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Archive for December, 2009
Nationwide vs SkyNet : The Verdict
1772 days
by rahman.pauzi
in Journal
After waiting and waiting and waiting, the results are in. Both failed miserably! Both of the courier company failed to deliver the item on 24th, instead Nationwide delivered the document on 28th and SkyNet only managed to do it on 29th.
Was very disappointed with nationwide as I know that they managed to send my item on time (next day delivery!), but have not been doing so for the last few times. Their excuse was that the delivery truck to Jitra was late on the 24th so that they couldn’t send it out on time.
However SkyNet’s excuse for not delivering on time is stupider I think.
Shipment Problem 3
Date: 29 Dec 09 9:49 am
Problem Code: PC005
Created By: JTR
Comments: CONSIGNEE NOT AT HOME/OFFICE. DELIVERY WILL BE RE-ATTEMPTED
Delivery has been attempted, the consignee was not present / company closed. Delivery will be re-attempted on 30 Dec 09
I mean come on this is an office, you can’t say that they are not there. So many ppl inside and you say “company closed”?.
I might need to look at other avenues. PosLaju’s claim that they can deliver documents/parcels the next day before 10 am in UUM sounds pretty good right now. Perhaps I’ll use them the next time I have to send something to UUM. The hard part is the fact that PosLaju’s (Machang) cut off is 12.30pm as opposed to Nationwide, you can go as late as 6pm. Though the lady at Machang Post Office did say that I can go to KB’s Post Office as their cut off time is much later.
Conclusion, courier services to UUM is miserable (Nationwide and SkyNet). However it can’t be said to represent both company’s as a whole. Maybe I’ll redo this experiment with another destination? However next delivery maybe I’ll try PosLaju.
Nationwide vs SkyNet : The Courier Test
0779 days
by rahman.pauzi
in Journal
After hearing all the good words about both courier companies and the fact that I also use both a lot to send my documents and also to receive them. In fact when I was in Gua Musang, they would personally deliver parcels to me at night as they already know I won’t be available in the day, that’s what we call personalized service 
So to decide once and for all, which is the best courier company for my need. Today I sent 2 identical parcels containing 2 identical items to the same destination. Both was posted at 2.15 to 2.30pm.
I have checked and found out that the destination UUM Sintok are not on the ODA (Outskirt Delivery Area) list of Nationwide, but was unable to find Skynet’s ODA list. Although one seller in Lelong claims UUM is ODA for Skynet. So based on that we can say that they have the almost the same level of playing field as Skynet’s has the nearest branch at Jitra while Nationwide’s nearest branch is at Alor Setar. So that would even out the fact that Skynet might have UUM on its ODA list while Nationwide doesn’t.
Now what we need to do is wait for the item to arrive, the question is when???? and who will be first?
Till the conclusion 
Holiday In Johor Bahru
2784 days
Went to Johor Bahru to visit my parents, they are currently living there with my sister. Managed to spent a few days there.
On the way there, took the shorter route and arrived in 10 hours… meaning that we took to the hills and there was nothing but greens all the way there. Slept like a baby when I got there… haven’t had to drive long distances for quite a while 
Our holiday there was not filled with sight seeing, but more like trying to cover as many shopping places as possible. 1st day there, we went to the biggest AEON in Southeast Asia, AEON Tebrau City….. and it was big… but couldn’t really explore the place as I brought along my parents and they were already tired after 1 round. But I did manage to make a pit stop to one of the bookshops and got 3 books… hehe
Second day, my wife wanted to see this famous place that made tableware, she learned about it from her friend, it was 80km from JB so we left early. The interesting bit about this place is that not only they make tableware under their own name, but they also produces for other brands, the few brands that I found was from UK and France. Forgot the name of the place is Claytan and its located in Ayer Hitam. My wife bought a set of for our home. Quite a nice set if I may say so.
In the afternoon we went out again and found our way to The Zon Duty Free, eventhough it says that it is duty free I can’t see any real differences for the price, even when looking at perfumes I think the price is almost the same as other places, then we got out and went ahead to Johor second biggest Aeon, hehe AEON Bukit Indah, they had a Crocs outlet over there, I bought a pair of shoes there, a model that they didn’t have in Kelantan, enticed by the promotion my wife bought one as well… hahah, she also went ahead and bought some clothes for herself.
The day after we went to Larkin’s wet market and bought some Nasi Beriyani spices and also bought some coffee. Then went to buy some clothes for the daughter at Danga City Mall..
I think JB has more shopping complexes per 10km radius than any other city in Malaysia, I mean come on, make a turn anywhere and you get to see another complex. I was told this was to cater to Singaporean shopping habits. Never mind as long as the price is cheap hehe 
On the way back we used the scenic route, the wife wanted to see some beaches, so went back via the coastal towns, we got home after almost 12 hours on the road, the trip back was really more tiring than the way there.
Tiring but definitely satisfying, managed to visit my parents, had a chance to go shopping and just a little bit of sight seeing. It was a fruitful trip Now on to other things that I left hanging to go on a holiday hehehe
Adieu
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