Buying furniture near Burmese border?

[Woody]

Hello. Apparently just a couple of hours from here around the Burmese border you can buy rubber wood furniture at great prices?

I am after a dining table, TV stand/cabinet and coffee table. Will the prices for these three things be a heck of a lot cheaper than buying them in Hua Hin? If I could find the same down there for half the price I would go.

Do you actualy have to cross the border or is the furniture on the Thai side?

Also what is the actual name of the town?

Sorry for all the questions.....

Cheers

Woody

[lomuamart]

I havn't bought anything from there but I think you'll find that the place is Dan Sinkorn and it's just south of Prachuabkirikhan. You turn off the main Petchkasem Road to the west and it's clearly signposted in English. About 10 kms south of the traffic lights into Prachuab.
Other members have mentioned before that there is a lot of furniture to be had there. Hopefully someone else can give you a steer on prices. I'm pretty sure that the market is on the Thai side of the border as non-Thais can't cross into Burma from there.

[Pagey]

See this link and within the thread there are 2 more links.

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[Takiap]

Thais can't cross into Burma from there.

I drove across on my Honda Wave but there's bugger all on the other side, at least not anywhere near the crossing itself. Didn't seem to be any immigration at the crossing itself and when I asked some uniformed chap if I can go across he just waved me on.....no problem.


only ventured a few hundred meters along the road though and then hurried back into Disney Land.

[hhfarang]

We crossed for the day at Three Pagoda Pass northwest of Kanchanaburi a few years ago into a Burmese town that specialized in wood furniture. People were crossing back into Thailand with pickups loaded with stuff... don't know if it was rubber wood though.

At that time you could get a one day visa right at the border in about 15 minutes to cross into only that town to shop. That was a while ago so I don't know if it is still the same or not.

[Woody]

Thanks