Talk:Pacific Mall
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Sorry, but "Jam packed with Chinese people" has a negative connatation, not appropriate for Wikipedia.
Is this still the biggest Asian mall in N.America? I'm fairly certain that some mall in suburban California or Washington has claimed that title in recent yrs. --Madchester July 5, 2005 06:56 (UTC)
According to the mall's official site, it seems that it is. More specifically, the site claims that Pacific Mall is the "largest Chinese indoor mall in North America". This is what I put in the article.
Personally, I have lived in Toronto most of my life and haven't extensively visited either suburban California or Washington. Do you know of the names of those malls specifically?
- OK, that may be the difference, "Asian" vs. "Chinese" mall in North America. --Madchester July 7, 2005 01:48 (UTC)
"Largest Chinese indoor mall in North America" may be a marketing ploy. The web site of Las Vegas's Chinatown Plaza claims to be the "first master-planned Chinatown in America" when built in 1995 but Los Angeles's Chinatown was master-planned much earlier throughout the 1930s.
I take issue with the outrageous claim that the article makes that "overwhelming majority of (especially electronic) merchandise for sale in this location is illegitimate and that the place is raided six or seven times a year". Can someone please cite a source? I shop there all the time, and I would say that there are three categories of illegal merchandise: DVD's, video games, and brand name purses (Louis Vuitton and the like). This does not constitute the "overwhelming majority" and to target electronics is particularly unfair. --scottjduffy April 14, 2006 1:12pm EST
The electronics are legit - tho possibly grey market. As such, there is no North American warranty. DVDs most are definately priated (you can tell by price). As for clothing goods, not sure how much is "fake".
- Not all DVD's are pirated. There are at least two stores selling legit DVD's on the first floor (grey market of course, how else do you get Asian DVD's in Toronto?), and at least one store selling legit DVD's on the second floor. When I first visited the store on the second floor I suspected that they were pirated (by the price), but after examining the packaging for a couple of minutes, I realized that they were legit but sourced from mainland China, thus accounting for the low prices. (I recognized the name and wordmark of the distributor :P)—Gniw (Wing) 23:35, 4 February 2007 (UTC)
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- I second that. Having been back to China in the recent past, I've noticed that some distributors have decided to combat piracy by selling their products lower. Granted, it's still cheaper to buy something pirated, but for a few extra bucks you get a legit product, which has a total cost still substantially lower than what it used to be. -- Seraphchoir 17:26, 16 April 2007 (UTC)
- Well there are definitely illegal/pirated products but there are also stores selling legitimate products. I found it was mostly DVDs. I've gone recently. (It rocks!) JordanZed 02:55, 26 April 2007 (UTC)
