Where to buy knockoffs in shanghai

While you can still bargain here, the products are amazing and you will wind up spending way too much money if you let yourself! While the markets are fun for picking up knockoff handbags and clothing, there are a few things you should never buy from a fake market. Be careful when buying electronics, for example. NEVER buy medicine at a fake market as expired products are common and can lead to death. Samantha is a travel addict and nomadic teacher currently living in Shanghai.

Any chance she gets, she is getting off to a new location or explore, either in China or somewhere with a great deal on tickets. During her time abroad she has had the wonderful opportunity to travel all over Central America, central Asia and some of Eastern Europe. As much as Samantha loves to travel, she also makes time to return home to Florida to see her family whenever she can.

Her current ambition is to travel to and explore 40 different countries by the time she is forty. Only 12 to go! Hi — I am in Shanghai for 2 nights 1 days shopping.

Had heard the AP plaza was the best bet for my fake shopping. Should I stay that side as well do you think? It looks like the city is a long way away from the museum on that side? Any suggestions much appreciated Charmayne. LOL, as a native Chinese I have to say that you know these markets so well, especially the trick that faking to walk away and expecting the shopkeeper to make a deal!

You are so awesome! HI Samantha i am loolking for reasonable priced flower girl dress and shoes plus earrings and fake clutch bags for the bride and bridesmaides, i am staying near the bund and am only here for days. Pingback: Shanghai Tour Guide — Muskblog. It was too late to find out. Any other recomandation? I found just only ceramic inside the Hard disk when I returned my homeland country. Just returned from Shanghai and found the Science and Technology Museum markets to be the best for good quality replica bags and shoes.

So stay away from the electronics. Watch other customers shop, notice how much they are willing to pay and what kind of things are buying. I also watched a Belgian couple come in and hastily pay twice the price we did for a bag.

You can get an eye exam and custom prescription glasses in 30 minutes in AP Plaza. What blew my mind was all the different types of shades but also the fact that you could walk in the back and get an eye exam. A legit one. This 22 year old, checked my eyes, and made me prescription, bi-focal readers, in 20 minutes. They literally cut the glass right next door.

Oh and did I mention that the shades had readers on the bottom part of the lens. Come on now…. The best bargain in any of the bag shops are the wallets. Lets be honest, nobody is checking to see if that Louis wallet you just pulled out of your purse is authentic.

Get the wallets, while you contemplate your other purchases. If you really want deals, then volume counts. The more bags we bought the better the prices got. Its simple economics. The only issue getting all the stuff you buy back to the U.

AP Plaza is overwhelming. After an hour or so you just get dizzy from all the people, products and negotiating. Take a break, get some fresh air, walk away for a minute and think through all the stuff you are about to purchase.

Going to AP Plaza is a full on commitment, of time and energy. You have to pace yourself. Other blogs hate on this place all the time but honestly, I would fly back to Shanghai just to do my Christmas shopping. Reset Filter. Has Pictures. Has Editor's Description. Qipu Lu -- "cheap" street -- is a series of malls crammed, jammed, and stuffed full of cheap, cheap, cheap clothes, with some fakes for good measure.

It's ground zero for young The northern half of AP Plaza, called Xinyang, is a Fake Markets. Next Page. The Market has good lighting and is safe for tourists. However, always keep a close eye on your possessions, especially your wallet. While pickpocketing is not a significant issue, the crush of people all located in the same area makes the market an ideal spot for quick-fingered thieves to roam. To get here, take the Metro Line 2 to the Pudong stop, which is close to Century Park, the biggest park within the inner districts of Shanghai.

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