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Amazon UK To Add Pre-Order Price Guarantee
One of the nice features on Amazon's US site is finally coming to the UK store - pre-order price guarantee.Basically if you pre-order an item the "guarantee" means that you are rewarded with the lowest price possible, so if an item is listed at one price when you order and it drops before the release date you'll actually get a refund.Pretty cool! … [Read more...] about Amazon UK To Add Pre-Order Price Guarantee
Irish Banks + Ecommerce / Internet = Nightmare
I'm currently trying to sort out a few things with our bankers. A couple of the things are minor. They should be easy to sort out. A couple of the other things are a bit more complicated, so I more or less expect them to be awkward. However what's proving to be awkward is actually finding the correct channel to deal with them. If you speak to the branch about X they'll refer … [Read more...] about Irish Banks + Ecommerce / Internet = Nightmare
Vodafone.ie Revamped
Vodafone have relaunched their Irish site.The new design is clean and fresh.The only quibble I have is that the shop is much harder to access, as you now have to lie to gain access to pricing ie. if you don't lie you get caught up in an intricate loop of questions before they'll let you near the products.While I can understand the need to guide people to the right product … [Read more...] about Vodafone.ie Revamped
DemoDemo Crazy Offer
Over the past couple of years I've deal with Vito from DemoDemo quite a bit. He's a cool guy and their demos have saved us a fortune!Earlier this evening he sent a lot of his clients an email which really caught my attention.They're celebrating 5 years in business this month so he's offering a "set your own price" deal! Basically you hop over to their hosting tutorials page. … [Read more...] about DemoDemo Crazy Offer