Why Shopping in Hong Kong Is The Best Experience A Shopper Could Ever Wish For?

Shopping is synonymous with Hong Kong – more frequently called the Hong Kong shopping syndrome.

The Hong Kong shopping era was known for its imitation brand that offers a cheap market place – whether it was electronics or clothes, shoes or even jewelry. The Hong Kong shopping malls are old enough to make Hong Kong shopping a great experience for the locals and the tourists alike.

There have been innumerable stories and speculations about Hong Kong shopping that gets the Hong Kong people going. This has been instrumental in the origin of the Hong Kong shopping syndrome!

To some, the Hong Kongers need to indulge in shopping to cast off the negativism of small and cramped living units; while to others the Hong Kong shopping syndrome is better quoted as a universal phenomenon of greater access to surplus income and some element of greed.

Hong Kong shopping is better known as an enigma during the weekdays and undoubtedly turns to an obsession during the weekends.

It is hard to believe but the Hong Kong market of today is very close to the pricing in European and American families and is anything but cheap, unlike in the past!

The excited shopper wanting to buy Chinese goods – be it the silk fabric or be it ornaments or even furniture can visit Shanghai Tang for the best deals. Shanghai Tang is adjacent to the Central MTR station

Hong Kong markets operate from nine in the morning to seven, some til ten in the evening, Monday through Sunday for the Hong Kong shopper’s frequent visits.

And the best part is that Sales Tax is unknown in Hong Kong making it a haven for shoppers!

The computer whiz kids cannot miss out on the computer superstores at Causeway Bay, Mongkok or the Wanchai.

Tip: The best spot to buy computer goods is at Golden Computer Center (GCC) in Shum Shui Po district. (MTR Station Exit D)

Computer Hardware

If you don't have a clue what you want to buy, you should browse around in some comfortable CausewayBay and WanChai Computer malls first.

Only after you have targeted what you want to buy, then you should go to Sham Shui Po's Golden Computer Center.

You will be able to seek the best advice and finalize your decision with the possible lowest price.

Computer Software

You may find some of the best deals. GCC is a notorious place for pirated software. For HK$20, you will be getting some hundred US dollars software.

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Sidebar

One day, I went to buy some software, and I noticed a tourist was buying a Wxxdows XP software for HKD20 (roughly less than USD3)!

I asked him where he came from, he said “USA!”

I immediately recognized how popular this Silicon Valley was.

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I am not suggesting that you buy any illegal software. It may just be another tourist's spot for you. You will be able to witness how organized the gangs sell illegal software.

Digital Products

I did some extensive research on where to buy digital products, e.g. Camcorders, digital cameras, MP3/4s, and the like.

If you don't mind your digital product do not come with warranty service, you should go and visit, the building opposite the Bank Center, in Mong Kok MTR Station Exit E1.

I have personally walked all over Mong Kok and found the place mentioned above offered the best price.

Of course, there are some price variations between different stores there, but generally speaking, I've found the prices are most competitive.

Hong Kong shopping is an experience in itself that is second to none. The difficulties for the gullible shopper like fakes and naïve bargaining skills as elsewhere in the world over hardly affect the enthusiasm in Hong Kong as it offers the best price deals in the whole World.