Khun Saijai Wunpanich, the owner at Ban Boran Antiques. She is passionately in the elegance of antique and now she has interviewed with us in her antique business.
Begin with passion
Caused of her husband is an antique collector and Khun Saijai herself like to collect antique also. When she came to Phuket Town, an antique shop was hard to find. So she decided to open an antique shop at Phuket. Firstly, she opened at Phuket Shopping Center after that Ban Boran Antiques was very well known among antique collectors and general people. “Someday I closed the door, habitue at Ban Boran Antiques used to knock the door and called me to open a shop.” Khun Saijai says.
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Khun Saijai Wunpanich |
18 years at Ban Boran Antiques
Ban Boran Antiques has opened for 18 years ago. At the beginning people didn’t know about her shop, antique shop. Sometime when people passed, some saluted the antiques because they thought that might be holy things and some asked for lucky number (or lottery) and some asked the owner “Was this museum?”
A variety of antique at reasonable price
From the past until now, not only new customers but the old customers are also still visiting here too. Cause Ban Boran Antiques has a wide selection of antique at reasonable price with worth. These are reasons to be popular of Ban Boran Antiques.
A variety of antique at reasonable price |
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Guarantee in impression
From her experience through every product in Ban Boran Antiques, Khun Saijai can explain the detail of antiques in her shop. The antique details that she has told her customer all are true and can be ensured in products from Ban Boran Antiques.
Customer target
Most of customers are foreigner more than Thai people and almost customers decide to buy antique immediately with their real passion. Moreover, there are some customers from film making came to Ban Boran Antiques to rent her antiques for their movie and world class designers also visited her antique shop.
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Guarantee in impression |
Tsunami disaster
The owner, talks to the time after the big wave Tsunami at the end of 2004. Anantique business went down very much and tourists were decreased obviously. Khun Saijai ever opened the clothe shop but she had to close when Phuket got bad economic.
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Ban Boran the antique shop |
Watch with your mind
For antique collection, Khun Saijai said that when customers decided to buy antiques they use their minds in watching and decision on antique. “There was someone asked me about an antique with very high price, would you buy?” she says. Some replies “YES” some can be “NO” because everyone is different in beauty and impression.
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