Internetwines.com – review

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Beer, Dublin, Guinness, Guinness Extra Stout, internetwines.com, Murphys Irish Stout, Organizations, Recreation, Stout

Internetwines.com is a total failure and a waste of time and money. I would not recommend anyone purchasing from them.

Back on April 30, 2013 my mother placed an order with them. She had thought it would be a nice birthday surprise if I had some of my favorite beverage (Guinness) appear on my doorstep.

At the time she had ordered me a 4-pack of Guinness Irish Stout, a 6-pack of Guinness Extra Stout and a 4-pack of Murphys Irish Stout. She even got a confirmation that day stating that the order would ship within 2-days.

On the 7th she found out that I had not received anything so she called the company who then informed her that they did not have the Extra Stout in stock so they hadn’t shipped the order. She had never received any confirmation that it had not shipped, or when it would ship. That was their first mistake.

As one of the beers was out of stock she requested that it be cancelled and shipped on to me, which it apparently was as I received it today and uncovered their other mistakes.

Mistake #2 was that they decided to substitute instead of cancelling and they substituted a 4-pack of Guinness Foreign Extra for the 6-pack of Guinness Extra Stout.

Mistake #3 was that they also substituted the 4-pack of Guinness Irish Stout with a 4-pack of Guinness Draught. They did not inform her that this not in stock when she spoke with them yesterday.

Mistake #4 – they did not mark up any of the paperwork as having substitutions, according to the paperwork I received I should have had a 4-pack of Guinness Irish Stout, a 6-pack of Guinness Extra Stout and a 4-pack of Murphys Irish Stout.

Mistake #5 – she never received any confirmation that the beers had shipped or that they had changed the order.

I called to complain and they kept asserting that she had asked for substitutions. I KNOW for a fact that she didn’t, because she doesn’t know Guinness and she wouldn’t have risked receiving lesser substitutions, and believe me a 4-pack of Guinness Draught cans is a downgrade from bottles of any of the above.

I inquired about getting her a credit and they ran me through some BS about the beers they substituted being the more expensive beers. Funny thing is that Draught is usually the cheaper of the Guinness’s, and they conveniently did not have it on their website for me to compare.

They did offer to send a return claim ticket to have FedEx pick it all up, but then I’d have to go through all the B.S regarding the shipping fees.

As for the substitution, anyone that has Guinness at least has the extra stout in stock as well, so I am not sure if I believe that claim either.

If you want to order alcohol online, then are a lot better places than this. I suggest you use any of the below and avoid Internetwines.com like the plague.

Good places to order beer online from the top of my head are:

Binnys

Halftime Beverage

I am sure there are many others as well.

 

Finally an update

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Bluetooth, Cable television, Comcast, Home automation, iPhone, Remote control, Smart TV, Universal remote

The Month of April is completed and updated on my published Articles List

Some of these might have been published at other times, but because of some changes I am finally getting paid for them.

4 Ways to Make a Smart TV From your Basic HDTV (CableTV)
TV Remote Codes for Universal Remotes (Digital Landing)
Crackle: Totally Free Video Streaming (Digital Landing)
Why Choose Comcast over Satellite? (Digital Landing)
iPhone for TV Remote: It’s Magic! (Digital Landing)
ADT Security Cameras Protect Your Home (Digital Landing)
Safe and Secure: Alarm Companies (Digital Landing)
5 Unusual Bluetooth Accessories (Digital Landing)
Great Stocking Stuffer Ideas for Everyone (Digital Landing)
Modern Home Automation Control (Digital Landing)
Zeebox Takes Us Into the 4th Dimension (Digital Landing)
Securing a Charter Internet Connection (Digital Landing)
ADT Home Security in Age of Uncertainty (Digital Landing)

 

March Published Articles

I finally got the published articles for March straightened out. There isn’t a lot of them mostly because I was working on a few E-books. The month of April will be better.

March 2013

ZigBee Home Automation: The Greener Smart Home (Digital Landing)
5 Unusual Bluetooth Accessories (Digital Landing)
ADT Security Cameras Protect Your Home and Family (Digital Landing)
iPhone for TV Remote: It’s a Kind of Magic (Digital Landing)

Neutrogena Coupons Help You Keep That Healthy Youthful Glow for Less

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Acne vulgaris, beauty, Cosmetics, Health, Human skin, Johnson, Life extension, Neutrogena, Skin

One of the best things about Neutrogena are the prices of the products. It is easy for consumers to find coupons to help them stock up on beauty supplies. You can find some of these coupons daily at Neutrogena Special Offers and Retail Me Not. Start fighting fine lines, acne, and aging with these Neutrogena coupons.

Every skin type needs a different type of treatment to keep it glowing and healthy. Neutrogena products are made for every skin type and they have excellent products for everyone. Now a part of the Johnson and Johnson family, Neutrogena has actually been cleansing skin and fighting acne with their treatments since 1930. The brand is known across the globe for their skin treatments. Neutrogena targets your skin for protection from the sun, anti-aging, and all types of acne. It is the number one skincare brand recommended by dermatologists.

Neutrogena is known traditionally as a clean and classic name. They’ve been around a long time, yet continue to follow the newest technology in anti-aging and acne products. The anti-aging products help you maintain a youthful look with both night and daytime treatments. The moisturizers won’t dry out your skin, but instead focus on revitalizing it for a soft, smooth feel. You can even find sunless tanning products and spray sunscreen in their extensive product line. Therapeutic shampoos help you maintain the health of your hair, making it shiny and full of life. As the day comes to an end, Neutrogena cleansers wash away the oil and dirt for a clean, soft face. None of the products will clog your pores and will help you look younger the longer you use them.

Neutrogena customers equate the health of their skin and hair with their beauty and happiness. They shine on the inside as well as the out. With Neutrogena coupons you can keep that healthy glow of youth for less.

I’ve been absent a while

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Ghostwriter

I did have some ghostwriting to do, I’m negotiating a ghost contract for a novel and I have published a few articles. I just haven’t’ gotten around to updating my list yet. One of my regular publishers has a glitch in their system that made a lot of my article fall of my payment queue so until I get that straightened out I’m not going to generate any traffic to the articles.

I should have an update for it all later this week or early next week. In the meantime, if you are looking to generate some extra cash check out my newest blog at Show Me The Way, my newest will get you at least $10 a month

Political activity in Sugar Grove, IL

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Aurora Airport, Business, Grove, Illinois, kevin geary, Northern Illinois University, politics, sean michels, sugar grove, United States, Village, Waubonsee Community College

Local elections are coming up in April and one of the positions up this year is our Village President. Sean Michels has been the Sugar Grove Village President since 1999. This year he has competition from Village Trustee Kevin Geary.

As a resident of this town the outcome of the election will impact on me. We need a village president who will do the best for the village and it’s residents. Illinois has a long history of corrupt officials and the way to keep them out of office is to make informed decisions when it comes to voting time.

On February 18th, I sent emails to both Mr. Geary and Mr. Michels with a series of questions I had in regard to the future of this village. Unfortunately only one of them chose to send me a response. Mr. Sean Michels did not even bother to send an email saying that he was not interested in answering my questions.

Here are the questions and answers as presented by Mr. Kevin Geary, Sugar Grove Village Trustee, in their unedited form.

1. What does Sugar Grove means to you?

   Sugar Grove to me represents the best that community has to offer. A place where people live, people work a place where people can go to school, a place where people can come together and unite for a common cause such as veterans Park or American Legion or social gatherings like Corn Boil. Sugar Grove to me is community.

2. Where do you feel that Sugar Grove needs the most improvement?

   I feel that there are two distinctive areas the village of Sugar Grove needs to improve upon.The first is creating village government such that it’s accessible to the people it serves. This could be something as simple as adjusting meeting times that are convenient for residents to attend or as detailed as posting detailed meeting minutes and/or recorded meetings for people to review at their leisure.                                                                           The second area is Sugar Grove needs to become more aggressive with diversifying its tax base. I believe given Sugar Grove’s geographic location that commercial development is highly plausible if the efforts are put in to market the community properly. I believe a SWOT analysis will assist the village in evaluating the infrastructure that we already have and those elements that are still needed to encourage a diversified mix of commercial development. I further believe that within the sugar Grove area we have some highly competent and experienced executives that could help direct and guide Sugar Grove in the right direction for development. I would go as far as to maybe even ask the executives what it would take to move their headquarters, call center, or business to Sugar Grove.

3. How do you plan to achieve that improvement?

   On the first count from above but had to work him into this budget season and have dollars allocated for videotaping or live streaming the village meetings. I see this to do take effect no later than May 1, 2013.On the second count of the above I would call for a summit of key executives and local business owners that would be interested in participating in a SWOT analysis hosted by the village of Sugar Grove and moderated by Northern Illinois University. The expected outcome wouldn’t be just a report on specific action plans moving the community forward.

4. As Village President what are your plans for expanding the tax base of Sugar Grove?

   Taking the data from the above summit in place it in the action plans and assigning those specific actions to staff to bring forward results. I would seriously consider moving the economic development Corporation in-house them specifically run by the village. In this way the village staff would work in concert with those businesses that want to come to town and assist them with our processes Then quarterly review the progress that we have made, make the necessary adjustments and move forward.

5. What do you think is the best way for the Village of Sugar Grove to improve their operating budget?

   Diversifying their tax base in my opinion is the best way to improve their operating budget.

6. What are your opinions on and plans for the Aurora Airport?

   I see the Aurora Airport as an asset to our community. As it stands right now the airport will have a new business Honda Jet that will bring jobs and potentially other business to the area.

7. Illinois politicians and statesmen have the worst reputation in the United States and as such are not trusted by the people, if elected how do you plan to keep the trust?

   I certainly understand the feeling of mistrust and if elected I plan to show the community the progress being made in each of the goals and objectives set for the village, biannual basis in a state of the community report. This report will outline all of our goals and him and him objectives will also state what the action plan is to meet that goal and were objective and the date by which that goal were objective will be completed. If the goal or objective target date is missed there will be an explanation as to what caused the issue not to be completed.

8. Anything else you would like to comment on?

   I would like to thank the citizens of sugar Grove for allowing me the opportunity to represent them and look forward to their support in the future.

Thank you Mr. Geary. As a tax paying resident of the village it is nice to know that at least of you will take the time to answer a few questions.

My First E-Book

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E-Book, Facebook, Instagram, Online Communities, Pinterest, Social media, Social Networking, Twitter, writing

Late last month I was asked to write an E-Book on Instagram. I don’t think I did too bad for a topic I know nothing about. I finished it about two weeks ago and he’s just come back with one revision request, and it’s actually an addition. He has also asked me to write one on Twitter.

Not too bad for my first attempts.

 

 

A Good Start to the Year

It’s been a good start to the year. I just didn’t have time to write extra ghost articles for this month, so nothing to really add to the online portfolio. I thought I’d give a summary of the published articles for this month.

Programming Charter Remote Codes Easily (Digital Landing)
LG Smart Home: The Home of Tomorrow (Digital Landing)
Program Cox Remote Codes in 6 Easy Steps (Digital Landing)
Free Fun: 10 Best iPad 2 Apps to Try (Digital Landing)
Outlook Email Meets AT&T Internet (Digital Landing)
Time Warner Cable, Buffalo: Faster Than Ever (Digital Landing)
2013 Resolution Help: Fitness Apps (Digital Landing)
Are “No Camera” Policies Gaining Ground? (Socially Active)
10 Things Kids (and You) Should Know Before Hitting the Social Networks (Socially Active)
Why do Young Boys Love to Break Things (Born Hip)

SCAM WARNING!

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Confidence trick, Dell, Microsoft, Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Windows ME

****************BIG SCAM WARNING !!!!!!!*********************
Just got a phone call from someone with a VERY heavy Indian accent claiming that they were calling about my computer. I asked which one….he paused and said the Dell..
ME: which Dell?
HIM: The one running Windows
ME: which Windows?
HIM: (question totally ignored) system number 888. We received an online error message from your system
ME: and who are we?
HIM: We want to verify the error message on your system

He then went on to tell me how they want to connect to my computer so they can verify it..

I just hung up at that point because I got sick of playing the game.

BUT anyone that is not familiar with computers could be taken in by this, especially if it is someone smoother than the guy I got.

Warn anyone who has the slightest chance to be taken in by this.

Homepreneurs had also recently posted about a similar call

 

YEAH!

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Dion D. Shaw, ghostofawriter, Homepreneurs, killerteacup, self promotion

Normally this blog is strictly used as a portfolio but today I thought I would do a little self promotion and promote someone else at the same time.

It appears that someone out there thinks I am a success. I got interviewed by Homepreneurs. It went up on their blog on the 20th as a success story.

I’m actually a little impressed. It’s nice to get a pat on the back occasionally, especially when it’s from someone else.

Thank you