Category Archives: shopping
MS, let me buy
Someone at work had been running a trial version of Office. When it expired we decided to just click on the Buy button to fork over our money and keep the product going. If only it was that easy. About … Continue reading
Buying a Car Online
This isn’t a post on how to buy a car online – maybe I’ll write that one later. I need a new car. I’m not a car guy and really don’t enjoy shopping for cars. My wife and I decided … Continue reading
Customer Service – why bother
I could make this a long story but I’ll try to keep it short. It starts off with me buying something from Verizon Wireless so you can guess where this is going. I’m finally ready to give up on my … Continue reading
$1.01
I was at Target the other day and bought my daughter some animal crackers when we got their to keep her busy while we shopped. After tax the crackers cost me $1.01. What’s up with that? Can’t someone, somewhere, knock … Continue reading
4 Out of 5 Stars
To continue with my theme of shopping at Amazon here is a shot of some feedback ratings in their Used and New Merchants area. Read the second rating. The user, dixit_sanjeev, gives glowing feedback and provides actual information (as opposed … Continue reading
Technical Details
I was shopping over on Amazon the other day for a Cisco router. Now, don’t get me wrong, I love Amazon and you can get all kinds of great things there for good prices. Amazon Prime rocks the house too. … Continue reading
Which one should I click?
I’m sure I’m not the only person who uses Google search even though there’s a 99% chance that you could guess the right URL. For example, this morning I was trying to find the PetSmart site. Sure, it’s almost certainly … Continue reading