Products, vendors and services

This page is for links to the better companies and warnings about others

• The Best
• The Good
• • IBM/Lenovo PCs

    I bought a Thinkpad and a desktop from them. The Thinkpad had no problems; the desktop had a faulty CD-ROM drive which, after one phone call to a competent tech support guy, shipped in a couple days, no charge.

• The Bad
  • Microsoft brand of products
    • FrontPage

      This product delivers sloppy, bloated code. While it may look ok on one version of Internet Explorer, it has errors and does not appear correctly in most browsers

    • Word

      This product has useless features, takes too long to load, produces large files for small documents, and is expensive, in labor and money.

    • Access

      This proprietary database system is too expensive, in time and money, and not really compatible with conventional databases.

    All of these Office products can be realized for less time and no money. For word processing, spreadsheet, database, etc. products, go to OpenOffice.org. For database, try MySQL. For image enhancement, try the GIMP.

    There are many open source and free applications one can use, instead of being locked into one format.

• The Best
• The Good
• • Koopman's Lumber
    I had some issues with some of the material and when I spoke to the manager in the Whitensville store, I was treated with respect and professionalism, even though I did not act with respect and professionalism. I highly recommend doing business with this company.
• The Bad

• The Best
• • Dowling Painting

    I had my whole house interior painted. The original owner didn't repaint and it needed it bad. Mike came in and knocked the whole job off, in a few days, as promised and on time. The jobsite was neat and professional at all times and a get it done right attitude was refreshing!

  • Park Masonry

    Dave came and, in a little more than a week, I had a beautiful fireplace.

  • Westbank Realty LLC
• The Good
• • Tech support at IBM

    I bought a desktop machine from them that arrived with a bad CD-RW drive. One call, a replacement arrive a few days later, set up to send the bad drive back. No problems at all!

• The Bad
• • The Inn at St. John's
    Had a two night reservation and left after the first night. The cleaning person left the alarm clock set at midnight and woke us up, after a long day of driving in heavy traffic.

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