Gadget Shopping In Taipei (Part 2)…

(Note: The previous post can be found here)

I mentioned a while ago that Taipei was a gadget freak’s Mecca and almost every gadget that you can lust for is available… However, the shopping experience is marred by a fundamental flaw… The surprisingly low number of money changers around the shopping areas (Note: money changing services are available at banks in Taipei but a passport and a valid reason for the exchange is required. A single page form must also be filled)… And to make matters worse, most of the vendors that offered brilliant discounts and prices, only dealt in cash!!! So now this would be a pickle as most of the banks shut early and if you get a good offer on some pc parts, you will not be able to change your RM into NT and buy it!!!

So my advice for any budding shoppers out there is to bring double the NT you initially planned to bring over for shopping in Taipei because you’d never know what you will find…