{"id":3012,"date":"2014-12-16T22:53:08","date_gmt":"2014-12-17T03:53:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bytebot.net\/blog\/?p=3012"},"modified":"2014-12-16T22:53:08","modified_gmt":"2014-12-17T03:53:08","slug":"apple-store-malaysia-accepts-amex-now","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.bytebot.net\/blog\/archives\/2014\/12\/16\/apple-store-malaysia-accepts-amex-now","title":{"rendered":"Apple Store Malaysia &#8211; accepts AMEX now"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Where possible, the only card I use is my American Express charge card. Of course, recently, Maybank has upped the ante with an Amex card that provides TreatsPoints (and if you\u2019re after air miles, they are better than the charge card membership rewards \u2013 go figure).<a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/rwp-roger\/57478835\" title=\"AMEX on Orchard road by Roger Price, on Flickr\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/farm1.staticflickr.com\/25\/57478835_5740eb2eab_m.jpg?resize=240%2C180&#038;ssl=1\" width=\"240\" height=\"180\" alt=\"AMEX on Orchard road\" align=\"right\" hspace=\"5\" vspace=\"5\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I especially like purchasing electronics with the Amex. Purchase protection, return guarantees, but the most important to me is the extended warranties (which cover mobile phones, but not computers!). So its great to see that a <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/bytebot\/status\/288217517841854464\">complaint that existed in early 2013<\/a>, is now fixed. The Apple Store in Malaysia finally accepts Amex cards for purchases. This wasn\u2019t true earlier this year (say March?). So a positive move.<\/p>\n<p>In other news, I walked into a Machines store the other day and the only iPhone 6 they had for sale were the 16GB iPhone 6+\u2019s. Everything else was sold out. I lamented that you could pick this up on the Apple online store, and it ships within 1-3 business days. Apparently Apple is making the lives of these resellers a little tougher by not releasing stock to them. 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Of course, recently, Maybank has upped the ante with an Amex card that provides TreatsPoints (and if you\u2019re after air miles, they are better than the charge card membership rewards \u2013 go figure). I especially like purchasing electronics with the Amex. 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The old way was such that I would place the order online, and checkout with my credit card. A process that would take 10-15 minutes. The new way? Configure it, and call up someone at Dell. They then send you an\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;General&quot;","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":3448,"url":"http:\/\/www.bytebot.net\/blog\/archives\/2018\/06\/27\/now-a-grabpay-user-the-promo-will-lead-to-inflated-metrics","url_meta":{"origin":3012,"position":1},"title":"Now a GrabPay user, the promo will lead to inflated metrics","date":"27\/6\/2018","format":false,"excerpt":"There are so many e-wallets in Malaysia now, it sure feels like I\u2019ve got e-wallet fatigue and I don\u2019t even spend much time in KL or use most of these wallets. I am more a fan of the AMEX, followed by Visa or MasterCard. 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