Comments for Lost in Translation http://alexiares.wordpress.com It is never easy to get the message through.... Wed, 28 Oct 2009 10:52:33 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 Comment on iPhone/Maxis Slaughters Malaysians by alexlim http://alexiares.wordpress.com/2009/06/09/71/#comment-65 alexlim Wed, 28 Oct 2009 10:52:33 +0000 http://alexiares.wordpress.com/?p=442#comment-65 I have made some search recently and I found out that the import tax is about 20 to 30% and sales tax is about 10% Playing with the most expensive iPhone, USD199 x 3.40 = RM676.60. But even when you add 30% import tax plus 10% sales tax, the amount you should be getting is still less than RM1000... Thus, I could safely says that Maxis is making at least 100% of profit for every iPhone that they sold.... I have made some search recently and I found out that the import tax is about 20 to 30% and sales tax is about 10%

Playing with the most expensive iPhone, USD199 x 3.40 = RM676.60. But even when you add 30% import tax plus 10% sales tax, the amount you should be getting is still less than RM1000…

Thus, I could safely says that Maxis is making at least 100% of profit for every iPhone that they sold….

]]> Comment on iPhone/Maxis Slaughters Malaysians by qardawi http://alexiares.wordpress.com/2009/06/09/71/#comment-63 qardawi Wed, 07 Oct 2009 14:34:25 +0000 http://alexiares.wordpress.com/?p=442#comment-63 i'm interested in ur opinion and i'd like to know how much does the government impose tax on electronic devices that being imported into Malaysia? i’m interested in ur opinion and i’d like to know how much does the government impose tax on electronic devices that being imported into Malaysia?

]]> Comment on Agathian Shelter (Photos – Part 1) by paramountplaces http://alexiares.wordpress.com/2009/08/20/108/#comment-60 paramountplaces Thu, 20 Aug 2009 11:49:20 +0000 http://alexiares.wordpress.com/?p=652#comment-60 keep working. keep working.

]]> Comment on Beggar’s Chicken & Jugra by alexlim http://alexiares.wordpress.com/2009/08/10/105/#comment-58 alexlim Thu, 13 Aug 2009 00:40:31 +0000 http://alexiares.wordpress.com/?p=635#comment-58 Surely we can go there someday... as for the name, there are many ideas where it comes from... i think it would be best for you to google it to find out... :) Surely we can go there someday… as for the name, there are many ideas where it comes from… i think it would be best for you to google it to find out… :)

]]> Comment on Beggar’s Chicken & Jugra by ShinD http://alexiares.wordpress.com/2009/08/10/105/#comment-56 ShinD Mon, 10 Aug 2009 09:58:57 +0000 http://alexiares.wordpress.com/?p=635#comment-56 Can we all go there someday??? =D And btw, why is it call the beggar.....*something*? Can we all go there someday??? =D
And btw, why is it call the beggar…..*something*?

]]> Comment on Penang Skyline by alexlim http://alexiares.wordpress.com/2009/07/21/95/#comment-55 alexlim Wed, 22 Jul 2009 01:41:09 +0000 http://alexiares.wordpress.com/?p=587#comment-55 Thank you :) Thank you :)

]]> Comment on Penang Skyline by globalinternational http://alexiares.wordpress.com/2009/07/21/95/#comment-54 globalinternational Tue, 21 Jul 2009 09:01:39 +0000 http://alexiares.wordpress.com/?p=587#comment-54 beautiful city. beautiful city.

]]> Comment on Penang Skyline by widi http://alexiares.wordpress.com/2009/07/21/95/#comment-53 widi Tue, 21 Jul 2009 08:05:32 +0000 http://alexiares.wordpress.com/?p=587#comment-53 The forest of concrete. Good picture. The forest of concrete. Good picture.

]]> Comment on If food is Dhamma, then Penang is Nibanna by localdrivinglessons http://alexiares.wordpress.com/2009/07/20/94/#comment-51 localdrivinglessons Mon, 20 Jul 2009 07:14:24 +0000 http://alexiares.wordpress.com/?p=581#comment-51 very nice . very nice .

]]> Comment on I would say English by I would say English (Part 2) « Lost in Translation http://alexiares.wordpress.com/2009/07/10/90/#comment-50 I would say English (Part 2) « Lost in Translation Thu, 16 Jul 2009 07:42:02 +0000 http://alexiares.wordpress.com/?p=560#comment-50 [...] This is a follow-up post for “I would say English” that you can read here. [...] [...] This is a follow-up post for “I would say English” that you can read here. [...]

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