Buying photographic equipment in Taipei

6/20/2016 6:11:51 AM

At the end I decided to visit “Camera Street” in Taipei (location here), which is basically a crossroad where both the crossing streets are full of photography-shops and… No, the prices are definitely different from the western ones (if you say specifically that you are not going to need the warranty).
My advice is to enter more than a couple of shops and kindly ask for their prices. A lot of the people I spoke to were happy to help (some of them spoke English), and they showed me more than one lens, even if I didn’t buy them.
Those shops usually prefer cash payments, but often credit cards (provided you can bear with some commission) are accepted too.
Some shop-owners even accept foreign currency (since they are no exchange buro, their exchange rates are directly taken from the internet, so you can expect a decent rate).

From my personal experience (and a lot of Taiwanese people confirmed) there is no chance of getting scammed.

I’ve been around Taipei, but I don’t recall seeing any other place worth having a look.
By the way, in Camera Street there are also a couple of tea shops that are worth going into.

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Hello,My name is Aparna Patel,I’m a Travel Blogger and Photographer who travel the world full-time with my hubby.I like to share my travel experience.

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