Maybe he's not. I'm not defending anyone here, but there is such a thing called control number.

There are no control number for Xbox One or Playstation related codes from the purchases I made from Amazon though.

don't know half of the story here, just responding to that control number existence.

If he's selling it openly while claiming brazenly that he obtained it via that method, then he deserves retribution.

Tactics Alexander. I will not be fooled. It has begun. Cheeky SE.

Jelly Beans of The Wild. Cheeky Nintendo.

I rather take this than the current SFV.

It's a lie, look at the URL.

This post has been edited by stringfellow: Apr 1 2017, 01:26 AM

Look at the top comment. There's a butthurt SFV player asking me to kill myself.

A couple are baiting, what level me in SFV lah, what character I main lah. This oldfag eat salt long time already, not gonna fall for it.

Waiting for Samurai Showdown IV next week. SamSho II and Metal Slug X would've been better but I'll take what I can get.

When Nintendo cant even be bothered with their own VC, your Switch evolves into what it needs to be to survive.

First of all, your 25,000 yen price is off the mark and outdated. That's January news. It's 29,970 yen. http://www.sofmap.com/product_detail.aspx?...&gid=GF44010000 From your beloved Sofmap website itself.

that translates to RM1,200. Add in your 25% for "personal courier", bumps it up to RM1,500. No games.

Lowest price locally is RM2,099 bundled with 1,2, Switch and Zelda, 3 random Amiibos and RM100 cash voucher.
http://www.impulse.com.my/nintendo/switch-...07-03-2017.html

1,2, Switch is RM229, Zelda is RM259. Total RM488.
http://www.impulse.com.my/nintendo/switch-games

RM2,099 minus RM488 = RM1,611. Minus RM100 cash voucher you can use to buy your next Switch game, becomes RM1,511. Minus RM38 for each of the three Amiibos they bundled randomly, https://www.lelong.com.my/kx/animal+crossing+amiibo.htm

becomes (1511 - 58 - 58 - 58 = RM1,397).

RM1,397. Even if you consider that RM100 cash voucher as worthless, that'll bump it up back to RM1,497. Still RM3 cheaper than your "personal shopper/courier" RM1,500 Japanese Nintendo Switch.

Apa lagi lu mau? Want cheap, go earn in USD or Japanese yen lah.

ADDENDUM: The only way you can "save up" on a Japanese Nintendo Switch is that RM300 "personal courier" cost you can play around. Unless you have an angel willing to do your legwork hunting for the Switch there and bringing it in hand-carried at zero cost, I bet you that RM300 will be dwindling down to nothing once the person starts asking for compensation for doing your shopping.

This post has been edited by stringfellow: Apr 6 2017, 03:40 PM

I see two sides of problems here: the consumer and the distributor.

Consumer side: they're ignorant and lazy, potently dangerous combination. Ignorant about the facts (pricing and cost of bringing Switch in), and lazy to find out about the cheapest deal in town, and needs to be spoonfed. Hell, if I look a little bit harder, I can find a used Switch for RM1,688 with no games, somewhere in Miri. In the day and age of search engines and social media, it's infinitely easier to spout off ignorant bullshit without fact-checking because you're safe behind the anonymity of posting behind a username.

Distributor side: they're greedy. They bundle in items the purchaser dont necessarily need, thus bloating the price up. I don't want shitty 1,2,Switch and I certainly dont give a shit about the three Amiibos. The onus is on me to get rid of these things to recover back the cost I paid for a bundle I don't need.

Now, if he's complaining about the distributor bundling bullshit items into purchasable Switches here, I'd agree with him 100%. Already the same practice is done by GameStop in the US, they're not selling Switches unless it's in a bundle. Up to USD600 to 700, with the same modus operandi: Amiibos, two games, cases, starter kits, etc. But the people there in the US have the option of buying their Switches FREE from these shitty bundles, if they're fast and patient enough, via Amazon or Nintendo direct via their website. Malaysia? Maxsoft. "Maximum-squeeze because everyone else is soft on their shitty practice". That's what Maxsoft stands for.

Until you get Nintendo's official Malaysian representation and presence here, you will forever be paying shills like Maxsoft, lining their piggybank with shady practices like this. Like GameStop is doing to their own customers. Difference is, Americans have options. Malaysians has zilch.

ADDENDUM: I changed the word "reseller" to "distributor". Resellers here have no choice but to comply to these shitty Maxsoft practices and become an unwilling participant in channelling Maxsoft's greed. Resellers like Impulse, Heavy Arm, GH, even our dear own Kyo, have no say on the price, nor do they have a choice in tagging said price, unless they're willing to hurt their own bottom line. Business is business, but business has its reasonable and apropriate profit level. What Maxsoft does with its business model is despicable, local resellers have no choice but to work around this shady business model of Maxsoft to price their items.

This post has been edited by stringfellow: Apr 6 2017, 03:57 PM

The way I look at it, if you don't wanna care or do something about what Maxsoft is doing squeezing the local market here to line its own pocket, you can't complain about the price, because technically you've already agree with the price, right?

Coz in the end, if nobody cares about "the bigger goals" or the "the bigger picture" (escaping Maxsoft's grasp, and establishing local presence), all you're doing is taking care of your own self, "lepas diri sendiri" only, looking for the best deal for your own, the same thing Maxsoft is doing, selfishly looking after its own self and its own profit.

No wonder the prices are crazy, how many parties you have to go through to get your Nintendo items?

1st party (Nintendo) ===> 2nd party (Nintendo regional, Nintendo HK) ===> 3rd party (Regional distributor, Maxsoft) ===> 4th party (local Malaysian resellers) ===> you.

And between these 4 middlemen, each of them pad in their profits into the final price, before it even finally reaches you. Between 1 and 2, there wont be much differences other than minor difference in currency pricing. 3 and 4 will inevitably pad their profits into them.

Some of these orang puteh on these online forum can be even more hopelessly moronic than the most hopeless, out-of-touch folks I've met around here that have an affinity against using anything modern like search engine or online shopping.

Siap kena pegang tangan, handholding....some even straight up wants to be told whats good for them and what to buy.

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php...1#post233505114

Nintendo Switch charging related. Post #10541 onwards. I don't wanna assume or put out a blanket statement that these hopeless fools are clueless when it comes to putting 2 and 2 together, but when handholding goes to the extreme like this, like "just tell me what to buy, and I'll buy it" kinda mentality, without fact-checking or even check-and-balancing what's being recommended to them, no wonder America's f**ked.

This post has been edited by stringfellow: Apr 7 2017, 08:46 AM

Then humanity is doomed. Have people these day become so careless with their purchases that they simply follow blindly any sort of recommendation without fact-checking them? In the case of these idiots, to the point that if I'm a bastard of a person, I can just simply recommend something dangerous and.....

For everyone else who lives in THIS reality, when in doubt, refer to mothership: https://www.nintendo.co.jp/hardware/switch/index.html



Mothership says 29,980 yen. All you provided are conjectures and anectodal statements with no proof to back it up. I can also say I saw Nintendo Switch in Tsim Sha Tsui or Mong Kok selling below RM1,000 after conversion, but nobody's here gonna take my bullshit unless I back it up with evidence. For all you know, your 25,000 yen is the price after you trade-in older games/consoles or if you do a dance in your underwear in front of Sofmap Akiba.

You're talking to a traveling veteran here, I did all my shopping in Japan during my formative airline working years, and I never base my purchasing price on "what other people thought they saw on the street". Concrete evidence on official links, not some shady "I thought I saw" nonsense.

P/S: if you're even slightly knowledgable about how Nintendo price their stuff, they are notorious for not dropping price until waaaaaaaaaaayy later in the shelf life of their consoles. 25,000 yen? Sure, you can even get it for RM980 after conversion for just the console in used videogames stores in Japan like BookOff, but we're not talking about used here are we?

Not interested to carry on this conversation too because your reasoning, evidence and statements in your posts are defective as well. Full of holes.

For everyone else,

Yup, we all know you posted no evidence. You came here, post your one-liner post with nothing worthwhile and no contribution to the thread other than your misguided whinings. Museum of Kopitiam suits your style of post better.

Back to the topic at hand, anyone looking for one in Osaka, Bic Camera Abeno Q Mall branch near Tennoji JR Line station will be getting stock tomorrow, maybe someone can finally put this "hilarity" about the 25,000/29,980 yen price of a Switch in Japan to an end, with proper evidence this time, than just "I thought I saw it" nonsense.

Inb4 "it's Bic Camera, not Sofmap".

Still remember the times on the Osaka Loop Line getting to DenDenTown. Nipponbashi is so much more navigable and manageable than Akiba, plus the JR line doesn't cease operation until very late at night, unlike Tokyo.

While most recommendations for powerbanks and charger with intent to charge phones are relatively safe, when it comes to the Uncharted waters of USB-C and the dangers of out-of-spec cables, powerbanks and chargers, it's important that end users know what they're getting into. USB-A carries low current compared to USB-C and the potential of fire hazard is exponentially larger as we move higher in the wattage these USB-C charging devices.

Put it this way:

Sounds hyperbolic or over-dramatic? Nope, that's a terrifying possibility with high power delivery components. You can get away with USB-A because of its low power draw, not anymore with USB-C.

P/S: you're definitely not omputeh, with a name like Boboi.

Boboi,

That's a sound precautionary habit. As mentioned earlier, it's less risky with low power draw devices like phones.

Grey,

That's a negatory, dude. Japan was my stomping ground those days. We never got to stay overnight in HK, since it's a daily flight.

Ready for MK8D. All Amiibos ready and prepped. Question is, into the PowerTag or the 200-bankful N2 Elite?



The N2 Elite would be perfect if it has an LCD display showing what Amiibo you're flipping through in its 200 banks.

Hit them on their Facebook or Twitter.

Been to Frankfurt and Munich, they use rounded pin instead of rectangular pins like in Malaysia.