General services Reviews

SSS Online Inquiry

Just my take on the new SSS website - Totally useless. If I did not have my work taking up my whole “office hours” time of the SSS offices, I would just go there personally and inquire; but heck I need to just have a look at my balances …

Lamar Cleaners

Going to the cleaners is something we all must do at one time or another. No matter how gentle some detergents are, some items simply have to be dry cleaned.
The number of cleaners can vary by neighborhood. Most shop around until they find the one that suits their needs.
I …

Wisconsin Do-Not-Call List

A few years ago, Wisconsin followed a trend started by several other states and implemented a Do-Not-Call list to cut back on the number of calls by telemarketers.
In my opinion, it was a complete failure.
Not only do I still receive telemarketing calls, I receive just as many as …

Wal-Mart’s Sewing Department

I purchase sewing notions on a regular basis; therefore, you can imagine my surprise when I discovered this well kept secret that the Wal-Mart on Archer Road had a sewing department and all this time I had been driving thirty minutes away to purchase sewing notions.
I had never shopped …

Eva K. Bowlby Public Library

I remember doing homework and school assignments at The Eva K. Bowlby Public Library in Waynesburg, PA. After 30-some years, I had a chance to revisit this wonderfully quaint converted Victorian house that sits across the street from a well-maintained small town park. Beyond the park is …

Montebello DMV

What can I say about this place? It is where me and many of my friends received our licenses/permits. Being Montebello area, this place is one of the most crowded places in the city! No joke! You can never get in without a 30-minute wait simply because everyone in …

Roto-Rooter Plumbing & Drain Services-Columbus MS

I have used Roto-Rooter Plumbing and Drain Services on several occasions and I have had a really great experience with this company. This is a locally owned company and the owners are very friendly and they have been serving customers for a long time. They are very …

Starkville Post Office

Starkville Post Office is a post office that’s located in Starkville, MS and I have not had a very good experience at this post office. This Post Office is open M-F from 8 am until 5 pm. This is a very small post office and there is …

Greyhound

I took the Greyhound bus, and it was absolutely horrible! The bus had to make many stops, and the wait in between each stop was long. There were in the worst part of town where a few strangers came up to me and were talking jibberish. …

Wisconsin Department of Motor Vehicles

I recently celebrated my 35th birthday. And, as part of that, I realized my driver’s license was set to expire and I had to go to our local Wisconsin Department of Motor Vehicles to renew it.
I received the renewal notice in late August. But, even though they gave me …

FedEx Shipping

I used Fedex shipping services for the first time about a week ago to ship a package of food from New York to Texas for my girlfriend and I must say this is the best shipping experience I have ever had with any company. I was able to pay …

Bench Fix Salon

I never thought that Bench, the company well known for producing unique apparels will also venture into salon business. Not until I see myself going to their Bench Fix Salon, that’s the time I realized I am not dreaming. See me wearing bench clothes is no longer new if …

Globe Telecom

This the second largest Telecommunication company in the Philippines right now. They have millions of Filipino subscribers on both national and international regions of the world. They offer a variety of cellular services. Like in my case, I use their prepaid cellular service. You don’t …

Best Buy: The Geek Squad: DTV Transition Service

The FCC hired The Geek Squad to help people in America with the transition from analog to digital TV. This was announced in early June of 2009. The Geek Squad is part of the Best Buy chain. They do home service for computers and such, only …

Naughty By Nature (NbyN)

Naughty by Nature or NBYN (www.naughtybynature.com.sg ) is a photo studio that offers a lifetime package of ‘lifestyle photographs’. They claim that they have more than 6,000 clients and they even include professional photographers. They also promise that they are able to photograph a range of styles. However, after …

Brussels Taxis

With the opening of the school year in the last 2 weeks, it was a frenzy of endless shopping for books, stationery, clothes and shoes for my kids. Most of the time, I did not know where to go as I do not know Brussels that well despite …

Airport Hotelink Bus Service (Hong Kong)

Whenever we go to Hong Kong, we use the Aiport Hotelink bus service to take us from the airport to the hotel and vice versa. We usually buy the tickets through a travel agency.
A few years back, I went to HK without a hotelink ticket and without a …

AT&T Phone Service

This is how much I dislike AT&T: I now have only cell phone service in my home, so that I may avoid land line usage and thereby AT&T (same for QWEST, but I’ll get to that in another review). The land-line long distance service was more trouble …

Verizon Fios

My husband and I bought our first home about a year and a half ago. We decided to use Verizon Fios as our internet and cable provider because they were cheaper than Comcast. Not many of our friends or family lived in areas where Verizon Fios was an option …

Eaton County Clerk’s Office

I arrived here in Michigan under a fiance(e) K1 visa. A K1 visa holder can stay for three months in a state of the fiance(e)’s residence. My fiance (now husband) and I applied for our marriage certificate at Eaton County Clerk’s Office. It was more than 30 …

G4 Securicor

My electric fence and house alarm are both connected to Securicor which is a security company. This company has the reputation of being one of the best security agencies in Botswana and is all over the world. The agency, therefore, assigns guards in my house 24/7. Compared to …

Islandwide Taxi Service

When I found myself in need of a taxi from Port Jefferson, NY to Holbrook, NY, I called two taxi companies. The first company I called was Lindy’s. When I was dismayed by the outrageous price they were requesting for the short trip, I called Islandwide. The price offered …

Philippine Postal Service

For quite sometimes in the past, I had been a victim of the scoundrels in the Philippine Postal Service. I don’t know if these people are still existing up to now or not, but I stopped doing transactions with them because of those terrible …

Nsac care 2 call calling card

I had just finished using a calling card i bought from a company called Nsac Network UK Ltd at their website: http://www.nsacuk.com.I couldn’t believe the rates they were claiming to offer online. However,i took the risk to give them a try. I am extremely glad i did. I bought …

Scheine Gaart s.a. (Gardening Company)

I do not have such big garden at home but since no one was living in the house for several years, then the garden was not maintained (at all). My husband contracted a gardening company (Machado) a few years back but since a long time, they have not …

Southland Registrations Ltd.

In Alberta, there are hundreds of privately-owned registries which take care of services such as issuing driver’s licenses and ID cards, vehicle registrations, driver’s abstracts, traffic fine payments, marriage licenses, road tests, insurance of every type, name changes, land titles, incorporations, birth certificates, and pretty much any other type …

Business Post Couriers

I have been using Business Post couriers now for nearly six months and i have been so happy with the overall service that i felt it was a good idea to write a review to let others know what a good, reliable courier company this is.
I have always …

Women Infants & Children Program

Women Infants & Children Program also known as the WIC program is where women that are pregnant or have children under the age of 5 years can receive vouchers to buy healthy food. You would receive vouchers for the month that you can use at any participating store. The …

EMS Post

If you ask about the cheapest way to ship a gift for someone that live in other countries, most people in Indonesia will tell you to use EMS Post service.
This is the special service from their post company. Pos Indonesia is the one that offer you this EMS service. …

Ben Franklin Plumbing Service

Some smart person took a main consumer gripe (waiting forever for tradespeople to arrive when one has taken time off work) and turned it into a saleable benefit. Ben Franklin Plumbing not only promises to arrive with the hour they specify, they will pay YOU $100 if they …

Metro Transit Bus Service

Halifax and it’s surrounding cities are considered Halifax Regional Municipality, a mid-size city all put together. If you live in the HRM and you don’t have a car, you best have lots of patience! Our public transit system, Metro Transit, is awful. Bus Drivers will often fly by bus …

Hello prepaid phone card

Hello prepaid phone card from singtel is not really a good phone card.I used this prepaid phone card to call to India from Singapore.There is real difficulty to get calls connected.Previously talk time was less for a 10$ card.Now they increased the time,but talk time gets slashed very …

Scottish Power Electricity

I was with Scottish Power from about 2006 to early in 2009 and I have had a couple of major problems with them that I should warn you about if you are thinking of going to them for your gas or electricity services. During the time I was …