The Big Mango Posted August 14, 2015 Share Posted August 14, 2015 Rumour has it that its gonna be a gem store :-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted August 25, 2015 Share Posted August 25, 2015 (edited) I drove by the location today. Took couple of photos for folks who don't venture there so often. The mall is going to be quite large. 20150825-IMG_0122.jpg by Pekka Oilinki, on Flickr 20150825-IMG_0131.jpg by Pekka Oilinki, on Flickr And the mandatory Safety First! photo Safety First! by Pekka Oilinki, on Flickr Edited August 25, 2015 by Guest Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eisfeld Posted December 22, 2015 Share Posted December 22, 2015 BTW it's a branch of this http://www.gemspavilion.com/ according to a sign if I read it right. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bearpolar Posted December 22, 2015 Share Posted December 22, 2015 When i was living in the west, if someone had told me that phuket's most prestigious and largest shops would be gem shops i would of laughed in the face of the person.. But its true.. and the workers are making TONS of money. Non-english speaking staff make 50k+ per month. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hitthegroundrunning Posted December 22, 2015 Share Posted December 22, 2015 Wow, created a bit of chat about this...since posting, I've seen a sign advertising it as a gem center or something. Rank. Not sure what I was hoping for...maybe a villa and a pub! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hitthegroundrunning Posted December 22, 2015 Share Posted December 22, 2015 Thanks for your replies. Merry Christmas to one and all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hansgruber Posted December 22, 2015 Share Posted December 22, 2015 Another tour bus pitstop. Yawn. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phuketrichard Posted December 23, 2015 Share Posted December 23, 2015 Gem store for the Chinese on tour bus's Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Felt 35 Posted December 23, 2015 Share Posted December 23, 2015 555 , good point. Any one for side bet :-) But you are correct it does not say , This building will be a museum But there is a sign thats says Thalang National Museum But does anyone really care either way ,? Wrong or right I care and would been happier if nothing was built there, every shoppingsenter or construction near the roads make it soon impossible to cycle (cycling for training that is) anywhere on the island due to careless drivers driving in / out from the businesses. However I absolutely prefer a museum over a gem store, not so many of the road wreckers go there and the old museum behind the upcoming building could absolutely need a upgrade. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Felt 35 Posted December 23, 2015 Share Posted December 23, 2015 555 , good point. Any one for side bet :-) But you are correct it does not say , This building will be a museum But there is a sign thats says Thalang National Museum But does anyone really care either way ,? Wrong or right Time to put this to bed: There is a sign which includes the words "Thalang National Museum" but it tells you how to get to it: round the corner and down the street. It's going to be a gem shop. Over and out! They are investing heavily on the Chinese market. The Chinese Stock Exchange recently took a big hit, and with the recent Yuan devaluations, with more to come, Chinese tourist numbers may be down in the future. Good Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted March 29, 2016 Share Posted March 29, 2016 The gem mall has been open for some time. Has anyone visited it yet? I heard that they are building a staff house at Ao Por at the moment. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lowprofile Posted March 29, 2016 Share Posted March 29, 2016 Why is it that the owners of these places think it is fine to build over a huge area and leave totally inadequate parking on site, meaning that the staff and tour buses have to park on the road. I went by this place last Sunday and there were about 30 buses parked 3 deep, taking up more than 2 lanes. The road between Prince Of Sonkhla Uni and Honda Chao Fah is the same. Ought to be a law...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eisfeld Posted March 29, 2016 Share Posted March 29, 2016 (edited) lowprofile: are we talking about the same place? Because I drive past it daily and never see many vehicles there let alone 30 buses. Sometimes one bus in the parking lot visible from the road but usually it looks empty. I always thought this gotta be part of the chinese group tours milking machine. Never see any normal people going there. There are laws against the parking on the road but there's zero enforcement of anything. That road has been cleaned up by the army a few months ago to get rid of all the stalls on the road and now everything is back to normal. Shop owners claiming part of the road with cones as their own. In the evening hours it's down to a single lane. Pretty crazy. But I have to say it looks pretty nice in the night. I'll take this over more townhouse concrete walls any day. Edited March 29, 2016 by eisfeld Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
merijn Posted March 29, 2016 Share Posted March 29, 2016 The gem mall has been open for some time. Has anyone visited it yet? I heard that they are building a staff house at Ao Por at the moment. Only Chinese tour buses are visiting the place. The whole project is build by and for Chinese. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted April 1, 2016 Share Posted April 1, 2016 I visited the place today. The experience was of those <deleted> feelings. Well worth of visit, just for the experience. I had personal tour guide / sales person to walk through the exhibition area and through the sales area. Quite impressive.. and well planned selling method. Story and photos:https://oilinki.com/blog/royal-gems-pavilion-phuket-shopping-extravaganza Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eisfeld Posted April 1, 2016 Share Posted April 1, 2016 oilinki: great report. So it's exactly the same thing as Wang Talang on Chaofah West road but on steroids. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted April 1, 2016 Share Posted April 1, 2016 That place should be presented to the first year MBA students as "look kids, this is what is your target. Now we'll start how to get there". Go and visit the place. It's worth it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bearpolar Posted April 2, 2016 Share Posted April 2, 2016 (edited) So the guys selling gems on ebay making a fortune too? I know a couple girls who work at one of those places. They speak no english yet they are making 40k+, get gifts at every holiday/birthday/etc (ranging from 3k-100k) and then very often they get drawings for big prizes Hard to believe so many gem places make so much money and actually hire very ugly non qualified girls when even 7/11 wont hire above 30 Edited April 2, 2016 by bearpolar Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valentine Posted April 2, 2016 Share Posted April 2, 2016 (edited) So the guys selling gems on ebay making a fortune too? I know a couple girls who work at one of those places. They speak no english yet they are making 40k+, get gifts at every holiday/birthday/etc (ranging from 3k-100k) and then very often they get drawings for big prizes Hard to believe so many gem places make so much money and actually hire very ugly non qualified girls when even 7/11 wont hire above 30 Mark ups must be horrendous & there is no chance for the Chinese to compare & a good chance they have never been close to buying jewellery before. Edited April 2, 2016 by Valentine Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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