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How to negotiate rent with your landlord?

grunge — Thu, 15 Jul 2021 20:40:50 +0800

I am renting this shop for 10 years. Good location, good customer flow. Moderate price.

Landlord is the frugal type and will not give much discounts due to MCO. He is rich, yes but he is retired so I understand why he needs the rent.
My goal is still to pay rent to the landlord and honour the Tenancy Agreement (TA) ending end of the year.
But I want to negotiate for a permanent discount until lockdown is over, meaning changing the TA.

I am doing ok right now. I am covering my rent with my savings.
But in case lockdown drags on, I want to come with a good plan early to negotiate for the rent.
Is there any way to negotiate with landlord so that we both get a WIN-WIN situation?

Ideas:-

1) Pay full sum but pay later, when business reopens. (Not ideal but give me time.)
2) Discount but continue paying. Take the risk and hope gov open up soon. (Ideal for me if landlord take the offer)
3) Pay full sum. End of TA, will not renew. Find a new shop, since many business are closing. Downside to this is got to start ground up in a new location and spend more $ moving/renovating. (Worst case)

Hope there are some pros here can give some ideas.

Are kopitiam people really stupid?

grunge — Sat, 25 Apr 2020 08:55:27 +0800

Saw this post https://forum.lowyat.net/topic/4949271/

I see all arguing about racism, how they will lose their job yada yada yada.

But nobody question the source of the post or ask anything about where they get the info.

All just assume the info is true and worst, some people is dumb enough to share on WhatsApp.

I know this is k where people can be retarded but I think this is a serious issue.

Report the post if you're with me and report police because I'm too lazy to do so.

And why can't lyn staff moderate this as this is a serious issue.

Covid-19 Trajectory

grunge — Fri, 10 Apr 2020 00:15:22 +0800

- Hubei, China 78 days of Lockdown
- Japan & South Korea. No lockdown or self lockdown.
- Will Malaysia MCO ends this 14th of April?

[WTB] Looking for 18" Tyres + Rims. Please advise.

grunge — Mon, 16 Oct 2017 10:33:37 +0800

Hi, as per title, where can I find cheap secondhand tyre with rims? 18". I need 2 of them. Preferably bike tyres but car tyres are okay too as long as they are not too wide. Yes the tyre width size doesn't really matter but not to thick.

Ya ya ya ya I know I can just go to motorbike shop and ask but really, I need better answers. I went to some tyre shops and asked but its not very fruitful. Most of them are selling new ones.

iPhone 6 Hacked

grunge — Wed, 31 Aug 2016 15:21:27 +0800

Hi, I will try to keep it simple. My friends iPhone 6 was hacked during the 9.3.3 firmware period. With the latest 9.3.5 firmware which I believe Apple fixed an exploit, we figure it shouldn't be a problem. We were wrong. The phone is still hacked. According to Apple, the hacker can gain access by sending the iPhone user a message. My friend however, did not receive any message.

Here's a list of things the hacker did:-

1) Changed the social media passwords
2) Off siri and changed the lock passcode (and hence, making the phone useless)
3) Print screened whatsapp conversations
4) Sent photos from the phone gallery to people thru whatsapp and wechat
5) Post things through social media

Basically its just like the hacker has full access to the phone and controlling it remotely.

1) Check Find My iPhone (no, there's nobody else but the iPhone)
2) Changed apple ID password
3) Changed email and social media password
4) When the passcode was changed, we have already reset the whole phone via itunes
5) Deleted all unnecessary apps

Still no avail. The hacker is still harassing my friend, posting his chat conversation and controlling his social media etc. My friend believed the hacker is either from China or Singapore
(just a guess).

Anybody who's an expert, please give us your thought. Or if you have any idea on what went wrong or what we should do now, please let us know. Thanks.

People who port out of Maxis

grunge — Sat, 09 Apr 2016 01:00:03 +0800

Recently alot of people like damn proud la, want to port out of maxis to join celcom umobile etc etc post screen shot, post fb rant, post instagram. Especially those to like "ohhh 100 years maxis loyal customer oooh."

Question is, tak malu ke? It took you that many years to realize that your mobile plan is no good? You all didnt learn maths in school ke? All thanks to jackson5759 from sabah for pointing out with the calculation baru "oooooooooooooooooooooo now i know."

Respect for standing up for yourself but yeah, damn bodoh la u all. Dont try to tunjuk power post screen shot fb instagram all la. walaueh.

Clear Plastic Shirt Covers

grunge — Fri, 13 Nov 2015 19:09:56 +0800

Hi,

As per title, where can I get them other than sending my clothes for dry cleaning?

Do they sell them anywhere?

Mosquito Trap

grunge — Wed, 24 Dec 2014 15:40:50 +0800

Hi all. Merry Christmas and happy holidays.

Just want to ask for those of who have this mosquito trap with fan and uv light:

Is it working? Whats your take on it? Worth the RM100+?

Reason I asked is cos the sound wave insect repellent i bought last time didn't work and its a waste of money.

What does SS in SS2 stands for?

grunge — Sun, 23 Nov 2014 11:22:36 +0800

Hi as per title, what does the SS in SS2, Petaling Jaya stands for?

Is it SekSyen? As I know Seksyen 2 and SS2 are two different places, one in Shah Alam one in PJ.

DIY Wifi Hotspot Help

grunge — Wed, 17 Sep 2014 22:38:16 +0800

Hi,

You know when you go Starbucks or Nandos, you connect to their wifi and they will point you to a website (with countdown timer) before they let you use the internet.

Is it possible to do that with a normal home Wireless Extender?

Meaning I have unifi which I'm using at my place. I want to use the Wireless Extender to broadcast another SSID saying "FREE WIFI" so that people can enter and use it.

Is it possible to DIY it? What is the correct term to google?

What wall material is this?

grunge — Sun, 07 Sep 2014 17:28:18 +0800

Recently a lot of cafés have this kind of wall. Anybody know what's the exact term for it? Are they cheaper than regular painting?

License for business airing music / Royalty fees

grunge — Thu, 14 Aug 2014 15:10:20 +0800

Hi just wanna ask fellow forumers, especially business owners of cafe/bar/restaurant/club, have you encountered this Prism Berhad before?

Some officer from Prism visited my cafe recently and told my staff to apply a license because I'm airing music to my patrons. The officer is very rude and resembles a protection fee collector in the 90s. Yes to you young business owners, in the old days we're often harassed by thugs.

According to their website:

PRISM BERHAD (Performers Rights and Interest Society of Malaysia) was established with the main role to collect, distribute, protect the interest and rights of performers incorporated officially on 15th of May 2012. It is a company limited by guarantee, which means that there are no shareholders and no dividends can be paid out.

The yearly price is not cheap, too expensive for a small business owner like me. Can't remember the exact fee but more expensive than SSM and local council license combined.

I'm playing music on spotify and according to their T&C it is not for commercial use so I get it. The artist deserve their royalty. But I don't plan to apply the license yet because there are very little info about them. Online, there's only their website and nothing else, no news coverage etc.

Are they scammers? Can I avoid having this license if I just stream music from radio? Any law expert in the forum or a thread you can point me to, that would be greatly appreciated.

EDITED FROM POST #12

After calling both PPM and Prism for further clarification, both said they represent a different party and both insist I must get a license from them. So in the end I called MYIPO (Intellectual Pproperty Corp of Msia) and spoke to En Alif from licensing department. According to him, they are both right. At the end of the day, if we play music in our cafe, we must apply licenses from not one not two bodies but four! Each represent different parties from the artist, song writer, recoding label down to the instrument player!!!

They are
1) PPM (Public Performers Malaysia) www.ppm.org.my
2) RPM (Recording Performers Malaysia Sdn Bhd) www.rpm.my
3) Prism Berhad (Performers Rights & Interest Society of Malaysia Berhad aka gangster berhad) www.prismberhad.com
4) MACP (Music Authors Copyright Protection) www.macp.com.my

Licenses from 4 of these can easily go up to RM3k per year and that's even more than income tax! Not sure if I'm going to get a license from PPM anymore. If I get one 3 others can kacau my business, so no difference.

Any sifu expert in this field please advice me how to bypass all these nonsens?

FOR UPDATES, PLEASE REFER TO LINKS ON POST 41, 42, 48 & 49.

Still suggest you all not to pay or apply yet. Sekian.

Put Signal for What

grunge — Sat, 07 Jun 2014 23:54:00 +0800

I remember seeing a post about people not putting signal.

Here's an illustration why we do not put signal and there's no need for them.

Scenario A is when the blue car signalled to go right but as soon as pink car saw it, she will go further down to prevent that guy from coming in.

Scenario B is when the blue car just make his way to the right lane as soon as the car in front of the pink one moves forward.

From my experience, pink car is usually #nonmaledrivers and they are from PJ and Subang area.

Programmer / Software Developer

grunge — Thu, 02 Jan 2014 13:44:30 +0800

Hi,

Not sure where to ask about this but hopefully some programmer or software writer can help me out.

I have a fingerprint attendance system that comes with the fingerprint reader and software.

The software is made especially to take attendance of employees in a big company.

My question is, with only the system in hand, is it possible to hire a freelancer to rewrite that program for me to suit my usage?

Or do they actually need something like a software development kit?

All I wanted to do is to change (edit) a few things such as, the place to put ADDRESS field change to PERSONAL INFO, MOBILE NUMBER change to RECEIPT NUMBER and etc. Function remain the same, just need some simplicity.

Deepavali and Peacock

grunge — Mon, 28 Oct 2013 14:54:17 +0800

Want to design some deepavali stuff, but why many peacocks design? What's the story?

Abirami Banana Leaf

grunge — Fri, 26 Jul 2013 11:47:34 +0800

Just sharing. I was eating in Abirami Banana Leaf Restaurant in SS15 Subang Jaya. In the Dhal got lalat. Reported to the manager but buat tak hirau. But oh well I'm sure alot of these restaurant also unhygienic. Just waiting for stomach ache to happen now.

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Oh ya if can tolong facebookkan. I no fb.

Cheras Kajang Hwy Jam

grunge — Sat, 08 Jun 2013 00:35:24 +0800

The road from mid valley heading to Kajang via the Cheras Kajang highway is damn jam.

The reason is because they decide to do some construction in front of Phoenix Plaza where a tractor scooping shit into a lorry taking up 2 lanes.

The retardness level is quite high for the imbecile who decide this is the best time to do it. Plus, the lorry don't even have to block the whole road.

Structural Engineering Consultants

grunge — Wed, 10 Apr 2013 18:50:42 +0800

Can any civil engineering with consultant service please pm me?

I have a small shop lot needing advice regarding its structure.

If anybody have contacts, please pm me too.

I tried googling but only big consultancy firm turn up on the searches.

Have to resort to k. Thanks.

Town Council Parking Summons

grunge — Wed, 03 Apr 2013 21:33:36 +0800

Need some expert to answer me this.

I work in this area where they town council is MPXX.

I got a parking summon because my ticket was overdue.

People keep telling me not to pay it because they don't tie to JPJ and I can still renew my road tax.

Few weeks later I got a reminder letter from them mailed to me (my name). But the thing is that car is not registered under my name.

So how did they manage to know its me who is driving it and send me that letter?

When I went to pay summons I asked that lady she said usually they look at the road tax number etc. But then I don't recall I renew that road tax as well. Anybody know why they sent the letter to me and not the real owner of the car?

Roti Canai

grunge — Mon, 01 Apr 2013 09:30:55 +0800

I was trying to find who invented roti tampal and I came across this on wikipedia.

QUOTE

More recently, various improvements on plain roti have been devised to suit Malaysians. Generally the newer forms of roti canai are denoted by prefixing roti to the additional ingredient used. Common variations include:

Roti telur, with fried eggs (telur being the Malay word for egg)
Roti tisu (tissue bread), a paper-thin and flaky roti. Also called roomali roti, from roomal (Hindi, meaning handkerchief).
Roti bawang (onion bread)
Roti boom (bomb bread), a smaller but thicker roti, usually round in shape.
Roti planta, stuffed with margarine (often Planta Margarine) and sugar.
Roti sardin, stuffed with sardine and sometimes mixed with ketchup or sambal, similar to murtabak
Roti pisang, banana bread
Roti badut, Clown bread stuffed with M&M's, red and blue icing to resemble the face of a clown. Usually consumed by kids.
Roti tofu, Vegetarian version stuffed with tofu and sometimes with added onions.
Roti sayur, Another vegetarian version where different kinds of vegetables (usually spinach) are stuffed inside the roti.
Roti durian, Stuffed with durian for durian lovers.
Roti beer, The dough is usually marinated in beer for a distinct beer flavour.

Some consumers may also order their own variation, such as:

Roti telur bawang, with eggs (telur) and onions (bawang)
Roti kaya, with kaya
Roti tampal, similar to roti telur but the eggs are stuck on the outside instead
Roti tuna, stuffed with tuna
Roti cheese, with cheese added
Roti milo, although not common, some consumer requested that the roti is sprinkled with Milo powder
Roti babi, stuffed with pork.
Roti kacang, cooked with lentils or beans
Roti ayam, cooked with chicken stock
Roti A&W, replaces shortening with A&W root beer. The result is carbonated and fluffy but not crispy rotis.
Roti kopi, served with shredded coffee beans.

I've never came across those roti in red before. Someone please tell me where can I try them especially roti beer.