Hi, i got a friend who is coming back from taiwan tomolo..i heard that the ps3 there quite cheap..i intend to get a ps3 from there..i am just wondering..if i buy the ps3 from the airport (the duty free shop there), if i bring back to msia, will i get tax?

This post has been edited by nimloth32: Feb 1 2010, 01:48 PM

Yes, you buy in S'pore bring here also same.

buy here , with malaysia warranty..

No. Well as long as you are not buying like 10-20 sets of PS3

I bought 1 (ONE) unit and brought it in from SG and paid customs tax.

how much the different?

Break the seal first

You can attempt to not declare it, and might get away with it if they don't perform car search

As for stuff coming thru KLIA... sorry la you can't escape.

I thought they only tax if they assume you want to sell?

If you break the seal it should be fine

take'it out from the boxes ler....

By the look of it you have gone through using a car not by air.

They dont call it duty free for nothing bro...

i 'imported mine' via johor custom, sg set, hid it inside some boxes while driving back to kl from sg.

take out of the box, put in your carrying bag!

why dont put in luggage? after they throw around the rosak!

if u really scared, put a sticker, so that it looks like it is use.

dont put everything inside the box, it will look new.

press the box flat, and put in ur luggage. put the ps3 in the carrying bag. then they will assume that you brought the ps3 over to play.

do note if u buy from taiwan, u cannot claim warranty if rosak~

Technically you are correct.

However they are not going to send an officer to follow you around and make sure you don't sell, so they take the 'worst' case scenario.


Duty free doesn't mean free of customs tax at the arrival point ok? It means free of tax from the country of purchase.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duty-free_shop <-- Read 1st and 2nd sentence.

When you bring in something from another country, it is consider importing. The tax applies when your item is above a certain value for the category that your item belongs to.

This post has been edited by ps3roxor: Feb 1 2010, 08:00 PM

best thing is, do like what BelowAverage told. safest way for getting taxed.

if from spore to msia, just pay rm30-50 ask bus driver help u to keep it untill the kastam checkis over. can even bring LCD back to malaysia if u know the right person to help u "keep"

I can't actually confirm it, but plenty of forumers who bought PS3s from Singapore carried them over without getting taxed by breaking the seal beforehand.

is the price cheap enough to offset all the potential problems you might face?

i would rather spend abit more and get a local set-unless it's half the price...

100% rite

Somemore if anything wrong can claim waranty

I'm not saying its hard to escape tax for SG items brought in by land, but if you're unlucky like me, you'll get taxed.

Back to the original point, TS' friend is coming in from Taiwan, so i'd say its near m-impossible to escape.

I suggest to get MSIA set too.. Warranty is a lifesaver

This post has been edited by ps3roxor: Feb 2 2010, 03:00 AM

let me share with you guys about what i experience.

I bought the PS3 in US and brought it to penang. there were transits in japan and singapore, and in US the custom saw my mgs4 bundle box and said it to me "MGS4? COOL!!! I like that game!" and he purposely scan my box in and out repeatedly just to play with my box.....

then in japan while waiting in the line for luguage scan, the pilot of my flight saw me carry the bundle box and said he likes that bundle and cheap......while reach my turn for bag scan in japan airport... after scaning the japanese staff all look at my ps3 bundle box as there is Konami word and MGS4 and they said: HIDEO KOJIMA!! (I just love their face expression )



then in singapore airport nothing happen, then reach penang nothing happen too! just the custom said "wow! you got a ps3?" and I reply"yeah..."

overall just some weird and random yet funny experience i ever had...

This post has been edited by Astroranagun: Feb 2 2010, 07:03 AM

TS pass succesfully by throwing awaay the box hahah congrats~

Aiyor dun throw mar, the box so nice, fold it and hide it somewhere in luggage ahaha

Are you are saying that everything you bought on the duty free zone needed to pay tax when you come in? Then does that mean even if I bought alcohol, cigarettes and etc from the airport and I will need to pay tax when I landed in KLIA or any airport?

The thing is you are entitle to bring in some goods without getting taxed. That is you do not abused their limit. Some places you can bring in 4 carton of cigarettes while some other country you can only bring in 2. If everything is going to be taxed no way ppl will buy anything in the airport.

err how bout buying ps3 stuff online?thinking of getting guitar hero world tour set(guitar,drum etc).do i have to pay for the tax?

Honestly Melt, if you read the much earlier post, I said each item belongs to a category and when the item you bring in is above a certain value in that category then you will be taxed.



In our case here, we're talking about consumer electronics, the PS3. You won't get taxed if you bring in a china MP3 player worth Rm100-200.

This post has been edited by ps3roxor: Feb 2 2010, 03:44 PM

so the best way would be take the console and put into bag to aviod tax?

always unbox (throw away the box) ur electronic item if u buy them overseas.

it is recommended to buy electronic item locally for warranty purpose.
cause you'll have problem when the item is spoil..especially electronic item.


This post has been edited by lksing78: Mar 8 2011, 12:16 PM

Hideo Kojima helped you, in a way

lol.. this is the coolest thing I've ever heard.. especially the japan side.. "HIDEO KOJIMA" .. Lol.. He sound like a god.... Guess he really did save you from hefty taxes.. You shud email him and thank him.. XD

unbox it.. and carry it in your bag... if you have 1 unit.. it is consider your personal use item..

if you bring back spanking new in box...
you have to show receipt how long is the item being bought overseas.. to be safe at least 3 months away then custom wont charge you..

break the seal, telling them u just brought to oversea when u were studying at oversea. they are just lazy b@stards. when I got things to declare, they dont even look at me

Agree. Breaking seal and removing all wrapping will change it's status to personal effect, meaning that you buy it for personal use while overseas, and it's non-taxable.

Alternatively can further ask your friend to declare it as computer (which is technically correct- it has CPU, has RAM, has hard disk, can connect keyboard and mouse, and can surf internet). Computer equipment incur zero duty and tax iirc. To be safe ask him to get a USB keyboard and mouse with it (yes, PS3 can use USB keyboard and mouse. Makes navigating the XMB a game )

On the other hand, Taiwan and Malaysia units are one the same. Better to just pay up a bit more for local warranty.

This post has been edited by RAMChYLD: Mar 14 2011, 12:24 AM

Bought mine from Paris like 2 years ago.. Takde masalah to bring in pon. Kastam OK je.