You guys misunderstood pos malaysia.

Actual postage rates still the same as before.

Just new policy forced you to pay more.

Sending 100gram packet to USA is same price as 1000gram as they charge minimum rate of 1kg per shipment.

And now you cannot send packet as mail so you pay 1000gram rate.

Please check the root of the problem before filling complaints so you can address the correct issue.

i never said it's right thing to do. but people need to point out the actual problem and raise the correct issues.

before pos malaysia charge min 250-500gram flat rate, you can also argue that it is unfair since you only send 50gram and have to pay for 250gram rate.

it's a private company, they can decide their charging rates, and if it's really uncompetitive people will switch courier service, or competitors will take this opportunity to gain competitiveness.

but chances are it'd be like Perodua/Proton case, even if they increase their price they are still the cheapest courier service provider so even if you complain you'd still end up using them as your courier.

that is what happens when consumer buying power is less.

Malaysians need to understand that there is no way we can compete against China sellers unless it's service provided stuffs.

90% stuff are made in China, so sourcing them cheap is not an issue.

Even if your postal fee is free you'd still have problem competing with them, since they can easily get their products for very little cost tru many backdoor means. And guess what, the cheapest price you can get is from those China vendors that sourced tru backdoors.

Wake up Malaysians, Malaysia can never compete with China when it comes to manufacturing. That is why Singapore and other developed countries switch to service oriented or higher end manufacturing.

maybe it's time for your business to change? so instead of selling light weight items you can focus your products on heavier ones so you gain maximum advantage over the new min 1kg charging rate?

or do bulk offers like buy 5 get 1 free so you actually sending 1kg per shipment instead of 250gram?

no i'm online buyer so less effected. have some stuff wanna let go now wanna relook at my "free international shipping" policy lol.

so what you selling? must be small items. Jewels? Accessories? Condoms???

anyway even if Malaysia post is free, it's quite hard for Malaysians to compete internationally.

import goods need tax
goods imported need to pay more to distributor
goods also left over

how to compete with China, Hong Kong when they can get their stuff dirt cheap?

if you send 100gram to USA, it'd be cheaper for USA send to Malaysia.

me no seller but i wonder how to add value to your product when, you are just selling products, and all buyers care is great pricing and okok customer service. Buyers nowadays know they are paying peanuts and only expect the minimum from sellers when comes to customer service.

nowadays china seller all very fast reply, resend item (or so they claim they've resent) on broken parts, the offer free post, how to compete? the fact that many of them can get stock backdoor from factories means they can sell stuffs at 50cent and still profit.

again we tok about small time business, not ur milliondollar deals ya?

then we have all the red tapes, import permits, import tax, quota, this & that. original cost to import already higher than other countries somemore have to add this & that. current situation in Malaysia already shows malaysia can't compete internationally. most companies only cari makan locally unless they branch out to other tax heaven countries like HK & Singapore or Bermuda.

erm accessories like phone cover, or mp3 players?

maybe time to move up to higher profit margin products?

for example? how u can compete with higher cost by importing few hundred bucks item from china and add value to international buyers?

difficult, most high end stuff not manufactured in Malaysia.

the only high end consumer stuffs i kno, other than HDD, are Air Jordan clothes, i saw some are made in Malaysia but never sold in Malaysia.

Malaysians need to sell things unique, like customized stuffs, hand made clothes etc. but then again current malaysian generation already lost most of these abilities & creativity.

some companies make profit by quantities. they are not smart enough to come up with full product so they focus on certain parts. I bet foxconn takes the schematics and follow it and only focus on QA/QC & cost cutting procedures in their R&D so it's like high class worker.

but slowly these companies have gathered all the schematics & secrets from various companies that they will start to have the ability to release their own products, and beating the price & spec of their clients, just like China Car manufacturers.

in china alot of high end products are Chinese Brands, TV, Hi-Fi, fridge and cost a fraction of other well known brand price. because for the past 30 years they have gathered all the information required to build these stuffs.

i'm not sure where you get the figure of 3usd per phone but it might be true. that is why all companies like China.

remember how Japan companies started? by turning garbage tins upside down to steal documents & schematics and work from there.

but that is for manufactureres.

resellers have way higher profit margin while lower quantity.

tat is no longer small time business liao.

it's something like assembly work liao.

need to gather big orders in order to proceed with the work. figure out the distribution & marketing. higher risk due to unproven track records.

becum like entrepreneur class liao.

not as easy as reselling.

anyway that is no longer added value service liao, it's like custom manufacture/assembling.

maybe a good electrical engineer can do it. maybe.

most people who can do it won't be reading here anyway.

too bad malaysia dun have so much talents compared to western countries. life is too good for them that they can afford whole year studying vtec engines and give modding service. here just copy pasta.

actually if you have backdoor connections there are many things you can invest which will provide >50% return. many goods are still not available online, they may be cheap in the country of origin but expensive in others, all you need to do is buy A from country B and sell it at country C.

somethings are 100% highly sought after and doesn't require huge amount of money like property investment etc.

just need time to find them.

if you know friends in different countries that makes things easier.

value added service...

the one you mention is clearly manufacturing/assembly.

or at best you call it service provider who assembles electronics up to client's spec & hopefully not many people can provide the same service.

value added service are more towards things that doesn't come original with the sales, like after service sales, free gifts, warranty & support, special request etc, the value added service i see in your example would at most be the customizing area, in the end it's still heavy on manufacturing/assembling.

are you sure Fedex USA also practise min 1kg rate? too lazy to check their website. in many countries they still start min with 250gram-500gram.

however 1 thing i can say, whether they deliver a 500gram or 2kg parcel, they still need to utilize same manpower to deliver from depot to destination.

can, just need to maximise ur 1kg per shipment.