Chinatown, Kuala Lumpur

We bought most of our DVDs at Sungei Wang Plaza, Kuala Lumpur. The ones from Chinatown were poor quality and badly scratched. Check for scratches before you pay or expect a coaster when you get home. The range was very limited to at China town. You get 12 or more stores selling DVD's at Sungei Wang Plaza. We buy from a guy on the ground floor. When you come from Low Yat into Sungei Wang Plaza, you will go up one set of stairs to get to shopping level. When you walk in, straight ahead is a guy with a corner shop. all 60 dvds we bought worked from this guy.

Watches, well pay your money, take your choice. We bought the more up market fake with Automatic movement. 90 MR Broke down just as we left the runway on our flight home.

chinatown is a cluster of shops on a connecting street.extremely crowded and noisy onaccasions comes to life during evening and peaks till 10pm.however if you want to bargain at leisure select afternoon time when it is just beginning.

it has two rows of shops. one is the original housed in buildings and the other encroaching on the roads.

clothes apppeared a bit costly to me and actually looked to be used ones being recycled.

imitation watches keychains sunglasses and perfumes are a steal here. although one shd remember its imitation that you are paying for.

i bought a set of 5 keychains for 10 MR watches for 10MR each perfumes davidoff imitation i suppose 10 MR

if you buy in quantity haggle for more.

What to buy: watches perfumes sunglasses bags childrens clothes and trivia

What to pay: dont pay anything more than 10MR for basic stuff thats the limit.other items only your judgenment can tell.have some time. dont buy ina hurry. BE SELFISH.

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Chinatown: the street is also affectionately known as PS among locals.

The street has actually been given a facelift. Gone are the uneven roads and broken pavements and the huge colourful umbrellas that protect the goods sold from wooden pushcarts. Petaling Street is now sheltered, with two large Chinese arches placed at both ends of the street to welcome visitors.

What to buy: You buy immitations designer goods like wallets, handbags, t-shirts, watches, shoes as well as dresses, sunglasses, dvds, shoes, fabrics and souvenirs. Local fruits and food too.

The Hokkien Noodles at the corner of Hong Leong Bank is very popular among the locals.

What to pay: The word is BARGAIN! Bargain as hard as you can and make sure the price is low and inspect the goods before paying for it.

Chinatown which is also known as Petaling street which is imitation paradise in my opinion. You can find anything here from fake watches , fake designer bags to pirate dvds to almost anything. There is so many things here and if you plan on buying anything I suggest you bargain hard. Don`t accept any price given to you by the vendors and if you can`t get your price just simply walk away and you`ll see how quickly they`ll drop there prices so that they can sell there goods. There is so many stalls thats selling the same things so don`t just stop to buy at the 1st stall you see you might just kick yourself when you find out that the same items is cheaper at the next stall.

What to buy: You can look for soveniors here of KL.

What to pay: Bargain hard.

My latest visit to Chinatown in 2006. Much more clean and hardly any DVD sellers. Well, most of them are mobile carrying a folder with latest titles. Honestly, I recommend you do not purchase from them. Half the stuff they have are very unclear copies.

As for other items, Shoes Bags and more available.

What to buy: Shoes, Bags, Shirts, Watches, Fruit...

What to pay: RM10 onwards

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Chinatown is a semi enclosed market that only really comes to life from about 4.30 onwards. When we first arrived to Chinatown we were surprised as it was a street with some small shops on both sides but what we didn't realise was they hadn't even started. As we walked down the street at about 4.00 - 4.30 people seemed to emerge from nowhere setting up stalls and within about 20mins the place was heaving with stalls and merchandise and of course shoppers. It was very comfortable walking around at about this time but come 7.00 it was hot and congested. The hussel and bussle along witht he sights and smells of chinese cooking make this a great place to come to whether for shopping, cheap food or just to take photos and soak up the atmosphere.

What to buy: The type of things to buy here are clothes, shoes, leather goods, DVD's, CD's...all "designer" and not a fake among them !

It is good fun bargaining. The dealers were friendly and engaged in a good deal of chat to make the sale but were not aggressive or overly pushy in any way. The other good thing about this market was that if they asked you to look at their stall and you said no thanks they did not continue to hassle you or try to drag you in as I have experienced in other countries.

What to pay: On the bargaining I found that if you divide the asking price by between 4 and 3 and ultimately settle in that range you have done well. Once you have settled on your final price be prepared to walk away...don't worry they will usually come after you to close the deal on your price. However as you are paying they wil try to add a few mor ringgit to the sale by saying we agreed say 40 whereas you had actually agreed 30. It has to be said this is not done in any bad way and the people I met were genuinely friendly and of course good dealers. (e.g. usual sob story its a good deal for you but not for me etc.) On the other hand remember its their livlihoods and you're tourist so occasionally throwing in the extra few rinngits goes a lot further in their pockets than yours.

Petaling Street is a place that never sleeps. Adventurous visitors should not miss a walk on Petaling Street. Even in daytime you have great bargains and certainly an eye-opening experience for tourists.

If you're looking for cheap clothes, fabrics, souvenirs, electronic items, watches, DVDs, bags, T-shirts and more? Then Petaling Street is the place for you. To get the best atmosphere you must go at night!

Petaling Street is famous for its all-day parade of stalls that sell imitation goods of all sorts such as wallets, handbags, t-shirts, watches, shoes and many other things. You can buy imitation goods of Rolex, Seiko, Cartier, Christian Dior, Adidas, Nike, Calvin Klein, Armani, Gucci, Prada, D&G, Louis Vuitton. You can get anything from food to bags and sunglasses to handicrafts all along Petaling Street.

Bargaining here is an absolute must. Bargain hard! It's the ideal place to test your bargaining skills.

What to pay: from RM1....

Petaling Street or locally known as PS Boutique is the place to go if you're looking for the "cheap & good" stuff. Stalls selling crafts, bags, shoes & clothes.. Bargain only if you are really interested to buy.

What to pay: Can bargain about 30% from the price listed.