Special price for Malays!

I called up an NGV workshop to ask for the installation price. I spoke in malay.

The guy who picked up is chinese. He must have sensed a chinese accent in my bahasa melayu. He started talking in cantonese.

"Sam cheen sam," he said. And he rattled on about other stuff in cantonese.

"Sorry ah, saya tak tau cakap cina," I said.

"Kamu melayu kah" he asked.

"Yah..." I said instinctively.

"Oh... Saya ingat kamu cina. Tiga ribu lima..."

???

He charges RM3300 for chinese customers. RM3500 for malays.

Hijau MOG Sdn Bhd. Along Jalan Ipoh, near Tesco Extra Selayang, heading towards Selayang. Don't go there.

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This happened to Mei Yee's colleagues:

An indian girl and a chinese girl went around together in a car to look for a car battery. The indian girl asked for the price. RM180.

At another shop, the indian girl asked for the price again. RM180.

The chinese girl got down. She spoke to the mechanic in chinese. The price: RM120.

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Which is worse... To risk getting sued for bringing bad publicity to a shop, or to let racist business people have their way?

I think it's the latter.

Hijau MOG Sdn. Bhd. has lost RM3k from me. And from Mr. Siva too. And Mr. Guna. And Mr. Raman.

He will never be visited by En. Noorhisham. And En. Azmy. And En Jasmin. And everyone else who reads my blog.

Let the buyer beware. And the seller, even more...