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I Have a Bone to Pick

As you all know, I am a big car guy and I have test driven a wide variety of cars and I generally critique cars – whether I like them or dislike them – even if I own them.

Now before I start talking about the image above, I just want to clarify that I own a Toyota and I actually like the Scion lineup. The problem that I have is I wonder, I really really wonder why Toyota — or better said, the designers of the xB decided that it might be better to design the car with only one reverse light as you can see from the image above.

As you probably know, most cars have two lights that turn on when you switch to reverse. Well, in the Scion xB you’d think something was wrong when only one light would turn on – which is on the lowest left hand corner. I just think its a really weird set up and its sort of a design flaw in my opinion.

Honestly, I don’t even own an xB and as a consumer I feel that I’m getting jipped off! I just thought it would be interesting today to talk about some things that interest me personally – it might not be a big deal but I still think its something I should get off my chest!

I hope you liked this short post and I just wanted to see what your opinions would be about this – do you think there is a specific reason why there is only one reverse light? or is that just something that needs to be fixed? I just want to see if anyone else thinks this is as weird as I do. Have a good weekend!

Free Domains Are Not A Thing Of The Past

Everyone has thought about buying that new domain name to improve that business but what if someone comes up to you and tells you that its possible for you to get that domain name, specially for free. Believe it or not, a lot of hosting packages do offer free domains. A hosting package like mine comes with 2 free domains and theres quite a few others that you get a free domain if you buy a hosting package. Now, hosting packages dont have to be expensive and thats where alreadyhosting.com is stepping in to offer you your Free Domain Name.

Their domain name page lists hosts such as Bluehost, Hhost Monster, WebHostingPad. Not only are hosting companies listed but so is a list of their features such as unlimited domain hosting, free domain name, etc. Their prices are also listed and some start at as low as $1.99 a month with a free domain. The domain page also lists a review of the host as well as an overall rating which is quite a good feature.

The page also provides some basic info for new users – such as the difference between a domain and hosting and how you can get a free domain. Some websites lately charge about $10 for a domain. If you pay $2 per month for hosting, thats $24 a year – out of which $10 is for the domain. Your overall savings then, are about 30% which is quite tremendous. It doesn’t seem like much now, but when your hosting bills are in the $100’s and you host several domains, it does make a huge difference – it does so for me atleast.

Well, check out the link and give me your feedback on some of these hosts so that I can see if my readers use any of these services and what they think of them.

Remanufactured Ink Catridges? More Savings!

Everybody has heard of HP and maybe once in your lifetime, you have owned an HP Printer this means that you generally purchase HP Ink Cartridges. I have an HP Photosmart 7260 Printer and I do need quite a bit of ink. Since my printer is a bit older, I do not like buying ink for it. Why you ask? Because ink costs about $50 for both black and color compared to the $100 i paid for the printer a while ago. Sometimes, it doesn’t seem worth it but buying a new printer inst the best solution either.

So what should you do? Well, have you heard of re-manufactured ink cartridges? Basically, its an easy way to go green and buy ink cartridges that have been cleaned and tested and even repaired, if needed. The cartridges work just fine and cost quite a bit less as well and InnkCartridges.com is a very reliable website to buy your re-manufactured cartridges from. Even if youre not sold on the idea, you can actually buy OEM cartridges from them too and their prices are probably the lowest ive seen around.

Take a look at this comparison
Price I paid at Best Buy for black ink : $24.99
Re manufactured Ink price $11.95
OEM ink cartridge $22.99

And currently, they have 10% off with the coupon code “WINTERTEN” and the prices get even lower! If youre looking for HP Ink Cartridges then you should definitely visit InkCartridges.com

Shopping Around with UrbanStone

Recently, I came across a very interesting review request that was actually through Twitter. Interestingly enough, the website is called UrbanStone.co.uk which offers its readers a variety of shopping deals and allows them to compare shopping prices – much like some of the website we use here in the States.

The way the website works is quite interesting, it pulls prices of an item that you select and runs it through a variety of websites to make sure that the price you pay, is indeed the lowest price possible. For example, if I am looking for a Nintendo Wii I can just type in the search box and it brings up a variety of results.

What was interesting was that the results showed not only the one color of the Wii but the other color as a separate item – just in case my search was not as specific. Also, it provides reviews of the product that you may be looking for which is powered through Epinions.com which means that all you have to do to find the best prices and any related reviews is go to one website. The prices for the Wii ranged from 140 pounds to 400 pounds but was found in over 58 stores. Upon clicking the item you get a little description of what you will be purchasing, from what website the item will be purchased and its related price.

You can look up everything from electronics such as blu-ray players to home appliances such as freezers. If you’re like me then you’d probably want to make sure that instead of spending your money frivolously, taking the time to do the research can lead to tremendous savings and this website is just one more way to do just that. Overall, the website is well laid out and quite easy to use and for those in the UK, this might be just another way to find the best prices and reviews for products you want to purchase!

Is Anyone Satisfied with BuyBlogReviews?

I have been receiving quite a bit of emails from BuyBlogReviews recently and I’m actually surprised as to what has happened. I did use BuyBlogReviews a few times and have received one or two payments from them but more recently I have been sticking with Sponsored Reviews and ReviewMe mainly because the offers are more geared towards my blog and the advertisers they have are usually high quality if you pick them well or if they come find you.

Whats my problem you ask?
Heres the problem I have and I think its something that you’ll agree with. I am signed onto a few websites – Buy Blog Reviews, Sponsored Reviews, Review Me and Pay Per Post but the most emails I receive are from BBR. About 90% of them are about an opportunity being added and usually the opportunity pays around $2 or $3. I think that adding opportunities at that price point for some blogs, and letting them know about them, is sort of like looking down upon them. Im not saying I’m too good for that, but being at that price level its too low for most bloggers to be willing to accept it and write 200 words about something.

Buy Blog Reviews
I just logged into the BBR system today because they keep sending me emails checking whether im still active and sure enough, lots of opportunities under $4 for things like credit cards, gambling and medical treatments. I just think that having a lot of offers about that kind of stuff doesnt mean that you’re connecting to your bloggers. I just thought it was sort of pointless. I decided that it was time to check on Pay Per Post.

Pay Per Post
I logged into the PPP system today and as expected, it looks a lot like Sponsored Tweets and the majority of opportunities were $3 or lower and the ones that were at $20 or higher level were for lipo treatments, casinos and other adult websites. I’m not really sure where most of the quality opportunities are. I understand that PPP is probably relying on advertisers finding bloggers and thats fine, but I looked at Sponsored Reviews next. They had tons of opportunities that have been in the system.

Sponsored Reviews & ReviewMe
The problem with SponsoredReviews is that their advertisers sometimes never reply back or reply back with a really low counteroffer but they also have a lot of the lipo, casinos and adult type offers but they also have lots of other offers. I’d say its about 40% of those types of offers and 60% good offers. As far as ReviewMe is concerned, they also have offers but its generally mixed. Very rarely do I find the medical type offers and I dont think ive even seen a lot of adult offers. Problem with ReviewMe is that there aren’t that many to pick from most of the time.

Why am I picking on BBR?
Basically, what I’m saying is that, its easy to have tons of offers and none of them be of any use. Sponsored Reviews has lots of everything but it can be a while before you hear back from an advertiser. ReviewMe has more quality offers but there aren’t many to pick from and PPP and BBR have offers but their payout is too low to even consider. What makes this post focused on BBR is the fact that I receive lots of emails about offers being added to the system even though the offers are really not quality at all.

I want to know your thoughts if you use BBR or if you are a member and you get tons of emails from them. I think it would be nice to know that im not the only one receiving all these emails!