Outlet Stores in bangkok

[gbgTennis]

Hey there,
I'm going to visit Thailand for 2 months very soon. Now that i saw this post i was thinking that maybe i'd be able to get some good infos and tips from some people here, because i'm definitely going to visit some **********s.
As most of the posts in this thread aren't really up-to-date anymore, i hope you'll be able to give me some more current information, or some contacts.

Greetings,

gbgTennis

[niktub]

what is the adress of sport nova...i can't read or write thai!

[anirut]

Originally Posted by niktub

what is the adress of sport nova...i can't read or write thai!

PM Suppawat (or Supawat, I can't remember the exact spelling) for more info.

[ericsson]

Originally Posted by niktub

what is the adress of sport nova...i can't read or write thai!

Sport Nova
14/29 Moo 1, Bangkruai, Bangkruai, Nonthaburi 11130
+66 2 879 4090

ps: they also have another smaller shop downtown just next to the National Stadium, great access by BTS.

[niktub]

Thanks as the bigger shop seems to be about more than an one hour by car from the center.
Do you know the adress of the smaller one by chance?

[Bobby Jr]

You'd have more luck finding decent outlet stores in the US than Thailand. They're not really that sort of place, notwithstanding most of the tennis stuff is made elsewhere - not Thailand.

Sport Nova is just another standard retail outlet, I've never really seen much of interest that I couldn't find easily elsewhere. And, they're not really cheap either > the 2012 US Open Federer shorts when I was there were like 1500 bath which is US$50.. not exactly outlet prices imo.

[MAXXply]

Originally Posted by Bobby Jr

You'd have more luck finding decent outlet stores in the US than Thailand. They're not really that sort of place, notwithstanding most of the tennis stuff is made elsewhere - not Thailand.

Agreed...I found myself treating my recent KL, Malaysia sojourn as an opportunity to window-shop the local retail sports scene which pretty much centred on badminton, soccer and golf. I realised I'd be disappointed if I got hung up on finding good tennis stuff in a place without any tennis culture. Besides, it was near-impossible to find gripsizes beyond 1/4.

I found myself venturing away from the glitzey malls and sports stores within them, and exploring Chinatown. There, I had fanciful hopes of taking a wrong turn down a street and entering a back alley known to locals as "Tennis Gear Alley" and finding mom and pop shops offering the Mother Lode of new old stocks

[Bobby Jr]

Originally Posted by MAXXply

..There, I had fanciful hopes of taking a wrong turn down a street and entering a back alley known to locals as "Tennis Gear Alley" and finding mom and pop shops offering the Mother Lode of new old stocks

You will never find such a place in KL, Thailand, Indonesia or Cambodia. They don't exist.