Two years ago I had a nasty nest of carpenter ants inside my apple tree. I had tried the common over-the-counter ant-killing sprays from the hardware store, but it didn’t work. The ants were inside the tree and the spray couldn’t reach there. Looking in the Yellow Pages, I …

While driving up to the mall one afternoon I was really hungry and I at first thought I’d get lunch at the food court in the mall when I get there. But I met up with lots of traffic and thought it would take forever for me to get …

Although my ability and knowledge around a computer has grown significantly over the last few years, I am still not a pro and will never claim to be. I am forever using my laptop for my business though, so when I have a problem, which recently has been more …

I have an e-book published with Lulu.com and am currently thinking of maybe publishing a book (hard copy) as well, but I think Lulu works best for e-books. All you need to do is prepare your PDF file, register with Lulu as an author and upload your work (Lulu …

In the Old Town of Edinburgh, you will find a rather interesting shop. It’s in part of the Royal Mile (that’s the road that runs from Edinburgh Castle, down the hill to Holyrood Palace). As it gets within about a quarter of a mile of the Palace, it becomes …

My husband and I were questioning whether or not it would be better for us to buy new furniture outright or get rent-to-own furniture, that might be of a better quality and allow us to pay over time. We had seen all of the commercials about Rent-a-Center and …

When I started making my own melt and pour soap I ordered supplies from various websites. I noticed a lot of the websites offered a lot of natural and unnatural products all of which were similar to each other. When I stumbled upon brambleberry.com I saw that …

The Red Crow Studio is an art studio located in North Park, San Diego in the heart of the famed art community on Ray Street. It’s proprietor, Laura Crow, opened this shop as a way to combine her two loves: art, and tattooing people (both of which …

Signage solutions answered my questions promptly. They even came to look at the office and advise me on the signs that would suit me. They also sent me estimates of signs, sandwich boards and advised me on suitable advertising for the shop front. The seemed to ve …

When I lived in Topeka, Kansas I hired Merry Maids to do basic cleaning to my apartment on a monthly basis. The basic cleaning consisted of sweeping, dusting, mopping, vaccuuming, trash removal and bathroom cleaning. This service usually took two ladies about an hour and a half …

I turned to BC Classified advertising on May 6, 2009. I paid a total of $116.25 for the service. I opened up a new house and building painting business, and I was finding it hard to get new customers. So desperate to keep my business afloat, …

My family and I go to Hometown Market in Hollidaysburg PA for grocery shopping about three times a week. The atmosphere is very clean and I get a refreshing feeling when I walk in to shop.
I hate when I walk into a grocery store and a get a cart …

I called Cruise planner after a bad experience with another travel agency. Bill and his wife are wonderful people. I thought about going on a Disney Cruise instead of going to DisneyWorld. Bill let me know straight up that they were expensive cruises. He tried everything to get the …

You know the after work lime (hang outs) begin on either Friday evenings or on Saturday afternoons and one of my favourite ways to cool off after a long week of frustrating work with my co-workers and boss and also having to deal nicely with irritable customers I like …

For decades, I’ve shopped via Harriet Carter catalogs. There is also a website, but my shopping as always been through the catalog, either by mail or by calling in orders.
I’ve always loved to purchase little gizmos and gadgets, things for the house or just for me. I’ve …

This is my experience with the company as well as the experience of a friend of mine. Mine and Hallie’s* experience with them happened three years ago, it happened to two of my other friends six months ago.
I am sure most of you scanning the classifieds have seen …

I sell online and have tried various couriers already. In the end, I settled with Xend Express for many good reasons. It not only has the cheapest rates but also the most convenient services. While other couriers have fixed stations where you will go to ship your items, Xend …

Seven months ago, I invested in a start-up kit to begin selling the extremely popular Mary Kay cosmetics. I will say that at first, I thought I would just be handing out a few samples and catalogs, but this is a real business opportunity that requires real work. It …

We were looking for a fence company to put up a fence in our backyard.
After seeing and hearing so many horror stories, we used the BBB.org to do our search.
We called several companies. None would take us because our job was considered “small”.
We left a message with Another Quality …

We had a problem a while back our water heater decided that it was going to leak all over the floor. This happened on a Saturday evening around five in the afternoon. I had just come home from grocery shopping when I found this puddle extending into …

Our company was happy with our current phone provider. However, we made the mistake of listening to our phone vendor (now our ex-phone vendor) and gave Ernest Communications a chance. What a nightmare.
While Ernest Communications did save us quite a bit of money over our previous phone carrier, I …

I like to shop at Mansfield Home Center every couple weeks in the summertime. They have a large variety of different home improvement supplies, more than most anywhere around here without having to travel 100 miles to the next major city. They have examples of bathtubs and toilets, all …

I had one bad haircut here because it was convenient and I will not go back again. This is a tiny salon catering for a local council estate and they had time to cut my hair there and then when I dropped by without an appointment. I …

About a year ago I switched from Cox cable, phone, and Internet and went with Qwest for my Internet, Dish Network for my cable stations, and Magic Jack for my phone service. When I had the Cox bundle package I was paying over $160 a month. By …

I have used this removal company ever since I started living abroad due to the work postings of my husband. From Europe to South America, Asia, and now Africa, Streff always came through for us in terms of bringing our personal effects to where we are. Although …

This concept is very good and profitable especially for small business. It is not possible for everyone especially for small business to get a seperate office space for their business and in monetary terms it is lot cheaper than getting a permanent office space. BusinesSuites is a leader in …

When my old company decided to close all their branches in Las Vegas and shut down operations, they were faced with piles and pounds of product that had to be distributed to our members. That meant a lot of storage units and people to move all the stuff in and …

When we first moved into our new house, our roof wasn’t in the best of shape. We had a few bad storms blow through our area, and every time we had a bad storm come through, we noticed that a shingle or two would come off the roof. …

I have lots of wooden crafts which I have accumulated over the years in the course of living in different countries. They are meant more as souvenirs or keepsakes to remember each country that I have visited. Unfortunately, the majority of them are infested with wood borers manifested by …

Krispy Kreme on 13th Street is the best doughnut shop, period, in Gainesville. When it comes to getting my fill of sugary high in the morning, 13th Street is where I go and it can get busy because it’s down the street from the University of Florida.
When I go …

I love to pamper myself with weekly session in beauty salon. It is a must for rejuvenating me and I love how it does a lot of boost on my self image and confidence. I am a frequent customer of the many salons in the market, be it highly …

Let me start by saying that I have had my account with my local Hollywood Video for ten years now. Every now and than I go and rent some movies and I return them. About a month ago my family and me …

Earlier this year I sold my house under the condition that the buyers could move in quickly. I actually found it difficult to find a suitable place to rent until the last minute, so by the time I started looking for a removals service, it was only a …

The Pure Water Store is an all under one umbrella for me when it comes to water and related things. This place is very economic and located right at the busy intersection so very convenient for combined grocery shopping. But the strip mall where it is located is a …

I’ve had both good and bad experiences with this company. I believe the bad outweighs the good enough though that I don’t trust them. It’s hard to find a car company to completely trust anyways but I would recommend staying away from Aamco.
My first visit with Aamco involved fixing …

When it comes to shopping with a catalogue company you do need to be careful because they are very good at giving you credit when you need it, especially at Christmas, but then you can soon end up with paying for more than the goods were actually worth over …

This shop is located in Shawlands, and is one of the most visited spots of the area, shared with other charity shops, restaurants and jewelery shops. I was happily surprised the first time I visited this shop because of its size, you can browse freely around without hassle and …

My daughter and I had to go to Labcorp today to have some blood work done. We saw the doctor yesterday and received orders for blood work. I prefer having lab work done at the doctors office to avoid going to laboratories. I have not had many good experiences …

If you are seeking organization in your home or closet, the place to go is Closets By Design. They installed a closet organizational system for our master bedroom closet, and did an outstanding job. We have found that by their installation of wooden cabinets, racks, and shelves, …

My house removal from Botswana to Europe was done by Elliott. This is already my 10th removal and contrary to usual belief that it gets better with more practice, it does not. First of all, it was difficult for the staff of Elliott to even estimate the volume of …

I really would like to talk about a company, a business that I have been personally doing business with four well over 10 years. Everything that I have to say about this company is very positive. I’ve never experienced a bad moment with this company and …

As a US company working with international airlines and navigation service providers throughout the world, we are frequently in a position where we require the services of a professional translator. One company that we had used several times in the past was Translation Services USA. They had …

I called ARS Appliance Repair about two months ago to do some work on my dryer, which was not drying clothes properly. The attitude I got over the phone was decent but thats the only compliment this company gets from me. The guy who showed up had an attitude …

Adbrite is one of the leading ad networks,and this is what made me to sign up with them as i was rejected by Google adsense.
Keeping all these descriptions aside i just want to share my experiences using Adbrite in my site.
Adbrite does really pay low compared to …

I was supposedly going to get my birth certificate through the NSO Delivery Online website. But due to budget problems (PHP330 or roughly US$7.50 is just too much for a student’s allowance), I was unable to pay and get my birth certificate after two days of ordering it online. …

On several occasions we had noticed a photographer snapping photos of children in the lobby area of our local Boots the Chemist. We had a look at the photographs they had taken and they looked quite cute. We saw that they had a special offer on which …

First of all, I want to start out by being thankful we even have a post office here in Beaver Dam, WI. I’ve lived in several areas that didn’t have one and driving to another town, especially in the dead of winter, to mail a package was kind of …

I used to have a storage at this 13260 Goldenwest St. Westminster, CA 92683 location and I was not very happy about the service here. I can say that they are horrible. The service was so bad and the other people who used the storage were creepy. They were …

The cycling store scene around the main line may appear to be getting relatively crowded with the recent additions in the past few years of Human Zoom cycles in Ardmore, the bike shop across from the ACME in Bryn Mawr whose name eludes me at the moment, and the …

We’ve used the Ornamental Iron Outlet for two projects in our home, and we’ve been very satisfied with them overall. They’ve always been accessible, meaning they were there to take our calls and answer questions. They were able to set up appointments that were timely and convenient …