Smart Consumer

Recently very often heard a jingle sings about "be a smart consumer" over the radio. Before telling you am I a smart consumer, let me ask you a question "are you a smart consumer"? You must be telling lie here if your answer is "Yes". Being a Malaysian or somebody who is staying in Malaysian permanently, you have no chance to be a smart consumer. What I could heard from the media is we shall think and consider first before buying things, we must make price comparison before paying for stuff that we wanted to buy. But they never know that we are dealing with somebody who is totally greed plus there is no consumer protection here.

C'mon!! There is no such way you could be a smart consumer in Malaysia. Bcoz the things are not under control here and if they are, they are juz being controlled to benefit somebodies. That somebodies are well-known as "go***nment" and nowadays this practice is also of late known as "racism". There is no way for us (the other race) to judge it's fair or unfair.

There is a list cover a period of about 49 years since Independence Day in Malaysia (since 1957) which says about the racism happened in Malaysia (haiz.. feel shame to write the whole content here). But there is one thing I wanted to write here talking about being a smart consumer in myself. I have been struggling to spend my earnings wisely but living in a place like here is not encouraging at all.


There are two things that I had mistakenly done:-

1) Signed up with a fitness centre which I have to pay them for 24 months at a monthly payment of RM175 (silly me for having it autopay by my credit card). I have stop visiting that centre nor using their facilities for more than 6 months yet I have to pay them for nothing. I felt being cheated as upon my signing the salesperson did not brief me about this 24 months agreement. Now I am paying for "nothing" and I just can't cancel it. I had called my banker but they told me that they can't do anything. I sent a letter to Consumer's Right department but they said they can't help me... (big sigh!).

2)Signed up streamyx at RM99 per month with a contract of 12 months.


WTF?? Why must 24 months or 12 months contract? If they are so sure about the quality it is 100% sure their customer will stay with them forever. Fool huh? Yeah I was a fool but I am not anymore from this day coz I would never ever sign up any services that required time frame. No way!!

I want to be a smart consumer, do you?