Just RM 2.00 - Eat Your Heart Out

I first saw the RM2.00 shoppe in Kota Kinabalu, Sabah selling items imported mostly from China and everything on the shelves costs juat RM 1.90 to Rm 2.00. However at Kuala Kedah near Alor Setar the RM2.00 stall sells food for meals. The stall located near the Kuala Kedah ferry terminal was highlighted in Kosmo and it has attracted the Kedah State Chairman for Domestic Trade and Consumers Affair, V. Arumugam to honour the propreiter, En, Khalid Ahmad.

The stall opens daily from 6.am to 5.00 pm cater for all walks of life. Where can you find a restaurant that you only spend RM2.00 for a hearty meal inclusive of drinks of the consumers choice. What En. Khalid had done should be lesson for other businessman of the same trade that it pays NOT to be greedy. Normally food operators will blame the rising cost of raw material to justify their price. They will usually increase the price across the board even though raw material increase is just a fraction of the total cost. For example an increase of 10 cents for a tin of condensed milk will cause an increase of 10 cents too for a glass of drink. Is this fair to consumers. Its daylight robbery by the operator.

Recently we heard that Express bus operators in Alor Setar robbed passengers from RM5.00 to RM 10.00 and blame the fuel hike for the reason. The price of diesel was increased by RM1.00 and robbing a passenger RM10.00 each is too much. Taking a full capacity of an express bus of 34 passenger then they will earn RM340.00 out of thin air. Is that justified when the operator still buy diesel at the subsidised rate before the increase? These operators are really greedy senseless people who took the opportunity on the hardship of the community for their own pocket.