On top of being crippled by a slew price hikes and the inevitable rising costs of living, the Malaysian economy has deteriorated tremendously throughout the past year and a half. With that, any word of sales, promotions and discounts become increasingly enticing. Let’s be real – who doesn’t love the satisfaction of bagging a hard-to-miss deal anyway?
Seizing that juncture, Worthy Book was born and it is now Malaysia’s number one discount coupon booklet that’s readily available for purchase at popular bookstores and 7-11 outlets across the Klang Valley. It costs RM25, but more than RM20,000 worth of freebies and savings await you in that little booklet.
A while ago, I was offered the Ladies Edition of Worthy Book to experience, which is valid from 30 May 2015 to 30 April 2016. Featuring 160 vouchers from ZALORA, Celebrity Fitness, The Body Shop and more, the Worthy Book contains freebies, offers and discounts from retail brands, service companies, fitness centres, as well as spa, nail and massage parlours.
Naturally, you’d wonder if the Worthy Book is really worth paying for and how much of these vouchers I actually got to utilise, so let me break it down for you. As a whole, I find that with a majority of these vouchers, I had to fork out money to utilise them and the percentage of substantial freebies is inferior to what I had initially expected.
Under services, some of the offerings included cash rebates off wedding photography as well as discounts off Grab and Uber rides. I never got around to using the wedding photography deal, and since I’m already an avid user of Uber’s private driver services, I never got to enjoy the free rides offered because they’re only valid for new Uber users.
Now, let’s talk about the retail vouchers I did use and the ones I really didn’t care for. I utilised all three of the ZALORA voucher codes in the booklet and I’ve made purchases from Supermodel Secrets, Burt’s Bees and XIXILI with the vouchers. Albeit being able to save a significant amount of money, I thought the deals could be better.
I really took advantage of the vouchers for beauty and spa services included in the Worthy Book. Brazilian waxing can be really expensive and I’m so glad I only paid RM29 for a session at Bubble Gum Waxing. There was also a head and shoulder massage at Hani Healthcare that was completely free. Score!
On the subject of fitness, I visited Celebrity Fitness for a free 5 day premier membership. However, there were four of these vouchers in total and I wasn’t allowed to use more than one. Only customers who haven’t participated in a Free Trial for the past six months were eligible and clearly, the validity of the booklet didn’t allow me to wait that long.
I really like the idea behind Worthy Book and it is worth paying for to a certain degree, but it could be improved for sure. I still have time until the 30th of April to utilise the rest of my vouchers, and I also shared many of these vouchers with some friends seeing they’d be more interested in some of these deals as opposed to myself.
Would I purchase another Worthy Book? Yeap, that’s for sure, except next time I’ll make it a point to use at least 80% of the vouchers inside to justify spending RM25 on the booklet. Perhaps the F&B edition of the Worthy Book would be way more enticing, though I quite enjoyed this exclusive Ladies Edition.
You can check out the contents of the Ladies Edition of Worthy Book here. The Worthy Book is available for purchase from selected Times, MPH, Kinokuniya, Popular, Borders and 7-11 outlets nationwide. You can follow Worthy Book on Facebook and Instagram, or log on to www.worthybook.my to find out more.
