PC Expo 2013 KL this week at MVEC

180,000 shoppers to enjoy mid-year offers and school holiday deals

May 21, 2013, KUALA LUMPUR – About 180,000 shoppers are expected at the first PC Expo 2013 KL which starts this Friday. The three-day Expo will be held at Mid Valley Exhibition Centre in Kuala Lumpur and takes advantage of a public holiday and the start of mid-term school holidays.

According EM Exhibitions (M) Sdn Bhd project director Jeslynn Wong Lee Chen, the Expo will largely focus on smartphones, tablets, notebooks, digital audio devices, digital cameras and accessories. “Shoppers can take advantage of school-holiday offers and mid-year promotional offers for digital lifestyle devices and services at the Expo.” More than 90 exhibitors are participating representing brands like Acer, Asus, Avast, Blaupunkt, Canon, Dell, Garmin, Hewlett-Packard, Kaspersky, Lenovo, Logitech, Nikon, Samsung, Seagate, Sony, Toshiba, Western Digital and much more.

Digital lifestyle enthusiasts can look forward to the complete range of limited edition, Iron Man 3 USB Collectibles, at the Expo. Wong said this is the first time the entire seven types in the collection comprising Left Hand, Right Hand, Arc, Iron Patriot, War Machine, Mark 42 and Mark V1 are available. The 8GB version is priced at RM109 (normal retail price at RM129) while the 16GB version is priced at RM149 (normal retail price at RM169).

She said early bird shoppers are rewarded with purchase options like trade-in rebates of up to RM100 for Western Digital 1.5TB WD Elements portable hard drives and 2TB My Book Live personal cloud storage devices, Buy-1-Free-1 offer for Avast Internet Security 7 as well as value deals like Seagate Expansion 1TB portable hard disk at RM189, Garmin Nuvi 40LM at RM388, Canon Inkjet All-in-One Printer MX366 at RM249 (normal retail price at RM418) and Canon Colour Laser Printer LBP7018C at RM499 (normal retail price at RM848).

There are also school holiday offers from exhibitors like AOne Plus Supplies & Services Sdn Bhd (Booth 113) with offers of RM299 for a 21.5-inch LED monitor (normal retail price RM429), RM79 for a Targus 16-inch Ascend Backpack bundled with a Targus Wired Retractable Mouse, RM89 for a 5200mAh Newonline Powerbank, RM125.90 for a 10400mAh 2 USB-port Newonline Powerbank, RM159 for Avira Internet Security Plus (3-user license) while Seagate (Booth 102) is offering 2.5-inch Seagate External Ultra Portable Storage at RM149 for 500GB and RM229 for 1TB, and higher capacity 3.5-inch 2TB at RM299.

Other special offers include Dell’s (Booth 104, 204) PC Expo 2013 KL-only offer for its touch-screen Inspiron 14R, powered by a 3rd Generation Intel Core i5-337U, at RM2,299, bundled with freebies like 1-year Limited Hardware Warranty, a YES 4G dongle and X-mini II Capsule Speaker (worth RM109), while Lenovo (Booth 103) will highlight its touch-screen mid-range version, Lenovo IdeaPad Z400 Touch at RM1,599.

There are also ticket giveaways to the upcoming G-Dragon World Tour Concert by South Korean artist, Kwon Ji Yong or better known by his stage name G-Dragon. Acer (Booth 100 & 113), the concert’s main sponsor, is rewarding purchases of its new Aspire P3-171 and Aspire S7-391 Ultrabooks with tickets to the concert.

Regular shoppers to PC Expo like Kho Guet Cheng, Engku Ahmad Syafiq and Yee Kong Choon are looking forward to mid-year offers at PC Expo 2013 KL this week. “I am shopping for better alternatives to my current smartphone, which is a Samsung Galaxy S2. Pricing and ease-of-use of the smartphone are most important to me. I believe prices for smartphones are competitive and there is value-for-money shopping at PC Expo 2013 KL this week,” commented Kho.

Likewise, Engku Ahmad intends to focus only on offers for smartphones at the Expo. “I’m looking to upgrade my HTC Wildfire S as my needs have grown. I have a budget in mind and will shop for a suitable offer that doesn’t pinch my wallet too much,” he said.

Another regular PC Expo shopper, Yee commented his shopping expedition during the Expo is largely with his friends. “Shopping at PC Expo is a social experience and this weekend, my friends and I will be bargain hunting for accessories to outfit my Sony Xperia SL and tablet device.”

In addition, Wong said there’re numerous activities to stay busy including “Register & Win*” which has a Sony Xperia Z as the grand prize and “Like, Share and Win” with a Samsung Galaxy S4 as the main prize. Shoppers are entitled to redeem goodies for every purchase of RM100 in a single receipt at PC Expo’s popular “Sure-Win-Wheel” * as well as eligible to participate in “Lucky Draw” * with prizes comprising cash vouchers valued at RM500, RM300 and RM200.

“We are giving away RM20 PC Expo Gift Voucher for every set of 20 stamps in our “Collect and Redeem” Programme*,” she said, adding smartphone users can “check-in” their presence at PC Expo 2013 KL on social applications like Facebook, Four Square and others and proceed to PC Expo Redemption Counter for a mystery gift.

PC Expo 2013 continues June 28 to 30 at Melaka International Trade Centre in Melaka, July 5 to 7 at Persada Johor International Convention Centre in Johor Bahru and Alor Setar Mall in Alor Setar, and the final leg Aug 23 to 25 at Penang International Sports Arena in Penang.