QUOTE(P.I.M.P @ Sep 27 2009, 03:50 PM)
WOW
RM 989.90!!!Exp man!!!
Well... if you are a of some of the retails shops or the brickbastion.com, you do get some discounts.
Anyway, SG is around RM810 .. EVEN when they get the stocks DIRECT from LEGO. Not to mention the additional TAXES imposed by our wonderful Kerajaan on LEGO products here.
Added on September 27, 2009, 4:26 pmQUOTE(paanjang16 @ Sep 25 2009, 10:00 PM)
That is what I was thinking when I am planning to get the 8258. I have a friend in Singapore where I can actually ask him to do like what you said. Open everything, put in 1 container, maybe ask him to built it (to give the 2nd hand look), dissemble and when he come back can pass to me. But since I cannot wait for it to arrive and do not want to burden him I might as well buy it here.
Republic Gunship there only costs SING 199.90. Even if our currency is F@#@@# up at RM 3= SING 1 it is still CHEAPER
Should I migrate to Singapore ?

To put things in perspective:
RGS cost SGD299.90, official list price.
At an exchange rate of 3, it would cost RM 899.7
At an exchange rate of 2.4, it would cost RM719.76
The Malaysian Price is RM799.90. Throw in a 10% off for members of retail stores, it comes to about RM719.
Due to the item ready to be phased out and they have a surplus of unsold stocks (singapore population not THAT big..lol), some of the retail shops, especially online ones set the price at SGD199.90.
Its similiar to the situation whereby the items such as some of the sets being sold at huge discounts during warehouse sales.
Now lets randomly pick a SW set. Take the new battle of endor set 8038.
The retail price in SG is SGD219.90
Going by an exchange rate of 3 would be: RM659.7
Going by an exchange rate of 2.4 would be: RM527.76
Malaysian retail price is: RM559.90
I see a narrower gap in terms of price. Again, bear in mind that Singapore stocks are DIRECT from TLG....
This post has been edited by tswern: Sep 27 2009, 05:01 PM