愛買 is really well named
November 8th, 2006 by MarkTrue to my Rocky Mountain roots, I shop on quality and price, not on brand. If I have a choice between two things of equal quality but one is brand name and more expensive, I take the cheaper, off-brand item. If I have a choice between two things of equal price, but one is a lesser quality item from a well known brand, I take the higher quality, off-brand item.
In other words, I don’t fit in too well with most Asian shoppers. In a land where I see women with brand-name handbags that cost more than this computer on nearly a daily basis, and where even my eight year old students obsess over the brand of their pencil cases, I stick out like a sore thumb. Pretty much anything in a department store costs 50% more than it would back home, and things bought at smaller markets are of erratic quality and can’t be returned. There aren’t many stores that are inviting to a price/value optimizer such as myself. There is one, though.
New shoes at 愛買 Hosted on Zooomr愛買 must be the best named store I know of in Taiwan. 愛買 means “love to buy”, and that’s exactly what I do every time I go. It stocks huge quantities of high quality stuff, and the prices are great. I just picked up a new pair of running shoes, a big bottle of vitamins, a bottle of cod liver oil, and a new fan for only $2,000 NT. Considering that I usually have to go to six or seven stores before finding shoes suitable for my gigantic feet and that this is the first time I’ve ever managed to get them for under $2,500 bucks, this is amazing. This time, the shoes were only $900! I really do love to buy!. If you do to, go to the Yŏngchūn MRT and take exit one.
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November 8th, 2006 at 3:29 pm
I’m not from the Rocky mountains, but I feel the same way about brands: it seems a bit insulting to be asked to pay more money for the privilege of wearing clothing that advertises itself.
November 8th, 2006 at 5:57 pm
the locals are right; you don’t have feet, you have boats.
November 8th, 2006 at 6:39 pm
It’s not my fault that most shoe stores here cut off at size 10 (or maybe 11 for basketball shoes).
November 11th, 2006 at 8:44 pm
Hi,
I’m cursed with big feet as well. Only once was I able to buy shoes in Taipei- a store special-ordered me a pair. But they’ve since closed. Any tips on where I can find normal (I mean normal styles) shoes in size 15 in Taipei?? I think that translates to European size 49/50.
November 12th, 2006 at 12:05 am
I’m only size 12. I couldn’t begin to imagine where you could find size 15 shoes…
November 14th, 2006 at 9:04 pm
The store 愛買’s name means “love to buy”. When a huge-footed westerner like myself can get a pair of good running shoes for only $500 NT, I say it’s a store well-named! 節錄自你照片集錦中的說明
所以, 那雙鞋到底是 900 還是500? 500就真的賺到了
November 15th, 2006 at 3:23 am
They were 900NT.
November 16th, 2006 at 12:10 am
Scott,
I don’t know if this is prohibitively expensive, but shoe stores on 廈門街 off Heping West road section one make shoes to order.
Ah, so I have to check out geant. I had thought that I’m content with Carrefore, RT mart and Costco. Not that I don’t love the dodgy local stores as well. But mark is right in that the department stores are generally for the birds.