Archive for the 'Business' Category

29 Dec

Banff National Park

Last year we were at Lake Louise Ski Area for a few days for a skiing trip with friends from Japan – we had bought some north face backpacks  for hiking at the Banff National park but didn’t make it there for we got too busy doing stuff at the Ski resort.  So this year – [...]

17 Dec

Gifts For Bachelor Party

The spouse insist of giving out gifts for a bachelor party to be held at our store – it’s a gaming session because the bride said no booze, no woman and no gambling – so we can’t head for Las Vegas – darn!  But since she found some cohiba cigars for sale  and bought them [...]

16 Dec

Re-organizing For Tax Time

It may be near Christmas now – but the end of the year is also coming – so with some money left – I’m looking into getting the scanner software  that the spouse had been talking about for ages – to reorganize my paper work for tax time.   I think it would be an [...]

15 Dec

Interesting People

When you own a game store like I do – you do get to meet a lot of interesting people – some very nice – and some not so nice.  I want to meet all the nice people and keep the nice ones as a customer forever.  Unfortunately, because of the job situation here in [...]

13 Dec

Wii Guitar For Rock Band

I have just about any kind of guitar for all the game  systems except of course the one I need most for a customer.  A Wii guitar for rock band never seems to come into our store – and when you need one – it’s even harder.  I had a customer who came in to [...]

18 Nov

Modern, Klutz-Proof Laptop Cases

A smart, sexy and fun laptop case was what Sloan and Meaghan wanted for themselves – but they turned it into a business eventually.   But they wanted also a tough protective case – to withstand the accidental drops and knocks.  Converts to a backpack easily and less than $100 – love the colors – quite [...]

03 Nov

A Monster Of A Computer

A customer was in to sell – his very expensive gaming computer  – it cost him like $7000 a year to build it – but don’t have a lot of time for it now – family commitments.  I didn’t really wanna offer him anything – because I wouldn’t be able to move such an expensive [...]

20 Oct

Super Mario Wall Decal For The Store

Thinking of getting this for wall decal at our store.  We all grew up playing Mario – and for those who haven’t played it before will still recognize it because your kids are probably playing with it now.  So this is the touch I need for the store. $69.99 for a set of 3 pieces [...]

05 Oct

Bad Teacher

First of all, I have to let you guys out there know that it’s not a chick flick – in fact, guys will like this movie because it’s pretty hilarious – plus I know you all liked Cameron Diaz right?  what’s not to like of the big mouth girl – and in this movie – [...]

30 Aug

A Special Wallet

The spouse asked if we should get this wallet – and i asked her what so special about this wallet because it sure looked ordinary to me – but according to the wife this is a rfid blocking wallet .  So I asked her what is a rfid wallet?  apparently, this wallet can prevent identity [...]

25 Aug

Apple CEO Resigns

Holy Moly ! expect stocks for Apple to plunge tomorrow morning – or is it already happening now?  anyhow – Steve Jobs who is the co-founder of Apple has just tendered his resignation as CEO – but is hoping to continue to be in the board.   I really wasn’t expecting him to resign this soon [...]

19 Aug

Cheap Laptops

So one can get an Aspire One 10.1 inch for less than $200 new – of course I get to go grab some discount laptop computers and tell all my friends about it.   Everyone seems to love the netbooks a lot these days – especially the ladies – I have a mother who bought one [...]

15 Aug

Gaming Made Easier @ Store

So we play Magic with a group of people at the store every Friday evenings – while I have someone to help me run the store.  So it’s a win-win situation – you would think – but not without a present for the spouse from  everlon of course – that kept her happy and she [...]

09 Jul

Mess Management

Yes! that was what the spouse was up to this weekend – mess management or  wire management as she had called it.   And you can see why she wanted to get cable protectors and plastic cord cover for the counter at the store – she said it was too messy for her liking.  She is [...]