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Guides

Written on the ground and dated, so you know how old the prices are.

19 guides
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Sourcing & trade

For buyers coming to Thailand to source. Bale prices, warehouses, freight and customs.

Featured

Sourcing · 14 min read

How to source vintage clothing in Thailand

The complete guide for foreign buyers: where the stock comes from, what it costs, where to buy it, and how to get it home without losing your margin.

Last updated 2026-09-22
Featured

Sourcing · 7 min read

What is actually in a ฿1,000 bale

Bale maths, grade by grade: what you get, what you throw away, and what the real cost per wearable piece looks like.

Last updated 2026-09-22
Featured

Sourcing · 8 min read

Bangkok's wholesale vintage warehouses

Where the shops themselves buy: the โกดัง layer, what it costs, and how to approach it without wasting a day.

Last updated 2026-09-22
Featured

Sourcing · 9 min read

Rong Kluea: the border wholesale guide

1,380 shops, 40 sheds and 66 acres at the Cambodian border. How to get there, what to buy, and what it costs.

Last updated 2026-09-22
Featured

Sourcing · 9 min read

HTS 6309 and the appreciable-wear trap

Why your curated vintage is not duty-free into the United States, and what changed in 2025 and 2026.

Last updated 2026-09-22

Sourcing · 8 min read

Shipping vintage out of Thailand

Air, sea and post compared, with real rates — and the 100 kg threshold that changes everything.

Last updated 2026-09-22

Sourcing · 5 min read

Paying as a foreign buyer in Thailand

Cash, QR and the PromptPay problem — and why Japanese and Korean buyers have an advantage you do not.

Last updated 2026-09-22

Sourcing · 6 min read

Ban Tawai and the container route

Five hundred furniture workshops on a one-kilometre street, and the cheapest way to fill a container with hard goods in Thailand.

Last updated 2026-09-22

Newsletter

The Bale

One email a week: new listings, market changes, and what things cost.

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City guides

Markets, shops and routes in Bangkok, Chiang Mai and the border.

Featured

City guide · 9 min read

Chatuchak vintage, section by section

Twenty-seven sections, 15,000 stalls, and only four that matter to a vintage buyer. Here is the map.

Last updated 2026-09-22
Featured

City guide · 6 min read

Bangkok kilo shops compared

฿39 per 100 g, ฿5 piles and five-kilo mystery bags. What the by-weight trade actually costs.

Last updated 2026-09-22
Featured

City guide · 7 min read

Three days thrifting in Bangkok

A route, by MRT and BTS, that covers the markets, the kilo shops, the curated end and one warehouse.

Last updated 2026-09-22

City guide · 5 min read

Bang Sue Junction, floor by floor

Six air-conditioned floors of vintage opposite Chatuchak. Where to go and what it costs.

Last updated 2026-09-22
03

The scene

The people, the resellers and the way Thailand actually buys secondhand.