When I was little, when everything was bought by my mother, I couldnt care less about the price. Of course, Ma has been in this "business" for such a long time, n Ma being Ma, if she can save a ringgit or two, she will do the best she can.
She compares price on every shop she went. Amazingly, she remembers them all. Kat kedai 123 murah barang A, B, C, D etc, etc.. Kat kedai 456 murah barang E, F, G etc.. And Ma said, it comes with pengalaman..
I am pissed when I noticed this item I bought from shop A is RM2 higher than shop B or when this shop C said the item is on sale, I grab 3 of them only to discover that shop D is selling it much cheaper. My experience tak cukup lame n the memory isn't helping either.
Therefore, I created a database on everything I bought or saw and comparing it with all the supermarkets I've been. Even kedai runcit sekian-sekian is included. It's not strictly on grocery items, electrical goods, clothes, house-whole item, everything..
Kadang2 orang kate tak berbaloi nak pergi kedai lain2 semata2 nak dapat harga murah. Duit petrol pun dah berapa. Jadi, perlulah buat planning. Inventory checking..
I shop on weekends, in Selayang where things are so much cheaper compare to Putrajaya or the surrounding areas. And Ma's home is surrounded with so many supermarkets and hypermarkets, so many options and I don't usually shop at just 1 place. And window shopping isn't that bad. It helps you to get to know the price, before n after sale.
Tapiiiii, Ma selalu pesan, bershopping tu berniat tolong anak bangsa juga. Dan jangan berpandangan hanya hypermarket jual barang murah. Saya telah ke pasaraya AA Cash and Carry sebangsa dengan encik Ali dan mendapati harganya sama dengan harga di hypermarket, kalau mahal pun sekadar 10sen. Selama ini asyik mengkayakan orang Jepun, orang French, sesekali jenguk2 la kedai cik Minah juge.
Recently, Malaysia dikejutkan dengan trick shopping kompleks menipu pengguna dengan meletak harga tinggi, kemudian letak discout berperatus2an, nampak macam dah turun banyak. Tapi hakikatnya, harga asal dengan harga selepas discount tak jauh beza.
Saya tak pandai bidang ekonomi, tapi bukankah itu memang strategi penjualan? Marketing strategy yang ade unsur2 penipuan di situ. Sementara nak tunggu akta dibuat, pengguna haruslah bijak supaya tidak tertipu.. Memang sangat penting untuk tau harga standard satu2 barang itu dan bukannya bila nampak SALE 70% je, sebat masuk troli..
wow! meticuluous nya!
ReplyDeleteactually as for me, betul ckp your mom, about buying local brands. aku selalu je pegi the store beli brg2. unless brg2 mcmtu mmg takde kat the store or giant, or kedai runcit rumah aku. biasanya barang2 import la, mcm makanan. hehehehehe~
Bukan setakat menyokong barang tempatan, tapi menyokong juga peniaga pasaraya runcit yang sebangsa dengan Ali bin Ahmad :)
ReplyDeletethat's not economics, yaya. that's marketing.
ReplyDeleteHa kan dah kate tak pandai :)
ReplyDeleteyaya beruntung sebab di rumah ada byk kedai nak compare. Tempat akak jauh, so kena plan betul-betul nak beli barang.
ReplyDeletemcm akak, ke grocery shop beli barang basah jer. ikan, ayam, sayur etc. sebab fresh, pastu kalau baik ngan tuan kedai, dia tak berkira sangat gram-gram tu.
Kalau dry items seperti beras, bihun, gula, nescafe, susu, biskut akak beli kat mydin. mydin selayang, rawang mahal sikit. for western/mexican/italian, terpaksa la spend sikit kat cold storage, tapi jarang la.
kot mana pun, lama-lama Yaya boleh ingatlah harga barang-barang tu. akak macam yaya dulu.
Bershopping memang perlu plan kan? Lepas tu, wajib buat list. Kalau tak, terlupa pastu nak kena pergi lagi sekali beli pulak..
ReplyDeleteTu lah, Selayang tu strategik sebab banyak sangat shopping complex dan dekat jugak dengan pasar borong.
Sebelum nak ingat semua tu, kene lar buat list. Siap ade list panduan pembelian ikan yang segar dan sedap :D List tu, si suami pun boleh guna :D