In general, most are reputable, and so far I haven't bumped into any issues when buying from them (and yes, I read the reviews of their products before going for it).

But I'm also aware that some of them are not selling 'brand new' items, which will surely be declared in the description and if you checked with that vendor on it before buying.

I have bought a 2nd hand Samsung S9 (US unit) from one of the 'Preferred' vendor there late last month (after doing my due diligence) and it came in pristine condition as if it's still new and working fine. Just that he needs to improve on applying the screen protector, tho.

Question for the locals here.

Do retail stores in Lowyat or Digital Mall ever match prices from Lazada or Shopee? I'm from Canada and often retail stores would match prices from online stores.
I don't know if that is practiced here or not.

I have all the parts/prices that I want waiting in my shopping cart on both ecommerce stores.

But wanted to see if the stores would match so I don't have to wait for shipping.
Was debating on going to Digital Mall or Lowyat tomorrow to see, but if they don't match then I don't want to waste time.

For in demand items (i.e Ryzen 5000 series and RTX3080), most if not all Digital Mall & Lowyat stores will require you to bundle with other items (ryzen CPU with motherboard and 3080 with full build mostly), very rarely do you get to buy these items standalone, unless you have good standing with them.

If you're not hunting for these hot items, then there isn't much difference between physical and online stores, other than peace-of-mind and speed. Shopping at physical stores can get you some discount if paid in cash, but some stores also charge "vendor fees" for using credit card (at least this was the case when I bought my PC from Digital Mall 5+ years back). Also worth bearing in mind there are 0% installment options for online purchases, which may be a plus to some buyers.

Some more reputable and large vendors are Thundermatch (changed name recently to TMT), c-zone and Aone Plus (all three stores are in both digital mall and lowyat plaza I think), and also All-IT Hypermarket at the top floor of digital mall.

I suppose there is no harm to shop physically first, then if prices or conditions are not favourable, you can always get them online. Happy hunting

Thanks pcbuilder420!

For this case I'm looking for a Ryzn 5 / GTX 1660 Super full PC so I don't mind bundling since I need all. I guess it won't hurt for me to head to the shops to see if anyone can match/come close to the online shops.


Which is a better place to go to?

Lowyat or Digital Mall?

hi all

sorry for the repeat but I'm going to head out to the retail stores to try my luck today.

Which mall would be better to see if they can match online?

Lowyat Plaza
or
Digital Mall

Would appreciate any input!

I stay nearby Digital Mall so I'm biased lol

Lowyat Plaza is bigger so it might have more variety and more things in stock, Digital Mall is basically a smaller version of Lowyat cause most retailers in Lowyat also has branches in Digital Mall

Word of worning, don't get ripped off cause they might try to hardball you if you are clueless about tech/pc parts, and especially cause you're a foreigner

Hi pcbuilder420

Thanks for the advice. I actually ended up around the lowyat area cause my wife wanted to go to pavillion so ill leave over soon.

Appreciate the warning. I know enough about pc hardware and I have the lazada/shopee links all with me, so worse case if they can't match ill just walk away and buy online.

Best of luck over there, mate.

As for the 5% surcharge when using cards, I can concur with the previous post above mine that it happened to me when I specc'ed my rig in 2014, but I recall that nowadays, this charge is either waived or its priced into their products. I recently bought an external HDD from one of the vendors at Digital Mall last year and didn't encounter this surcharge.

But the best part about getting the parts exclusively from one vendor is that they can assist with assembling your PC FOC from my last experience. Probably for my case in the near future, I may do the same, but only for the difficult components such as CPU, mobo, case, fans and AIO cooler to name a few. Other components such as GPU, HDD, SSD, etc. I plan to buy online and assemble it myself.

So I ended up going to Lowyat and spent a good 2 hours there going from store to store to see who could price out my rig as close as they could to the online prices.

Went to TMT, Viewnet, All IT Hypermarket, C-Zone, PC Image, and one more I forgot which one.

All were able to quote but at least RM 300-800 more than what I could get online. Though some of them listed out the prices line by line and I asked whether I can buy individually.

Only Viewnet let me pick which ones I wanted whereas the rest said it's a package deal.
Only restriction with Viewnet is that I had to buy the CPU/mobo together, not a problem for me since I'm looking for the whole PC.


So 4 out of 8 parts I was able to pick up today, the rest I've just ordered on Shopee (since you guys recommend shopee more).

Coincidentally, the 2 out of 4 parts I picked up today were parts that would have taken 10+ working days to get to me, so provided I get my parts next week I can start playing games a week earlier


Thanks for the advice all, from the much grateful foreigner

fesbuk le best hottest deal across maresia

Glad you benefitted from the thread. Ye, i went LY a couple of years back to check prices. Lotsa "don't buy this one, buy this other one", lotsa direct haggling, which is always a lil bit scary for me cause you can't take time, look at what they have on offer, and they pressure you.
But I HAVE found some good deals in LY before. Just, ya know, gotta spend a lotta time walking around. And haggling. Which i suck at

i buy from Lesapda.

Got a few reputable local sellers there

i just need two tabs..one for shopee page and another for google to search the best recommended value for money components. When it done straight checked, compared price and order preferred parts on shopee..by next day afternoon the things delivered on my door step..it's mind blowing how convenient shopping pc nowaday as i recall when build my last pc 6 years ago i spent like 2 days at digital mall browsing all components yet not all what i wanted availaible.

When refund, they refund you via shopeepay? Or direct back to your bank?

Depends on how you make the payment
If you pay using ShopeePay or FPX (direct bank-in) they will refund to your ShopeePay
If you pay using credit card, they will refund directly to your credit card

If they refund to your ShopeePay, you can just withdraw the money to your bank account later

Good old days people buy from lowyat sales section. Nowadays its Fagbook, Shopee, Lazada, etc. Buy from most reliable seller.

It seems they are pushing the shopeepay extra hard....kind of "force" me register for into shopeepay for refunds

Same goes for Lazada and Grab as well when it comes to their 'E-wallets'. Even going as far as to promote credit cards tied to the above services. Starting to sound like they want to create their own ecosystem.

Too many e-wallets floating around the market these days, and sometimes do regard it as a hassle to 'reload' them whenever you need to buy something to take advantage of their promo/perks.

Lowyat Garage sales
Shopee
Mudah

Mix new and used parts to complete my Ryzen 3 3300X build.

All online purchased.

Just returned Asus mobo to seller due wrongly give mATX instead of ATX as in actual product.

If from Shopee Mall just follow step by step even give free MAWB for return to the seller.