Savvy Shopping 'n More Blog May Archive

• Wal-Mart is a proven equal opportunity employer, and not just for racial minorities, but also the elderly, who don't honestly get a second choice in employment.
• The prices really are pretty good, almost all of the time. Not always, but close to it, and sometimes by far. Case in point; dozen tube socks for a buck-ninety-nine.
• Tremendous internal opportunity for promotion.
• Schedules often flexible for parents or students.
• The lines are always short.
• They're among the very few who actually care how their international factory workers are treated.
• They've opted to pay more for electronics to use eco-friendly parts, recognizing that they sell so many, they really can make a difference.
• All stores have internal recycling programs for things like cardboard. Multiply that by a million employees and you've got an acre of forest a day preserved.
• Penn & Teller did a special on "hating Wal-Mart", and found it unfounded and BS.

- Shop at least three stores. If you only go to one or two, you won't get the best idea what's out there.

- Look for daily and weekly specials. You may be able to get that $50 couch half-off if you hit the right day.

- Check the fabric for unacceptable wear, even more than looking at the hideous color and pattern, but more importantly, check for metal edges poking out. If the couch cuts you, it's too expensive.

- Sit down and feel the comfort. There may be broken springs you won't notice visually, and it may outright hurt.

- Let go of the idea of getting a pretty couch. Pretty is expensive, always has been, even in dating. Swallow the pride you already swallowed by agreeing to shop at a thrift store for something as ubiquitous as a couch.

I'm not saying you shouldn't, indeed you should. Besides, when it comes time to move, you can always leave it behind. It may be cheaper than moving it, and it' definitely cheaper than putting it in [404 Check: was link to http:/ / shpreibucoroa. blogspot. com/ 2007/ 04/ patio -storage -boxes. html, anchor: storage] .

Mystified DVD & CD Store

Your name?

Brenda

Your Location (city, etc)

Melbourne

When did you start your website and why?

Mystified was launched in 2006. We sell the latest Australian Release DVD Movies, CD Albums and Singles, PS2, PS3, XBOX 360, Nintendo Wii and Nintendo DS Video Games. We also sell Mobile Phones including the latest model Nokia, Samsung, Sony Ericsson, Motorola and LG Phones, Digital Cameras and Camcorders.

Please give us a short summary of your website, business model, etc

We sell the latest Australian Release DVD Movies, CD Albums and Singles, PS2, PS3, XBOX 360, Nintendo Wii and Nintendo DS Video Games. We also sell Mobile Phones including the latest model Nokia, Samsung, Sony Ericsson, Motorola and LG Phones, Digital Cameras and Camcorders.

What has been the most difficult part of creating and running your website?

the hardest part i am finding is getting the traffic to my site and developing brand awareness.

What has been the easist part of operating your website?

Setting up the site was easy due to my background in the Entertainment industry, I have alot of contacts in the video gaming industry that have helped me start my business.

What was your biggest mistake?

Not doing this sooner

Who maintains your website and why?

Brenda Stratton (ME) I am a sole trader and run it myself, if the business takes off I will look into hiring staff to help me.

Tell us how your business has benefitted from your website?

It has enabled me to start my own business with relatively no overheads, if id started my business in a phyicall shop location Id have to pay rent and other fixed costs.

What are your views on ecommerce and the future of the internet?

Ecommerce is great but is limited to specific products. Customers like to see the physical product before buying and this is why some items dont sell well online (eg clothes)

What are your views on Search Engine Optimization (SEO)?

Ok

What are your views on Search Engines? Have they helped or hindered your website?

Google is the hardest seach engine to submit to because of its popularity im still trying to get links to my site to get a page ranking

What method has been most successful for promoting your website?

email mainly and google and the zencart forum

What method has been least successful for promoting your website?

not sure

What would you like to see change with respect to the internet?

easier ways to advertise, their are to many scammers claiming to be seo's

What is your website address?

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Global Trader

Your name?

gokhan

Your Location (city, etc)

s.diego

When did you start your website and why?

for business

Please give us a short summary of your website, business model, etc

online shopping, all kinds of software and computer parts

What has been the most difficult part of creating and running your website?

database

What has been the easist part of operating your website?

listing

What is your website address?

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She called the adjacent store, while I continued inconspicuously leering at her pudgy B-cups, and I was soon on my way to the next store over, with their last model put aside for me.

It was a long drive, but my mind was made up. I got there, on an uncommonly hot day, and sweated myself silly in the store trying to pick up my camera. It wasn't there. They had it on display too, but also, no models for sale, even though the other store sent me over to get it.

Sure, they don't know the first thing about the second thing, and they're basically a pack of minimum wage clerks, but what came next pissed me off more than the fact that two stores didn't have the model, despite my most diligent efforts... It was $30 cheaper at Best Buy, and the memory card was cheaper there even still.

Better service, better prices, and not having to deal with disgruntled kids as well? What a great deal all around! Besides, the four-eyed guy at Best Buy had as much cleavage himself, and my odds of landing him couldn't have been much worse.

[Ed note: if you are truly luck you live someplace that doesn't have Walmart stores.]

Here's how it works. You find the camera you want to buy, you go online right there with your telephone and find out if Wal-Mart or Best Buy has it cheaper, and you tell your salesman that you won't pay more than the adjacent competitor.

This doesn't work with the cut-rate items like socks, pants or batteries, but it does for your television, camcorder or name brand mattress.

They'll hate you for it, but you'll walk out with the best deal, the same product with the same warranty, or you'll walk out empty handed so you can cross the street to save enough money to buy yourself a nice dinner at a nice restaurant.

Oh, and you're welcome.

The zip-code question is purely geographical. The numbers are used to show where all the customers live, so that when it comes time to close stores, or open new ones, they know where their customers live. You might get a new store closer to home, and your local one may close if you routinely drive to the further one.

The telephone number question means that, if you want to return an item, and you've lost your receipt, they can pull up the transaction by your telephone number and honor the return. This can also help make lists of buying patterns to facilitate new sales programs and consider different promotions.

First off, make sure you like the garment first. If you like it, read on. If not, you're in the wrong store.

Next, check for tears and stains. It's easy to miss these things, so look the garment over carefully, and every inch of it. Any tear, any stain, forget the garment.

Before you call it a deal, check the stitching for loose or unraveling threads. Even one or two can be a warning sign too valid to ignore.

Most importantly of all, make sure the price isn't too high. You might be helping a charity, but if you have money on tap, buy the new clothes you actually want and throw your money directly to the needy.

Yesterday was a record though with 7 items stuffed into a single plastic bag! I was shocked. 6 of the 7 items were of course already packaged in plastic, so there wasn't much reduction in plastic.

I do think that I could have left with half as many plastic bags and been just as happy and secure in my purchases. For example, I don't think adding a hammer to plastic bag full of junk packaged in plastic would dimish my purchases. Though the hammer was put in a plastic bag all by itself.

H&S horse cart co.,ltd

Your name?

Jimmy

When did you start your website and why?

one month ago

What is your website address?

H&S horse cart co.,ltd