GiftGeek Joins Forces with ThinkGeek

BEST ONLINE SHOPPING SITE TEAMS WITH BEST ONLINE SHOPPING CATALOG

In what’s being described as ‘a marriage made in heaven,’ GiftGeek, the online shopping mall operated by SumTotal Communications was wedded over the weekend to ThinkGeek.com, the online catalog store for unique and unusual gadgets, electronics, toys, apparel, and computer accessories.

“This is a perfect match,” says David Mulder, Director of Corporate Communications for GiftGeek. “ThinkGeek is without a doubt the most interesting and creative online catalog out there. Their unusual mix of high-tech and kitsch sets them apart from even the most diverse Internet shopping mall, and their peculiar sensibility, humor, and overall Hipness runs throughout their entire line of merchandise.”

Exemplified by products that range from Star Trek Interactive Tribbles to their Homemade Peanut Butter Factory, with everything from collapsible chopsticks to Astronaut Ice Cream in between, ThinkGeek is Nerd Nirvana with just a touch of Sharper Image thrown in for good measure.

“Even their product descriptions are entertaining,” says Mulder, speaking specifically of their robotic alarm clock which jumps off your nightstand while making random noises, racing around your bedroom and forcing you to get up and ‘hunt the little bugger down and turn it off.’
“We couldn’t be more excited,” said Alan Forray, President of SumTotal Communications, parent of GiftGeek. “These guys are smart as Hell, and their catalog of unique gifts and gadgets is truly special. We look forward to a long and prosperous association with ThinkGeek, that is, assuming they don’t teleport out of here before Christmas.”

BEST ONLINE SHOPPING


A new Internet shopping portal named Best Online Shopping debuted this week to rave reviews from those whose business it is to follow and evaluate online shopping.

"Best Online Shopping is a great development for consumers," says, David Mulder of GiftGeek which follows consumer e-Commerce sites in the retail apparel space. "This is not some fly-by-night chat site, but a sophisticated online shopping mall which, in the brick and mortar world, would be found in Santa Monica, Scarsdale, or Shaker Heights. This blog is a place where on a single web-page you can quickly pop in to some of the top stores online, and browse their merchandise quickly and effortlessly."

A place to find clothing, jewelry, fragrances, shoes, and accessories, as well as home furnishings and products for Bed and Bath, Best Online Shopping is one-stop shopping for the discerning consumer who seeks both quality and value.The first of a series of new shopping labels from SumTotal Communications, the Florida-based Affiliate Marketing company that is also responsible for the Gold Standard blog which offers consumers a legitimate alternative to the "Cash for Gold" scams that are proliferating on the Internet, Best Online Shopping is breaking new ground in Affiliate Marketing by bringing together lots of different companies under one roof, so to speak."With products from Gucci, Prada, Fendi, Crave, Hart Shaffner and Marx, and Hammacher Schlemmer, it's a cyber-department store, with lots boutique shops scattered throughout--only, easier on your feet," Mulder explains.

Adding new retailers on an almost daily basis, Best Online Shopping is putting up a number of gourmet food items this month, leading with Boca Java, the specialty coffee merchant, and Finelobsters.com. They are also adding the custom-manufactured M&Ms on which you can put your name and picture.

CL Assay Offers Hi-Tech Precious Metals Analysis and Valuation



“No touch, No Loss” Gold, Silver, and Platinum Assay and Analysis Now Available


With so many companies advertising, “We Buy Gold,” and the price of gold now at record highs, smart consumers are looking to protect their precious jewelry, coins, and bars from unscrupulous merchants looking to make a quick buck off the “Scrap Gold for Cash” craze that is dominating late-night TV advertising.

However, it takes but a cursory investigation into this profitable enterprise to learn that the Internet is rife with blog postings and letters of complaint recounting widespread rip-offs and scams in the “Used Gold” marketplace (see here).

Not so, in the Palm Beach Gardens office and lab of CL Assay Service which is committed to ensuring that their customers know exactly what the fair-market price of their precious metals items is, according to that day’s spot price.

Using Hi-tech spectrographic equipment that doesn’t even touch your precious metals, and requires no loss of content in the analysis process, CL Assay employs XRF (X-Ray Fluorescence) spectrometers to precisely determine the composition of your valuables.

“Our analysis software produces a clear and concise report which includes photographs of your valuable item as well as the results of the physical analysis,” say Chris Henry of CL Assay Service. “We pay the highest market rate based on current spot market prices. We value your items based on the precise precious metal content - many other buyers assume that all of your gold items contain only 10k gold. We value your items on their exact gold percentage, often more than that indicated by the nominal carat weight.”

In fact, the actual value of gold jewelry is often considerably higher in the spot market, based just on the price of the metal itself, than any assessed value that may be attached to it by someone’s subjective consideration of style, age, workmanship, or sentiment.

So, do yourself a favor and take two minutes to find yourself a reliable precious metals analyst before you grandma’s jewelry or that of Daddy’s coin collection.

CL Assay Service is discreet, scientific, safe, and will assure you that you are realizing the maximum value from your valuable items,” Henry says, proudly. “We are not a mail-in service - you deal with us face to face. We start by analyzing your items in front of you. We all know exactly what the items precious metal content is. We post our prices and adjust them with the spot market. We are not a scam. We want you to be happy and tell your friends.”