To keep afloat during MCO, friends in Ipoh team up to start purchase and delivery service to help others
From a graphic designer, Abdul Raqib Abdul Afif turned to freelance delivery service to supplement his income. — Picture courtesy of Abdul Raqib Abdul AfifMore so when there is a movement control order in place because of the Covid-19 pandemic.
Siti said she got the idea to offer the services after one of her friends got retrenched by his company. “For purchases that are below RM100, we charge a flat rate of RM30 while purchases that are above RM100, the rate is RM40,” she added, noting that the service charge would be taken by the person who fulfills the order.
Tarmize, 32, added that most of his orders came from people who reside outside of Ipoh and wanted to purchase groceries for their parents here.“For instance, recently I got an order from a customer who wanted to cook laksa so I got the customer laksa noodles and fish from the market,” he said, adding that the group would even buy non-halal food except for alcohol.Save yourself having to queue up to purchase your groceries. Let runners do the queuing for you.
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