If you have been to our store of late - you would have seen the new displays that we have at our store. Yes ! and it made a huge difference - to our customers - they all love our point of purchase displays because they think it makes the store a lot neater and gives an illusion of a lot more space. I like our new look too - and it was a good investment because all our displays were old ones and it was time for a revamping. Plus they were made of cardboard - so it was easy to set up - we didn’t need extra help for setting the displays up - we did it ourselves.
Trying to get the best of the last summer sun - we sent our RV for some motorhome repairs and upkeeps and headed up to Ellenwood Park with some friends for the weekend. The park was surprisingly clean and had lots for the kids to do - from a playground to biking and swimming and canoeing - we had a really good time. The washroom was really clean too - and that was a plus - although our motorhome has a bathroom too - but it was nice that we didn’t have to use it. We loved that our motorhome is covered by insurance and they even covered the repair of our leaking refrigerator. Pretty awesome right?
Not only that - if our Motorhome breaks down during our vacation - we are also covered up to $100 a day for up to 10 days. So if you use your motor homes as much as we do during the summer - I figured you would get your coverage too by now. It had been an awesome summer for us - what about yours?
A customer of ours had happily bought a new video card the other day - only to write back to us in the middle of the night to say that he wasn’t do real great with his game - Starcraft 2. We were a bit taken aback - because even though his video card wasn’t a high end one - it still would have run Starcraft 2 with no hitches as far as we can see. The spouse has a crappy video card that is 3 years old and it ran Starcraft 2 with no problems.
But what makes it even more amusing was - his computer was new - not bought from us - we found out later today. Apparently, it was gotten from Aliant - poor customer! then it just dawned on us that perhaps his power supply wasn’t powerful enough - so he came in today and gotten a new power supply. We are keeping our fingers crossed - so far we haven’t heard back from him. So folks having a new computer doesn’t mean you have the top of the line stuff - check and make sure your power supply is good enough to run your games too - especially if you are a gamer.
We brought this in for a customer - who wanted something cheap for his kid’s schoolwork. Like everyone said - it wasn’t an expensive board to begin with and it was pretty decent when it got installed, we didn’t have to mess around too much. We did overclock it to see how it would run - and it was not as good as we wanted it to go. The board was pretty quiet too - and didn’t heat up too much when we let it run for 24hrs. Amazingly, it had a floppy connector - haha! What I don’t like about it was it didn’t have too many RAM options. Overall, can’t complain too, too much - because of the pricing and if you are looking for a entry level board that is stable - this is it. We retailed it for $79.98.
The inside of the box
The board !
Why do parents or grandparents insist on buying new systems for their kids when you can get them just as good from a used game store? or even games - games are like $80 for the good ones - therefore, i never get my kids or the spouse any new games - i tell them to wait a bit and get a used one which is a lot cheaper and if you can wait even longer - you can even get it at half price. Find a good and reliable used game store in your town and you can find treasures there. The games and systems work just as good - all our systems and games are used and we never have a problem with them and if we do - we bring them back for a good buffing and it’s all set to go. Plus with a used game store - once you are done with the games or wanna upgrade to another console - you can also get in-store credit for them. Never go to big game store like EB games or GameStop - try your locally owned used game store because they are usually a lot fairer in trades. Good luck all!
Bathroom wasn’t as pretty as this when i was growing up, you could say that I yearned for a modern bathroom like this as soon as I could afford to buy my own house. You would think that the bathroom is the least to worry about when you buy a home but it’s not true - it’s just as important. The technical aspect of having a good toilet - can save you lots of headache and trouble in the near future. We looked at the Saniflo toilet and the range the offered online plus there were rebates for many models too. One advise is the pump that one is buying - they are all made different - so make sure you check it out - i was told about this by my designer friend. You don’t want to have to unplugged your toilet bowl all the time - not only is it unhygienic, it is too time consuming. Love good looking bathrooms - but the functionality is just as important if you asked me.
Releasing only this Friday - 16th July 2010 - the Core Set has arrived when i was out getting some stretch mark cure for the cousin who just had a baby a few months ago. Everyone is excited of course, but we can’t sell the core set till Friday - sorry folks. How much are they? Booster pack is $4.42 and Fat pack is $35.00 - this set will be around for a year. I’m excited to see the fans rush in on Friday as soon as we are open for business. Magic has been selling for us quite nicely and it’s a hobby of the spouse - so i support it - what can beat making money - and having some fun.
Standard now rotates only once each year, with the release of the October large set. So Magic 2011 will enter Standard on its release without knocking anything out, then Magic 2010 and Shards of Alara block will leave Standard with the release of “Lights.” The Standard format between Magic 2011 and “Lights” will consist of Shards of Alara block, Zendikar block, Magic 2010, and Magic 2011. After the release of “Lights,” it will consist of Zendikar Block, Magic 2011, and “Lights.”
Extended rotates at the same time. After the release of Scars of Mirrodin, Extended will be Lorwyn/Shadwomoor block, Shards of Alara block, Zendikar block, Scars of Mirrodin block, Magic 2010 and Magic 2011.
No more phone bills - no more paying for long distance in Canada or in United States. Simple to set up - even my grandmother knows how - haha! yes really i kid you not it’s that simple. Plug any phone into the magicjack, then plug the magicjack into a USB port and then you pick up your phone - dial and talk for free easier than reading my apidexin reviews . And how much is it you asked? At $39.99 - a one time fee for the jack and you only need to pay $20/yr after the first year - the first year is for free. As long as you have high speed internet - you don’t need a phone anymore like us. I tried it last night and at first - i had that incomplete call message for a few times and the rest of the evening it was fine. Calling out cost you nothing and if anyone were to call you - i think it’s like 5 cents a min. So if you have someone call you .. just tell them to hang up and return the call. You have free call waiting, free caller id and emergency 911 calls too. Save yourself 100s of dollars a year. Call quality? great!
The galfriend who is a gamer on a hcg diet brought in her Astro A30 headset to flaunt to the spouse - haha! yes ! that’s what my gaming girlfriends do. So we tested the headset out and at $149.95 - not a bad price - so we went on Astro website to order the gaming headset too. We can’t wait to see ours here!
The A30 is the prototypical cross-gaming headset. With a frequency response tuned to highlight the full spectrum of high, mediums and lows, the A30 can be used across a variety of devices for a variety of purposes. Gaming, listening to music, talking on your phone or through Skype™ - the A30 does it all, and does it all well.
So i have been using Firefox 3.6.6 recently but also came across the first public beta for Firefox 4 has been release. We all know that this version of Firefox just crashes so much - that I had to change and use Google Chrome - i would even give up my best joint supplements if i can find something that doesn’t crashes so much i had complained to the spouse one day before i turned my back on Firefox and switched to Chrome.
So i heard that the Firefox 4 has a fresher look and a lot less crash prone - and i’ll believe it when i do see it - are you game to beta test it? I also hear that there are lots of perks too - using Firefox 4 - and perks are always good eh. I also hear that alot on Firefox 4 is mirrored from Chrome - heh! what do you expect eh. And for those using Mac and Linux - you will have the same kind of feature too when it gets modified. Game to try it now?
