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Earn $$$$$$ just by shopping online
Posted by: marvelousgirl on: December 11, 2009
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Old Navy open on Thanksgiving
Posted by: marvelousgirl on: November 25, 2009
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So you can’t wait for Black Friday to jump start your holiday shopping? Well Old Navy will be open on Thanksgiving day from 12 p.m .to 7 p.m. It’s called Gobblepalooza, where shoppers will enjoy great deals (50% off all outerwear, $15 sweaters for the entire family and buy 2 t-shirts get one free) and fun in-store festivities (Rock Band anyone?).
Also, The first customers in line will receive a free rock band guitar! Plus everyone can enter to win a $200 shopping spree.
And starting Black Friday, Old Navy will open at 3 a.m. until midnight. For more details on participating stores and hours, click here.
Nordstrom takes six weeks to deliver coat
Posted by: marvelousgirl on: November 24, 2009
- In: business | fashion | Women's News
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m usually a big fan of Nordstrom, but my recent transactions with the company has made me NEVER want to shop there again! Why you ask? Because it took five weeks, ten phone calls to customer service, three calls to UPS and a letter to Nordstrom’s corporate headquarters to get the coat I purchased!!
I don’t know about you, but I find that sort of service unacceptable. I ordered my coat on Sept. 20 and didn’t receive it until Oct. 30 , when I was told it would arrive in 5-8 business days!
So what went wrong? Apparently the coat left the Nordstrom’s wearhouse via UPS. From there, UPS “tried” to deliver the package to my second story apartment but couldn’t find my unit (apt. 3 out of a eight-unit building). Shocking I know.
Seeing that the UPS carrier was too lazy to walk up a flight of stairs – that’s a story for another day – there was no package notice left to alert me that the coat was sent back to Nordstroms.
So, Nordstrom sent out ANOTHER coat and the cycle with UPS started all over again. But here’s the kicker…Nordstrom failed to inform me (the customer) of the status of my order. So in the meantime, I’m calling the company’s customer service and getting the runaround. On three occasions customer service promised me the package would arrive the next day and it never did. On two occasions they promised me a return phone call and never called back – infuriating!
Finally, four weeks after my purchase I got a UPS slip on my apartment door saying the package couldn’t be delivered. I called UPS and they said the package had been sent back to Nordstroms. So I called Nordstroms and they finally explained the troubles they had been having with shipping and had to asked me for an alternative address to ship the coat (which they should have done weeks prior). I gave them my work address and the package still didn’t show up for another 10 days!
The most disturbing part of this whole story is that I probably would have never received my coat had I not been such a squeeky wheel. Also, I had asked for a refund for all the time I spent tracking down this coat (40 days worth) and Nordstrom would not give me one. If I were you, I’d think twice about ordering from this company. Unless you have the time to order you swimsuit in February so it’s there by June.
And let’s not let UPS off that easy. The icing on the cake is that I got a UPS delievery a week later to my second-story apartment. What’s that all about?!
Twi-riffic holiday deals
Posted by: marvelousgirl on: November 23, 2009
Rather than brave the crowds and long lines this Black Friday, many consumers will do all their shopping from home. According to Deloitte’s annual holiday survey, 3 out of 5 consumers plan to use social media to find big discounts and coupons this holiday season.
For consumers looking for the most affordable options this year (from electronics to home decor and clothes), CheapTweet addresses a big need by harnessing the power of Twitter to help make consumer dollars stretch further.
CheapTweet scans Twitter for the best deals, coupons and sales that people are tweeting about. Deals are then consumer-rated and delivered via the Internet and Twitter, so users are able to find the best deals catered to their needs. Every day, CheapTweet filters through more than 15,000 deal tweets to add 6,000 new deals to the site.
Essentially, it takes the hard work out of online shopping and brings the deals to you. CheapTweet launched back in November 2008 and since then has seen an outstanding growth in traffic, over +500%! And big brands are signing up to partner with CheapTweet, like Toys R Us, Barnes & Noble’s and Best Buy.
Kim Kardashian shops for engagement ring
Posted by: marvelousgirl on: June 1, 2009
- In: celebrity | engagement | fashion | Women's News
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According to E! News, Kim and the entire Kardashian clan went shopping for potential diamond engagement rings. Kim’s boyfriend, Reggie Bush (NFL player for the New Orleans Saints), hasn’t proposed yet, but Kim is preparing in advance. She explained to the media:
“He definitely knows all of us went ring shopping. I definitely scared him and told him it was probably way more expensive than it is, just so that when he goes he feels like he’s getting a good deal. He knows what it looks like. I think I’ve emailed him enough pictures!”
Sources close to Kim have mentioned that she picked out something that was just $20 million?
What kind of ring do you think Kim decided upon?
Kim Kardashian is helping boyfriend Reggie Bush by already picking a engagement ring before he has even proposed. Kim, 28, has been dating football star Reggie, 24, for the last two years and wants to make sure she is ready when he does propose.
Kim Kardashian Engagement Ring (Image: Splash News)
Reggie Bush is an NFL star and running back for the New Orleans Saints. Kim is an ex Playboy playmate and stars in her own reality TV series on E! Online aptly titled “Keeping Up With the Kardashians”.
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On her pre-engagement ring shopping she revealed, “It’s just easier.” She added: “Isn’t it easy if someone’s like: ‘This is exactly what I want.’ It’ll make your life so easy.” Kim has also let her sisters Kourtney and Khloe know which ring she has been looking at so they can help Reggie when the time comes. Kourtney said: “She found one the other day and she was like: ‘It’s only $20 million.’”
Kim added: “I exaggerated a bit so that when he went in, he would feel like he’s getting a good deal.” But she revealed Reggie isn’t keen on their wedding being filmed for the public. She said: “Reggie would rather die.” She added: “He would rather not marry me. He’s very private. We’re complete opposites.”
Save big on Memorial Day groceries
Posted by: marvelousgirl on: May 21, 2009
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This Memorial Day it’s all about savings, as consumers look to cut costs while still maintaining a fun three-day weekend. Fortunately savvy shoppers, who purchase store brands over brand-name products, stand to save 16.3 percent on their total holiday grocery bill, according to IBISWorld research to the left.
“In essence, store brands turn the clock back two to three years,” said Toon van Beeck, senior analyst with IBISWorld. “Without inflation, store-brand groceries this Memorial Day weekend are comparable in price to brand-name groceries during the 2007 holiday.”
Based on the average holiday shopping cart above, the 16.3 percent savings puts about $10 back into consumers’ pockets. That means with approximately 117,641,000 households in the U.S., the nation could save about $1.18 billion if everyone celebrated Memorial Day in the same fashion and went the store-brand route as opposed to the brand name route.
