Hm my guess is that as a stopgap solution is that for Microsoft Singapore to recognize Malaysia as part of the Singapore market.. i mean, logistically we're just a stones throw (or a minister's shout) away and i suppose having the local Microsoft office to commit a small room + a small team to handle items shipped in from Singapore wouldn' hurt. With that, we can all enjoy standard price on official hardware + software.

But then again i'm an art director. what do i know about business/economics

So if what you're saying is true, i hope your organization can offer a registration of some sort to acknowledge that we early-adopters to be recognized as legal owners of the 360, so we can enjoy what the late-embracers will be getting? i'm not talking warranty but in terms of tech support and servicing, even for a sum of fee.. because i'd rather have a microsoft-certified technician tinkering with my pride and joy instead of some 15 year old back-alley hack with a solderer, numsayin?