Category Archives: Other News

news regarding many goodbuyguys products and other related industry news

Give ‘Em An Inch, They’ll Take A Mil!

Posted on December 31, 2007 by Jeff

No, that’s not a misprint. I really did mean “mil“. I recently came across an online ad for duct tape that listed this information under “roll length”. 60 Yds.-180 Ft.-55 Meters Yes, a standard roll of duct tape or gaffers … Continue reading →

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We Never Saw This One Coming

Posted on December 4, 2007 by Jeff

For the last couple of weeks we’ve seen a huge spike in microphone stand sales at buymicstand.com and our ebay store “buy mic stand“. We had no idea why. I should have asked my kids! It seems the must-have item … Continue reading →

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Is This The Future of Rechargeable Batteries?

Posted on November 13, 2007 by Jeff

When whoever invented the USB interface (Universal Serial Buss) they probably had no idea how universal this connection protocol could become. The USB connector is starting to show up on all sorts of devices to serve a function that is … Continue reading →

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“It’s Alive….It’s Alive”

Posted on November 1, 2007 by Jeff

In the rush to jump on the high definition television bandwagon, Honeywell has introduced an HDMI cable that they claim is “self healing”. According to Engadget, Honeywell’s CurexE cable has some sort of error coding built into it that uses … Continue reading →

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Duracell Continues Move Towards A Sale

Posted on October 3, 2007 by Jeff

Proctor and Gamble has made a major move towards confirming rumors about the sale of its Duracell division with the announcement that The Blackstone Group has been retained to advise it on finding a buyer. The Duracell brand generates  over … Continue reading →

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I Can’t Believe There Isn’t A Better Way

Posted on October 1, 2007 by Jeff

One of my favorite household products is WD-40. I probably use it everyday and you might find a dozen or more cans around my house and shop at any given time. There’s not much it won’t do. It’s sort of … Continue reading →

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A New Way For The Internet To Make You Bigger Then Make You Smaller

Posted on September 4, 2007 by Jeff

Occasionally, I get a call (a complaint, really) from a customer who is unhappy because a tape product they ordered was described as being two inches wide, but turned out to really be only about 1 7/8″ in width. They’re … Continue reading →

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I’m Not An Ebay Fan

Posted on July 2, 2007 by Jeff

We’ve been trying, with some success, to establish an Ebay presence for some time. Our Ebay store, BuyMicStand, has had some limited sales success and I guess we will stick with it for awhile longer. The difficulty of posting. selling, … Continue reading →

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Shurtape 665

Posted on June 18, 2007 by Jeff

We continue to suffer fallout from the retiring of Permacel as the brand name for 665 gaffers tape. While customers who have agreed to be shipped the Shurtape version of this product seem satisfied, the long range prospects for this … Continue reading →

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Duct Tape Revisits the War of the Roses

Posted on June 12, 2007 by Jeff

It seems that Portland Oregon, the home of the Rose Festival Parade is ready to go to war over duct tape. For years local tradition has allowed parade attendees to mark out and reserve prime parade viewing locations with duct … Continue reading →

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