Phrases For Buying Clothing.

[Mousehound]

I have a background in buying and importing clothing. I would like to have a few phrases memorised for doing business in Thailand. I have taught myself to read Thai at a basic level so i can usually work it out from thai script although as I don't live in Thailand i have no way of practicing the spoken version exactly. I have visited a few times and have Thai contacts here where i live.

Phrases such as:

Where is this made?

How much for ... pieces?

Can I get a discount for .... pcs?

How much per piece?

What sizes do you have?

Is it color fast?

Will it shrink?

Can you make this in another fabric?

Do you have other patterns?

Can you do it with (make it with) .... ?

Some of these I have tried to work out with a dictionary but I am not sure if they are how it would go down in the street.

If anyone can help please?

[klons]

Try googling like - you tube thai language shopping clothes -

and some videos like this should come up:

I didn't watch this; just making a suggestion.

[ZeroDesire]

Where is this made?

ผลิตมาจากที่ไหน

How much for ... pieces?

... ชิ้นราคาเท่าไหร่

Can I get a discount for .... pcs?

ลดราคาได้เท่าไหร่้ถ้าซื้อ ... ชิ้น

How much per piece?

ราคาเท่าไหร่ต่อชิ้น

What sizes do you have?

มีขนาดอะไรบ้าง

Is it color fast?

What are you trying to say here? If you want to ask "is the color faded fast", you say

สีซีดเร็วมั้ย

Will it shrink?

ผ้าจะหดหลังซักมั้ย

Can you make this in another fabric?

คุณใช้ผ้าชนิดอื่นในการทำได้รึเปล่า

Do you have other patterns?

คุณมีลายอื่นรึเปล่า

Can you do it with (make it with) .... ?

คุณใช้ ... ในการทำได้รึเปล่า

Hope it helps.

Patrick

[Peppy]

Is it color fast?

What are you trying to say here? If you want to ask "is the color faded fast", you say

สีซีดเร็วมั้ย

I think what the OP means is "Will the dye run or come out in the wash?" -- "สีตกไหม".

[GarryP]

ผลิตมาจากที่ไหน seems somewhat unnatural to me. I would simply ask ผลิตที่ไหน or นำเข้าจากไหน The latter being "imported" rather than "made".

[rick44]

This is what I hear: ผลิตมาจากไหน

[edwardandtubs]

Thais tend to waffle a lot rather than give a straight answer, so even if the OP memorised all those questions, the chances of him understanding the answer are slim unless he puts some serious hours into learning the language.