Buying Shoe Laces in Chiang Mai

[sunoco27]

Where can you find shoe Laces here in Chiang Mai.

Thank You

[Rob13]

You can't; I tried.

Edited January 26, 2016 by Rob13

[Farma]

Try 7-11. Normally located in a little area with paper scissors pencils etc.

[worgeordie]

Bata shoe shops.

regards Worgeordie

[KarenBravo]

A thread on buying shoe-laces?

Seriously?

[stoneyboy]

A thread on buying shoe-laces?

Seriously?

It's terribly sad isn't it.

[amexpat]

A thread on buying shoe-laces?

Seriously?

Christ! You know it ain't easy

You know how hard it can be?

Seriously? Have you tried it? It's not like home where stores that sold shoes also sold laces.

[Misterwhisper]

I buy most of my shoe laces on ebay, ordering them from China and getting free shipping. I like to wear laced boots, so need rather long ones. A pair of very good quality waxed laces will cost you in the region of 40 Baht - and they are shipped straight to your home, no customs hassle and no waste of time running around from shop to shop.

[ExpatOilWorker]

You guys got some serious hardship up north.

If you need เชือกผูกรองเท้า, then Google it (https://www.google.co.th/webhp?gws_rd=cr&ei=7O0dVt6bMs2dugSJxbrwCQ#q=%E0%B9%80%E0%B8%8A%E0%B8%B7%E0%B8%AD%E0%B8%81%E0%B8%9C%E0%B8%B9%E0%B8%81%E0%B8%A3%E0%B8%AD%E0%B8%87%E0%B9%80%E0%B8%97%E0%B9%89%E0%B8%B2+chiang+mai)

and you will find: https://www.facebook.com/shoelacethailand

[elektrified]

There used to be a lady who had a small shop in KSK on the 3rd or 4th Floor. She sold nothing but shoelaces and had everything under the sun in every length, color, style, etc. She was there for maybe 8 years. We were in KSK yesterday and needed shoelaces and sadly she's gone.

Maybe in the student shops at Talaat Thanin? There should be a shoelace seller there I would think.

[cyberfarang]

A thread on buying shoe-laces?

Seriously?

It's terribly sad isn't it.

That`s because a lot of Farlangs are living on shoestring budgets.

Tesco Lotus sell them and seen then at 7/11s.

[cgphuket]

Actually very hard to find shoe laces in Thailand. Took me a week in BKK. Best bet is to find a sidewalk shoe repair person. Usually they have a rack of laces. Stock up. I even went to shoe stores and they just shrugged....

[stoneyboy]

Actually very hard to find shoe laces in Thailand. Took me a week in BKK. Best bet is to find a sidewalk shoe repair person. Usually they have a rack of laces. Stock up. I even went to shoe stores and they just shrugged....

Really,it just took me about 30 seconds,they have about 60 different types all of which they deliver to your door.

http://www.lazada.co.th/hks-round-athletic-shoelaces-sport-sneakers-shoe-laces-3263304.html

Edited January 26, 2016 by stoneyboy

[elektrified]

Actually very hard to find shoe laces in Thailand. Took me a week in BKK. Best bet is to find a sidewalk shoe repair person. Usually they have a rack of laces. Stock up. I even went to shoe stores and they just shrugged....

Really,it just took me about 30 seconds,they have about 60 different types all of which they deliver to your door.

http://www.lazada.co.th/hks-round-athletic-shoelaces-sport-sneakers-shoe-laces-3263304.html

487 Baht? The lady at KSK charged 20-60 Baht.

[stoneyboy]

Actually very hard to find shoe laces in Thailand. Took me a week in BKK. Best bet is to find a sidewalk shoe repair person. Usually they have a rack of laces. Stock up. I even went to shoe stores and they just shrugged....

Really,it just took me about 30 seconds,they have about 60 different types all of which they deliver to your door.

http://www.lazada.co.th/hks-round-athletic-shoelaces-sport-sneakers-shoe-laces-3263304.html

487 Baht? The lady at KSK charged 20-60 Baht.

I was waiting for the price comparison experts.

[FolkGuitar]

Actually very hard to find shoe laces in Thailand. Took me a week in BKK. Best bet is to find a sidewalk shoe repair person. Usually they have a rack of laces. Stock up. I even went to shoe stores and they just shrugged....

Really,it just took me about 30 seconds,they have about 60 different types all of which they deliver to your door.

http://www.lazada.co.th/hks-round-athletic-shoelaces-sport-sneakers-shoe-laces-3263304.html

$13.00 for string? Yet people bitch about spending an extra $3 for a day in the park? I don't think I understand...

[stoneyboy]

Actually very hard to find shoe laces in Thailand. Took me a week in BKK. Best bet is to find a sidewalk shoe repair person. Usually they have a rack of laces. Stock up. I even went to shoe stores and they just shrugged....

Really,it just took me about 30 seconds,they have about 60 different types all of which they deliver to your door.

http://www.lazada.co.th/hks-round-athletic-shoelaces-sport-sneakers-shoe-laces-3263304.html

$13.00 for string? Yet people bitch about spending an extra $3 for a day in the park? I don't think I understand...

Yes the same people who drive around in incredibly overpriced motor vehicles,buy incredibly overpriced western foods and enjoy some of the kingdoms incredibly overpriced national parks.

Get over it,it's a pair of shoe laces for gods sake,not everyone who lives here scrutinises consumer goods and compares items to back home.

Funnily enough my link to a pair of shoe laces on Lazada was merely to highlight the fact that if you needed them they could be obtained very easily.

There are hundreds of other internet options such as eBay,Alibaba express which will offer them much cheaper.

I knew the resident price comparison experts would be spitting out their coffee at the price.

[stoneyboy]

Here for our resident members on a lesser budget.

Aliexpress sell them at a much cheaper price.

http://www.aliexpress.com/item/Hot-Now-6-Pairs-of-Flat-Shoes-Laces-Shoelaces-for-Sneakers-Boots-Shoes-8mm-90cm/32340344264.html?spm=2114.30010308.3.445.ikQrRI&ws_ab_test=searchweb201556_1,searchweb201644_2_10001_10002_10005_10006_10003_10004_62,searchweb201560_3,searchweb1451318400_6150,searchweb1451318411_6449&btsid=edf1d77e-855f-43be-8800-4d34190cb976

[FolkGuitar]

No comparisons. Just marveling at the fact that people will pay $13 for two meters of string.

To be fair, I'm sure it's very pretty string...

[Thorgal]

Found them at shopping plazza next to RAM hospital just a little bit further than Bata for 20 THB a pair.

In all lengths, diameters and colours you want.

Bought some pairs for my kids sport shoes at 20THB/pair.

You can get them also by post, but expect them more expensive...

500 THB is un-Thai !

Edited January 27, 2016 by Thorgal

[NancyL]

Hubby just showed up last week with a new pair of laces in his walk-about-shoes -- bright screaming orange. They scared the cats the first time they saw them.

He reports that he got them from a shop in the basement of Kad Suan Kaew mall, near the kiosk that makes keys. It's a shop that sells athletic shoes and it has a good selection of shoe laces. What a concept -- a shop that sells shoes is selling shoe laces!

[amexpat]

What a concept! What's next, refills for ball point pens?

[Dante99]

I am sure glad we got that worked out, it was beginning to look like those impossibly complex 90 day reports.

[Rob13]

What a concept! What's next, refills for ball point pens?

17b baht http://www.lazada.co.th/catalog/?q=ball+point+pen+refills

[CNXBKKMAN]

The next logical step after this thread is a how to tie your shoelaces post? lace them up crisis cross pattern or straight across? Is Cotton or synthetic best for the tropics? Velcro straps...is this the end of laces?

[MESmith]

The next logical step after this thread is a how to tie your shoelaces post? lace them up crisis cross pattern or straight across? Is Cotton or synthetic best for the tropics? Velcro straps...is this the end of laces?

Shoes? Left those in the waste bin at Manchester Airport

[NancyL]

The next logical step after this thread is a how to tie your shoelaces post? lace them up crisis cross pattern or straight across? Is Cotton or synthetic best for the tropics? Velcro straps...is this the end of laces?

Shoes? Left those in the waste bin at Manchester Airport

That's what we did with our winter coats. Well, almost. A friend gave us a ride to the Detroit airport on a blistery November day, much like today here in Chiang Mai, for us to embark on our retirement. Our last act was to take off our winter coats and hand them to him. "What am I suppose to do with these?" he asked. "Give them to a clothing drive" we said, we're never going anywhere again where we have to wear a winter coat.

Maybe we were a little hasty in that decision.

[amexpat]

The next logical step after this thread is a how to tie your shoelaces post? lace them up crisis cross pattern or straight across? Is Cotton or synthetic best for the tropics? Velcro straps...is this the end of laces?

Ridiculing a newbie is so easy. Finding shoe laces takes more effort.

[CNXBKKMAN]

The next logical step after this thread is a how to tie your shoelaces post? lace them up crisis cross pattern or straight across? Is Cotton or synthetic best for the tropics? Velcro straps...is this the end of laces?

Ridiculing a newbie is so easy. Finding shoe laces takes more effort.

I am not ridiculing anyone this is a funny thread. Your "finding shoe laces takes more effort" was a good one! Lol as they say nowadays.

[KarenBravo]

The next logical step after this thread is a how to tie your shoelaces post? lace them up crisis cross pattern or straight across? Is Cotton or synthetic best for the tropics? Velcro straps...is this the end of laces?

Ridiculing a newbie is so easy. Finding shoe laces takes more effort.

I wish you a speedy recovery after your sense of humour bypass operation.

Get well soon!