basket that I would normally not buy and were not on THE list, they had me browsing, looking for things.

[BeastOfBodmin]

2 hours ago, jacko45k said:

As I discussed with someone else, their cunning plan worked, I had a couple of items in my basket that I would normally not buy and were not on THE list, they had me browsing, looking for things.

Fiendishly clever! Curse them!

[Mark1969]

On 8/20/2025 at 6:42 PM, scubascuba3 said:

You'd be surprised, plenty of plain clothes undercover security

Are you a man?

[scubascuba3]

4 hours ago, Mark1969 said:

Are you a man?

I think so, also if wearing a singlet you get profiled