I started the same thread on the CM forum but I thought I would give it try here as I think you ladies might have some good advice to share.

My GF who is in China right now, wants me to bring 1/2 dozen boxes of Smooth E face lift capsules. Since I will be buying 6, I though I would shop around to get a better price. There is a very popular and busy cosmetic shop on the back street of Wararot market selling them for 229baht each. Another shop across the street from them was selling them for 255baht. Just out of curiosity, I went up to the 2nd floor of the Wararot market where there are a number of cosmetic stalls. One stall was selling them for 190baht which would be 17% lower than 229 price. I checked the box and the capsule content visually and they appear to be identical so is lower price one real or fake.

Honestly, I am always wary of things like that too, for obvious enough reasons. Given that its only a 40 baht difference, perhaps best to go with what feels safer

I agree with sbk on this one. We have a firm rule when we shop in Burma that could apply here. We don't buy anything that we're going to ingest or use on our body in a way that could be harmful. The Chinese are experts at duplicating packaging -- to judge by all the DVDs/CDs we see in the shops at the border crossings at Burma. They even include the little brochures that some singers include in their recordings. They could probably do the same with packaging inserts for pharmacutical products.