Shopping Scam: False Receipts
Whether traveling here or abroad, many small shop owners view the tourist as a gullible target. While savvy travelers know that a product might be counterfeit, as well as possibly overpriced, here is something you might not have thought of. Some unscrupulous owners will give you a receipt from another store! That would make it impossible for you to return the product.
Always look carefully at the receipt to make sure that: (1) it is from that store; (2) the item you purchased is on it; and (3) the amount you paid for it is correct on the receipt. Otherwise, if you try to return it, they can claim, for example, you only paid half as much as you really did (according to the fraudulent receipt), and you won’t get a full refund!
Periscopelight: Unique Book Light in a Book Cover
Late-night readers, red-eye business travelers, campers, and virtually anyone who has ever found themselves trying to read at night without disturbing those around them should immediately visit their local Barnes & Noble bookstore or the Barnes & Noble website (http://www.barnesandnoble.com/). There they’ll find the revolutionary new Periscope® line of book lights in a book cover!
Simply slip the book into the Periscope book cover (there are separate covers for hardcover and paperback books), pull up the retractable light that’s stored in the spine of the book cover, and start reading in the dark! The Periscope is battery-powered by three AA batteries that deliver more than 40 hours of continuous light.
Minimus.biz: One-Stop Shopping for Travel-Size Items
Thanks to Minimus.biz, packing for a trip couldn’t be easier. This convenient online “department store” offers an amazing variety of products packaged in individual sizes which makes them perfect for travel, for camping, for your office, for your car, for your home, and for your purse. And the great thing is that these products meet TSA’s three-ounce rule. In fact, they offer a free quart-sized Ziploc bag packed with the toiletries ordered by customers.
Here are just a few examples of what you’ll find there. Get individual packets of instant coffee or cocoa in the Beverage department; travel-size laundry products in Domestics; cereal, condiments, and even kosher products in the Food aisle. Under Personal Care you’ll find toothpaste, deodorant, hair spray, and lotion. Their Pharmacy offers essential products for a tiny first aid kit.
Speaking of kits, the people at Minimus.biz have put together “care packages” for special groups of people. They offer Military Care Packages which were designed by the troops in Iraq via the non-profit Soldiers’ Angels organization. The Dorm Care Packages are for students away at college. For traveling new parents, they have a Baby Care On The Go Kit. There are several other kits available at the Kits/Care Packages section of the site.
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