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These are from Winter 09, however I just stumbled across them and I now feel a deep desire to acquire these… I am finding one here and there in European shops who have a womens size 5 left or a 7.5…I wear a US Womens 10, but a shoe like this, I could wear a 9.
I really MUST have these…if anyone wants to join in on the search. :)
love/mean it.
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$0.01 iPhone 4, 3Gs & 3G Case Sale
Hi Friends, I am very excited to share this awesome deal with you…you know how I am about my iPhone cases (and again here….)
I ordered four (4) of these bright colored $0.01 cases this week from DefaultCase.com. The shipping is $3.99 per case - so tell yourself right now, you are buying an awesome iPhone case for FOUR BUCKS.
If you watch the video below or read the “why” section I included at the bottom of the post, you will see their stratey is to invest the money they would have typically spent on new product launch advertising and direct it to gathering shiny, happy, chattering, sharing customers.
So what’s the big deal? They are bascially saying they they believe in their newest product so much that they want to give it away (virtually) for free and then let their brand new customers create the brand chatter as well as deliver more eyeballs. They also mention counting on that same customer remembering to check out DefaultCase for new styles while they are shopping for their iPhones 5,6 & 7…. The video also mentions that the iPhone 4 case was designed to alleviate the infamous death grip - but is “much more stylish than a bumper…”
I have a special surprise to the person who guesses what color combinations I ordered…Hint: I ordered two for my iPhone 3Gs and 2 for my “future” iPhone 4
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The Scoop~
Why are DefaultCases $0.01?
Traditional advertising is so… traditional. The normal thing to do when you’re in the middle of a major product launch is to go visit some advertising agency on Madison Avenue, hand them a canvas bag full of cash, and say, “Go find us some customers.” From the beginning, we decided that DefaultCase is going to do everything differently. So, we instead took our entire advertising budget and re-allocated it towards subsidizing the cost of your DefaultCase – hence, 99.9% off for you.
Tell me more.
DefaultCase is $0.01 because we want you to try it. We believe that we created a product that you will absolutely love. (We went back to the drawing board a couple of times just to be sure.) Our belief is that, once you experience the quality of your DefaultCase, you will want to tell your family and friends about our wonderful product and incredible deal.
There HAS to be a catch.
There is no catch. DefaultCases cost a bit to package and ship (contrary to popular belief, Santa’s order fulfillment company does not work for free), so there is a $3.99 charge for that. There are absolutely no hidden fees, terms, conditions, or boogiemen hiding under the bed.
How can you possibly make money/keep the lights on/eat?
A couple of things: Firstly, at DefaultCase, we run on customer satisfaction. Every positive call or email we receive from a happy and astonished customer just makes us want to do whatever we can to keep the deal going for as long as possible. Secondly, our mission isn’t to overtake Apple in market capitalization (overnight). The goal is to give you a real taste of DefaultCase now so that, when Apple releases iPhone 5, 6, and 7, you’ll remember our manic dedication to quality as you stand at the counter deciding on your next case.
How long is the sale going to last?
We will continue to sell DefaultCases at $0.01 for as long as our marketing budget allows. We are working extremely hard to satisfy all of the current demand.
How long will it take to receive my DefaultCase?
Your DefaultCase typically arrives within 3 business days of leaving either of our order fulfillment centers.
Do you ship internationally? We currently ship only to customers in the United States. We plan to bring DefaultCase to the rest of the world in the near future.
Are there other shipping options?
All DefaultCases are shipped from our fulfillment centers in New York and Nevada via USPS First Class Mail. This is currently the only shipping option.
Why is the $3.99 shipping and handling fee charged for each DefaultCase? DefaultCase partners with fulfillment centers staffed with employees that pack and ship your orders all day long. There is a cost associated with the individual handling of each DefaultCase regardless of how many we tell them to stuff in a box.
What is your return policy?
DefaultCase has a friendly no-questions-asked return policy. No reason necessary. Period. I’ve seen products similar to the DefaultCase elsewhere – what’s up? Beware of imitators! The original DefaultCase is made from top quality materials and is expertly crafted to provide a perfect fit with your iPhone. Authentic DefaultCases can only be found on DefaultCase.com.
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Enjoy my peoples…Don’t forget to leave your comment with your guess on my cover color choices below - if you want to have a chance to win a mega awesome zanelicious super prize.
I’m never too busy being fabulous for you ~ so I’d love to hear from you.
Zane
P.S. - if you want to order from Ideal-case (where I typically purchase my radical iPhone covers), I’m pretty sure I just received another 20% of code via email recently - Check with me before you place your order over there. xo
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I find this interesting as well as encouraging in light of the recent Ann Taylor Photoshop hoopla - but again Mainstream American Women are not hanging out on Twitter 12 hrs a day discussing this stuff…yet…. Personally, I say Kudos to the WOMEN out there who have the means and the money doing what they can to stimulate our economy… Zane
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NEW YORK (MarketWatch) — She’s back.
The female shopper has returned to stores, ready to buy and not afraid to pay full price — at least judging by the results from AnnTaylor Stores Corp.
Not too long ago, AnnTaylor /quotes/comstock/13*!ann/quotes/nls/ann (ANN 15.90, +0.43, +2.78%) was in a bit of a bind. The company was reeling from merchandise misses, a revolving door of management, bloated inventory, too many stores and a customer addicted to margin-eroding markdowns.
Interestingly, the company’s namesake stores performed better than its lower-priced Loft chain, which had been a winner in the darkest days of the recession. Read more about Ann Taylor’s results.
Same-store sales soared 15% at Ann Taylor stores, helped by suits, separates, dresses and jewelry, and the company said gross-margin comps “dramatically outpaced” sales performance because of “the strength of the full-priced offering.” Sales became stronger each month over the course of the quarter,
“We were pleased that our merchandise offerings were compelling and drove her to purchase, in spite of the competition on price available to her,” Kay Krill, president and chief executive of AnnTaylor, said on a conference call.
At Loft, comparable sales were flat for the brand, with a 3% decrease at stores, hurt in part by weakness in knit and dresses and a lack of basics.
The increases in profit and sales and customers’ willingness to pay full price are impressive.
Women’s apparel was one of the first areas hit hard by the recession. Women, who often oversee household finances, tend to cut back on their own spending first. Retailers like AnnTaylor that sell business and professional clothing were also hurt as people lost their jobs, and many who remained employed were uneasy at the prospect of shelling out for a new work wardrobe.
Earlier this week, Chico’s FAS Inc. /quotes/comstock/13*!chs/quotes/nls/chs (CHS 8.86, -0.08, -0.89%) , another women’s apparel merchant, posted a better-than-expected profit, higher sales and improved same-store sales. In some places, the retailer was unable to keep up with demand.
The economy is unquestionably in sorry shape, but it’s heartening to see one segment of the population feeling confident enough to spend.
— Angela Moore, Commentary Editor
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Can you think of one? I can..has to do with FACEBOOK.
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BONUS: Whenever you want to make things interesting, you can simply switch your hook persona… “Say, Hunny….I’d like to be you today….”
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The First Thing You Should Do With Facebook Places: Don’t Let Other People Tag You
So, everyone’s excited about the new Facebook Places, right? The Facebook service that lets you check-in, Foursquare style, at whatever hip Sushi bar/bicycle repair shop you happen to be in. Oh, and also other people can check you in, too.
Facebook places, which rolls out this evening, allows your friends (and only your friends) to tag you when checking into a place, much as they might tag you in a picture. This is terrible! Of course, you are notified whenever anyone tags you in a check-in, and you can always delete a tag. But, still. You’re probably not checking in because either 1) You don’t want people to know where you are. Or 2) You spent all your money on Star Wars memorabilia and can’t afford a smartphone, so you won’t see that someone’s tagged you until you get home anyway.
Here are a couple situations we thought of directly off the top of our head where someone else tagging you could bring social doom:
- You are at the bar when you are supposed to be at your girlfriend’s crappy art show. Your chat with your friend Jane, who checks into the bar and tags you: “At this awesome bar, just talked to [Your name here] about his Star Wars memorabilia collection!” Your girlfriend sees this on Jane’s wall and dumps you.
- You are having an affair with your wife’s sister. Your wife’s sister checks into her home and says “Having awesome sex with [Your name here]”. Your wife sees this on her sister’s wall and divorces you. (Also, your wife trashes your Star Wars memorabilia collection.)
That second one is not very probable, but you get the point!
At the Facebook places launch event, an engineer equated tagging someone in a check-in with tagging someone in a picture. Not quite the same thing. Someone has to point a thing at you and take your picture. But anyone can go to the bathroom, tag you in a check-in, then your significant other/spouse/boss sees it and: Boom. Your life is ruined. Also, a picture does not tell someone exactly where you are, with whom, when, and whether you are having an awesome time, despite the fact that you should be at your girlfriend’s terrible art openings.
Disable the “let your friends tag you” feature as soon as possible. (It should be right there somewhere in your privacy settings tonight.) For the love of your Star Wars memorabilia collection.
How to do it
Here’s how to make sure other people can’t tag you on Places. Plus, how to adjust the two other Places privacy settings. Go to the Account tab at the top right and click Privacy Settings. Select the little blue “customize settings”.
You’ll see a list of privacy options. Under the Things Others Share category, set “Friends can check me in to Places,” to disabled.
You can also choose who can see your check-ins using the pulldown under the Things I Share category. The default is “friends only.” Selecting “Customize” brings up a pop-up where you can exclude entire networks, individual people, or everyone.
Finally you may want to disable the “People Here Now” feature. “People Here Now” allows any user checked in at a location to see who else is checked in there—even if they’re not friends. Make sure the box is unchecked next to “Include me in ‘People Here Now’ after I check in.” (It’s right under the pulldown for who can see your check ins)
Now you are ready to sneak around like the sexy Russian spy you may or may not be. Now if only there was a big button that could easily disable the whole damn thing.
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See, this post would have been fantastic if you would have only said how to disable it. Finding these settings are damned near impossible with Facebook. Obviously privacy is something they wish to make very transparent if the settings are THIS hard to find. Could someone please help me out here? Reply
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It seems as of late that I spend more time editing my Facebook privacy settings than actually using Facebook. Reply
1. Find rich friends
2. Wait for rich friends to be tagged anywhere out of thier house.
3.Rob rich friends blind.
4. ???
5. Profit. Reply
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This article is the first (and hopefully last) article I will use the FB “like” button for. Almost ready to deactivate my account, this is pushing me very close. Reply
Or…
1. … your girlfriend sees this on Jane’s wall and decides to join you and Jane for a threesome after some drinks.
2. … your boss sees this on Ron’s wall and ends up looking for you to hang out, bc he is also at the convention.
3. … your wife sees this on her sister’s wall and doesn’t mind. Also, your wife is your boss and calls Jane which causes a threesome to ensue all over your Star Wars memorabilia collection. Reply
I’m surprised by the level of complacency being shown towards Facebook’s malevolence. They’re not hiding their hand anymore, they don’t care if you know that their ultimate goal is to harvest every single piece of your existence for some ad revenue. Still, people eat it up. Poor bastards. Reply
It’s like FB said, “You want to lock up your privacy settings and stop sharing with the people who really care about you, i.e., our advertising partners? No problem. We know you have at least one app-happy friend with poor judgment, diarrhea of the mouth that translates beautifully to his/her smartphone, and the possible bonus of a low alcohol tolerance. We’ll get your ass that way, Private Dancer.” Reply
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Excellent! Now I can track the whereabouts of my wife and the pool guy. Reply
Peter Feld promoted this comment
Every day there’s some new, inane feature on Facebook that I have to not allow people to involve me in. The whole CIA data mining conspiracy theory looks more plausible every day. Reply
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How do you keep people from tagging you in photos even if you don’t have a Facebook account yourself? There’s no way to know who did the tagging, and no way to undo it. That means people can search for you on the Internet, find you in tagged photos and contact other people in the photos in order to locate you. What if there’s any abusive ex or stalker looking for you, and some well-meaning friend or acquaintance has tagged you? Reply
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things like this should be disabled by default, not the other way around. Reply
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You can disable the part of the feature where others can check you in. Go to Privacy Settings, then to Customize Settings. Scroll down to Things Others Share and you’ll see the option to disable the ability of others to potentially ruin your life. Reply
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Oh FB, you so crazy. Reply
There is also the same issue with Foursquare postings where it’s possible that now people can know where you are, and when your house is empty. That’s like asking to be robbed. Or at least that’s how your insurance company is going to see it. Reply
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If your friends and romantic interests are like those people, Facebook tagging isn’t your problem. Your selection in friends is.
And if you are the person described in these scenarios I’d suggest that Facebook tagging is only speeding up the inevitable.
And before anyone calls me a facebook apologist:
1. I don’t have a facebook account
2. lighten up Reply
I can’t quite find the privacy settings for this (yet) — anyone know if it’s been posted? Reply
What I hate more than those little meetings they (any of the tech blops) hold where they’re standing on stage in front of a huge screen, wearing one of those little tiny microphone headpiece things and talking emphatically about some new feature — is the nerd tards in attendance that loudly laugh and applaud at everything.. Reply
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Dammit Zuckerberg! Reply
Lets just socially tag the Zuck everywhere. See how he likes it. Reply
I can’t find where to turn this off in my privacy settings. Reply
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Yet another facebook feature I’ll be disabling. Reply
…And we haven’t even gotten into the problem of fraudulent tagging yet. “Just saw @Jason Chen at the S&M Orgy!”
Didn’t happen, but good luck explaining it away anyway. In this era of guilty until proven innocent, it’s a time bomb waiting to explode. Reply
alex-y 08/18/10
Yeah, that’s all cute and stuff but I tend to stay low key in alot of places…I don’t go up to someone and talk unless I know the person is not a loudmouth that will blab about me on the spot/tweet about me on twitter/tag me in facebook places etc. Reply
“I’m at a bar with Abraham Lincoln, Ben Franklin, and William Taft.
Jimmy Carter is throwing up in the bathroom. lol.” Reply
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There are actually several new privacy settings that apply to this. I disabled all of them.
What creeps me out the most though is the cameras with GPS in them. Reply
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Daddy successfully follows Beau’s mad scientist-like instructionals to Green Pig Success…
The Green Pig joins The Giraffe a la Zane…
Beau starts The Blue Whale…
Adds some ridges & eyes…
The Familygami is Diverse and Complete! (thank goodness, all that precision wore me out!)
LYMI,
Zane, @beauology & @grumpalicious
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Beau instructs from this book as I fold…
It’s not as easy as it looks!
Okay…folding complete - Now it’s time to decorate…
Beau does the spot honors….
Meet Mr. Giraffegami!
Next, Daddy folds a green PIG….
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Wanting adventure, being able to have adventures, being able to see life as an adventure, is not luck. It’s a choice. And the ones who fail to make that choice; invariably make something else instead: Excuses.
Live Large in Small Moments,
Zane
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This shows how much hard work goes into those perfect moments we see them seem “effortless” on SYTYCD…
Thank you Ellen for just making it a little more awesome-er.
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The Road to Ellen’s ‘So You Think You Can Dance’ Performance!
Last week, Ellen performed an amazing dance routine with tWitch on “So You Think You Can Dance.” Fortunately, she brought along a camera as she got ready for the big night.
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“How To Become Super” – Volume I & Volume II. Two great Threadless t-shirt design submissions by Philip Haragos.
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