Venda boss – shopiom is visionary!

Image by DavidDMuir via Flickr It was reported today on www.iomonline.co.im that the boss of the Venda claimed that the Manx online shopping portal www.shopiom.com is ‘visionary’. As I don’t really agree with what Dan Wagner (The Venda Boss) has said or the decision taken by the DTI to use a UK based company and [...]

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Dead – the Manx high street!

Image by Generalnoir via Flickr Well if it already isn’t then it sure wont be long! And it won’t just be the Manx High street. In one sense I find it really sad to see empty shops along the islands Strand Street, but in another I kind of of think they deserve it and many [...]

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The death of Woolworth’s

Image via Wikipedia I feel really sad today, and not because we will be seeing the end of Woolworth’s on the high street and the local Strand Street of Douglas. To be honest its was on the cards for years. What really made me sad was seeing the vultures, the scavengers and the bargain hunters [...]

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Service with an……. argument?

  Image by Quang Minh (YILKA) via Flickr I popped in to the Manx Telecom mobile shop along Strand Street on the Saturday before last just to have a look at the latest Blackberry Bold and what a nice piece of kit it is too. I have been looking for a phone with wifi capability [...]

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Tesco’s – you patronising t**ts!

I went to Tesco this evening to grab a few bits and pieces that I needed. It wasn’t a weekly big shop, just one of those top up shops you need for fresh stuff like milk and vegetables.I don’t like supermarkets at the best of times but hey our choice is limited these days especially [...]

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