About two years ago, my husband and I made the plunge and purchased our first home. We looked at many houses before deciding to start looking at condos, which seemed to fit our lifestyles a little better since the association would fix damages to the outside of the home, …

If you have a troubled pool, it’s not always easy to find good care for it. We’ve had an in-ground pool for decades, and it’s gone through some nasty times. In the last couple of years, we’ve had to deal with a lot of horrible algae and …

I didn’t realize how much I depended on my computer until I got a virus which completely shut my computer down. I traced the source of this virus to a former friend who was, shall we say, sending questionable pictures from shady
sources, and although it didn’t wipe out my …

This store offers a variety of cell phone services, such as phone unlocking, (ie, changing a cell phone from one service provider to another) an accesories. They are a TERRIBLE BUSINESS.
STAY AWAY FROM CELLDOC WIRELESS.
They were incredibly unprofessional. I took my phone in and they wrote down my information …

Air21 is the local partner of FedEx. I used to be a frequent client of Air21 due to the fact that I sell items online and Air21 is one of the most popular couriers among my buyers because of its affordable rates. Rates in Metro Manila are pegged only …

This is one of the branches in the ever-growing Greggs chain, which is now by some distance the largest chain of high street bakeries in Britain. It lies in a good position on Stourbridge High Street, not far from the Ryemarket shopping centre. However, the pavement outside is very …

In the Philippines, a tropical country in Southeast Asia, the LBC company has almost a legendary reputation. It’s considered the king when it comes to moving packages from the motherland to other countries of the world, such as Canada or the United States.
As far as Filipinos …

I am reviewing the small town business, the Hen House Gift Shop, located in Spencer, Iowa. This shop sells a variety of unique, top quality gifts for women and men. For the most part, however, this shop targets women. It sells hats, clothing, purses, toys, flowers, household items, cards, …

Travelling over my local bridge connection requires that I pay tolls. This requires a lot of expenditures, since I travel many times through commuter toll stations. This had a devestating effect on my bank account, and decreased my earnings potential. I needed something that would at …

SM Business Center is a very ingenious idea in my opinion. It is a one-stop center for paying all your bills, be it a credit card bill, monthly amortization of your life insurance, paying your utilities bill, buying a load for your mobile phone, cashing out from your Globe …

The Strand hair dressers is where both I and my husband Steve go to have our hair done. From my point of view I have to book my appointment a week in advance to get the stylist I want, for Steve he just books a day or two …

I had chosen my first tattoo years ago, but had come up with endless excuses to not go through with it. Since I am currently living in an apartment above a tattoo place that comes highly recommended by three friends in town, (Calgary, Alberta), I finally ran out of …

When my husband and I moved into our new home, we knew that we had to have central air installed into our home. We just didn’t know who we wanted to install it for us. We received a few estimates from other companies, but they were really …

After experiencing back, neck and shoulder problems for years, and not finding a chiropractor that I was happy with, I was excited to be referred to Dr McClure by a friend. I found that they have a great office filled with friendly and caring staf and that Dr …

While trying to get a Chinese tourist visa, I decided to go with Globe Travel Services, because they were conveniently located and I knew that they had been in business for a while.
I was pretty anxious about receiving the tourist visa, because my entire two-and-a-half month trip was dependent …

I never knew about Strokers till an old high school friend of mine took me there to play pool. Heck, I had never played pool before that moment either. I have to say I was quite impressed with this establishment. It really has a name to match wht they …

Arbonne is a skin care company founded in the 80’s in Switzerland by a businessman and a group of bio-chemists and herbalists.
Arbonne’s products are 100% natural, and there is a huge range of products to choose from.
This company has consultants all over the world, and everybody can become a …

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 …

Portland nursery prides itself on being different than other nurseries. Their motto is a passion for plants, a nursery for plant people and I think they really mean it. They do a lot in the community and even sponsor Sesame Street on tv locally.
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Cartridge World has been my saving grace since starting college two years ago. I am in a field of study where I am constantly writing papers; I think my average is around 50 pages a week, not including term papers and other miscellaneous things I have to print. Needless to …

City Hall in Holyoke is a place that I did not like to visit often for so many reasons. The main reason is that the place is way too big and it was hard to find my way around that place and there were no signs that showed me …

Since moving into my new condo with my husband and two children in September 2008, we’ve been slowly but surely collecting for ourselves some nice furtniture and accessories to decorate our new home. And, at last, it IS a home. After years in a mobile home, which was falling …

Magnolia Funeral Home in Corinth Mississippi has got to be one of the best there is. Many people don’t think that there is much of a difference when it comes to funeral home choices when a loved one passes away. Trust me there is. The kind of treatment and …

Every Sunday streets and parks across the city of Quito are closed to cars. Hundreds of people on bikes can be seen riding across the cobblestoned streets of Old Town on their way to the new town. One agency in town that allows travelers visiting the city …

It’s rare to find a gas station that actually has employees that know how give great customer service, or at least in this town. I remember in the way long ago days when my mother would only drive to a Texaco station when we lived in Little Rock, AR because …

Creative Learning Art Studio is a new business that allows children of all ages to experiment with lots of different art projects and art supplies.
Here are some of the things I really liked about Creative Learning Art Studio:
The entire floor is made of chalkboard, so kids can color with …

Paducah Water Works provides clean treated water to all of the Paducah KY area. Each and every month we receive a water bill that also includes garbage collection fees as well. I have never had any issues at all with Paducah Water Works and their customer service has always …

When I was considering a tattoo of my son’s name a few years back, I started asking around town for recommendations of where to go. I had just moved to Tucson, and didn’t yet know which tattoo shops were which. After hearing good things about Maggie Maye’s, I decided …

I recently purchased a new house. Two days before closing, I learned that I could not get insurance unless the house was completely rewired and brought up to code. (The insurance agent had dropped the ball.) My house had old knob and tube wiring which I discovered is both …

Before our recent vacation we had to decide which parking place by the airport to park our vehicle. I compared prices, coupons, security and distance from the airport before making my decision. We decided to go with U.S. Park. If you get the coupon envelopes or …

When my family moved from Alabama to Tennessee, we knew we were going to need a huge moving truck. We had a whole house full of furniture and boxes to move from one state to another. We needed the biggest truck we could find. We checked the rates …

My interest in reading urged me to take a look at Booksale and from that day I keep coming back whenever I go to SM Manila to shop or watch movie. Booksale has many branches in different malls at Philippines; it is a bookstore offering second-hand books from Uncle …

I have two great loves in life aside from my husband, my children and my pets. One of them, sadly, is cigarettes. I just can’t live without them. But this review is certainly not to promote that (don’t start smoking kids!). It is to promote my other great love, …

I was looking on the internet for a business that had zero start up fee, and I found one, Satellite TV, right now I pay the toll to the droll-Cable TV, this company charges and arm and a leg for services, and guess what, they are the only show …

We’ve had two experiences now with the Sears Portrait Studio at Westridge Mall in Topeka, Kansas. Both times, we made our appointments through their internet site, which was quick and easy. You can choose what day and what time you want your photo appointment to be, without being pushed …

Their advertisement says that “our prices will be lower than our competitors or you get the carpet free and also we do next day installation”. That was not the case for me. The price that National Floors Direct quoted me was $700 higher than another company. They quoted me …

I had received a gift certificate for Belfiore in Rockwall on Horizon as a gift. When I tried to schedule a pedicure for both my husband and myself at the same time I was referred to their location off of John King Blvd. at the new Mansion apartments. I …

I just went to Picture People yesterday (at Meadows Mall) because I needed a professional picture for my business card. I was referred by another professional studio because I needed the picture fast and no other studio in town could do it so quickly. I was able …

Haircrafters in Manchester is my normal barber. I have been using them for about 4 years now and I have never had a bad experience. They are close to where I live so that is a plus. They always do good work. I can show them a picture of …

While trying to build our photography business, my husband and I recently designed and ordered photography business cards from overnightprints.com. A friend of a friend has used them before, so we didn’t do much research on our own regarding their quality. The self-design portion of the website was rather …

For approximately 10 months I rented a storage unit at the Eagle Storage in Dover NH. The unit that I rented was not a large one by any means; it was a 5×10. But according to the rate card that they gave me when I signed up …

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 …

The Happy Gringo Travel Company in Quito, Ecuador is one of the most comprehensive tour leaders in Ecuador. The friendly and knowledgeable staff are both accommodating and instructive when giving advice to travellers interested in booking trips to the Galapagos Islands, Jungle Lodges, and the variety of natural …

Godaddy is a large company based in Arizona, USA. Their main business is to sell domain names and webhosting. They are the largest domain registrant in the world. They do sell a lot of other services too, like readymade webpages, logo creating services, help to form an incorporation or …

This business is run by it’s owner, Jennifer Sasso. The day I walked in to enroll my daughter into gymnastics, I was really stunned and I almost walked out of the building. Not to be rude, but Jennifer was really, really overweight. My first thought was, …

John Ogeba did some work at our house landscaping and constructing a lawn pond. John does a wonderful job with wonderful ideas. Our pond is a rather large pond. It is 16 x 20 feet and about 3.5 feet deep. John, his daughter and her …

Gevalia coffee is a mail order company that has many different flavors. The flavors I like most are cinnamon and Kona. They have an 800 number 18004382542. Their web page is www.GEVALIA.com. The offer ground coffee and whole bean coffee. You can vary the time sequence of …

Due to the tough economic times and the fact that I’ve been unemployed now for about seven months (although was just hired last week, yay!), I decided to jump on the sell-your-gold bandwagon and went through my jewelry case to find outdated and broken chains and and bracelets. I ended …

Fiona’s spa in Chicopee MA was a great place I use to go to from time to time and I really had a good experience there every time I went. I am saying this now that this place is a good place to go to unwind and they provide …

I first encountered Masters Automotive when my wife purchased a voucher for 3 free oil changes through Living Social. As per the instructions of the voucher I called to set up an appointment. The man I talked to told me that I wouldn’t need an appointment and to just …