I know a lot of people who wear eyeglasses.  Most of the people that I know that wear them just don’t want to have to bother with the routine of taking contact lenses in and out, or cleaning them, or go to the expense of buying disposable contacts.  I’ve heard that the ZenniOptical website is a really great place to buy eyeglasses over the Internet.  Their frames start as low as $8 a pair!

Their company has even been reviewed by the popular consumer advocate Clark Howard radio show, the host claims to have bought some eyeglasses (and several other staff members from the show) from them and is delighted with the good service, inexpensive price, and good quality of the frames.

ZenniOptical has also been featured on the Fox News TV show, as one of the best consumer bargains around.  They sell sunglasses, as well as progressive lenses, bifocals, or single lenses.  They claim that the reason that they can sell glasses so cheaply is because they sell only their own manufactured frames directly to the consumer.  They use no middlemen, and have a very low advertising budget.

It’s time for me to get a new pair of glasses myself, so I’m going to check them out too!  I’m getting pretty tired of spending hundreds of dollars for a pair of frames!

Posted: October 2nd, 2008 under Business, Computers / Software, Finances/Money, Health, Internet, Life, Online, Shopping, Technology.
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I’ve been interested to hear about the provisions of the big bailout that the USA is giving to the big banks that have been having so much trouble recently.  What has interested me the most was the provisions capping executive salaries and golden parachutes.  For decades now I have felt that the salary of all top executives of all big corporations (and their golden parachutes) have been obscenely outrageously high.

I know the “argument” is that the companies need to pay their top executives that much money to attract and keep them running the companies, and all I have to say about that is “hogwash.”  That comment is an insult to the American consumer’s intelligence.  Their high salaries are sim[ply outrageous, period.

Posted: September 29th, 2008 under Business, Finances/Money, Issues, Life, News, Politics.
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My hubby’s boss loves Cartier watches. Last night we went over to his house for dinner and he was showing us his collection of men’s cartier watches. He had quite a large collection! I could see that he was very proud of his collection. I suppose that having so many luxury watches is a big status symbol to him. He was trying to convince me to buy one for my hubby’s Christmas present this coming Christmas. I told him that he would have to give my hubby a huge Christmas bonus if he thought we could buy a luxury watch like that!

He told me to go to the thewatchery.com website to see the great collection of watches that they sell. The Watchery company sells luxury watches at discounted prices. They guarantee that the watches are genuine, with serial numbers, and are not refurbished watches. I was quite surprised to see the huge selection of luxury watches that are available on the market!

I spent a very long time browsing that website, fascinated by the beautiful, very expensive watches. They are currently running a promotion where some of their watches that are marked with a special Icon that looks like a gift wrapped box are being offered at up to 80% off; some are even free!

Posted: September 24th, 2008 under Business, Computers / Software, Family, Finances/Money, Food and Beverage, Friends, Internet, Life, Parenting, Shopping.
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A long time ago I saw a television show that was talking about what businesses do well during recessions. I remember the people talking about the best businesses to be in during a recession are the ice cream business and the gourmet cat food business. It seems that when people find money is tight they spend more on the “little luxuries” and less on the “big luxuries.” They feel the need to have some kind of self-gratification and ice cream does just that. I’m not sure why people spoil their pets more during a recession by buying gourmet cat food, but I suppose it is possible that people are eating it themselves! I’ve seen several television stories about people that are having a hard time making ends meet eating pet food instead of people food because it is so cheap. That is a sad thing to think about, but I know it happens!

Anyway, I was reading the local newspaper online this morning and saw an article about how a local ice cream business is expanding because business is good for them.  That’s what sparked this whole blog post, thinking about how some businesses do well in bad times.

Posted: September 24th, 2008 under Business, Computers / Software, Entertainment/Fun, Finances/Money, Internet, Life, News, Online, Shopping.
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In order to have a successful business in today’s business world, the business really needs to accept credit cards as a form of payment.  I know that everywhere I go, from doctors appointments, to gas stations, to fast food restaurants, to any store at all I try to pay with my credit card.  Using my credit card helps me to track my purchases and see where my money is going! 

The Merchant Advisor’s website at onlinecheck.com is the best place to go to check out the great deal that they offer on setting up businesses to accept credit cards.  I think that this a good place to do business with because they do not require any contract, and charge no fees.  They also provide a free credit card machine.  So this company sounds like a great place to use to establish a merchant account for credit cards!

Posted: September 23rd, 2008 under Business, Computers / Software, Finances/Money, Internet, Life, Online, Shopping, Technology.
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