Poh Kim shop in Plaza Singapura giving away free DVD player when you buy DVDs

[kobayashiGT]

Poh Kim shop in Plaza Singapura giving away free DVD player when you buy DVDs

source: https://mothership.sg/2020/09/poh-kim-free-dvd-player/

In a world of Netflix and chill, DVDs (Digital Video Discs) are anachronistic pieces of the past that symbolise the heyday of entertainment technology in the early 2000s.

The clunky pieces of plastic that hold one movie per disc and have to be manually slotted into a designated player, sounds completely off in 2020, what with cloud computing and subscription accounts.

But instead of surrendering to the digital ones and noughts, one shop in Singapore is doing its level best to stick it out to the end.

Free DVD players

Poh Kim, which started out doing video tape rentals, is giving away free DVD players with every minimum purchase of hundreds of dollars of DVDs.

This offer sounds even more insane considering it used to be giving away free DVDs for each purchase of DVD players.

Offer

According to Poh Kim's offer:

A S$79.90 DVD player is given free with every S$159.90 purchase of DVDs.

The model of the DVD player is different and more upmarket if customers buy more DVDs.

For a S$899.90 purchase of DVDs, a free DVD player worth S$459.90 is given free.

Currently, some customers have taken up the offer, according to the shop.

However, the DVDs must be bought at original prices and not the discounted price.

It is not known for how long this offer will run.

Background

Poh Kim Organization was established in 1984, according to its website.

It specialised in the rental of video tapes, and from 1992, it started to rent and sell Laser Discs (LD).

From 1997 it started dealing in Video Compact Discs (VCDs).

Subsequently, it began dealing in DVDs.

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Hmmm. not too sure if this will attract all the freebies customer to purchase anot. 🤷‍♂️

 

[Lala81]

Last hurrah for a dead format. 

Edited September 29, 2020 by Lala81

[Mustank]

In life, time is everything 

A girl of 20 is like africa--HALF UNEXPLORED. A girl of 30 is like china--MAGNIFYING. A woman of 40 is like america--TECHNICALLY PERFECT. A woman of 50 is like europe--ALL OF RUIN. A woman of 60 is like siberia--EVERYBODY KNOWS WHERE IT IS,BUT NOBODY LIKE TO GO THERE 

source: http://www.jokes4us.com/dirtyjokes/womenofagejoke.html

 

i am running out of time 

better make the best of it 

Edited September 29, 2020 by Mustank

[13177]

Poh Kim still around? Thought all closed down long ago liao? Now who still watch DVD and even have a DVD player at home? Lol.

[kobayashiGT]

I used to stand outside heartland mall pohkim when I was a kid to watch all the 2 min replay of the movie. hahha. Then I go home BitTorrent. 

[Blueray]

Pioneer $1k DVD player ? 

[Stratovarius]

32 minutes ago, kobayashiGT said:

I used to stand outside heartland mall pohkim when I was a kid to watch all the 2 min replay of the movie. hahha. Then I go home BitTorrent. 

That's why they are closing down one by one.

[Rickster]

I really wonder how Poh Kim can keep up with the rental and operating costs, I still see quite a few of them around.

I really applaud the management's guts and deep belief in their biz model.

Perhaps they are only holding out because of older folks who are allergic to tech and smart devices.

[Stratovarius]

45 minutes ago, kobayashiGT said:

Poh Kim shop in Plaza Singapura giving away free DVD player when you buy DVDs

source: https://mothership.sg/2020/09/poh-kim-free-dvd-player/

In a world of Netflix and chill, DVDs (Digital Video Discs) are anachronistic pieces of the past that symbolise the heyday of entertainment technology in the early 2000s.

The clunky pieces of plastic that hold one movie per disc and have to be manually slotted into a designated player, sounds completely off in 2020, what with cloud computing and subscription accounts.

But instead of surrendering to the digital ones and noughts, one shop in Singapore is doing its level best to stick it out to the end.

Free DVD players

Poh Kim, which started out doing video tape rentals, is giving away free DVD players with every minimum purchase of hundreds of dollars of DVDs.

This offer sounds even more insane considering it used to be giving away free DVDs for each purchase of DVD players.

Offer

According to Poh Kim's offer:

A S$79.90 DVD player is given free with every S$159.90 purchase of DVDs.

The model of the DVD player is different and more upmarket if customers buy more DVDs.

For a S$899.90 purchase of DVDs, a free DVD player worth S$459.90 is given free.

Currently, some customers have taken up the offer, according to the shop.

However, the DVDs must be bought at original prices and not the discounted price.

It is not known for how long this offer will run.

Background

Poh Kim Organization was established in 1984, according to its website.

It specialised in the rental of video tapes, and from 1992, it started to rent and sell Laser Discs (LD).

From 1997 it started dealing in Video Compact Discs (VCDs).

Subsequently, it began dealing in DVDs.

 

DVD or bluray? Bluray makes more sense as I think not much people watch DVDs nowadays. Bluray players can play both formats but not the dvd players. So  dvd players are kind of useless now. 

[Throttle2]

I still have tons of original CDs and an old philips cd player.   Machiam like gramaphone like that...

[Mustank]

18 minutes ago, Blueray said:

Pioneer $1k DVD player ? 

You go ask Poh Kim people: sorry ah bro, you all giving free DVD player for buying dvd ah

pk: yes

bluray: got pioneer one or not ah

[Twister]

49 minutes ago, kobayashiGT said:

I used to stand outside heartland mall pohkim when I was a kid to watch all the 2 min replay of the movie. hahha. Then I go home BitTorrent. 

Wah...  you already started BT when you were just a kid..  satki manz... 👍.

Must have BT a lot of Asian Educational Video ...

 

😄

[13177]

22 minutes ago, Rickster said:

I really wonder how Poh Kim can keep up with the rental and operating costs, I still see quite a few of them around.

I really applaud the management's guts and deep belief in their biz model.

Perhaps they are only holding out because of older folks who are allergic to tech and smart devices.

I guess the customers buying from them are old folks? Do they have DVD rental service? If have then older folks would rent those HK drama?!

[ToyotaShuttle]

is this gorilla marketing for poh kim?

[Kklee]

Source : Wikipedia

I am for supporting them whenever I can.
My last purchase from them in June 2020. 

[inlinesix]

Damn! I can’t even find CD shop on this island anymore 

[DylanChen]

58 minutes ago, Rickster said:

I really wonder how Poh Kim can keep up with the rental and operating costs, I still see quite a few of them around.

I really applaud the management's guts and deep belief in their biz model.

Perhaps they are only holding out because of older folks who are allergic to tech and smart devices.

burn $ like creative lah

wan face don wan $.

 

who still watch dvd.???? i got v big family with many old people. 

all already watching free online.

 

 

[Davidklt]

But the thing is for subscription based streaming services. You cannot find all the movies you like.

I was considering to get a Blu ray to play the old movies that I like.