Monthly Archives: March 2006

eBay's Commercials

By Jacob Allred | Published: March 26, 2006

Was watching TV and saw an eBay commercial. The premise is that anything you want, you can “find IT on eBay”. What a bunch of stupidness! Things you can’t find on eBay: Guns Ammunition Body parts Animals Alcohol Tobacco Drugs Counterfeit items And a ton more… (Whole list available here) Stupid deceptive advertising. It isn’t [...]

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Verizon XV6700

By Jacob Allred | Published: March 24, 2006

Last week I got a brand spanking new Verizon XV6700 cell phone. Yes, it is expensive. I ended up paying something like $300 ($100 IR) for the phone, and it comes out to like $96 a month for service (that includes unlimited EVDO broadband internet, and also slow internet for those in non-EVDO areas…). I [...]

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zulugrid.com lives again!

By Jacob Allred | Published: March 23, 2006

zulugrid.com has been, more or less, offline for about 2 years. But it finally lives again! Some things coming soon: Review of XV6700 cellular phone Review of Dell Inspiron 1150 laptop Stamps.com review in relation to eBay And much more! Allright so it isn’t that amazing or spectacular. Mainly it is just a place for [...]

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