{"id":3239,"date":"2016-06-27T10:47:27","date_gmt":"2016-06-27T02:47:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bytebot.net\/blog\/?p=3239"},"modified":"2016-06-27T10:50:08","modified_gmt":"2016-06-27T02:50:08","slug":"personal-shopper-services-and-the-sq-plane-fire","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.bytebot.net\/blog\/archives\/2016\/06\/27\/personal-shopper-services-and-the-sq-plane-fire","title":{"rendered":"Personal shopper services (and the SQ plane fire)"},"content":{"rendered":"

I cannot imagine what it is like to be on a plane that has engine problems and catches fire upon landing. I’m glad everyone (222 passengers, 19 crew) are safe.<\/p>\n

I was just taking a long haul flight myself and wondering why they bother showing the safety video, since these days you don’t really find the need for such things (planes disappear; they crash; you rarely hear about how putting on one’s lifejacket saved your life).<\/p>\n

As an aside, a lot<\/a> of<\/a> the photos<\/a> (and a video<\/a>) seem to come from a Ms. Lee Bee Yee, who was presumably flying to Milan to perform “personal shopping” services (she is the proprietor of a site called Premium Mall<\/a>). A simple search of her name reveals that she’s been 43 for quite sometime! Emerging Trend of Online Retailers Attempting to Evade GST Jan\/Feb 2015<\/a>, Singapore Airlines plane catches fire on Changi Airport runway; no injuries reported<\/a>. I’m sure there are such “personal shoppers” operating in Malaysia too; I can only imagine what happens when customs catches up<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The Star in Malaysia recently reported that the future might be personal shoppers, in Parkson’s decline a sign of the times for retail stores<\/a>. The whole article is worth a read, because Malaysia in this respect, seems “backwards” to what is taking much of the retail world by storm (key: nationwide e-commerce needs to rock; too much just focus on the Klang Valley). But the fancy quote for one to think about:<\/p>\n

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The future wave could be the birth of \u201cpersonal shoppers\u201d where they shop for others for a fee.<\/p>\n

A \u201cpersonal shopper\u201d acts as a conduit to connect individual purchasers with online websites in other countries such as the United States that do not provide delivery services of their products to this part of the world.<\/p>\n

The personal shopper takes down orders, secures an appropriate price and sources for the products in a foreign country. The personal shopper then handles the delivery from the foreign country to the customer.<\/p>\n

And it is all done at a fraction of a cost compared to what the boutiques charge.<\/p>\n

At the moment, celebrities generally engage the services of \u201cpersonal shoppers\u201d also known as \u201cpersonal groomers\u201d to source for their clothes.<\/p>\n

In recent times, services of \u201cpersonal shoppers\u201d have been engaged by professionals and the working crowd to get the best bargains from the Internet.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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