I just asked a shop in Cheras this evening and was quoted RM1690. If I take with one game bundled, it would be RM1650. Apparently the shop will "absorb" the cost of the game if you just want to take the console only hence the higher price. Not very logical but I guess they have to do it because of Sony Malaysia policy.

I walked across to another shop and they have the SG 80GB Asian Set going for RM1380. I am curious to know the experience of PS3 owner who bought SG PS3 set in terms of the quality of these SG set? Are they any known quality issues that I should be aware of? I am going through the PS3 FAQ thread slowly but would like to get some quick feedback.

I intend to the use the PS3 as my blu-ray player hence I don't need the games. The shop owner claims that they can fix the len problem and at a cheaper rate that Sony Malaysia. I wonder has anyone actually sent their SG PS3 for such repair before (touch wood) and your experiences (good or bad). Any feedbacks is very much appreciated.

Thanks for all the feedbacks.

Actually the shop did mentioned that if I don't bother with warranty on the SG set, they can do the repair and their repair cost can be cheaper than those offer by Sony Malaysia. I guess that the risk I'll have to take if I go for the SG set just to take advantage of the saving. Until that day come (touch wood), I will never know if this is the case.

I got another offer from another shop selling just the console at RM1580. The extra RM200 will buy me the the warranty and the convenient so I am going with the Malaysian set.

I thought I saw they have a branch in Cheras too. And they quoted me RM1650 with one game. Looks like they are giving a small discount for their new branch opening.