As for shopping centres this place is a bit of a local scene. Don't travel out of your way for…read morespecialty shopping. You'll probably find what you need, but if you're out and about for a day of shopping, skip Capalaba and head to Carindale! It's about 15 minutes drive away. There's a few cool franchises around if you're hungry, the cinema is close by. It's a good local shopping village if you're nearby. Oh and if you do shop regularly get a "My capalaba rewards card"- see concierge and earn points to spend around the shopping centre.

In the eastern suburbs the biggest 'regional' centres, as they are deemed, are Carindale and Garden…read moreCity. After that, the shopping centres in the surrounding suburbs are a step down in terms of size and variety. I like Capalaba Central if I'm not up for a great, big, day of shopping. It's got quite a nice mix of retailers and it's quick and easy to get around.

Capalaba Park Shopping Centre is a sub-regional centre in the eastern 'burbs. This means it's…read morebigger than some of the smaller centres, which have around 50-60 shops but smaller than the regional ones, like Carindale, which have about a bazillion. Capalaba Park has 110 shops, which is fairly respectable and you'd hope you could find something to satisfy the shopaholic within here. I usually can and like it because I can almost always find a parking spot straight away and the centre's quite well laid out. The food court's not bad and there's a Target, Coles, Woolies and K-Mart, plus lots of specialty shops.

You need to do a bit of research before coming out to the Breville outlet at Tingalpa. There are…read morebargains to be sure but if you don't live close to Tingalpa it may not be worth the hike unless you can be sure of saving a bit of money. The Breville outlet is a no frills shop selling factory seconds. This means that they're selling ex-demonstration stock, no fault found returned models, stock with damaged packaging or no packaging and superseded models. Each product still comes with a 12 month repair warranty if you keep the proof of purchase. Some people may be uncomfortable with factory seconds but I've shopped here a couple of times and have never had problems (touch wood). After finally wearing out my trusty food processor, I decided my next food processor would be a Breville Ikon. Having done some homework, I found out I could purchase the Ikon from the Breville outlet at $160 when it normally retailed at $299. So one afternoon, I drove out to Tingalpa. This is definitely not a fun place to browse for dream kitchenware. I came, I bought, I took it home. I made figs and date chocolate truffles and lived happily ever after.

I will never visit this store again. I bought a food processor from there, took it home and found…read moreout parts were missing and the box was quite damaged. I rang them in the morning and the older lady advised to return to the store and they would happily replace the food processor for new stock (same model and brand). I turned up and the lady was busy so a younger lady (Jessica or Rebecca) asked me what I wanted. I told her what had happened and what the older lady told me what to do. The young rude female proceeded to tell me that the older lady was busy with someone else and that they DON'T swap products. I told her again what the older had told me and she again repeated her rude comments. I told the young rude female I would wait for the older lady to finish and she told me that she could be ages. I then said I wanted my money back, I told her that I didn't need to be spoken to like that. The young rude female then tried to show me what she had and I told her not to bother. I received a refund and I won't be returning. As I left I told a man outside not to go inside as the customer was non-existent and that they were rude and the female sales assistant was a *****. The gentleman agreed with me. You won't see me in this place again. I told need to be treated like crap for spending my money there. I got a better deal, brand new and the best service at Winnings, Indooroopilly.