Skimming Stones | Sula's Blog | Sula1968 A South African poet, potter and mother
How very strange to be left with a smiley feeling when service has fallen a little short of the mark. How odd to look forward to your next online shopping experience with a company when there has been a glitch. Yuppie Chef have got customer service totally nailed, they seem to really care, they go the extra mile and that ... Read More »
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DTP 2 PRINT – Best Service in Years!
I had to respond to the Daily Prompt on WordPress today ‘Are you being served?’, it is so relevant to my week. I am a whinger, I am irritated on almost a daily basis by shoddy quality and non existant customer care. I dream wistfully of the days when not everything was made in China and companies at least pretended ... Read More »
Cellu-Beauty at Natal Spa – self indulgence won the day
I have ingrained in me the perfect recipe for self-denial, I grew up Catholic and I am a mother. Sack cloth and ashes is my natural style. The decadent bliss of a back and head massage at Cellu-Beauty on our weekend away at Natal Spa was worth the instinctive guilt. I probably would not have been led into temptation but ... Read More »
Our experience using Private Property to sell
Yesterday I heard a radio ad for Private Property and I decided to share our experience using them when I sold my flat 8 years ago. Prior to that I sold 2 properties using estate agents and really felt that for the enormous chunk which they take I did not get proportional value. When selling my flat I signed up ... Read More »
How to get the best insurance deal
My husband wrote the blog below, which offers valuable information regarding insurance and the benefits of shopping around. Obtaining insurance quotes is a tedious, time consuming process and most people would rather walk on hot coals than shop around for insurance quotes. Nonetheless you can save a significant amount of money by doing so. A couple of years back I ... Read More »
My cool Dad, from Paul Changuion Photographer to PrintWild, SA’s finest Canvas & Acrylic printer.
My Dad started out as a photographer with the mining magazine Horizon in Zambia, then Northern Rhodesia (I have bound issues if a collector is interested). When my parents moved to Pinetown in South Africa my 1st memory of his office was a tiny portrait studio in Knowles store. Then as Paul Changuion photographer he had a lovely studio in ... Read More »