Digi Campus - Always the smarter choice

The telco price war breaks out when Maxis slashed the call rate for its prepaid plan by launching ‘Hotlink Youth Club’ for youth age below 25. As expected, Digi reaction was quick. It came out with ‘Digi Campus’ to retaliate with an equally compelling package to lure new youth subscribers. Let’s have a look on the price war!

The Telco H in red color is Hotlink Youth Club while the yellow color stands for Digi Campus.

Compare with the existing prepaid plan, the Hotlink Youth Club and Digi Campus are indeed attractive plans for students and youth. The average call rate for prepaid plan is RM0.33/min while the average Youth Plan call rate is RM0.15/min. A significant price slashing of more than 50%!

Since the call rate is low and I am eligible to the terms and conditions (student and age below 25), what am I waiting for? I changed my call plan immediately! However, the decision wasn’t easy to make when both of the options look attractive and competitive. Going through the call plans and pressing calculator again and again, finally, I had chosen Digi Campus. The decision made was not because of the Digi motto: " Always the smarter choice "  >.<" but it was supported by some reasons.

Reason 1: Digi Campus is meant for couple and for those who can talk for hours!

Digi offers free calls within the same network after RM2 of total daily usage. How much it can save?

Digi: For instance, by setting my girl friend into one of the 11 Friend and Family, the call rate is RM0.08/min. If I call her for 30 minutes, it costs me RM2.40/day. Due to the FREE CALLS after RM2, I just have to pay RM2/day.

Hotlink: If I am using hotlink, the call rate is RM0.12/min. Hotlink will charge me RM3.60 for a 30 minutes call.

I have to pay 80% more! If my Digi bill is RM30, I have to pay Hotlink RM54 for the same call usage. The FREE CALLS AFTER RM2 is simply irresistible!

(*It is important noting here that, I call my girl friend not because the call rate is cheap but it is because I miss her. Even though the call rate is high, I do call her daily.*)

Reason 2: Digi Birthday Bonus
Digi gives 50% addition talk time bonus on your birthday upon reload up to RM500. What most people will do is they will reload a large amount on their birthday. A RM200 reload will receive addition RM100 talk time. $.$

All in all, Digi-- Always the smarter choice ;)

A4 papers

Yesterday I went to buy A4 papers at Tesco Hypermarket in Seremban. I couldn’t decide which brand to buy when I reached the A4 papers section because there were many brands available. Double A looked attractive in quality, Tesco Choice looked cheap and Bright (new brand I think) looked competitive in price! Which one should I buy??

The paper manufacturers are smart businessmen. They lower the price at the same time they lower the number of sheets too! You may think that you have bought something cheap, however, the truth is although the A4 papers are cheap but you have fewer sheets of papers! (绝代商骄-->合理化烟雾 business theory) For example, Double A offers RM11.50 with 500 sheets while Tesco Choice offers RM8.35 with 450 sheets of papers.

So how to decide which one should I buy? As an engineer, to compare which one is the cheapest, let calculate all the brands in Ringgit/sheets (so that sheets is not a factor).

For 80GSM A4 paper
(note: GSM=gram per square meter, it means the thickness & quality, high GSM meaning it has high thickness & quality):

*Tesco value A4 Paper
440 sheets---RM 7.90--- RM/sheet 0.0180 (cheapest)

*Tesco choice A4 Paper (Tesco has two different types of A4 paper)
450 sheets---RM 8.35--- RM/sheet  0.0186

*Bright A4 Photocopy Paper
440 sheets---RM 8.90--- RM/sheet  0.0202

*PaperOne All Purpose Paper A4
500 sheets---RM 11.49---RM/sheet  0.0230

*Double A Premium Quality Paper
500 sheets---RM 11.50---RM/sheet  0.0230 (most expensive)

For 70GSM A4 paper

*Bright A4 Photocopy Paper
440 sheets---RM 6.50 ---RM/sheet 0.0148 (cheapest)

*Tesco value A4 Paper
440 sheets---RM 6.90 ---RM/sheet 0.0157

*PaperOne All Purpose Paper A4
500 sheets---RM 9.90 ---RM/sheet 0.0198 (most expensive)

In conclusion, Tesco Value A4 is the cheapest which is RM0.018/sheet while Double A is the most expensive which is RM0.023/sheet for 80GSM A4 papers. You have to pay 28% more per sheet for 80GSM Double A papers! For 70GSM A4 papers, Bright appears to be the cheapest among the others which is RM0.0148/sheet while the highest price is RM0.0198/sheet which means you have to pay 34% more per sheet for 70GSM category!

(note: we have to look into quality of the papers as well. For normal usage, the quality of the A4 papers are almost the same)

September Babies

I have abandoned my blog for quite a long time because I have to do assignmentssS and study for testssS. I promise I will write more frequently. When September came, I realized I have plenty of Virgo friends. Let me highlight my close friends’ birthday celebration.

Curry Egg: Happy birthday to you. May all your wishes come true. You had a memorable EggieQue moment. =) http://curryegg.blogspot.com/

Pei Saan: Happy birthday to you 090909! (Where are the photos? I have been waiting since 090909. All accidentally deleted??)

Jason Lee: Housemate, happy birthday to you! And congratulation for (n+1) <3 [no more lonelykidd!] hehe.

Makiyo: Happy birthday to you! I am sorry for not being able to turn up on that day (20092009) but I have prepared a present for you. I will upload the photo later since I haven’t given to you.

Happy Raya Aidilfitri to all my Malay friends. Because of you, I have one week holiday and horrible traffic jams! The traffic was terrible on Friday night when I went to fetch my sister in Sunway. I was trapped in the heavily congested traffic for more than 1.5 hours before I can reach Sunway College from Kajang. I saw minor accidents on the road the way back to home. Guys and girls, drive safely when back to class. Speed can kill!

Raining cat and dog + High traffic load = Heavily Congested Traffic

I went to visit my grandma in Kuala Pilah because moon cake festival is around the corner. If I am not mistaken, it is on 3rd of October. There is a very famous moon cake bakery shop in Kuala Pilah 马口南发饼家. The red bean paste moon cake is very delicious! It can compete with 大同月饼. Thumbs up!

南发豆沙月饼 Rating: 9.1/10

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