Archive for October, 2009

Recycling computer stuff

Monday, October 26th, 2009

  Before and after

Dropping the computer ‘junk’ at the recycling shop!

How many offices have computer junk? I am often amazed at how many offices I go to have piles or rooms full of computer stuff; keyboardsl screens  – you’ve seen it!

Why do so many of us have computer graveyards – probably because we have spent so much money on printers, hard drives, key boards and screens and then  when they break down we are horrified to find out it isn’t worth fixing them,  or that the parts aren’t available or they are so out of date they need replacing.

Then the whole vicious cycle starts again!

JUCY Rentals which owns half of Cityhop had this problem recently. Victoria Carter, CEO of Cityhop said  when she heard it was being dumped, Hang on, there has to be a place that recycles this stuff.”

There is. So we contacted Computer Recyclers.

They do free data destruction, they take all your copmputer rubbish, they even offer a pick up service for 10 or more items. They will give you a certificate if disposal if you ask; but best of all they want your computers, printers, monitors, even your old telephone equipment!

Whatr a friendly no fuss way of getting rid of stuff that is making your office look like a tip and what a good feeling to know it is being safely disposed of and even being recycled.

Some of this stuff is shipped to countries who can use it; other bits are stripped, who cares – at least it is off site and something worthwhile happens to it!

Cityhop girl gets duped

Tuesday, October 13th, 2009

Clair Kane is one of the friendly voices you will hear  sometimes when you call Cityhop, NZ’s first car share company. Clair answers the phones for JUCY Rentals and Cityhop and programmes the cars for cityhop.

Clair is getting married next year and has been looking for the perfect pink shoes. She thought she had found them when she spotted some pink numbers on a Christian Louboutin shoe website.

What Clair didn’t know is that the famous designer brand shoes aren’t sold on the web, but only in shops. She discovered this the hard way when the shoes arrived all the way from Shanghai and were quite obviously fake.

Stuffing coming out of the toe, small of plastic not leather, the peep hole cut differently on each shoe and much more were the giveaways. Clair wanted to warn other fashionistas so we gave Close Up a call.

Click on the TVNZ link below and see Clair and the sad story of her wedding shoes. We are trying to get a return address at the moment to help Clair get her money back. If the site is honest and does we’ll let you know.  View TVNZ close up link on the fashion fakes.

To all those people who said Clair should have realised cos she was getting a bargain. I don’t think so. $700 is what designer shoes can cost so Clair had every reason to think she was getting authentic designer shoes. It wasn’t as if they were 50 bucks!