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Jim B.

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7 Reviews by Jim

  • Zappos

10/25/14

Zappos makes buying shoes really simple, and they've got great prices as well. I've scoured the web for certain items and always found that Zappos offered the best deal, or equal pricing, and so I now trust them and don't even bother looking around. When I've had a return it's been without issue.

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  • Stacksocial

10/25/14

Ahh, here's another one... plenty of negative reviews for StackSocial and yet I've only had good experiences.

The items I bought (which were all hard goods) were "promoted" and "on special" and I paid less than I would have if I'd bought them elsewhere. The information given was correct, and the quality of the items was better than I'd expected. Shipping did take just slightly longer than if I'd ordered through Amazon, but only by a day or two.

I have been quite satisfied with StackSocial but I'll be sure to update this review if I run into any trouble in the future.

  • Shoebacca

10/25/14

I see that there are a lot of negative reviews regarding SHOEBACCA, but I've only ever had a pleasant experience. My orders were processed quickly and I received my items within a few days. I received exactly what I'd ordered, and I paid a fair price. If I run into problems in the future I will be sure to update this review.

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  • Beer Advocate

10/25/14

I constantly use beeradvocate.com to help me determine which beers are worth buying. It's especially helpful when I'm looking at a beer that costs more than usual, as sometimes their prices are inflated because of rarity, or some unusual process like barrel aging - but if the beer itself is not great, then it's not worth it to me.

Additionally, it's a great community of really interesting and educated people who are passionate about beer. You have to sign up, but it's worth it as they don't sell your e-mail address or anything like that.

  • Thumbtack

10/25/14

I've used Thumbtack.com with great success.

Yes, there are "customers" who use it and don't know what they're doing and you lose money in sending them a bid, and many of these "customers" are also expecting "something for nothing", but overall I'd have to say that in the end I've made more than enough to cover my bidding costs.

You should note, however, what the specific bids will cost you as some jobs are not aligned properly - i. E. it costs me more to bid on a job to paint a room than it does for lawncare, and yet I actually make more money on a lawncare job. I just don't bid on painting jobs; and if you're in a position where you're looking at something that Thumbtack.com doesn't have aligned right you'll just lose out (i. E. guitar lessons, etc.)

  • Sitejabber

4/10/13

Once you review a site on sitejabber.com you cannot re-review it. That's not helpful.

Have you frequented a business and had a bad experience only to return 4 months later and find it much better? Shouldn't they be rewarded? Maybe they've learned from their reviews on sitejabber.com? But sitejabber.com doesn't give the option for a secondary review... ridiculous!

  • Restaurant.com

8/5/10

Same old story - I bought 4 certificates... two were refused by a restaurant, and one restaurant had gone out of business. When I could get through to restaurant.com on the phone (which was a huge challenge each time, logging at least a half an hour onto my phone bill with each try) they offered me a replacement certificate to another one of their restaurants.

I simply trashed them - it's not worth the effort for me to go out of my way to one of their listed restaurants and then be embarrassed that they don't accept the certificate. They know that those restaurants aren't involved in the program anymore and they're still selling them - that's not honorable. What ever happened to integrity?

Jim Has Earned 26 Votes

Jim B.'s review of Restaurant.com earned 2 Fraud Buster votes

Jim B.'s review of Beer Advocate earned a Great Find vote

Jim B.'s review of Shoebacca earned a Well Said vote

Jim B.'s review of Stacksocial earned 2 Very Helpful votes

Jim B.'s review of Thumbtack earned 2 Very Helpful votes

Jim B.'s review of Stacksocial earned 2 Well Said votes

Jim B.'s review of Restaurant.com earned 12 Very Helpful votes

Jim B.'s review of Zappos earned a Very Helpful vote

Jim B.'s review of Shoebacca earned 3 Very Helpful votes

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