tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31446940.post7606542186152918494..comments2023-09-27T18:57:24.894+08:00Comments on An American in the Philippines: Shopping Philippine Stylekikas_headhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15298706981662494771noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31446940.post-87392598553209101602012-07-13T13:41:26.787+08:002012-07-13T13:41:26.787+08:00I am agreeing all of you, SM branches had a lot of...I am agreeing all of you, SM branches had a lot of furniture’s that we will need. Hurry up and visit Philippines a very beautiful place to live. That’s what place I am belonging. Thank you.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.ayalaland.com.ph" title="shopping in the philippines" rel="nofollow">shopping in the philippines</a>Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00615770199643390491noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31446940.post-61954571535282742562008-07-28T08:49:00.000+08:002008-07-28T08:49:00.000+08:00To All New Americans :Living in the PI:Firts of al...To All New Americans :Living in the PI:<BR/><BR/>Firts of all, "Welcome to the PI!"<BR/><BR/>My wife and I live in Boracay Island and build homes here so buying appliances can be even more of an experience to say the least. <BR/><BR/>I find that buying TV's can be alot cheaper in Cebu rather than Manila, I think it's becuase of cebu having a free port zone or something. For example we bought a 60inch Sony Bravia full HD1080 for P224,000 with the top of the line sony 5 disc dvd and surround sound. I priced the same tv a year later in Manila and the cheapest I can find it for was P269,000 without the surround sound. <BR/><BR/>If your moving from the States to the PI please buy all your smaller items at in the States and bring them here such as laptops, PC, cameras, security cameras, Ipod docking stations, ETC. You can buy small adapters that that you can permantly tape on your appliance to eliminate the 110-220 problem. <BR/><BR/>I am currently using the new HP Pavilion dv9820us notebook PC and got it at Best Buy for $1050 with tax in California. This laptop has 4 Gigs of Ram, 250gigs of memory. The same laptop here sells for close to $4000USD and that's if you can find it. <BR/><BR/>When buying appliances here in the PI I strongly suggest that you pay the extra 500-1000 pesos for the extended warranty. <BR/><BR/>Always keep in mind Murphy's Law!<BR/><BR/>It's takes sometime getting used to but once your settled you'll find the Philippines a very beautiful place to live. We don't miss the USA at all and to be honest, we have no desire to ever move back.boracayballahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00112621923236581984noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31446940.post-4295284245281744002007-04-25T19:14:00.000+08:002007-04-25T19:14:00.000+08:00SM Appliance usually only gives a standard 3% disc...SM Appliance usually only gives a standard 3% discount (for cash purchases. Essentially they remove the credit card fee). All the other major appliance stores here (Abensons, Western, Automatic Center, etc) all allow for discounting/ bargaining. Also we found at all that the "free" item could be removed and the cost reduced further.kikas_headhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15298706981662494771noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31446940.post-33492045190048606252007-04-25T15:06:00.000+08:002007-04-25T15:06:00.000+08:00Wow. Is this discounting true either for more "est...Wow. Is this discounting true either for more "established" stores in malls, for example SM Appliance?newsjunkiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16745286264114760096noreply@blogger.com