A Little Bit Of Rock & Roll In The Store
169 words eaten alive on January 26, 2012 - Filed Under Uncategorized |
Really? someone asked me if we are getting into more music stuff? I guess that’s because you see us carrying some – from guitar picks to guitar strings and some guitars of course. We don’t pay much for them at this moment because I don’t know much about it at the moment . But was told that if I can get some line 6 guitar and bass amplifiers – I have a ready clientele. Unfortunately, I haven’t seen any come in-store as of yet and the closest I’ve seen one is online of course and a store in USA. So at the moment our sale items for rock and roll stuff in our store is little but we will be adding on more if I can find a good supplier – or someone who wants to get rid of theirs. I know of one person in our store that loves heavy metal – as for me, the classical is the kind of arty farty music I liked.
New Movies This Week : 24 Jan 2012
1 words eaten alive on January 25, 2012 - Filed Under Business, DVD, Entertainment, Movies |
Jeep For Cheap
299 words eaten alive on January 24, 2012 - Filed Under Business, review, shopping, This Country, This Town |
We get all kinds of things come into our store but the other day, a customer came in to ask if we would buy their old Jeep – at a very good price too he said. He was in a hurry to get money for his mother was ill and he wanted to go up to be with her. He had the jeep right in front of the store and we took a peek outside. He also mention a few repairs needed and that the jeep parts can easily be ordered online for the repair. The fender needs repairing and so did a few other thing as well – not major renovation but still can cost me more than I care to spend. Jeep parts are not difficult to find if you can get the right supplier – but knowing nothing about repairing the jeep – that’s the real problem and in our business, if you don’t know what you are dealing with – best you don’t buy it – unless it’s an amount that you know you won’t missed.
The customer was asking for about $5000 for the jeep and I felt that, it was a good price but it wasn’t automatic, so I won’t be able to drive it and the spouse only need one vehicle at a time – so why risked it right? So finally… he agreed on $2000 and currently the jeep is down by my parents so that my brother can take a look at it for me – and do the minor repairs. Owning a store like ours can be quite fun, we really get all sorts of goodies coming in at a good price. We might keep it for ourselves or re-sell it later when it’s all brushed up, nice and clean.
Thank You For Supporting Our Small Business
77 words eaten alive on January 24, 2012 - Filed Under Business |
When you buy from a small business you’re not helping a rich CEO buy a third vacation home. You’re helping an entire community. Small business owners take great pride in the environment that surrounds them. Our clients are our shareholders and they are the ones we strive to make happy. The more small business grows the better the position they are in to give back to the community that embraces them. THANK YOU for supporting small businesses.
Money Tree From Customer
290 words eaten alive on January 24, 2012 - Filed Under Business, Health, Life, This Country, This Town |
Yesterday was Chinese New Year for me – and like usual – we had a reunion dinner with good friends at the New Century Restaurant and as usual, we gave out many red packets ” small chinese envelopes with lucky money” to all the children there and of course the staff of New Century like we do every year.
This year, we not only received oranges and chocolate from customers, we also received a Money Tree!!! from our dear customer Gary Deon. How sweet is he now? I think it must be Gary getting tired of me telling him the story of the Money Tree and my landlord. You see back home, it’s customary for the landlord to give a money tree to his tenant – a symbol of good luck for the business and well wishes from the landlord. In return, we will give them back 18 oranges – a symbol of “gold nuggets” back to the landlord.
But alas, after so many years, the only person who gave us a Money tree was our previous landlord but not the present one. So I’m guessing Gary Deon must have taken pity on my continuous ranting and OUT OF THE GOODNESS OF HIS HEART – bought a money tree and huge organic oranges to wish me and Chris – Gong Hei Fatt Choy! Bless his good heart and generosity. You see there are good people in Yarmouth – so I tell myself not to lose heart.
PS : We returned a “lucky money red packet” to Gary Deon for his kindness. You see we Chinese never take anything from anyone for granted. Ask any Chinese – not just an Asian ok – I’m talking about Chinese – we never take advantage of anyone.
Valentine’s Day @ The Store
374 words eaten alive on January 21, 2012 - Filed Under Business, Life, shopping, This Town |
Valentine’s day falls on a Tuesday this year – have you already planned what to do with your wife or your girlfriends? Every year I get customers asking me about valentines day gifts for wife , how is it that no one asked about Valentine’s day gifts for husband? You know if you get them something they really would use and want – would be the best thing you can give to the husband right? As for me, I never give the spouse anything that he doesn’t want – or something I can get for him on an everyday basis.
So the question is – is Valentine’s Day an important date for couples? or is it just a way for shrewd businessman to make more money out of you? Well, it all depends on how you look at it – who doesn’t like flowers or a diamond ring on Valentine’s Day right? I think it’s pretty romantic – sending a bunch of orchids to your spouse on Valentine’s day don’t you think so? or a leather jewelry portfolio for the woman in your life who loves jewelry – but what about the husbands?
Well, don’t neglect that the husband needs a little bit of attention too – but come on don’t send him chocolates when he already eats them like candies everyday. If he likes gaming – why not drop in and get him the game he wants but you’ve disapproved of for the longest time. Or if he needed a new video card for a long time – but didn’t want to upset you – now is your chance to let him know that you’ve been having his best interest at heart. What about the Magic card gamers? well, there’s a new set coming out in February – you can get him a box of Magic cards too – now I know that he would appreciate much. Yes, the trick is to get him or her something he or she really wants for the longest time. If all else fails – and you can’t think of anything she wants or he wants – tulips for the ladies and a 5 star terry robe for the men would be my pick. What about you?
New Movies This Week : 17 Jan 2012
71 words eaten alive on January 17, 2012 - Filed Under Business, DVD, Entertainment, Movies |
Lots of great new movies this week for your viewing pleasure.
Our movies rent like hotcakes during the weekend – so come in during the weekdays and get the newest ones you want to watch. Both on blu-ray and DVD.
As usual – Blu Rays are at $4 tax in – and DVDs at $3 tax in.
Update : Abduction is a good movie – a must watch ! Full of action and suspense.
For The Love Of Taking Photos
168 words eaten alive on January 16, 2012 - Filed Under Business, Electronics, gadgets, shopping, This Town |
We have many customers who love taking pictures of their family and friends and for those who knows us – you too would know that we swear by the canon digital cameras because our first digital camera was a canon and so was every upgrade we made. We loved the Canon powerhot and highly recommend them if we have any in stock for sale – but if you are looking for one – you can find it locally at the mall – at The Source – that was where we bought our camera. The reason why we loved the Canon powershot is because it is affordable and has a big LCD screen – and as you can see in the many pictures we’ve posted here – the pictures are pretty good too. The Canons are very easy to us – you don’t need to be a rocket scientist to take decent pictures with them. So if you ever need a camera – you know what cameras we loved.
If You Can’t Open Our Door
374 words eaten alive on January 13, 2012 - Filed Under Business, Ranting, This Town |
So the weather has turned pretty cold and if you can’t open our door to get into our store after walking all the way from south end or the middle of town to get into our store – please give a call to our landlord – the people at LG Trask Rentals @ 396 Main St, Yarmouth, NS, B5A 1E9 – phone # 7490591. We have been in this location for about 4 years now if not more and we’ve noticed the problem with the door as soon as we moved in and like any good business owner – who wants to take care of our customers – we informed the landlord – LG Trask. So LG Trask said they would look into it – and every winter we let them know about our problem – whereby our customers finds it hard to open our door and that the door has huge gaps around it – thus the cold wind comes in thru’ the door even when it is shut. So they said they would send someone to look into it. We have been renting from LG Trask for 6 years now or more – and this winter – they also said that they would send someone to look into it. And each time you all complained to us that you can’t open the door – to get in – we tell the landlord.
We DO hear you and we HAVE taken actions to rectify the door – but we don’t own the building – so am unable to do very much – like replacing the door and giving us a door that works for you and I. So I implore you to call our landlord – LG Trask Rentals at 7490591 or go to their office on Main Street – on the 2nd floor – knock on their door and let them know. Soon I might just have to put up a petition for those of you having trouble coming in and handing the petition to LG Trask ourselves. I know you’ve all bear with our door for a long time now – and once again we apologize but really we can’t do anything – until LG Trask does something. Thank you for understanding.
New Movies This Week : 10 Jan 2012
109 words eaten alive on January 10, 2012 - Filed Under Business, DVD, Entertainment |
Lots of new movies to choose from this week – and plus a kid movie ! Cafe must be a really good movie with Jennifer Love Hewitt in it. The Guard was hilarious according to Blair our customer!
What’s Your Number is a really good movie ! gotta watch it! And how can you not watch a movie with Brad Pitt in it right?
And of course, a western movie for those cowboys out there and a fantasy movie for those geeks. So there – we have everyone covered – so see you at our store – movies are at $3 a night tax included – you CANNOT beat this price.
I Swear It’s A Trick Question!
195 words eaten alive on January 8, 2012 - Filed Under Amused, Business, computer repair, computers, Honesty, programming, This Town |
Many a times we have customers coming into our store with their computers for repairs and the first thing they would tell asked us would be – can you put Windows 7 back for me once you are done repairing it – and/or after you’ve gotten the virus out of my computer. You all know that we can’t JUST put in whatever software you want right? unless you have a legitimate license for the operating system right? no we cannot be like any other computer stores because it’s illegal – and copyright infringement for us to put in anything you want – unless you already own a copy of Windows 7 or Windows XP or whatever you might have. We have no problems uploading the operating system for you if you have the license – and you bought the copy legally. But other than that – we cannot do it for you. We can repair your computer for you – format them for you – but just cannot put an illegal copy on your computer for you – or a pirated copy – sorry – but nope we never do it – and never will.
56 Days Wait For New Movies With Netflix
247 words eaten alive on January 5, 2012 - Filed Under Business, DVD, Entertainment |
So we have customers coming in the last few days wanting to buy a Wii system in order to watch their movies and shows on Netflix – but little did they know that even Warner Brothers is not letting NetFlix or Blockbuster in the States and Redbox have any new releases till 56 days later. So bad for those who are subscribing to Netflix of course – but good for Independent owners like our store – because we get our movies from local distributors and the big box stores and we are not affected. You see we pay full prices for the movies – unlike Netflix, Redboxes or even Blockbusters – so we are able to bring you the newest movies every Tuesday. So for those who are thinking of getting Netflix – you might want to re-consider again. But if you don’t mind waiting for 56 days later or even more – then of course – go right ahead. But having said that – new movies are out in the movies first and then between 4 – 6 months – we get the movies – and if you are only going to watch it on Netflix that can jolly well mean that – the “new” movie is already an old movie – that you can actually rent from us at Gator Byte for $1 tax included – if you are willing to wait that long. So there you have it! Long live Independent Video Store Owners.
New Movies This Week : 03 Jan 2012
10 words eaten alive on January 3, 2012 - Filed Under Business, DVD, Entertainment |
Well, new movies for a new year!
MUST WATCH!! GOOD SHOW!!!
Happy New Year !
139 words eaten alive on December 31, 2011 - Filed Under Business |
Another hour and it will be a new year for us at Gator Byte – as we enter our 13 yrs in business – we have to thank our customers and friends for all your support. 2011 had been a really good year for us at Gator Byte – not only did we make new customers and new friends – we kept the old ones too. We couldn’t have done it without you. Thank you for supporting all small businesses downtown! In 2012, we wish for all our friends, customers and other small business owners good health and happiness always. I also wish for the economy to pick up for Yarmouth and The Premier have a change of heart and mind about this town and start to look out for all in Yarmouth. Have a happy new year everyone!
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