I just went to fu lu shou, bugis yesterday. Went to the stalls and the shops.. the stalls.. they have somdejs, pidta.. blah blah wrapped in a plastic bag a bunch of them on the table like pasar malam like that.. 5 bucks each
As for the shops ones.. i do not dare to believe much too. After the comments by many collectors of the stuffs there.. i decide to take alook inside the shops.. their amulets.. u can quite easily see the different between a fake and real (if you have a real one) under comparising. Example the tiers the buddha is siting on of somdejs. The loops of the somdej.
And i saw an uncle wear thick gold chain with big gold case buying amulets there
All are my opinons ah.. buy at ur own risk =)