Where to buy a discounted Galaxy S 8.4 tablet?

[davevi]

I'm in the market to purchase a Samsung Galaxy S 8.4 tablet.

No matter where I look, online vendor or physical store, Samsung branded shop or just a generic electronics shop, this tablet is always exactly the same price 16,900 baht.

There has to be a place to buy this tablet below this suggested retail price of 16,900. I am not open to importing the tablet and opening myself to potential customs duty.

Can anyone suggest a Chiang Mai source that will sell a Galaxy S 8.4 below the MSRP?

[Konini]

I got 1,200 baht off a 10 inch Galaxy S at Icon Square, but it was hard work.

Mostly, top brands are the same price everywhere in the world and are not supposed to be discounted, otherwise everyone would buy online from that particular country.

PS - I had one of the early tablets, and I really couldn't believe the quality of the video and audio on the Galaxy S.

[yankee99]

http://www.treemobileshop.com/

Looks like 10,700 baht

[Chicog]

Better off asking in the Computer thread.

[kaptainrob]

http://www.treemobileshop.com/

Looks like 10,700 baht

^ that'll be the wi-fi model.

[yankee99]

http://www.treemobileshop.com/

Looks like 10,700 baht

^ that'll be the wi-fi model.

The op didn't seem to specify but their prices are the best I've seen in thailand.

[mariohh1]

I have one s 8.4 3 month old white wifi and 3g sim in chiang mai 14000 thb

[Duvidl]

Where is MBK Center?

[yankee99]

Where is MBK Center?

In Bangkok but they will ship ems.

[yankee99]

http://www.treemobileshop.com/

Looks like 10,700 baht

^ that'll be the wi-fi model.

[Oscar2]

in Lamphun. everything is cheaper there. we buy all kinds of things there. some items may have been used for 2-3 months but are still under warranty. you'll have to search on google. most sellers have websites.

[manarak]

galaxy tab 3 8" was only 4500 baht in Switzerland three months ago

[Bung]

I just flew back and checked out the duty free price for these and on the way and 16900 was cheapest. I got mine with a free phone thrown in valued at 4000.

[Bung]

Btw. I was a die hard apple man and picked this over the ipad mini. Love ot but typing with thumbs which i do a lot sees me constantly hitting the soft keys which is doing my head in. I installed SwiftKey keyboard so it can be split seems to help. Picked up a 32gb sd card for 480b. Electronics are cheap here!

[dave2]

re

this tablet is always exactly the same price 16,900 baht

just bite the bullet and buy one !

you wont regret it

dave2

[mat999]

Lots of cheaper options on Lazada. Try to order it from Lazada, not a supplier, that way you get payment on delivery http://www.lazada.co.th/catalog/?q=Galaxy+tab+8.4

[davevi]

A follow up of findings to my post asking for a source to purchase the Galaxy S 8.4 below the ever-present posted price of 16,900 baht.

Several posts recommended a shop in Bangkok in MBK. I checked the shop out, and several nearby shops. After asking for pricing from the recommended shop via their Line account all seemed good, including a statement that I could get warranty service at any Samsung repair shop.

However, when I arrived at the shop the games began. The prices for the exact same tablet ranged from 11,700 to 13,500 with the price difference correlated to "how long warranty remained" on the product. This made no sense. The cheapest tablet had five month of warranty, while the 13,500 baht tablet had fifteen months warranty. Samsung does not offer a fifteen month warranty on this device. It all seemed odd. Also, none of the boxes included warranty cards - but I was told in Thai that "no one at this place (MBK) sell tablet with warranty card". Two of the shops selling this tablet explained that the reason the warranty length varied is that "Thailand warranty starts from import date, not purchase date". I could find nothing to confirm this online with Samsung or any Samsung reseller.

I walked away from MBK, frustrated and reminded that often times dealing with discounted vendors in Thailand requires full-guard, wide-open eyes, and suspicion of every part of a transaction. And when in doubt, walk away.

In the end I'll likely pay a bit more to get one from a Samsung shop. I discovered just this week that if you ask the right way Samsung will discount the product in the Samsung shop, very quietly (by typing the discount into the phone's display -- it's never said out loud). This discount might be enough to make the comfort of having a real product with a real warranty.

I hope this information helps others on the hunt for similar products.

[umbanda]

I bough an 7" ASUS tablet with double sims for under 4000THB a while ago in Lazada, and was also a 8" for under 7000THB. My wife ask me to buy Sansung or Apple but seems too expensive to me. I took the ASUS to my computer guy to help me to use some fixtures. He was glad I bought ASUS.

He said that ASUS is better than Sansung....and have better customer service....and he had a point. " A brand that makes family laptops selling for over 80000THB, and its providng most of the Thai Government offices computer systems..cannot be bad "... I searched Lazada..and he was right... ASUS makes laptos selling for that kind of price..and I have to agree with him about it. For the price..it is a great machine...and my wife is happy.