Hello

I would like to find a trusted and recommended art and home decor exporter, as I would like to buy some personal decor items with a Thai theme for myself now that I'm no longer living in Thailand. Far north Canada is just too far removed from SE Asia and some small reminders would be very welcome during the long winters.

Simply looking for a recommended and trust worthy exporter to purchase a few items, wall hangings, fabrics, lamp shades.

All recommendations appreciated, along with the candor and frankness that I enjoy on ThaiVisa.

Cheers,

Kev

No ideas?

I have emailed all the shops I could found online for Baan Tawai; the majority came back as undelivered and the rest just haven't replied. I even had a paragraph in Thai typed out by a friend to assist but no luck.

I honestly have a friend whom owns 3 boutique home decorating stores in the northern Canada whom would be interested in items to.

Are you looking for an exporter or a freight forwarder?

If you are looking for an exporter, why would anybody export your goods and take all the risk of the goods being pirated or stolen goods, or have drugs embedded into the frames? I recommend against being the exporter for other people's goods. If everything is clean, you would want to be the exporter yourself, otherwise it smells fishy from the beginning.

If you are looking for a freight forwarder, that's another story. There are some specialised in art products. As long as you are willing to be the exporter.

Are you looking for an exporter or a freight forwarder?

If you are looking for an exporter, why would anybody export your goods and take all the risk of the goods being pirated or stolen goods, or have drugs embedded into the frames? I recommend against being the exporter for other people's goods. If everything is clean, you would want to be the exporter yourself, otherwise it smells fishy from the beginning.

If you are looking for a freight forwarder, that's another story. There are some specialised in art products. As long as you are willing to be the exporter.

Hello,

I am looking for specialized art products, made in Thailand, for shipping to North America. It's easy enough to use the Thai postal system and over countless time I've mailed things either way with no issues what so ever. I am here and would like to buy some art.

To ensure you get what you like, you are probably going to have to come back and pick out what you like. If that is no longer possible you may have to pay someone to go there and send you pictures. But Dealing with someone over here that you have never met is a recipe for frustration, especially if there is a language barrier. Maybe you can track down someone you know from Chiang Mai that would like to help.

Even just to go to Ban Tawai and get you some phone numbers to try.

To ensure you get what you like, you are probably going to have to come back and pick out what you like. If that is no longer possible you may have to pay someone to go there and send you pictures. But Dealing with someone over here that you have never met is a recipe for frustration, especially if there is a language barrier. Maybe you can track down someone you know from Chiang Mai that would like to help.

Even just to go to Ban Tawai and get you some phone numbers to try.

Well, about those pictures. An acquaintance of mine, an art collector, was offered paintings while on vacation in another country, and they showed him pictures of the paintings. One of those paintings shown in the pictures actually hung in his living room, and he could even recognize the room!

So he ordered the picture. Being a district attorney, he informed his colleagues and the police who promptly arrested the burglars in flagranti. This led to the arrest of many members of an international group of art thieves.

So, was lucky. But the question is: Do you really want to buy art from a picture? Or, if it is the real thing, from a person who might have gotten it through ill channels?