Gold, Help With What Is The Actual Content. 92.5 Normally?

[AlanL1275]

Best Places to buy gold?

In BKK or China Town

Edited August 23, 2011 by AlanL1275

[mjnaus]

You mean China Town in Bangkok?

Anyway, Thai gold is usually 96.5% pure gold although some shops sell 99.99% as well.

[Semper]

[quoteBest Places to buy gold?

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In a gold shop The prices are the same wherever you go.

[lazygourmet]

Your best bet is to ask a tuk-tuk driver on Khaosan road...

Go for the well dressed ones, they are the more reliable.

[KhunBENQ]

According to Thai Gold Traders the content of the usually traded jewelry is 96.5%

http://www.goldtraders.or.th/

Where to buy: everywhere for the jewelry, meaning every gold shop is OK. Very strictly regulated and organized. Same price everywhere, see website.

For gold bars, coins and other 99.9xx stuff they say that Chinatown BKK is the right place.

Edited August 23, 2011 by KhunBENQ

[p_brownstone]

As already mentioned basically you can buy at any Goldshop because the prices are the same.

That said however by far the most popular - and reputable - Goldshop amongst Thais is Tang Hua Seng. They have 3 or 4 shops in Yaowarrat - the one I use is on the corner of the Soi where the old Cathay Department Store is located, just opposite Thanon Mangkorn. They also have a branch in Seacon Square and maybe others I don't know about.

All buying is done in Cash by the way - and you will be amazed at the piles of Baht 1,000 notes being passed around like so much ordinary paper.

Patrick

[KhunBENQ]

So have some cash at hand

Thats a million:

Edited August 24, 2011 by KhunBENQ

[thaivisitorTeeVee]

I went to Tang To Kang to encase my amulet in gold......brought along some more cash just in case.

[Semper]

I went to Tang To Kang to encase my amulet in gold......brought along some more cash just in case.

Nice wad of cash, could come in handy if one would want to by an apartment for example.