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This is one of the largest jewelry stores I have ever seen. It covers 3 floors with Gold, Platinum and Jade. The gold is mostly 24 carat jewelry, because this is the Chinese tradition. The gold and platinum jewelry is sold by the gram at the official government rate. You pay mostly for the gold, not for the workmanship, so it is sold at bargain prices compared to US prices.
If you can't find what you are looking for here, just walk outside. There are many very large jewelry stores on this street.
What to buy: 24 carat Gold, Jade, and Platinum are sold here.
What to pay: You pay by by the gram here. Each piece carries a weight tag. The unit price is listed on a sign on the wall. They have calculators present a each counter so you can calculate the price.
Updated Apr 4, 2011
Address: Intersection of Fuyou and Old Jiao Chang Road
Phone: 021-6355-7038
The storekeeper more like a art designer. She dispose this little store as a art museum. Most merchandise is come from Nepal, Tailand and Tibet what is very special and beautiful. If you like minority feature, you may find what you like in the store. Maybe a headgear, a pair of shoes, mirror, light and so on. Even if you don't want to buy anything, visiting and looking around also is amused.
What to buy: all stuff are pick from Tibetan area, which is the best just judge by your favor
What to pay: the price is higher than average, some big thing are very expensive......but if you pick carefully you may find something bargain
Updated Apr 4, 2011
Address: Room6, Biulding7, 210 Nong, Taikang Road
Phone: 86-21-54652113
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This pedestrian street is so famous that you must take time to check it out for yourself. Store after store squeezed by huge shopping malls. An amazing experience! Do put this place on your bucket list!
What to buy: Nanjing Lu is so HUGE! runs east to west so save your legs and ride one of the little trains! There is shop after shop after mall after mall stretching the length of this pedestrian road. Take your time and you will find some thing for every one here!
What to pay: Depending on what store or mall you are shopping in, many of them are quite open to bargaining so start very, very low!!...lol
Updated Feb 25, 2011
Address: Nanjing Lu
Everything that the ladies wish for their hair and accessories are around these side streets specialising only in hair products for the ladies, sorry gents!!
What to buy: Shirley really wanted some soft hair rollers as she can sleep with these ones with no discomfort and they sell them in this special part of Shanghai!
What to pay: not too much...lmao!
Updated Feb 19, 2011
Address: in and around Guangdong Rd
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Jing'an District has a large mall named City Plaza which mainly caters for the domestic market but below is many smaller shops where you can purchase some bargains!
What to buy: Get your lucky beaded bracelets, jade or something precious from Shirley's cousin who has her own shop, which is to the left when going down from the mall.....Mention Shirley & Rabbit from NZ!!
What to pay: I brought a genuine, very lovely calming bracelet for one of my daughters for 60rmb, a good buy!
Updated Feb 12, 2011
Address: Above Jing'an Temple station.
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All under one roof, five floors of pc's, mobile phones, camera's and any thing electrical.
What to buy: We have been here a couple of times now and on this visit purchased an evd player ( yes evd ) which Shirley thinks is just great and for 600rmb a good buy!
Written Dec 11, 2010
Address: 1111 ZhaoJiabang Lu
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Xinyang Market lies under the Shanghai Science & Technology Museum (I believe they call it Ku Chi Kwai (phonetic)). Anything with a name brand on it is fake so beware but this is the place to get cheap stuff to take home with you. All the shops inside are selling the same items so if they won't take your price just go to the next one. There's a section of the market that will tailor clothes for you. One of my friends had her wedding dress made there (exactly as she wanted it).
What to buy: Anything you want, at the end of the trip I barely cared what I was buying anymore, if it seemed like a deal I bought it.
What to pay: Here's what I bought and the prices paid:
4 Suits tailored, 450 RMB each.
Golf Clubs (these I didn't buy but I was offered a set for $1,000 RMB)
T-Shirts 20 RMB
Green Lasers 35 RMB each
Silk Table Runner 20 RMB
Tea set 85 RMB
Fake Lacoste/Ralph Lauren Polos 30 RMB
Large Chess Set 140 RMB
Medium Chess Set 100 RMB
Metal Chopsticks (x5) 40 RMB
Go Set (game) 140 RMB
Flask 80 RMB
Large hard shell suitcase 200 RMB
Rolling Carry-on Samsonite 150 RMB
Cashmere Overcoat Tailored 500 RMB
Silk Wine Bottle Bags (x5) 40 RMB
Oil Paintings (~3'x5') 250 RMB
Anyway, if you're buying lots of things always shoot for paying less than you did before and eventually you'll see how low you can go before nobody is willing to sell it to you.
Written Nov 7, 2010
The smaller shops are very good value and you will find want you want by hunting around!
What to buy: Fresh produce to cold drinks including beer and smokes....ya!
What to pay: You could pay 8rmb for a big bottle of beer and 9rmb for a packet of double happiness 20's, now that's fantastic value!!
Written Oct 16, 2010
Address: everywhere
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Marion Carsten is a professional handcrafted-jewelry maker from Germany. She plays with contrasting elements of roughness and perfection to bring about a style that is both functional and stylish, perfect for the modern woman. It's not just women that are catered for either - she also offers a smart range of sterling cufflinks, as well as classic rings and bracelets.
What to buy: Marion Carsten personally crafted several distinctive and eye-catching collections with reinterpretations of formal elements in Asian cultures.
What to pay: High quality but still affordable jewelry!
Updated Aug 19, 2010
Address: Lane 210,Taikang Rd, Building 9, Rm 908
Phone: 6415 3098
Website: www.marioncarsten.com
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The DFS in terminal 2 (the new terminal) of Pudong Airport is quite good.
I've also seen what looks like a DFS in the Jing'an district of Shanghai, on Jiangning Road (near Xin Zha Rd). From Nanjing Road West, that's about 6 blocks north on Jiangning Rd, on the left hand side. I've never been inside though. (MAY 2010 - I've been to the DFS on Jiangning Lu; overall it's not impressive, doesn't have very much and prices don't seem that good.)
Updated May 23, 2010
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