Pattaya first ever IT center.

Pattaya first ever IT center, known as TukCom is now open in South Pattaya. TukCom is very much like the famous Pantip Plaza in Bangkok. TukCom does not only have computer related stuff but also mobile phones and even clothing store.

General information:
- TukCom is located in South Pattaya road, near Soi Daynight.
- TukCom has 8 floors with the total area of 18,000 sqm
- Parking space for 500 cars is available only outside the building area.
- TukCom is open from 10:30am - 11:00pm on weekdays and 10:00am - 11:00pm on weekend and public holidays.

TukCom floor by floor:
- Underground floor are filled with clothing stores
- Some shops on Ground floor : Tsutaya VCD, DVD rentals store, S & P restaurant, Starbucks -coffee, Giordano, and many more
- Mobile phone vendors are on Second floor.
- Computer Hardwares and Softwares stores are on Third & Fourth floor.
- Food Court on the Top most floor.

Pantip Practice:

Getting Microsoft office CD for $50 might seem like a bargain already. But in TukCom a Microsoft office CD is around 100 - 150 Baht or roughly $3 - $4. Also since MS office does not take up all the CD-rom space, the pirate-copyists has added other software program as a bonus in just 1 cd. It is common to find pirated copies of the latest MP3, DVD movies and softwares in Pantip Plaza.

Piracy is serious business here in Thailand. Cost of a blank CD is about 5 Baht. The total investment on a single copied CD, after CD burning process, should not be more than 15 Baht. Even if a CD is sold for 100 Baht, that's a profit of 85 Baht, about 700% of the cost price!

Because of the Government effort to crack down on pirated CDs, some vendors may not display their CD collections in their stores. They often would allow you to pick out the CDs that you want from a catalog and make your order. Once you have made the payment, you will be given a ticket with numbers on them and will be told to probably come back again after 10 or 15 minutes to collect your stuff upon presenting the ticket. During this time the vendors are out to get the CDs from their secret CDs hiding place, to be safe from the police.

This is a common practice in Pantip Plaza in Bangkok. I'm not personally sure about TukCom in Pattaya.