Outlet shopping near New York

[filmfreak71]

Hi Guys,

I'm taking the wife to New York next week to do some Xmas shopping, do any of you know of any outlets stores that aren't too far from Manhattan (we are going to hire a car for a day)

TIA

[lazymatt]

There's that shop that's right down by the old twin towers site.....can't remember the name of it now, but you can get some good bargains there....it's a bit like TK Maxx mind (ie a jumble sale)

[filmfreak71]

Thanks for that, but I'm not sure the wife'll go for it, fine my me (a bargain is a bargain in my eyes), but she doesn't do TK Maxx

[Paulie-W]

My wife`s off to NY next week with work (sample shopping), and she has a huge list of "To Go" places. She`ll bring all relavent stuff home tomorrow if you`re intrested.

[Bat-man]

Originally Posted by lazymatt

There's that shop that's right down by the old twin towers site.....can't remember the name of it now, but you can get some good bargains there....it's a bit like TK Maxx mind (ie a jumble sale)

It's that big dark brown (or black) skyscraper store right next to ground zero.
Don't just shop though. New York is full of architectural wonders and lots of other things to do.

[Mr_Wistles]

Originally Posted by Bat-man

It's that big dark brown (or black) skyscraper store right next to ground zero.
Don't just shop though. New York is full of architectural wonders and lots of other things to do.

Yeah I have bought loads of stuff there in the past, very cheap. I think it starts with a C, the logo is white with a big C on it.

[filmfreak71]

Originally Posted by Paulie-W

My wife`s off to NY next week with work (sample shopping), and she has a huge list of "To Go" places. She`ll bring all relavent stuff home tomorrow if you`re intrested.

Anything you can get me would be really appreciated. Cheers

[neilmcl]

Originally Posted by Russell_Piper

Yeah I have bought loads of stuff there in the past, very cheap. I think it starts with a C, the logo is white with a big C on it.

Century 21 by any chance.

[Mr_Wistles]

There you go its called Century 21.

http://www.frommers.com/destinations...ty/S31165.html

[neilmcl]

Originally Posted by filmfreak71

Anything you can get me would be really appreciated. Cheers

This may be useful http://nymag.com/shopping/ or http://www.nyctourist.com/shopping_menu.htm

[DVD-Man]

I've been to century 21 and yes like the peeps said it's TK Maxx only bigger and dead busy too!

I did read of a shopping mall near NYC in the Express a little while back, think it's like the Designer Outlets you get over here but can I remember the name! No but I'll have a Google for you, dunno if it's close to Manhattan though.

Liam

Edit, it might be one of these

http://www.greatnorthernmall.com/ but could it be this one? http://www.premiumoutlets.com/outlets/outlet.asp?id=7

[CaptainCook]

Century 21 is a pretty good place to bag a bargin or two. Very easy to get carried away!!!!

There is also a shoe shop next door that had some exceptional prices and it may be part of the same store.

I'm not sure if Century 21 have any changing rooms though and I also believe they size their clothes slightly differently to ours, so you may want to check your US equivalent sizes first.

Can anyone comment on the sales tax? I'm not sure if there is extra to pay at the till, that may have caught me out being used to an all-inclusive price.

CaptainCook

[D0554]

Woodbury Common is the outlet you want to go to. Its about a 40 min journey on a bus, which you can catch from the Port Authority bus station.

I went this time last year, well to be exact we landed on Thanks Giving Day, the sales started the next day and OMG!

People went mad...luckily we left early for the outlet, but nearly every shop had queues to get in, i've never seen anything like it!

Getting into and out of the outlet was a mission in itself! All over the TV all you would ever hear about was how people were getting trampled upon rushing into shops and stuff - it was manic!

Dont mean to put you off, my wife didnt like it but I got some real good bargains out there. Macys was good too, you can get a 12% discount card from there which came in handy!

Have fun!

[Mr_Wistles]

Yeah they don't have changing rooms, I came home with a few pairs of Replay jeans that turned me into a Soprano.

There is no sales tax on items under $100, you can always time your visit during one of the sales tax free weeks which NY do. Where there is no sales tax on items under $500.

[D0554]

Heres the link

http://www.premiumoutlets.com/outlets/outlet.asp?id=7