Hey you guys, my gf was goin to harwin and asked me to come.. does anyone know what it is? i know its a shopping area but.. i am confused..what do you get there?
You need more punctuation in your subject line... that would get EVEN MORE RESPONSES!??!?!?!?!?!?!!!!!! Harwin is where you can buy Alfine stereos, Fanasonic speakers, portable stereos with 18" subs, "authentic perfumes and colognes", etc. and not get receipts for them. It's a wholesale district.
"Harwin" is Harwin Dr. The street and surrounding little area is notorious for knock-off jewelry, handbags, clothes, tools, electronics, sunglasses, etc. all made in Far East countries. It's a kind of "chinatown." Some pretty good deals down there and you can usually haggle with some small shop owners. I got my whole supply of sunglasses and townglasses down there when I was in high school. It's not that bad a deal. The gf can pick out all the knockoff stuff she wants so you don't have to buy it full price later on during V-Day or anniversaries You can look for cheap electronics or tools or sunglasses.
My mom use to run a huge wholesale down on Harwin. Like others have said, is where you can get many things really cheap and really fake. However, not everything is knock off, many things are the exact same as you would buy in stores at the mall or other places, just without the nice packaging and brand name. For example, theres one clothing label in particular that is the exact same clothing (same factory, materials) as the clothes that are sold for much more in the girls store Forever 21 in our malls. Many of the earrings that she may buy are also the exact same as the ones sold at Claires in the mall for 7-8 bucks, whereas on Harwin they are 1-2 dollars.
Harwin does have a lot of knock off stuff, but they do have some stores with "real" stuff very cheap. For example, you can get sterling silver jewelry for a very good price on Harwin. I go there to buy cell phone accessories. I left my AC adapter charger for my cell in New York last year, and went to Harwin to get a replacement. It was 40 bucks at Verizone, and I got it at Harwin for like 8. Of course it wasnt the charger made by Nokia.
... and the poor boyfriend of a girl's dream come true. FYI, the name "Harwin" is the name of road/street where all this stuff is located.
Treasure Island for silver jewelry/purses for my gf. Great prices. I know the owner real well now, so he gives me and whomever I recommend to go there a good discount
I use to work as a company there as their company director. It's also the largest store around the area. Most of Harwin Dr. are for retailers to buy and resale. Although most of them "require" a tax I.D., most of them will gladly sell you their products at the wholesale price with tax included, and some actually wouldn't even bother.... For the most part, the jewelry stores there are definitely "knock offs." I would say that 95% of the products around that street are imported directly from the Far East, where quantity ordered became the sole purpose in its cheap prices. You just need to keep track of what the materials are, because there are some products that wouldn't last a day if you don't check it right. The company I worked for, however, were always very good in getting the best products. If there's something there that interests you (anywhere in Harwin Dr.), let me know ahead of time and I could pretty much tell you if it's a good buy or not. I have went through each of those stores and put a lot of my time in studying everything there, including their sales pitches.
I went to Harwin sat. to look at some furniture. I must say the store I ended up at had nice furniture but it wasn't cheap. a lot of those stores have the real product, a lot of them like the purse shops don't. but what I've found after trying it a couple of times over the past five years for various products is its really no cheaper than going to your regular department stores.
And be ready to bargain. I swear, everybody who owns a shop there had ancestors who worked in bazaars and what not. Pay with cash and you can negotiate away sales tax.
