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The Printer Dilemma

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Anyone with an inkjet printer reaches this dilemma at one point or another – original or compatible. The dilemma is usually accompanied by shock due to the ridiculously high prices of original inkjet cartridges. Soon enough you realize that they actually cost more than the printer itself. Now, you can save a heck of a lot of money by using compatible cartridges but hmm… are they safe in my printer? Will they give good print results?

Well, if you were in the same situation (and I’m willing to bet you were), all I can do is give you my two cents on the matter. In my opinion – definitely go with compatibles. I actually go with compatible ink cartridges out of the principle of the matter. You see, there is no real reason for ink cartridges to cost so much and the fact that such great quality compatibles are available for so much less just proves this.

So why do the manufacturers charge so much for original cartridges? Well it all breaks down to their marketing strategy. You see, there is a reason why your printer cost less than the ink – they do this to get you to buy their printers even at the cost of not profiting off the sale. They figure they will catch you with the cartridges and make more than enough to cover the cost of the printer. Well, I don’t like these kinds of games. If they don’t want me to buy compatibles, simply lower the price of originals, I won’t mind paying more for the printer itself.

If you’re looking for a good place to buy compatible inkjet cartridges for reasonable prices while guaranteeing high quality results, I recommend you check out inkers.biz. They even offer a no questions asked money back guarantee if you are not happy with your purchase.

	14 August 2007 Permalink Comments (0)

Roman Greenberg Weekend Fight

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The yet undefeated heavyweight boxer Roman Greenberg 25-0 (17) is scheduled to fight Damon Reed 43-11 (30) at the South Town Exhibition Center in Sandy, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA on August 18. The fight will be featured on pay per view television and is quite anticipated among boxing fans. Greenberg, only 25 years old and so far undefeated is raising a lot of interest in the industry with an extremely promising career. Rumors have him on a short list of three possible opponents to face Vitali Klitschko in a come back fight scheduled for September.

Roman Greenberg’s upcoming match is being sponsored by backgammon online operator Backgammon Masters who haved backed Roman since early on in his career when he was still relatively unknown.

BackgammonMasters.com, a major player in the online gaming industry have made a name for themselves thanks to their award wining online version of backgammon. The company introduced revolutionary 3-D graphics to their games and offers their players the option of contesting against other players from around the world for fun and for money. One of the greatest features that their software provides is the option of playing multiple games in addition to backgammon using the same program and requiring only a single download.

	14 August 2007 Permalink Comments (0)

Going from Offline to Online

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Making the move from an offline to an online business isn’t always as easy at it seems. While most consider it an advantage to start of with the backing and infrastructure of an existing business before launching an online venture it really depends on the case at hand. An existing business can help in terms of inventory purchasing power, financing and logistics. Obviously if you had any type of remote fulfillment service where you send out products from your location, you have an immediate advantage and stepping stone to launch you business since the foundation is already there.

But in many cases people try to move from a regular retail store to an online shop. This requires some adaptation and it should be checked on a case by case basis to see whether the added business is worth the changes you will have to make to your existing and probably already successful business. For one thing, handling inventory is usually different for an offline and online store. Typically an offline or brick and mortar store will sell products they carry on hand while possibly limiting their selection to enable proper stocking. This can be quite different with an online store in which you may prefer selection over inventory size and opt not to carry all items and order only what you need to fulfill your online orders. Another option is using a drop ship service to fulfill for your.

Selling online when you already have an online business can create some havoc with your accounting and it’s best to be prepared and have a proper bookkeeping system set up. Some credit card processing companies such as First Data Independent Sales (cardservicesales.com) offer the option of using the same account for both online and offline sales. This can simplify things greatly and is a good thing to consider when operation a multi channel business.

	13 August 2007 Permalink Comments (0)

Super Size the Sale

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Did you check out the great back to school sales that are being offered at most sites right now? I’m not exactly going back to school anymore but I don’t see why I can’t take advantage of these sales anyway. The way I see it, this is the last real sale opportunity before the holidays so it makes sense to take advantage of it and push up whatever purchases you have planned for the next few months.

But if you really want to save big, you should double up on the sale by using an online coupon code. You see the best thing about coupon codes is that you can usually use them in addition to the published sales giving you some substantial savings. You can get some great deals on new laptops using a Best Buy coupon code and if you really are going back to school be sure to stock up on a Staples coupon code before you make your purchase.

	12 August 2007 Permalink Comments (0)

Really Getting Away

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It’s summer time and it seems like everyone is away. Every year I spend the months prior to the summer vacation looking for new and exciting places to travel to and relax in. I try to diversify my destinations and travel to a new spot every year taking in new scenes while making sure to relax all the same.

But to tell you the truth, even though our family travels to different places every year (and sometimes even twice a year) in most cases the general atmosphere of our trip is quite the same even if the surrounding scenery is different. That’s because no matter where we visit we always wind up staying in a large hotel, usually the Hilton which makes our trip enjoyable but pretty familiar from year to year. We just don’t get the taste of the local scenery during our stay.

This year we went to Hawaii and for the first time figured we will try a different atmosphere and stay away from the large hotels and try one out one of the famous Hawaii beach accommodations. We were not disappointed. We rented a beautiful villa right on the beach with plenty of room for our family and for the first time we really felt we are getting away from it all and connecting with where we are. I highly recommend the experience. You can find all the Hawaii vacation info you will need for a perfect trip at hawaiianbeachrentals.com.

	5 August 2007 Permalink Comments (0)

MesoSilver - Truly Colloidal Silver

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We have received a lot of feedback about our post on colloidal silver recently and there were many conflicting comments on the effectiveness of using colloidal silver. While most people agree of the benefits of using colloidal silver in external applications there was a lot of controversy regarding the trend of using colloidal silver internally as a nutritional supplement.

The problem is that there are many products in the market that claim to be colloidal silver when they are actually made of silver ions and can sometimes be dangerous to use. But this is not the case with true colloidal silver. The problem is knowing to determine true colloidal silver from the other so called colloidal silver products sold in the market.

One of the purest forms of colloidal silver is manufactured from mesocolloids in a process developed at CSL. A colloidal silver in the form of a natural supplement made from mesocolloids is available at purestcolloids.com and is called MesoSilver. This product has the highest particle surface area compared to any product in the market today and is the only product considered to be true colloidal silver.

	5 August 2007 Permalink Comments (0)

So What is Colloidal Silver?

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I’ve read a lot of buzz about colloidal silver lately and many reports of the effectiveness of colloidal silver in helping with various health issues have been published all over the internet. But with all the talk about colloidal silver, I still find there is a lot of confusion among most people about what exactly constitutes colloidal silver.

The term colloidal silver comes from the fact that it includes a colloid of silver particles in the water. The natural properties of silver include antimicrobial effects and therefore colloidal silver has been used for over a hundred years already to treat external wounds and burns in order to prevent infection of the wound.

While using colloidal silver as an external treatment is far from new, purestcolloids.com is now offering the consumers a chance to benefit from their colloidal silver product as a nutritional supplement. Consumers are offered pure colloidal silver products such as MesoSilver which is an all natural mineral supplement in the form of nanoparticle colloidal silver. One of the company’s selling points is the fact that MesoSilver has the highest particle surface area which guarantees maximum effectiveness (unlike many of the so called colloidal silver products offered elsewhere).

	2 August 2007 Permalink Comments (0)

News from Gold Directory

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The Gold Directory has just signed up with Blogsvertise.com. Blogsvertise.com allows websites and blog owners around the web to get paid for writing reviews about other people’s websites. It’s a pretty cool service since it allows bloggers to make money doing what they love – updating their blog, while providing a valuable service to advertisers by getting word of their products or website out across the internet.

	1 August 2007 Permalink Comments (0)

Seagate releases 1tb HDs

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Seagate has finally joined Hitachi and other hard drive manufacturers with the release of two new 1 terabyte hard drives that will be added to its Barracuda hard drives. The two drives are the 7200.11 (for consumers) and the ES.2 (for business usage).

The said drives will be available sometime in the third quarter of this year with the consumer hard drive to be sold for $399, which is at the same price point as Hitachi’s 1 terabyte Deskstar 7K1000.

Seagate has already shipped about 42 million drives with 34 million of the drives being from the Barracuda desktop 7200.11 family.

	2 July 2007 Permalink Comments (0)