Melly Life Monkeys Blog: October 2011

Few words: It has been a while since my last visit to the gym and yes, I’ve gain weight; ALOT :(

Caution: This entry going to be one hella technical one. There will be some online trading terms that you might/not heard of, I’ll try my best to explain them to you. Enjoy!

The only good thing going to work every day is their paycheck. That’s the sole motivation to work and that’s what kicks my ass up early in the morning; not the alarm. The only negative of this is impulsive buying. Well you see, being a good paycheck receiver for almost four months now have indeed boost up my buying power. Just when your buying power is equal to those of a capable man; eventually you’ll lose control and start buying those silly little thing you don’t even want, yet still manage to cost you an arm, a leg or maybe a head. That’s when Bill Gates started to have houses he didn’t even know. But for my case, I’m a poor man to start with so I start looking for cheap stuff to buy. FML!

I can consider myself as an online bargain hunter; most of the gadgets I owned were bought via the internet so I can humbly say I’m quite a veteran in this. Of course, there are pros and cons buying through internet. I can’t say it’s totally free of risk; most of the time, it’s full of risk but it all depends on your judgement. I mean there are folks out there who really want to run a business and there are conmen out there as well.

You see, most of the internet-based business doesn’t need a shop; hence they’re able to sell their product at a cheaper price. Also, they deal in a larger volume and usually they manage to get all sorts of promotion and discount direct from the manufacturer, hence the cheapest you can get. All in all, they have more variety as they’re dealing on an open platform (read about globalization to understand this). From my previous experience, I save about MYR 300+ dealing online; some local trader can jack the price up by 20-40%. The drawback of this is you need to pay extra MYR 10-30 for the postage fees.

I’m not saying you must buy from internet; in fact don’t start one if you’re not familiar with this. Yet, I’m just suggesting you another option. But if you’re new towards this thing, deal above MYR 200 is off your story. The concept is simple; MYR 200 is better than MYR 2000 for a lesson. Don’t ever accept deal above MYR 200 unless it’s a COD (Cash on Delivery); simply means that you ask the trader out for a face to face dealing method. If you’re okay with the product you pay, otherwise you decline. Play safe! They can give you their FB, address or even their photocopy of their IC; but a cheat is a cheat. The golden rule is to always check their selling history and google their name, bank accounts and etc. If you’re doubt, even for one second; cancel the whole deal. Trust me, there are many cheaters out there.

Due to this impulsive buying, recently I ordered some (read: five) clothing from a pre-order bulk sales trader. Pre-order is basically a selling method by gathering a number of customers, then order in a bulk. The good side of this is you can save on the oversea transportation fees but the down side is you need quite a big number of customers to initiate the order. If the number is below the trader expectation, you might need to wait which is normally one or two months; but for my case, it’s only a day. Delivery arrived the next day; pretty good timing I guess.

Checked on the delivery and erh…this is my first time buying cloth online. The design is alright, the colour is good and the delivery is speedy; but you might want to add this in your rule book if you want to buy cloth online next time: check on their quality first (at least ask). SHAME ON YOU, SO CALLED VETERAN!