Hawkers selling food often have dubious health measures, and you can never be sure if they are legal or not. Best bet is not to be tempted to have a bite to eat with them just in case, you might ruin the remainder of your holiday.

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This is probably the biggest tourist trap here into which many have fallen. Many of the shops on Nathan Road in Kowloon selling electronic products don't display the prices on the items. Many tourists have been scammed or cheated. One ploy is to give you an unbelievably good price, then after they have your money, they say they are out of stock, offering you another item but at an outrageous price. Some tourists have said that even calling the police did not help.

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Bought an iPod Video 30GB in HK recently for £145, when they cost around £190 in the UK.

Being slightly anal about being ripped off I looked at www.appleclub.com.hk/buy/reseller.html figuring that if Apple have allowed them to be authorised resellers then it would be safe to buy there.

To be fair I could have just chosen any branch of Fortress or Broadway, which are the HK versions of Comet and Currys. Also, as in the UK, it is not worth shopping round for iPod's as the price difference is nominal to non existent.

Do beware the 'Bait and Switch' Scam in independent electronic shops where they show you the real item before switching it for a counterfeit product.

One final warning for the other techno-geeks out these is DON'T be taken in by shops offering Duty Free prices as there is no Duty on electronics in HK.

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