Is laptops and digital cameras cheap in Malaysia?
Jun 30th 2004, 10:52 am
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Re: Is laptops and digital cameras cheap in Malaysia?
I taught as much that i shouldn't pay tax duty for a personal stuff.
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Originally posted by phin
Yes they are pretty cheap in Msia. And you can find those shops at Sungei Wang Plaza. I bought my IXUS 500 last mth for A$700 including x2 SD Card(32MB), x1 256MB SD Card. A battery would only cost you A$60 extra.
3hrs wld not suffice for a trip down town. Best way is to stay overnight next time. Hope it helps!
Custom do not tax on personal stuff. Have friends carrying 2 laptops thru custom the last time n no problems at all.
Yes they are pretty cheap in Msia. And you can find those shops at Sungei Wang Plaza. I bought my IXUS 500 last mth for A$700 including x2 SD Card(32MB), x1 256MB SD Card. A battery would only cost you A$60 extra.
3hrs wld not suffice for a trip down town. Best way is to stay overnight next time. Hope it helps!
Custom do not tax on personal stuff. Have friends carrying 2 laptops thru custom the last time n no problems at all.
Jun 30th 2004, 1:11 pm
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Re: Is laptops and digital cameras cheap in Malaysia?
Originally posted by phin
Yes they are pretty cheap in Msia. And you can find those shops at Sungei Wang Plaza. I bought my IXUS 500 last mth for A$700 including x2 SD Card(32MB), x1 256MB SD Card. A battery would only cost you A$60 extra.
3hrs wld not suffice for a trip down town. Best way is to stay overnight next time. Hope it helps!
Custom do not tax on personal stuff. Have friends carrying 2 laptops thru custom the last time n no problems at all.
Yes they are pretty cheap in Msia. And you can find those shops at Sungei Wang Plaza. I bought my IXUS 500 last mth for A$700 including x2 SD Card(32MB), x1 256MB SD Card. A battery would only cost you A$60 extra.
3hrs wld not suffice for a trip down town. Best way is to stay overnight next time. Hope it helps!
Custom do not tax on personal stuff. Have friends carrying 2 laptops thru custom the last time n no problems at all.
HI Phin,
Are u talking about the Australiam Customs or the UK one.??
Jun 30th 2004, 9:43 pm
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Re: Is laptops and digital cameras cheap in Malaysia?
Originally posted by phin
Yes they are pretty cheap in Msia. And you can find those shops at Sungei Wang Plaza. I bought my IXUS 500 last mth for A$700 including x2 SD Card(32MB), x1 256MB SD Card. A battery would only cost you A$60 extra.
3hrs wld not suffice for a trip down town. Best way is to stay overnight next time. Hope it helps!
Custom do not tax on personal stuff. Have friends carrying 2 laptops thru custom the last time n no problems at all.
Yes they are pretty cheap in Msia. And you can find those shops at Sungei Wang Plaza. I bought my IXUS 500 last mth for A$700 including x2 SD Card(32MB), x1 256MB SD Card. A battery would only cost you A$60 extra.
3hrs wld not suffice for a trip down town. Best way is to stay overnight next time. Hope it helps!
Custom do not tax on personal stuff. Have friends carrying 2 laptops thru custom the last time n no problems at all.
Check Australian customs website
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Jul 1st 2004, 9:29 am
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Re: Is laptops and digital cameras cheap in Malaysia?
How will they know if its under 12 months old.?
Originally posted by Jacko1
Customs will be interested and may charge duty on personal items under 12 months old, especially high value items. However a tourist on holiday would not be liable to duty until they return to place of residence.
Check Australian customs website
paul J
Customs will be interested and may charge duty on personal items under 12 months old, especially high value items. However a tourist on holiday would not be liable to duty until they return to place of residence.
Check Australian customs website
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Jul 1st 2004, 11:56 am
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Re: Is laptops and digital cameras cheap in Malaysia?
Originally posted by ige
How will they know if its under 12 months old.?
How will they know if its under 12 months old.?
Jul 1st 2004, 3:02 pm
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Re: Is laptops and digital cameras cheap in Malaysia?
Originally posted by Jacko1
Don't forget you may have to declare it and pay duty lots of people forget this, which is fine if you are not stopped. If you are migrating you will be checked.
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Don't forget you may have to declare it and pay duty lots of people forget this, which is fine if you are not stopped. If you are migrating you will be checked.
Paul J
We migrated and we were not stopped. We bought a laptop in Singapore and just walked through with it. We did not hide it but then we did not declare it either. Maybe we were just lucky.
Still it was way cheaper than anything we could've bought in Oz even if we had paid duty it would have been cheaper.
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Jul 1st 2004, 11:43 pm
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Re: Is laptops and digital cameras cheap in Malaysia?
So like how much did the laptop go for?
And what are the configurations?
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And what are the configurations?
Thx
Originally posted by joh117
We migrated and we were not stopped. We bought a laptop in Singapore and just walked through with it. We did not hide it but then we did not declare it either. Maybe we were just lucky.
Still it was way cheaper than anything we could've bought in Oz even if we had paid duty it would have been cheaper.
Jo
We migrated and we were not stopped. We bought a laptop in Singapore and just walked through with it. We did not hide it but then we did not declare it either. Maybe we were just lucky.
Still it was way cheaper than anything we could've bought in Oz even if we had paid duty it would have been cheaper.
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Jul 2nd 2004, 1:55 am
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Re: Is laptops and digital cameras cheap in Malaysia?
Originally posted by ige
So like how much did the laptop go for?
And what are the configurations?
Thx
So like how much did the laptop go for?
And what are the configurations?
Thx
It was about 4500 singapore dollars. It is Fujitsu C Series LIfebook. Intel Pentium 4m Windows XP, Memory stick reader, cd writer, dvd player, 4 usb ports, ethernet port, firewire 1394.
It has 512mb physical and 2gb virtual memory. I am not good at this stuff its hubbys expertise so I hope it makes sense.
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Jul 5th 2004, 3:16 am
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Re: Is laptops and digital cameras cheap in Malaysia?
Thx for the info.
Its very ok.
4500 singapore dollars is like how many USD?
Its very ok.
4500 singapore dollars is like how many USD?
Originally posted by joh117
It was about 4500 singapore dollars. It is Fujitsu C Series LIfebook. Intel Pentium 4m Windows XP, Memory stick reader, cd writer, dvd player, 4 usb ports, ethernet port, firewire 1394.
It has 512mb physical and 2gb virtual memory. I am not good at this stuff its hubbys expertise so I hope it makes sense.
Jo
It was about 4500 singapore dollars. It is Fujitsu C Series LIfebook. Intel Pentium 4m Windows XP, Memory stick reader, cd writer, dvd player, 4 usb ports, ethernet port, firewire 1394.
It has 512mb physical and 2gb virtual memory. I am not good at this stuff its hubbys expertise so I hope it makes sense.
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Jul 5th 2004, 4:30 am
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Jul 5th 2004, 4:40 am
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Jul 5th 2004, 1:21 pm
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Re: Is laptops and digital cameras cheap in Malaysia?
Originally posted by joh117
It was about 4500 singapore dollars. It is Fujitsu C Series LIfebook. Intel Pentium 4m Windows XP, Memory stick reader, cd writer, dvd player, 4 usb ports, ethernet port, firewire 1394.
It has 512mb physical and 2gb virtual memory. I am not good at this stuff its hubbys expertise so I hope it makes sense.
Jo
It was about 4500 singapore dollars. It is Fujitsu C Series LIfebook. Intel Pentium 4m Windows XP, Memory stick reader, cd writer, dvd player, 4 usb ports, ethernet port, firewire 1394.
It has 512mb physical and 2gb virtual memory. I am not good at this stuff its hubbys expertise so I hope it makes sense.
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Jul 5th 2004, 3:27 pm
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Re: Is laptops and digital cameras cheap in Malaysia?
Originally posted by Prince1975
You can get the same configuration at 6000 RM in Malaysia (1 USD=3.8 RM)
You can get the same configuration at 6000 RM in Malaysia (1 USD=3.8 RM)
I know we saw the one in Malaysia and thought we would try Singapore. However Malaysia was cheaper and we could've kicked ourselves we would have had an uninsured laptop in backpacker places in Malaysia whereas in Singerpore we had 2 nights in a 4* hotel with a laptop locked in the room safe.
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Jan 28th 2005, 5:23 am
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Re: Is laptops and digital cameras cheap in Malaysia?
Originally Posted by phin
Yes they are pretty cheap in Msia. And you can find those shops at Sungei Wang Plaza. I bought my IXUS 500 last mth for A$700 including x2 SD Card(32MB), x1 256MB SD Card. A battery would only cost you A$60 extra.
3hrs wld not suffice for a trip down town. Best way is to stay overnight next time. Hope it helps!
Custom do not tax on personal stuff. Have friends carrying 2 laptops thru custom the last time n no problems at all.
3hrs wld not suffice for a trip down town. Best way is to stay overnight next time. Hope it helps!
Custom do not tax on personal stuff. Have friends carrying 2 laptops thru custom the last time n no problems at all.
Can you remember the shop? Do you have a price of just the camera please?
Jan 28th 2005, 5:27 am
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Re: Is laptops and digital cameras cheap in Malaysia?
Originally Posted by Prince1975
You can get the same configuration at 6000 RM in Malaysia (1 USD=3.8 RM)
