As part of its Chinese New Year promotion, Sony is offering a Lucky Bag for just $88, which purportedly contains between $160 to $200 worth of Personal Audio products.
Curious, I ended up purchasing two Lucky Bags, one at NEX and the other at Bugis Junction.
NEX Lucky Bag
NW-WS413 Walkman Clock Radio
The NEX Lucky Bag seemed rather promising at first, as it felt rather heavy and bulky. Would I be getting some high-quality Bluetooth speakers or headphones?
As it turns out, that heavy and bulky item was a clock radio, which I promptly sold off on Carousell for $17. That’s not to say the clock radio is useless–it’s just that I have already two identical clock radios at home which I use to tell the time in the dark.
The other more valuable gift in the bag was a 4GB waterproof Walkman mp3 player. It would’ve made for a great gym companion a couple of years ago. However, my music library is all in the cloud now, so I had no use for it. While the retail price of this item is supposedly $149, I was only able to sell it off for $74 on Carousell (after shipping costs).
As it turns out, this Lucky Bag was worth just $91.
Bugis Junction Lucky Bag
After selling off the items on Carousell, I decided to try my luck again at the Sony Store in Bugis Junction.
This time around, I was informed that there are two kinds of Lucky Bags–one contained things like speakers whereas the other would contain headphones and the such. Since my ultimate aim was to get a Bluetooth headset, I chose the latter.
This time, I decided to pick the lightest and smallest bag of the lot, lest I end up with another clock radio.

The result? A Bluetooth headphone and a cheap pair of in-ear monitors. I kept the Bluetooth headphones and the IEM is still in search of a new owner on Carousell. Overall, though, the whole package is probably worth $75 at best based on the going market rates on Carousell.
As it is, given the selection of items I’ve obtained from the Lucky Bag, I doubt I’ll want to have another go at it.