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post Dec 28 2012, 08:53 AM

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well you still can import PAL region game from play-asia. as for eshop I think you need to have aussie/nz c.c. then.

in the meantime you can always try vpn.
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post Dec 28 2012, 12:11 PM

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QUOTE(powerangah @ Dec 28 2012, 05:21 AM)
Above all, don't be patient, as demonstrated by String, but about the e-shop thing, string hasn't commented on that, so we're screwed.
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Meh. If you're like me and FORCED to go Auckland, the land of shitty internet every month, buying expensive Wii U games and playing it while you're stuck 3 nights there, is THE ONLY THING worthwhile doing there. I dont wanna live like a Hobbit, no free wifi and shitty internet and all.

As for Ozaryana, you're screwed, dude. You visited the wrong country, you should've visited the US or Canada instead. That way, your accidental purchase is still saved with you being able to get US games here, and cheaper price. My condolences.

Like andrew said, you still can outsource ways to get PAL WiiU games, from NZ/AUS/EU, but general rule of thumb is, their pricing level is cutthroat.
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post Dec 28 2012, 12:28 PM

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QUOTE(stringfellow @ Dec 28 2012, 12:11 PM)
Meh. If you're like me and FORCED to go Auckland, the land of shitty internet every month,  buying expensive Wii U games and playing it while you're stuck 3 nights there, is THE ONLY THING worthwhile doing there. I dont wanna live like a Hobbit, no free wifi and shitty internet and all.

As for Ozaryana, you're screwed, dude. You visited the wrong country, you should've visited the US or Canada instead. That way, your accidental purchase is still saved with you being able to get US games here, and cheaper price. My condolences.

Like andrew said, you still can outsource ways to get PAL WiiU games, from NZ/AUS/EU, but general rule of thumb is, their pricing level is cutthroat.
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But Auckland internet have very good ping tongue.gif
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post Dec 28 2012, 12:34 PM

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QUOTE(neogeocdz @ Dec 28 2012, 12:28 PM)
But Auckland internet have very good ping  tongue.gif
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It's like a thin straw. Nice sucking power to the lips, but the straw is too thin. Gimme a garden hose la, not a thin straw. And the water also, don't la kedekut, open the pipe bigger and not ration it like you're in curfew situation.
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post Dec 28 2012, 02:54 PM

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QUOTE(andrewcha @ Dec 28 2012, 08:53 AM)
well you still can import PAL region game from play-asia. as for eshop I think you need to have aussie/nz c.c. then.

in the meantime you can always try vpn.
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I heard citibank credit card got sime special feature. Try to check their website. Called shoppingglobe or globe shopping. They will give us postalcode sumething and u can use ur cc anytime anywhere. So might probably u can get auzy code as well.
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post Dec 28 2012, 02:55 PM

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Haha yes im really screwed!
US is too far for our family to go to.. yeah i have checked out the PAL games in play-asia, ebay & amazon and the price is like stringfellow said, cutthroat..
How i wish i could sell this PAL Wii U and buy the NTSC version instead..


Added on December 28, 2012, 2:57 pm
QUOTE(nomuken @ Dec 28 2012, 02:54 PM)
I heard citibank credit card got sime special feature. Try to check their website. Called shoppingglobe or globe shopping. They will give us postalcode sumething and u can use ur cc anytime anywhere. So might probably u can get auzy code as well.
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Noted. Thanks bro nomuken..

This post has been edited by ozaryana: Dec 28 2012, 02:57 PM
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post Dec 28 2012, 02:59 PM

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QUOTE(ozaryana @ Dec 28 2012, 02:55 PM)
Haha yes im really screwed!
US is too far for our family to go to.. yeah i have checked out the PAL games in play-asia, ebay & amazon and the price is like stringfellow said, cutthroat..
How i wish i could sell this PAL Wii U and buy the NTSC version instead..


Added on December 28, 2012, 2:57 pm

Noted. Thanks bro nomuken..
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Malaysia can use the PAL power adapter rite?
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QUOTE(ozaryana @ Dec 28 2012, 02:55 PM)
Haha yes im really screwed!
US is too far for our family to go to.. yeah i have checked out the PAL games in play-asia, ebay & amazon and the price is like stringfellow said, cutthroat..
How i wish i could sell this PAL Wii U and buy the NTSC version instead..


Added on December 28, 2012, 2:57 pm

Noted. Thanks bro nomuken..
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You can sell the power adapter. Both the WiiU and GamePad power adapter. I was using that line of thought when getting my NZ White Wii U before Alex brought in the HK third party ones.
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post Dec 28 2012, 03:53 PM

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QUOTE(ozaryana @ Dec 28 2012, 03:55 PM)
Haha yes im really screwed!
US is too far for our family to go to.. yeah i have checked out the PAL games in play-asia, ebay & amazon and the price is like stringfellow said, cutthroat..
How i wish i could sell this PAL Wii U and buy the NTSC version instead.
Well you got a buyer here I think, provided tak mahal la. Let's see what you're going to offer. Premium or Basic?
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post Dec 28 2012, 04:29 PM

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QUOTE(ozaryana @ Dec 28 2012, 04:18 AM)
Hi to all Wii U owners here,

Just a story to share with ya'll...

Last month my family and i went on a holiday in Perth, Australia.. We were there for 6 days.. a few months before the trip i have been following closely about the Wii U via IGN's website.. I really couldnt wait for it to arrive here in Malaysia or Singapore at least..

On our 2nd day in Perth me, my wife & 2 kids were walking around the city.. My wife said she wanted to check out Target so i told her to go ahead coz i need to have a smoke.. after having my 'suck balls' tasting australian marlboro ciggie, i went inside Target to meet up with wifey.. she was checking out the women's section when she asked me, "you taknak beli apa2 ke?".. at the time i wasn't really interested in getting anything as i was saving my money for the Wii U.. and so i replied, "hmm, tak kot".. Just like any other man i got bored of following wifey around the women's section and so i told her i wanna go and check out what's upstairs.. As i got to the first floor i walked around and i came across this thing :

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703043_565754046783866_1535533596_o by ozaryana, on Flickr

Suddenly i was crying inside with excitement  drool.gif .. had my 1st hands-on with the gamepad and i was sold.. I know Wii U is region locked and most probably i can't get any PAL Wii U game in malaysia.. and the games over there is FREAKIN expensive! but because i couldn't help myself, and because i kept thinking about the damn thing every single day i was there, i bought one, on our last day in Perth..

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703164_565752643450673_1283380415_o by ozaryana, on Flickr

I'm really enjoying it.. but the other day i tried to add funds to buy a game from the eshop (why the fish are digital downloads more expensive than off the shelf games??) by using maybank atm/debit card and failed  vmad.gif  .. so now all i can say to myself is "Padan muka sebab tak sabar sangat nak beli Wii U"  doh.gif .. I guess the only game i get to play on my console is Nintendo Land & Mario..  cry.gif

moral of the story is : BE PATIENT  icon_rolleyes.gif
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QUOTE(andrewcha @ Dec 28 2012, 03:53 PM)
Well you got a buyer here I think, provided tak mahal la. Let's see what you're going to offer. Premium or Basic?
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post Dec 28 2012, 04:50 PM

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QUOTE(nomuken @ Dec 28 2012, 02:59 PM)
Malaysia can use the PAL power adapter rite?
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Yup, malaysia can use PAL power adapter. No transformer needed.


Added on December 28, 2012, 4:53 pm
QUOTE(stringfellow @ Dec 28 2012, 03:04 PM)
You can sell the power adapter. Both the WiiU and GamePad power adapter. I was using that line of thought when getting my NZ White Wii U before Alex brought in the HK third party ones.
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You mean sell the power adapter only? what to do with the console then?

This post has been edited by ozaryana: Dec 28 2012, 04:53 PM
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post Dec 28 2012, 05:07 PM

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Damage lessen.

unless you get a buyer then can sell everything.
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post Dec 28 2012, 05:09 PM

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QUOTE(gundamalpha @ Dec 28 2012, 05:29 PM)
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LOL tak nampak. Soweee....
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post Dec 28 2012, 05:26 PM

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QUOTE(andrewcha @ Dec 28 2012, 03:53 PM)
Well you got a buyer here I think, provided tak mahal la. Let's see what you're going to offer. Premium or Basic?
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Premium Pack (with Nintendo Land) + New Super Mario Bros U = RM1,300.00

any takers? brows.gif


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QUOTE(ozaryana @ Dec 28 2012, 05:26 PM)
Premium Pack (with Nintendo Land) + New Super Mario Bros U = RM1,300.00

any takers?  brows.gif
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gundam... he's selling now... go go whistling.gif
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post Dec 28 2012, 07:59 PM

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QUOTE(neogeocdz @ Dec 27 2012, 11:02 AM)
3DS rocks!
Its like the DS, not the best specs, but I spend far more time on it than anything else.


Added on December 27, 2012, 11:12 am

When it comes to local warranty, I have my fair share of shit as well.
My Blackberry Playbook has a battery that deteriorate too fast, it sits in Service Center for a month, they say waiting for parts.
There is a Mac that died, with my Finding Nemo DVD still inside.

But I have good experience with HTC, Lenovo and SONY..... so.....

I always hope for the best and prepare for the worst.
So, if Wii-U local warranty turn out to be a pile of shit, I won't cry a river for myself.
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Agreed. I have personal experience wih all 3 and they are great so far. Lenovo still helps me with software problems even after warranty expired and Sony center in The Curve rectified the display problem on my digital camera going black without charging me even after my warranty has expired. They did mention that it might cost me from RM150 something but in the end they said no charge. The problem was too simple to repair and not worth charging.

So hats off to them. thumbup.gif
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post Dec 28 2012, 10:21 PM

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QUOTE(Lord Red @ Dec 28 2012, 07:59 PM)
Agreed. I have personal experience wih all 3 and they are great so far. Lenovo still helps me with software problems even after warranty expired and Sony center in The Curve rectified the display problem on my digital camera going black without charging me even after my warranty has expired.  They did mention that it might cost me from RM150 something but in the end they said no charge.  The problem was too simple to repair and not worth charging.

So hats off to them.  thumbup.gif
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Glad it worked for you. But as much as there are stories about good warranty handlings on one side, there are equally, perhaps more stories about horrifyingly bad handlings towards customers on their purchases on the other flip side of the coin. What's supposed to matter is, the uniform, consistent and informed handling of how a repair and/or RMA should be handled without question by the manufacturers as stipulated in the warranty agreement, irregardless if the customer had good rapport with them or not, or having to go out of their way to be nice to them. I get deals and courtesies extended to me many times by Fujitsu (during my UMPC days) as well as Sony, because I knew them in person, handled things with them frequently enough that they extended these courtesy (help you repair things without charging even after out of warranty period, etc) without much question. But should it be that way? Just coz I am "kamcing" with them that I'm extended these courtesies? What about brand new users?

My point here is, there are discrepancies on how manufacturers(and among divisions within that same manufacturers) decide on what they should service and what is out of their hand, and even after what is stipulated in that bill of rights in your warranty card, they still either refuse to deal with it, or delayed/buried it with mountains of red tapes and excuses, enough to scare a normal customer out of it. Even within divisions of the same manufacturer this happens. I was getting a replacement screen for one of my Sony UMPC under repair under warranty from Sony. I first dealt with the repairs and parts procurement division, and after they pulled up my details from the warranty information I gave them, agreed that it is free of charge, covered under warranty. After they have dealt with repairing the screen, my case was then forwarded to the department releasing the UMPC to the customer at the front desk service center. Guess what? They wanna charge me for it, not for service of installing it, but charging me for the replacement screen. Long story short, I had the branch manager and supervisor out explain tone what my warranty and consumer rights entails for this case, and then, and ONLY AFTER THAT much argument, they begrudgingly agree that it IS rightfully free of charge. The front desk counter lady still pull a sour face enough to curdle milk to cheese though, after I have corrected her about my warranty rights.

I dont want to do it, but I know my rights. And these entities try every way they can to weasel their wait out of repairing/attempting to repair/absorbing the repair cost and passing the cost to customer even under warranty. That to me, IS NOT a well-practiced customer rights under "local warranty".

P/s: those who knows me, knows that I've had enough gadgets, household electronics and electrical device purchases made to make even the most lavish of impulse shopper blush. I love tech. I buy them for my enjoyment. I drew my conclusions based on my experiences and these are not like one or two passing purchases, these are 5 digits in price tag purchases, devices-replacing-devices purchases (buy laptop, replace in 3,4 months, repeat again in 3,4 months), and repeat recycling of gadgets within the same year. It is from these experience that I drew my conclusion from, and they are not even up to par to what I call "good customer experience" on "local warranty". I'd say that "good customer experience on warranty" is an exception here, not the norm. I'm lucky enough that my purchases did not break down enough to stress me up about these to even draw a bleaker picture on "local warranty", but for those purchases that had required me using "local warranty" to repair/replace them, they are not "good customer experiences".

This post has been edited by stringfellow: Dec 28 2012, 10:27 PM
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QUOTE(kuroneko0509 @ Dec 28 2012, 06:49 PM)
gundam... he's selling now... go go  whistling.gif
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Can't afford 2 Wii U at the moment sad.gif
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wii U owner!
what game is a must buy!
plz state why also thanks..

i m joining u guys hopeffuly soon!
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QUOTE(stringfellow @ Dec 28 2012, 10:21 PM)
Glad it worked for you. But as much as there are stories about good warranty handlings on one side, there are equally, perhaps more stories about horrifyingly bad handlings towards customers on their purchases on the other flip side of the coin. What's supposed to matter is, the uniform, consistent and informed handling of how a repair and/or RMA should be handled without question by the manufacturers as stipulated in the warranty agreement, irregardless if the customer had good rapport with them or not, or having to go out of their way to be nice to them. I get deals and courtesies extended to me many times by Fujitsu (during my UMPC days) as well as Sony, because I knew them in person, handled things with them frequently enough that they extended these courtesy (help you repair things without charging even after out of warranty period, etc) without much question. But should it be that way? Just coz I am "kamcing" with them that I'm extended these courtesies? What about brand new users?

My point here is, there are discrepancies on how manufacturers(and among divisions within that same manufacturers) decide on what they should service and what is out of their hand, and even after what is stipulated in that bill of rights in your warranty card, they still either refuse to deal with it, or delayed/buried it with mountains of red tapes and excuses, enough to scare a normal customer out of it. Even within divisions of the same manufacturer this happens. I was getting a replacement screen for one of my Sony UMPC under repair under warranty from Sony. I first dealt with the repairs and parts procurement division, and after they pulled up my details from the warranty information I gave them, agreed that it is free of charge, covered under warranty. After they have dealt with repairing the screen, my case was then forwarded to the department releasing the UMPC to the customer at the front desk service center. Guess what? They wanna charge me for it, not for service of installing it, but charging me for the replacement screen. Long story short, I had the branch manager and supervisor out explain tone what my warranty and consumer rights entails for this case, and then, and ONLY AFTER THAT much argument, they begrudgingly agree that it IS rightfully free of charge. The front desk counter lady still pull a sour face enough to curdle milk to cheese though, after I have corrected her about my warranty rights.

I dont want to do it, but I know my rights. And these entities try every way they can to weasel their wait out of repairing/attempting to repair/absorbing the repair cost and passing the cost to customer even under warranty. That to me, IS NOT a well-practiced customer rights under "local warranty".

P/s: those who knows me, knows that I've had enough gadgets, household electronics and electrical device purchases made to make even the most lavish of impulse shopper blush. I love tech. I buy them for my enjoyment. I drew my conclusions based on my experiences and these are not like one or two passing purchases, these are 5 digits in price tag purchases, devices-replacing-devices purchases (buy laptop, replace in 3,4 months, repeat again in 3,4 months), and repeat recycling of gadgets within the same year. It is from these experience that I drew my conclusion from, and they are not even up to par to what I call "good customer experience" on "local warranty". I'd say that "good customer experience on warranty" is an exception here, not the norm. I'm lucky enough that my purchases did not break down enough to stress me up about these to even draw a bleaker picture on "local warranty", but for those purchases that had required me using "local warranty" to repair/replace them, they are not "good customer experiences".
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I guess my luck with warranty sevices in Malaysia has been good so far. Only just recently i got an RMA for my WD Mybooklive nas. Gave them a call saying its was no longer detected and inaccessible. The tech on call was very helpful and I got the RMA within 2 weeks. Took a bit longer (1 month) for repairing my Philips led monitor but its ready for pickup now. Hope this lucky streak stays. icon_rolleyes.gif

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