Tesco-RHB Cards

Tesco started in Malaysia in Year 2002 with its first hypermarket in Puchong, Selangor. It is the grocery market leader in Malaysia with 46 outlets in operation. Tesco-RHB cards are a co-brand cards from RHB Bank partnering with Tesco-Stores (Malaysia) Sdn. Bhd. The Tesco-RHB cards are credit and debit cards with the Visa logo.

Tesco RHB Parents & Kids Look-A-Like Contest

Parents' Day is a celebration that is a combination of Father's Day and Mother's Day. Parents' Day is held on the fourth Sunday of every July to honor the parents for their sacrifices. In conjunction with this occasion, RHB together with Tesco Stores Malaysia launched the “Parents and Kids Look Alike Contest” from 11th May till 30th June 2014.

Tesco Online Shopping

Are you too busy working and have no free time for grocery shopping? Or you are just too lazy to go out for shopping? Well, you may try out the new Tesco Online Shopping service now if you are staying in Klang Valley.

The new service lets you order a wide range of products from your home and have them delivered directly to your door at a time to suit you. You can get the low prices exactly like in store and many promotions so that the major benefits of shopping in Tesco are available to everyone with an access to the Internet. 

You can choose from thousands of products, ranging from fresh foods, frozen products and drinks, as well as health & beauty and home essentials. You can browse for all the available items here.

You can refer to the steps to use Tesco Online Shopping from the above picture. The prices on Tesco Online Shopping website are guide prices only and are only approximate. There is service charge of RM 10 imposed for the online shopping service.

There is currently a promotion for first time customers. By entering the eCoupon code, you will be able to get a RM 20 discount on top of your shopping bill. Sign up a new account here and start enjoying Tesco Online Shopping from the comfort of your home.

CSL Switch Star Neo Mi 363 PKB

I redeemed a CSL Switch Star Neo Mi 363 with TuneTalk mobile prepaid package with Pakej Komunikasi Belia last weekend in Tesco. This is the snapshot of the package:

Take a closer look at the box of the phone:

Remove the plastic cover:

Front view:

Rear view:

What's also inside the box? A charger, USB cable, earphone, warranty, user manual, battery and two screen  protectors.

Steps to open the rear case: (Added 22th June 2013)
1. Look for the mic location at the bottom right of the phone.

2. Left fingers hold on the sides of the screen, then use right thumb nail to push out the edge of the rear case.

The inside of the phone:

The TuneTalk mobile prepaid SIM card:

The phone does not come with a getting started guide. The user manual is purely text based without any picture. So it took quite a while for me to figure out how to open up the rear part to put in SIM card and battery. The TuneTalk SIM card is also not registered. I'll share on how to get it activated in my next post. Stay tuned.

Tesco Chop & Save Campaign

Tesco Malaysia is having a promotion, known as "Cop! Cop! Jimat", exclusively for Tesco Clubcard members, from 14th June to 7th July 2013. The promotion is valid at all Tesco stores.

During the campaign period, you can get the Cop! Cop! Jimat card from cashiers when you spend RM100 and above in a single receipt. Then you can proceed to the Customer Service Counter to get the stamp. You can only get each stamp per day per receipt date. Once you get 2 stamps, you can redeem the RM 10 Tesco cash voucher from Customer Service Counter.

Below is how the Cop! Cop! Jimat card looks like and the 3-step guide to redeem the cash voucher:

If you are still not a Tesco Clubcard member, you can sign up for the free membership at Customer Service Counter to start enjoying the benefits of Tesco Clubcard. For subscriber of PKB, if you wish to redeem the free CSL smartphone, I would recommend you to redeem from Tesco, as you can collect Clubcard points and also get 1 stamp from Cop! Cop! Jimat promotion. Hurry up before the promotion ends.

Free CSL Smartphone with Pakej Komunikasi Belia

CSL has partnered with Tune Talk to launched its new Switch Star Neo Mi363 smartphone with a package  that makes the smartphone virtually free to subscribers of Pakej Komunikasi Belia (PKB).

The smartphone recommended retail price (RRP) is RM 349. With PKB RM 200 deduction and additional RM 150 rebate from CSL, the phone is essentially free to the eligible customer. The bundled Tune Talk package comes with a free SIM card that is inclusive of 300MB data access, 30 local SMS and 30 minutes of local talk time for the first month of subscription. Loyal subscribers will enjoy further 200MB data per month from the second to sixth months.

The spec for CSL Switch Star Neo Mi363 is as below:
Updated 20/06/13

Size	60.5 x 114 x 12.8mm
Chipset	Qualcomm Snapdragon S1, 1.0GHz
OS	Android v2.3.5 Gingerbread
Network	GSM 900/ 1800 MHz, WCDMA 2100MHz
Data	HSUPA 5.76 Mbps and HSPA+ 7.2 Mbps
Display	3.5" TFT Capacitive Touchscreen
Resolution	HVGA 320 x 480
Camera	2MP (Back), no front camera
Memory	Internal: 512MB ROM, 256MB RAM Card slot: Micro SD, max 32GB
WLAN	802.11b/g/n, WIFI hotspot
Bluetooth	2.1 with A2DP
GPS	Supported
Sensors	Accelerometer
Audio	Loudspeaker, 3.5mm jack, FM radio
Connectivity	Micro USB 2.0
Talk Time	Up to 6 hours
Standby Time	Up to 40 hours
Battery	Li-Ion 1300mAh

The phone is currently offered in black only. White colour will be available starting next month. You can get the phone through 300 outlets in Malaysia including Tesco, Aeon BIG and S Alliance outlets.

Get Cash Back for RHB Credit Card New Approval

RHB Bank is organizing RHB Credit Card Cash Back Campaign which runs from 21 January to 30 April 2013. Every eligible customer can get up to RM 250 cash back when he swipes with his newly approved RHB credit card applied during the campaign.

The campaign is opened to any individual who is a resident of Malaysia, during the campaign period, within a single application form, applies for any one or more of the following principal RHB credit cards:

1. RHB Infinite Credit Card
2. RHB Platinum Credit Card
3. RHB Gold Credit Card
4. RHB EVO Credit Card 
5. RHB Travel Money Credit Card
6. TESCO-RHB Credit Card 

All applicants must be new-to-bank approved credit cardmembers (approved principal cardmembers only). If the applicant  has cancelled  his card previously, it is only considered as new-to-bank if the cancellation period is more than 12 months. 

The application should be submitted by 30 April 2013 and successfully approved by 31 May 2013. Principal cardmember should make the first retail transaction within 45 days from approval date using his successfully approved RHB Principal Credit Card to receive the cash back as stated below: 

Credit Card	Minimum First Swipe	Maximum Cash Back
EVO, Travel Money, Tesco-RHB and Gold Card	RM350	RM100
Platinum	RM500	RM150
Visa Infinite	RM1,000	RM250

Tesco Clubcard

The first Tesco in Malaysia was opened in Puchong in Year 2001 when I was still studying in university. For the first few years, Tesco was collaborating with BonusLink for customer loyalty program. Then Tesco came up with its own Tesco Clubcard to replace BonusLink.

With the Clubcard, you will receive 1 point for every RM2 spent, each point is equivalent to value of RM 0.01. So the actual rebate you will get is 0.5%. Once you have accumulated 150 or more Clubcard Points, they will be converted into Clubcard Cash Vouchers.

Every quarter, Tesco will post out Clubcard Statement, Product Coupons and Clubcard Cash Vouchers after you have collected a minimum of 150 Clubcard Points within each collection period. Clubcard Cash Vouchers are cash rewards that you can use to pay at the counter while Product Coupons are extra discounts to help you save more for shopping in Tesco, eg. you can save RM 0.50 when you buy 1 loaf of bread in Tesco.

Nowadays, you can even get IT gadgets, smartphones, computers, electrical appliances with low prices and zero percent installment. For certain promotional items, you can get 2X Clubcard Points in addition to the discounts. I like to shop in Tesco because on weekends I can enjoy 8% cash rebate by using Maybankard 2 AMEX and on weekdays I can enjoy 5.5% cash rebate by using OCBC Titanium Card.

If you are not still not a Clubcard member, hurry up to your nearby Tesco to sign up Clubcard for free. Then you can start using your Clubcard immediately to begin collecting your Clubcard Points!

BHPetrol eCard Promotion

From 1st to 30th September, all eCard members can redeem RM10 Tesco voucher with only 1000 epoints from participating Tesco outlets.

So eCard members who have more than 1000 epoints please go and redeem the Tesco voucher as you can save 100 epoints from each RM10 redeem (normal redemption, 550 epoints for RM5).

The epoints are valid for 2 years from from the date earned. So if your epoints are almost due, this is a good chance to clear the expiring epoints. This is the complete 2012 reward catalog if you wish to redeem other items.