Where can I buy nice bedside tables in Pattaya? Beállítások

[Guest_smokestackqueer_*]

Been looking around for a couple of nice bedside tables, but all I've seen is melamine (veneered chipboard), shoddy, overpriced junk. Really, 2,500 baht for a veneered chipboard bedside table? I know I shouldn't compare, but shops that specialise in solid pine furniture abound in Australia, and a nice bedside table might set you back $100, but I've seen nothing here that comes close in quality or value. Why? If any furniture is made here, why is it so expensive in relation to living costs?

[Guest_Guest_ambiguousscourge_*_*]

Been looking around for a couple of nice bedside tables, but all I've seen is melamine (veneered chipboard), shoddy, overpriced junk. Really, 2,500 baht for a veneered chipboard bedside table? I know I shouldn't compare, but shops that specialise in solid pine furniture abound in Australia, and a nice bedside table might set you back $100, but I've seen nothing here that comes close in quality or value. Why? If any furniture is made here, why is it so expensive in relation to living costs?

You're right, good bedside tables are hard to find. Most of Index's I find are too low, too small, and the styles are rather limited. Chic Republic has a better selection but, as an earlier poster noted, the quality might not be good enough for what you are looking for. To get what I want, I have mine custom made. You might try one of the local furniture makers--there are some on Thepprasit Road in Australia.

[tethysunrigged]

Had a look yesterday and admit they look very nice. Only one thing lets them down, poorly fitted drawers. The drawers need to be on ball bearing runners (not expensive), instead of wooden glides. The drawer falls out and down when extended to Australia, not what I'd expect in a 5200 baht bedside table. The guy said they can install the steel runners for an extra 200 baht a pair, that's an extra 1200 baht for 2 x 3 drawer tables.

[Guest_Vendég_*]

"What I want to know is, how come a bedside table of a similar size, made of oak, sells for around the same price in the Australia? In fact, the one I pictured at the top, sells for 99 pounds or just over 4000 baht. Beats me why furniture is so expensive here." . . . Do you see oak trees here ? In America oak is common as are other woods (pine , walnut, maple ). Imported furniture must pay a high duty, that's why imported cars here are prohibitively expensive . Look for a native wood , maybe rubberwood .

[Guest_pazyalligator_*]

"What I want to know is, how come a bedside table of a similar size, made of oak, sells for around the same price in the Australia? In fact, the one I pictured at the top, sells for 99 pounds or just over 4000 baht. Beats me why furniture is so expensive here." . . . Do you see oak trees here ? In America oak is common as are other woods (pine , walnut, maple ). Imported furniture must pay a high duty, that's why imported cars here are prohibitively expensive . Look for a native wood , maybe rubberwood .

The bedside tables I looked at were in fact rubberwood, made in Australia, so I was comparing oak and rubberwood, but not saying one was better than the other. With labour costs in Thailand at least 1/10th of the UK, I just wondered why a similar item should cost more.

[Guest_Vendég_*]

I will. I've been looking to get a simple wardrobe/cupboard made to cover one entire wall in my condo. Apart from ridiculous quotes from some fancy and entirely customer-less places in Australia Road I have so far been unable to find anything acceptable.