Showing posts with label shopping. Show all posts
Showing posts with label shopping. Show all posts

Friday, May 07, 2010

Italian sportcars?

I don't speak or read Italian, but I do have fun from time to time looking at websites and reviewing them. Sometimes that can be a challenge, as in this case a website selling auto usate milano is designed to sell used cars in Milan. Yes, Milan as in Europe.

There was a time when you'd have to search for a dictionary to translate, or use one of the web translation tools out there. Which means if you saw vendita auto usate you'd at first wonder, then search it out. In this case vendita means "sale" so it's easy to guess that means "used car sale."

Google makes it fairly easy to translate faster than before giving you the ability to translate websites right from the search engine. This means in a few seconds I can discover that Garage Del Parko was created back in 1978 by Antonino Aldo and his son took over the business after spending time since he was very young being around cars. Alexander Aldo has not only his father's passion for cars but is moving towards using technology like the internet. Apparently even with computers Manuela Aldo keeps detailed hand written records. All of this was originally written in Italian that without easy translation, I'd only be able to pick a few words out.

Why is this important? Let's say you have had a life long desire for a particular Italian sportscar, knowing how to translate and how to navigate the internet creates more opportunities for you. That desire to compro auto usate buy a used car is no longer limited to just what is around your area. Of course there are more complications when it comes to picking up your dream car but? If it's really your dream car then for you it may be worth it. If nothing else? You can visit the websites, look at the prices and compare them to what cars cost here, using of course an online translator for euro into dollars...

:-)

Saturday, October 17, 2009

Some mobile window shopping...

One thing about the internet, you can see what's available in a variety of places outside of the US which can at times make you look for items you see in the UK, as an example, here in the US. One good example of this is in looking for a blackberry case. Three of my daughters have blackberries. I had heard about Invisible Shield for phones, but I didn't know that much about the product until I spent some time surfing the Mobile Fun website. It also was helpful in letting me know that it's not offered for my particular phone, but it appears to be made for my daughters phones. I also don't know that much about the whole bluetooth headset accessory for phones, but they seem to have all of them.

I also found the picture references for each phone in the different manufacturer categories helpful. On more than one occasion I've had to try to find some type of an accessory for one of the girls and not been able to remember exactly what type of phone it was beyond the manufacturer and how it looked. I also didn't realize things like an iphone dock existed. This means while I can't shop there? I've still bookmarked it as a resource. I also noticed that they accept paypal, which is something I wish more online stores did because it does make it much easier to purchase things online that way.

For those of you who are readers from the UK, you may enjoy shopping for "everything mobile in the UK" there, for those of us here in the US? Window shopping is fun, though you might get a little depressed to discover that in the UK? Some of the free gift offers with mobile phones include things like a Free Nintendo Wii and Wii Fit...

Saturday, September 05, 2009

Get into JUPMODE

Creator and officially licensed online retailer of unique collegiate products, JUPMODE.com has launched an epic new line of what we believe to be the sweetest graphic t-shirts for the University of Toledo and Bowling Green State University so that their students, alumni, and faculty can all look a little sharper.

Unashamed of being a Northwest Ohio company, JUPMODE.com first transformed the way OSU fans expressed their Buckeye pride in 2007, providing them with the t-shirt version of Jim Tressel’s classy sideline uniform. Described by the Toledo Blade as “one of the hottest items in the lucrative Ohio State wardrobe line”, the Ohio State University Sweater Vest T-Shirt has allowed JUPMODE.com to expand its awesome designs and received two additional licenses in 2009 from the Collegiate Licensing Company (CLC) for the University of Toledo and the Licensing Resource Group (LRG) for Bowling Green State University.

JUPMODE.com provides American made graphic tees with fresh designs so you’re not wearing standard logo t-shirts from China. These soft cotton tees are so comfortable you’ll never want to take it off. And you shouldn’t. But we do recommend you wash it every 2 - 3 weeks…uh, wears, so people aren’t trying to keep their distance. JUPMODE.com strives to bring people closer together, one fab t-shirt at a time.

You can easily freshen up your collegiate wardrobe and accessories at JUPMODE.com, but if for some reason your internet is down, or you would like to feel the perfection between your fingertips in person, you’re not out of luck. These social life-altering tees will soon be available in the Barnes & Noble Bookstores on each respective campus. If you’re not allowed on campus anymore – that’s creepy – but, you’re not out of luck either. JUPMODE.com tees are available in Toledo at the newly opened Nex Clothing Co. and will soon be available off-campus in Bowling Green at the Student Book Exchange.