MyDeal, Groupsmore and Groupego

There have been "deal of the day", collective buying sites popping up in Malaysia recently - there is nothing Malaysians love more than a good deal, especially on new businesses like restaurants, spas and everything else in between. How it works is that there would be a new deal every day (usually) which needs a minimum number of buyers before it is officially a deal. Because the concept is still pretty new here, these deals run for a few days so that people won't miss out.

It works out both ways - the businesses get some marketing and promotion with the deals they set up with these sites, and we as consumers get to know that these businesses exist and get to try out something new at at least half the price.

I only found out because I get emails from these sites beckoning to check them out . Being the curious cat that I am, I did.

One of the first that I know of was MYDEAL.com.my - the only deal I've bought so far was a full car wash, vacuum and tyre shine deal at Regal Valet for RM7.50 (u.p. RM15), which I didn't get to use in the end because my bro wanted it for himself (he couldn't buy it online due to certain circumstances), but he said it was pretty good. Hmph. (I made him wash the Jeep in lieu of)

After weeks of stalking, I finally bought in a deal at Groupsmore, which was RM39 for either a (u.p. RM98) Brazilian or a full leg wax (u.p. RM108) at Apronbay, a new place in Bangsar.

The buying experience was also pretty easy on both MYDEAL.com.my and Groupsmore - I bought both deals via online banking (remembering to kill the popup blockers for a bit to do it is one thing). Groupsmore also lets you bank in payment at a cash deposit machine as an option. Hmm. 

And today, I got an email from Groupego, which is still currently on its first deal, which I doubt I'm getting even though it's only RM1. I'll just keep checking in, all the same. 

This is gonna be interesting. 

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