Commonly used Items more expensive in HK than US

[East_coast]

Got to a local dispensing chemist with your smartphone pre-loaded with images of generic brand local alternative and armed with the phrases 'generic' and canto phrases for too expensive and other brand.

Or walk in and ask for a premium western brand and pay premium western brand prices.

Does Hong Kong limit the number of pills per bottle like other caring governments?

[Elegiaque]

Bar soap is a little hard to find initially, so you might toss a couple of bars in your luggage. However, once you're here and keeping an eye out for it, you can find nice artisanal soaps at organic-style stores and the Island East market.

True, but these artisan soaps are ridiculously marked up. Minimum $60 for a small bar that doesn't necessarily last a long time. I would really like to support local craftsmen/women, but unfortunately these are too pricy.

[Elegiaque]

Does anyone know the current prices of dr. Bronners soaps in HK? (Liquid, not bar)

I was just looking at this at Just Green, which is a little local organic chain store. It's cheaper in the US... here it was (I think) $69 for 8 ounces, and $196? for 32 ounces. Sometimes you can find cheaper places. I think, for example, Organic 21 has the soaps a bit cheaper, and then CitySuper (large supermarket) has some cheaper prices sometimes for these soaps.