BABY BABY

The purpose of the I Love You Gift is to tell someone that you love them on Valentine’s Day.

Pros: I love Valentine’s Day. Imagine….a day that is set aside each year for the sole purpose of telling those that we love that we….well….love them. Days, weeks, months speed by so fast. We are so busy doing whatever it is that we do that it is easy to forget to say, “I love you”. Valentine’s Day is that day set aside each year to do just that.

Red is the traditional color of Valentine’s Day. Red is the color of passion. The lovely I Love You Gift consists of an 18” helium balloon in the shape of a heart with the words, “I love you” emblazoned on it in fancy script. There is also a single red rose and an adorable cuddly brown teddy bear. The I Love You Gift is boxed and can include your own personal message and FREE chocolates!

Cons: I am a big fan of guarantees of satisfaction. I want my satisfaction with products guaranteed without any restrictions. The lack of such an ironclad guarantee of satisfaction is always a con, in my opinion. However, the I Love You Gift appears to be a very good product and one that you should be satisfied with.

Guarantee: There is freshness and quality guarantee with each order, but satisfaction is not part of the guarantee, as far as I can tell.

Value for money: The I Love You Gift appears to be a high quality gift at a reasonable price. It is a good value.

Parents and grandparents

The purpose of the Casual Glitter Ballet Flats is to provide a casual, yet dressy and comfortable, shoe for little girls.

Pros: Little girls are born loving shoes. As soon as they learn to walk they put on mommy’s heels and clomp around the house. They love their own shoes as well and sometimes will insist on wearing shoes that they have out grown simply because they love the shoes, and never mind that they hurt. Girls will be girls!

Your little angel will just love the Casual Glitter Ballet Flats. They are hot pink faux leather with glittered piercing that is self lining. There are elasticized straps across the instep that will hold the Casual Glitter Ballet Flats securely on her little feet and an ankle tab that makes them easy to pull on. Mom will like the non-marking resin rubber outer soles that are textured to prevent slipping. The Casual Glitter Ballet Flats really are a cute little pair of shoes that your little girls will love and buying them won’t empty your bank account.

Cons: Little feet grow at an alarming rate. You don’t want to have to pay more for shoes for babies, toddlers, and young children that you have to because they outgrow them so quickly. Yet babies and children’s shoes must be good quality, and they must fit correctly. Inexpensive is good, but “cheap” is bad.

Guarantee: Each order shipped includes a packing slip/receipt. With the packing slip, you may return or exchange your purchase within six months of your order and receive a full refund in the original form of payment.

Value for money: The Casual Glitter Ballet Flats is a cute little shoe that little girls will love and it is priced reasonably. The Casual Glitter Ballet Flats are a very good value.

Consumer: Parents, grandparents, and gift-givers

The purpose of the Play Nest is to provide a safe play environment for babies.

Pros: Babies are curious little creatures. They come here like thirsty little sponges ready to soak up all the information about this new world they find themselves in as they possibly can. The first couple of months they are fairly satisfied in their cribs, but as they grow they want to expand their world. That is as it should be, but the world that they expand to needs to be safe and clean as well as stimulating.

Years ago, mothers just put a blanket down on the floor and put the baby on it. Then they spent all their time trying to keep the baby on it and off the floor. Today there is the Play Nest. It provides a safe, clean, and stimulating place for little babies to play and it keeps them in one place at the same time.

Cons: The Play Next is partially made of fabric which means that it will be more difficult to keep clean. Fortunately the Play Nest is washable.

Guarantee: There is a 30-day guarantee of satisfaction or your money will be refunded. Most products are guaranteed by the manufacturer.

Value for money: The Play Nest is a very good value and will deliver what it promises to deliver.

 CJ

For the person who is smoking the effects of smoking are not that apparent. At first glance there appears to be enjoyment and a sense of relaxation. However once these individuals know what smoking can do to a person’s body, they start looking for ways to stop. In particular they start looking for ways to stop smoking.

By stopping the habit of smoking these individuals can ensure that they are beginning to live a healthier life. This is because by taking the decision to stop smoking they are already repairing the damage that was inflicted by the nicotine.

You will find that the numerous ways to quit smoking all have to do with distancing the need to have this nicotine based product. The more known ways will include placing nicotine patches on your body, in particular on your upper arm. The sensations which are produced by this patch are designed to deaden your response to nicotine.  

Another way to help you with quitting smoking is to join a support group. These people will have all of the experience of going through the trauma of quitting smoking. You will be able to ask for help from these support groups. Of course these are ways to quit smoking which have partial effect.

These methods address the outward habit the smokers have towards cigarettes. It does not however address the mind. Now as this is the section of the addiction problem that needs to be addressed you will find ways to quit smoking which deal with the subconscious. These methods will cost more than the usual ways but they have more of an effect.

While the other ways to quit smoking merely address the chemical reaction which occurs in the body when you are smoking, the methods of hypnosis and laser treatment. In the hypnosis method of quitting smoking the hypnotist will use your subconscious mind to see why you have first of all gotten hooked onto smoking.

Once the cause has been found out you will then be given treatment so that you can stop smoking. One of the other ways to quit smoking can be found in laser treatment. The treatment in soft laser therapy will allow you an easy way to quit your smoking habit.

With all of these ways to quit smoking you can be assured that you have a good chance of kicking your smoking for good. Now the only thing left for you to do is to choose one of the many ways to quit smoking for good.

Consumer: Parents, grandparents, and gift-givers The purpose of the Baby Whoozit Touch and Teethe Ring is to provide teething relief and fun at the same time. Pros: Poor little babies! They come into this world and everything is just fine until their teeth start to come in. Then their little gums hurt! They can’t tell anybody what the problem is but mommies and daddies will notice that the little angel is cranky and drooling a lot. The first tooth usually breaks through somewhere within the third and fourth month of life. Then they tend to come through like popcorn. No sooner does one break through than another one is trying to break through. Young parents soon discover that the world is just full of teething woe remedies. One of the better ones that I have found is the Baby Whoozit Touch and Teethe Ring. While it is providing teething pain relief, it is also entertaining the baby and introducing him to shapes and textures. There is a baby-safe mirror on one side that will encourage self-awareness as well. Cons: The Baby Whoozit Touch and Teethe Ring will be a bit difficult to keep clean. There are a lot of surfaces, cracks, and crannies where germs can hide. Guarantee: There is a 30-day guarantee of satisfaction or your money will be refunded. Most products are guaranteed by the manufacturer. Value for money: The Baby Whoozit Touch and Teethe Ring is a very good value and will provide many hours of fun while it soothes sore baby gums.

CJ

Consumer: Parents, grandparents, and gift-givers

The purpose of Baby Sitter 1 2 3 is to provide a place for babies from birth to two years with a safe place to sit. Each movement causes the Baby Sitter 1 2 3 to rock which provides pleasure to the infant.

Pros: When babies come into this world it seems that they always prefer being in an upright position if they are awake, even though they can’t hold themselves in an upright position. Of course, mommies and daddies can’t just hold the baby in an upright position during every waking moment, and that is where the Baby Sitter 1 2 3 can help.

The Baby Sitter 1 2 3 has three adjustable positions that will hold a baby in the most comfortable upright position according to their age. Each movement the baby makes causes the Baby Sitter 1 2 3 to gently rock. The Baby Sitter 1 2 3 will not turn over or damage floors as it holds the baby upright and soothes the little one with a gentle rocking motion.

As the baby grows, the Baby Sitter 1 2 3 can be adjusted and the baby will be able to use the Baby Sitter 1 2 3 until he is about two years old or weighs about 29 pounds.

Cons: The Baby Sitter 1 2 3 is going to be a bit difficult to keep clean, although the fabric is reversible.

Guarantee: The guarantee as listed on the Baby Wise website states in part: “We want you to be delighted with your Baby-Wise.com purchase. Most purchases can be returned within 30 days for a refund. Just contact us for an RMA number prior to return shipping. Wise Innovations, Inc. will cover the cost of return shipping for defective items, and will refund 100% of the purchase price. An unwanted, resalable item will be refunded 100% of the purchase price provided:
1) It is returned with all original documentation and packaging.
2) It is in unused condition.”

Value for money: The Baby Sitter 1 2 3 is a very good value and will help parents keep baby entertained by the hour.

Consumer: Chocolate Lovers and those on sugar restricted diets.

The purpose of Sugar Free Chocolates is to allow people who are on sugar restricted diets to still savor the goodness of chocolate.

Pros: Unfortunately some of us who are real chocoholics find ourselves on sugar restricted diets but still with a chocolate addiction that needs to be satisfied on occasion. There is a variety of sugar free chocolate available at the Vermont Country Store.

The varieties advertised are; Sugar free almond bark, Sugar-Free Almond Buttercrunch, Sugar-Free Vanilla Butter Creams, Sugar-Free Coconut Clusters and Sugar-Free Cashew Clusters. All of these candies are drenched in chocolate and you won’t believe that it is really sugar-free when you taste them. Yummy! 

The Vermont Country Store has been around for sixty-one years. They have a world wide reputation for delivering what they promise to deliver. The milk chocolate almond bark, almond buttercrunch, vanilla creams, and coconut clusters are all in 1 lb. bags and the Cashew clusters have 36 pieces in a 12 oz. box.

Cons: On rare occasions some people may be sensitive to the sweetener used in sugar free chocolates. Always read labels!

Guarantee: The guarantee from Lyman Orton states, “My commitment to finding you practical, hard to find merchandise and to superior customer service remains absolutely unshakable. Everything you see in our catalogues, in our on-line store, and in our retail stores is 100% guaranteed to work like we say it will. If you don’t find this so, or are dissatisfied for any reason at all, you can return or exchange your product with no hassles or fuss. We’ve done business in this straight forward way ever since 1946.

Value for money: The Sugar Free Chocolates are all an excellent value.

CJ

Consumer: Magicians and those who wish to become magicians.

The purpose of the Balloon Magic Kit is to provide magicians with all of the tools and instructions necessary to make animals out of balloons.

Pros: Children of all ages and the inner child in all of us are fascinated by those folks that can twist and tie balloons into all sorts of shapes. You can learn how to do the very same thing with the Balloon Magic Kit from Hobbytron.com.

The kit includes everything that you need. Included in the kit is 48 Qualatex 260Q figure tying balloons (in lovely assorted colors), the glossy, in-depth instruction book, and a handy hand inflator that makes filling and tying the balloons quite easy. You can easily learn how to make cats, mice, giraffes, rabbits, Bassett Hounds, Dachshunds, Chihuahuas, Poodles, squirrels, deer, moose, tulips, daisies, fish, lambs, elephants, swans, a parrot in a swing, and even a bi-plane!

The instructions are clear and easy to follow. You will be amazing everyone you know in no time at all with the Balloon Magic Kit. 

Cons: You will need to reorder a good supply of balloons - once you learn these tricks, your kids and their friends will insist on seeing you perform!

Guarantee: There is a guarantee that the merchandise will arrive undamaged. The return policy in part states: “We accept returns on new, unopened, unused items. You must call us to receive an RMA number to authorize the return. Please note, attempting to return items you have opened for a refund is mail fraud and you may be subject to prosecution. Open items are not returnable for a refund.”

Value for money: The Balloon Magic Kit is a very good value.

CJ

Consumer: Amateur and professional photographers, gift givers, etc.

The purpose of a collage is to assemble multiple related photographs into an artistic arrangement that is suitable for display. A collage can depict an event or a lifetime collection of related photographs.

Pros: A collage can depict many different things such as a collection of family photos or photos of only one person engaging in many different sports or activities. A collage can be assembled showing a child at birth and through many years of growth and change. People assemble collages for such a variety of reasons. They make really wonderful gifts as well as special pieces on a ‘remembrance wall’ in a home.

Kodak Easy Share membership is free and members are provided with unlimited storage space for a period of one year. Continued membership and, thus, storage is dependent upon a member making at least one purchase per year. There is no minimum purchase requirement.

Cons: There are no cons associated with the Collage by Kodak Easy Share Gallery. Most people find the learning curve on the Easy Share site tends to be very small.

Guarantee: Kodak Easy Share Gallery offers a guarantee of satisfaction with products purchased on the website. The items must be returned within 30 days of the purchase and the decision of whether a refund or issue a credit will be determined by Kodak Easy Share Gallery.

Value for money: Has excellent value because it gives you an opportunity to test it for free before buying anything.

CJ

Consumer: Photographers both amateur and professional.

The purpose of Photo Cards is to send personal photos as greeting cards to friends and family for holidays or other special events.

Pros: When you think of greeting cards with a family picture printed on it, Christmas cards just naturally come to mind. There are other occasions however, when a photo card would be very appropriate…an invitation to a wedding or wedding shower or to an anniversary celebration are just a few examples of how photo cards can be used for occasions other than Christmas.

The photo cards that are priced at #14.99 per set of 20 cards and envelopes are 4’ x 8” cards. Photo cards can be ordered in a 5” x 7” size as well. The price of a set of 20 cards and envelopes in the 5” x 7” size is $16.99.

Snap Fish offers a full range of photo services including digital photo services as well as a full range of photo gifts and photo albums.

Cons: There’s really no downside to giving Photo Cards by Snap Fish a try! The service has a great reputation, and the print quality is excellent.

Guarantee: There is a 110% guarantee of satisfaction offered by Snap Fish on all products. Products that are not considered satisfactory will be 100% refunded or replaced and there will be a 10% discount on the next order placed with Snap Fish.

Value for money: Twenty cards with a picture of a family member and twenty envelopes for only $14.99 is a very good value.

CJ