For a normal one bedroom apartment with a regular kitchen and bathroom, the rent can vary anywhere from $400 a month and up to as much as $2000 or more for a luxury apartment. In most cases a security deposit equal to one half of a month’s rent is required. These rental rates may or may not include utility bills, the costs of which vary by the tenants usage.
I have a friend that is renting an apartment close by. She was fortunate to find her apartment, in a very quiet building for only $520 a month. She pays an additional $25 a month for the added benefit of monitored, underground parking. Her building also offers other amenities such as air conditioning, cable internet access and an indoor swimming pool, which are available to everyone who lives there.
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September 6th, 2007
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Larry
General, Home, Misc, People, Real Estate
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I recently purchased a Dell Dimension C521 directly from Dell’s website. It was an offer too good for me to refuse evidently as I have it right here with me now. The computer is very nice, considering I have not bought a new pc in over four years! That’s a long time in computer years, with the way technology grows.
This offer was for a brand new AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core Processor 3800+ and 1 GB of memory. Hard drive space is a modest 160 Gigs. The computer package they were showing on Dell came with all the normal accessories like a mouse and keyboard plus it offereed a nice 19″ widescreen lcd monitor. All this for around 600 bucks with shipping, I just couldn’t resist myself and quickly pulled the credit card out and bought that badboy.
It turned out that the 19″ widescreen lcd monitors were on back order, so I ended up with a complete computer system minus a monitor. That kind of sucked because there was a brand spanking new computer system sitting here but with no monitor to use it. I called Dell as soon as I found out the monitor was on back order and they quickly upgraded me to another 19″ widescreen lcd monitor that was in stock. This model was a Samsung lcd monitor, so I accepted with no problem.
A few days went by and I decided to check the status of my order with Dell via the Dell website. Once the page loaded and I saw that the new monitor that I had just ordered days before was now out of stock as well. Argh!! So, I’m starting to get a little heated on this whole situation at this point. I’ve had a brand new computer for nearly two weeks but with no monitor. How is this going to help your customer satisfaction rating Dell?
Anyhow, I called Dell once again to yet upgrade again. This time I talked to a gentleman that seemed very knowledgeable and on his job. I finally ended up upgrading to a 20 inch widescreen lcd monitor from Samsung with a 2ms refresh rate (model “SyncMaster 206BW”). Actually, I ordered an extra one for my other computer which turned out to be a great move I believe. The next day, both of my new 20 inch lcd monitors arrived via overnight. This was exactly what needed to be done by Dell to save their relationship with me, and I have bought 3 computer systems from them so far. I was ready to look elsewhere for my future purchases but thanks to this helpful employee I will stick with Dell.
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September 3rd, 2007
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Larry
General, Consumer Electronics, Computers, Small Business, Laptops, Notebooks
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A new breakthrough secret is all you now need in order to get your Google AdWords pay-per-clicks FREE!
A gentleman from New York discovered what he calls an “oversight” on the part of 99.9% of all marketers that allows him to get otherwise paid-for advertising at Google as well as all other search engines that allow sponsored ads.
And no, nothing about his “secret” is illegal – nor does it require that you know someone on the “inside” at Google, Yahoo, MSN, Overture and others.
Instead, the New Yorker boasts proudly “…this is something that I caught onto just before 2000 when there was so much search engine craze running around, and started doing small just to test things at first … but which I later expanded on after getting the hang of it.”
This same fellow went on to start and operate sixteen separate online companies selling everything from pet food, DVDs, children’s toys & games, books, software, and sold not only his own manufactured products but became an affiliate for other web businesses – all the while applying his mastermind secret.
Over the course of nearly eight years the New Englander confesses “I’ve actually gotten over $87 million in advertising that using my secret I never had to pay for … and the largest share of which was more recently in Google pay-per-clicks as well as other forms of pad advertising at search engines … all of which I got for free …”
So powerful is his secret that he’s able to monopolize any niche online, and can always secure the top premium spots just above the usual organic results featured at most search engines.
He still has to set up an account with the search engines – but after applying his secret he is removed from having to pay for all the costs otherwise involved.
Again, nothing about his secret is either illegal or robs from the search engines.
One spokesperson from one of the most popular search engines said chuckling after being made privy to this amazing secret “Wow! Ha! This is really unique … and in my expert opinion it would only serve to enhance and bring more business to us at [name of search engine withheld for legal & confidentiality reasons] and not cause us to lose business in the slightest. Amazing!”
The northerner revealed that in this nearly eight years’ period of time since applying his secret he’s done well over $300 million in sales revenue with a most diverse line of products, and most recently in the last two years netted nearly $166 million after really “buckling down and pressing my secret to its fullest potential.”
Now to everyone else’s fortune, the city slicker is releasing his secret for getting an unlimited amount of pay-per-click ads to the general public. But he’s not promising any of us for how long.
A bit of an eccentric, the gentleman says “We’ll see just how long I can make it available before it saturates things.”
One famous public web guru pointed out that although this man may gain economically more so as a result of the publication of his secret “he’s already so amazingly rich that whether he continues or discontinues its sale will neither make nor break the man, but not grabbing it for yourself while it’s still available could prove disastrous for you as you may only have one chance, and a very limited one at that, to get this.”
It is currently available for immediate download:
Stop paying for Google PPC ads, and get them for free!
April 23rd, 2007
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Larry
Business, Career, Money, Market & Advertising, Opportunities, Small Business
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Many of you may already be aware of the the site Smartys Links and are probably already using this asset to your advantage. However, if you are unaware of this site then you should visit it and bookmark it for later use. Basically, it allows you to get a good pr link to any page of your choosing nearly instantly. There are a few different options available for us.
1. Free standard listing. You must provide a reciprocal link back to smartys.
2. Premium featured listing. One time LOW lifetime fee of $15.95 (no link exchange required) - your premium featured web site listing will appear at the top of your selected category page (oldest ads are shown first).
3. Annual Sponsorship - 365 days
Low annual fee of $359. gets your text link or banner ad (468 x 60) on the front page of smartylinks.com plus your choice of any 5 inside pages.
Includes up to 2 sentences of description text.
I have never purchased a link at this site but am considering it. Give the site a try.
Reciprocal Links Directory - Smarty Links is the right place to get linked!
October 26th, 2006
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Larry
General, Business, E-Commerce, Market & Advertising, Small Business, SEO
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