as i recall, registered post costs RM 2.50 while parcel costs RM 5.20. can anyone tell me the difference between the two? poslaju is not an option due to the box size..

Registered post have tracking. Parcel, I not sure got it or not.

parcel has tracking number as well

Which type of parcel? You mean a standard airmail or courier service?

I guess the "parcel" you mention is courier service because the price is RM5.20 which is more expensive than a registered mail RM2.50.

Usually a registered mail will arrive within 2 week. I know that because I always purchase goods from eBay and YesAsia. I just received my wristwatch from Singapore today. The seller ship the watch at 5 September 2008 by using registered mail then I get it today 15 September (10 days),

you can check at http://www.pos.com.my. tracking number RR92681512SG and RF059983825MY. I am living in Miri now, I dun mind about it because I already get the watch from post office just now.

If for courier service, last time I always go to http://www.lelong.com.my buy goods. Usually they are using PosLaju, Skynet, Sure-Reach and SecureXpress. All the courier service will usually reach my home within 2-3 days. The most satisfaction is DHL express, I have purchased a college book from http://www.dash4books.com, a Singapore online College bookstore. That time I really need it very urgent because my campus cannot find that book. They was shipped out the book at 12pm then I received it at the next day 3pm+ like that (Singapore to Miri, Sarawak). Of course DHL express and also FedEx courier service are International standard, they are very professional.

This post has been edited by junclj: Sep 15 2008, 02:15 PM

erm.. actually they are both from the poslaju place.. parcel mail is one of their services. you have to fill in a form like poslaju while registered post only requires the registered post sticker. i jus dont understand why it is so expensive (feels like the buyer paid more money for the same thing) my mum is the one who does all the delivery and i dont have time to go down to the office to ask

This post has been edited by yingjee: Sep 15 2008, 03:57 PM

The post office officer told me that registered post is mainly for documents. He said if we would like to send items other than documents, we are not supposed to use registered post. That was what he told me last saturday when he saw me using registered post for ELF stuff.*__*

Yes, I guess your mention that parcel is Poslaju. Actually Poslaju is come from other service by Pos Malaysia. Officially they are work together but in my own opinion, PosLaju is seperated from Pos Malaysia. PosLaju is different from a normal registered mail. If you are living at Taman places, the poslaju ppl will drive their PosLaju van to deliver the parcel until your house doorstep. If your address given is P.O. Box, they are not able to sent the parcel to your house. So they will call you to pick up the parcel from their PosLaju center.

I have bought some items from lelong before. Some item I can receive it within 2 working days (from west malaysia to east malaysia). The PosLaju men are working until Saturday except first Saturday of the month. When they come to my house, they will horn me. Then I just go out then write my name and IC then sign. Then he will pass the item to me.

Poslaju is national courier service, they only ship item within west malaysia and east malaysia. So, if I want to ship item to USA (just for example). I should not using Poslaju, the best courier service is better using FedEx or UPS, or the second best is DHL.

One courier service that I like most in Malaysia is Sure-Reach. Although sometimes they no update their tracking to their website. But their service is quite fast. Usually I can get the items within 1-2 days (from west to east malaysia).

But its okay, just only the time arrive to your address. I buy many things from eBay they all neither using registered mail nor courier service. But they are just ship the item with standard small packet airmail. Usually the things will arrive within 2 weeks (even ship from US and UK also within 2 weeks). Actually it is quite fast already, last time I bought from US and UK, the item arrive after 13 days.

aiyak! ive been using reg post so much... n seems that no problem?

okok.. basically when i go post office, i can choose normal mail (snail mail), pos express (envelope wan), poslaju, parcel mail or registered post. i just want to know why parcel mail is twice the price of registered post when they both serve the same purpose..

Parcel post is not by poslaju....parcel post is normal one provided by any post office. Poslaju starts min RM5++ and they are actually separate from post office but most don't know that. That is why they usually have a separate counter for poslaju even in the post office.

Registered post is for items weighing not more than 2kg but above that you will have to use parcel post. So normally parcel post is for sending heavy items more than 2kg.

This post has been edited by svage98: Sep 18 2008, 11:30 PM

oh icic.. thanks for explaining

minimum rm4.50 i think, sent last week....

post is for documents normally, parcel is for anything within the size and weight limit, max 20kg...size i forgot....by sea, by air or land oso can (depends location)

by land is 5-7days (within peninsular areas)

by sea, here to sabah/sarawak...bout 3weeks.

by air, here to sabah/sarawak 5-7days.

Actually reg post is for smaller items, parcel for larger ones. And if the item (not documents; something like a small parcel) is from 1-2kg, u can opt for parcel post cost it will be cheaper than reg post. Parcel=RM3.50 and reg post=RM6.00 (excluding the sticker price). I know because i always use this 2 services. N fyi, poslaju cannot delivery liquid items as it's by air (sometimes can if the operator don't ask what is inside the box). I also wonder how u get the price RM2.50 for reg post but for parcel it's RM5.20.. It shudn't be..
To get the better rates, u just need to weigh the item n compare the rates at the website cos for small packets, u can always choose either reg post or parcel. =)

har? but i check on the pos malaysia website, reg post is RM 2.50.. and the stick is RM 2.50 or about there..

Hello anyone can advice me ar, if i wanna ship something to singapore, can i use registered mail? anyone has experience using registered mail to send items to singapore?
how many days it need?
and how much it costs?

Thanks for helping

See here : http://www.pos.com.my/v1/tariff/OrdinaryDelivery.htm

To Singapore, it will take around 7 working days. You can use reg post if the item is small. Cost is based on weight so u can check it at http://www.pos.com.my/V1/main2.asp?c=/v1/t...mail/letter.asp. Do note that this price has not includes the reg post sticker yet.

Hope this reply is not too late

Hi guys,

could some one tell me if parcel post is calculated by volumetric weight or just weight?? I'm looking to send a box out of to the states, and i'm not sure how much to quote the buyer. My parcel weights less than 1kg, but if it is calculated by volumetric weight it'll be around 10kg...thats quite a big difference and i cant seem to find any info on pos malaysia website regarding this..

i sent a really big soft toy pig n it costed me RM 5.20 it was in a box. but the max size is 1m for each side according to the site

This post has been edited by yingjee: Oct 16 2008, 01:28 PM


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