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The Foamy Gnome is on the roam!

admin — Tue, 31 Aug 2010 09:59:32 +0000

Here it is the second Rowntrees RANDOM video below, following the adventures of a ‘foamy gnome’, Random’s special pink sweet. As is the case with Random’s, most of the time you have no idea what is going on, which is half the appeal. Also, if anyone is following the Facebook group you may find this even more confusing than the video’s: ‘Hi ice creams! I am a teapot flower feeling monkey bike! I like Randoms, they are very squidgy chess piece. Bye post boxes!’….um, ok?
So the story starts with the Foamy Gnome who has left his flatmates, Jedward, behind and is off on a random adventure in his giant hot air balloon. Where will he go? What will he do? And will you get anything for free? Interested parties can follow the gnome on Facebook, Flickr and Twitter to find out! www.rowntrees-randoms.co.uk
In the second video The Foamy Gnome continues his random adventure. Included is a massive people washing machine. See how much Jedward are missing him. Follow the Foamy Gnome’s antics on Facebook, Twitter and Flickr! www.rowntrees-randoms.co.uk
Want to get involved? Want to know where Random’s little foamy friend roams? Visit the site, or the Facebook group. But we need your seahorse help keeping track of him! If you spot him take a picture and upload it onto our Facebook Fanpage for a chance to be added onto our Foamy Gnome Adventure map!

Beware The Fakes

admin — Thu, 05 Aug 2010 06:55:33 +0000

One has been plagued with the dangers of counterfeit material and products all of our lives. There are some memorable classics in counterfeit stuff that are almost laughable. For as long as a product has been successful there has been someone somewhere who thought to themselves that they could make something that looked almost the same, cost a fraction of the price and break within 5 minutes of use. Of course the flooding o the market with cheap gadgets and everyday objects from China and Taiwan and such countries has not helped getting rid of this problem. Before online purchases became famous the counterfeit material marketers set their sights on stuff sold on the home shopping channel and the likes of that. I remember that mere days after a new hair product or a kitchen robot machine of sorts got announced on the TV Shopping Channel a similarly named and shaped item would pop up in the less reliable stores.

But nowadays, with so much money changing hands online, the problem with fake products has grown exponentially. And so have the dangers related with the purchase of said products. Let’s take a popular product like ghd straighteners. Being sold online as well as in stores makes it a prime target for scammers. And a bad counterfeit product harms the original brand as much as it harms the person using it, be it physically or just in their wallet.

The fight against these people needs to be fought by the authorities, naturally, but also by the companies themselves and by you, the consumer. The company should provide ways to verify if their products are the real deal or not. Plus, if you buy online from a dodgy website there are more dangers than just buying a bad product, your credit card and your privacy might be at risk also.

Keeping with the example of ghd, the company has taken steps to help in the fight against counterfeit products. If you go to the website website-checker.ghdhair.com you’ll get a lot of good advice on how to protect yourself against products like this. Not just that, they also have a list of dangerous websites and a simple and easy to use checker where you can insert the website where you’re planning to buy the product and they’ll tell you if it’s official or not.

But remember there are also steps you can take. Just remember: if it sounds too good to be true, it probably is.

London’s 2010 Sale

admin — Tue, 05 Jan 2010 21:22:04 +0000

Even though the January Sale began in London in January, they really started in December. Harrods, Selfridges and Harvey Nichols opened their doors on December 26th followed by Peter Jones, Fortnum & Mason and Lewis on the 27th. With everything under one roof it is really the best place to find the best bargains. You could even go so far as to pick an area like Covent Garden, West End or the huge Westfield shopping mall.

Be sure to put on your most comfortable shoes for all the walking you will be doing as you search for the perfect deal and sharpen your elbows because you are not the only one with the thought of pushing through the crowds out there. But then, with the major saving you will find, who cares about crowds or aching feet. This fantastic sales will run till mid January and plan on returning during the last days as savings will be even better than the first trip you made. So take to the streets of London armed with your credit card since the pound is still in your favour. London shopping in January is the perfect way to fill your wardrobe.