The Mountain, a small T-shirt manufacturer are having a bit of bother at the moment, although most would argue that a 2300% increase in sales is usually a good thing. After one seemingly innocent ironic review, hundreds of people have since posted similar reviews, with number of reviews now just over the 700 mark.
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The common assumption is that almost everything is cheaper online. Lower staffing and ‘bricks and mortar’ costs means savings made can be passed on to the consumer via deals and discounted RRP. There is no doubt that one of the biggest beneficiaries of this in recent years has been the Book industry. Since Amazon lead ... Read more
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Posted March 26 2009 By Benn
In these budget-minded times, companies aplenty have begun offering cash or trade-ins in exchange for unwanted electronics, gift cards and gold. Now, from none other than Amazon, comes a program to offer gift cards in exchange for second-hand video games.
To be eligible, games must be in good condition and include the original manual, cover art ... Read more
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Posted January 22 2009 By Benn
Check out the new Monty Python YouTube channel. After years of fighting to have their stuff taken down on YouTube, they’ve gone and released all of their work on YouTube for free! So what’s the catch? I’ll let them tell you:
“We’re letting you see absolutely everything for free. So there! But we want something in ... Read more
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Posted November 5 2008 By Benn
The saying is that everything comes full circle, eventually. Fitting then that Amazon, the company that effectively killed the idea of window shopping (or took it to the nth level depending on your viewpoint) have released a new beta site called Windowshop.
Use your arrow keys to pick a genre, and then space bar to zoom ... Read more
Borders has gone solo, after its 7 year web sales tie in with Amazon. David Runk of the AP announced that Borders has returned to being an independent online bookstore, with a major facelift designed to increase interest in its brand.
I’ve had a look around the site, borders.com, and think its a ... Read more
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Posted March 10 2008 By Benn
Yeah, it’s kinda old by now but I’ve mentioned this video a few times recently and people were asking to watch it – so I dug this out of the archives. It’s not awesome by any stretch, the timing and acting leaves a lot to be desired but there are some great visual gags ... Read more
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Not quite as slick as the IKEA sequence from the movie Fight Club but it shows we’re getting there. Overlay.tv is a new start-up with a great infomercial viral movie (see below), that enables users to overlay content on top of video. This content can be just for fun and games or it can actually ... Read more