So like I am ready to throw away a pair of shorts zipper broke I see a lady sewing go next door get a new zipper 2 bht one hour later she has it in like 25 bht so 27 bht good as new what a great place I'm happy LOL

Yes, I have found seamstresses are about the best deal in LOS. Never a bad experience.

But the other ladies that work with zippers....oh, so many problems! I stay away from them.

Another one of the many positives to living in Thailand. You don't throw things away unless they are seriously worn/broken or you are just plain tired of them. EVERYTHING can be fixed here for cheap.

Two years ago I got 3 sets of long trousers for free from the Walmart in Canada when they were getting rid of old stock, and I just got lucky. But, I didn't NEED long pants. What I wanted was knee high shorts with an extra patch pocket so I can sort out my Thai bills (20 baht in left pocket, 100 baht in right pocket). Also, two pairs of the trousers were a little bit tight. I brought them to Chiang Mai and my laundry lady took them to a seamstress for me. I got two shorts fixed with extra patch pockets and they fit perfectly, And, one pair of slacks were too nice to cut into shorts, so she only used the excess around the ankle and made patch pockets with that. It cost me less than 200 baht.

And, I can have my scooter tire fixed and the tube replaced for under 100 baht.

Tire repair, seamstress, lab work all very very cheap. Clothing poor quality by US standards though. It's the cotton thing.

Got a pairof shoes, a good pair, good brand, the soles fell off, the heat I think. I wasgoing to launch them and my Thai friend says take them to the shoe shop, longstory short I couldn’t find it, my friend took me…It was a guy who had set up shop in a busshelter, bottom line; 8 hours and 45 Baht later, shoes good as new.

Tailors inThailand, I have one in my village, great guy, very skillful.

+1 Thailand

I had a GF whose zipper broke, 27 baht deff wouldnt shut her up.

Some things in TH just cant be fixed.