EVERYTHING IS EBAY!

MY MEDIA COMMUNICATIONS PROJECT BLOG IS NOW UP !!!

TAKE A LOOK HERE.....

WWW.EVERYTHINGISEBAY.COM

Don't forget to take a look at the competition page - it starts on monday (14th feb) and will be running for four whole weeks. If you take part you are entered into the competition with the chance to win £20 worth of high street fashion gift vouchers! You'd be mad to miss out :)

ENJOY :)

Media Communication Project: Everything is eBay!

Firstly, I would just like to apologise for not writing a post in over a month!! I have been so tied up with uni work, including a 4000 word ethics report which was as fun as it sounds (not very).

My course has required me to create a media communication project. The project can take the form of whatever we wish, so I have decided to create a community blog, called "Everything is eBay". It won't be part of this current blog, but I will let everybody know the link to the new blog when it's up and running. It will be up and running within the next week, but before it is, I wanted to let you all know what it will involve, and hopefully you will all enjoy the project and help me out :)

The aim of my project is to basically help people save lots of money! I will be comparing high-street fashion prices with eBay prices, and posting my finds up on my blog so that you can all make the most out of what I discover. If you're a student like me, I know you will appreciate this so I urge you to get involved in it and become part of my fashion based, money-saving community!

The blog will involve three separate parts:

• Daily Updates
• The Weekly Finds
• COMPETITION - "Everything on eBay"

DAILY UPDATES: Starting at the end of this week, everyday I will be posting daily updates which will inform you of what deals are around on the day. For example if there is a "3 items for £8" in Topshop, or if I find an item on eBay which I think is worth grabbing, then I will post this.

THE WEEKLY FINDS: In this section I will post the best fashion items of the week, based on what I have found on eBay.

Along side of the above, I will be also be asking you email me directly at everythingis3bay@hotmail.co.uk. All you need to do is inform me of a fashion item / accessory that you have seen in-store or online, and I will do my best to find you the exact same item (if not, a similar one) on eBay for a cheaper price! Your email will need to include:

• a description of the clothing item(s), including the name of the shop that you saw it in
• an image of the item(s) (a quick phone snap will do! You can usually send these straight from your phone to an email address within seconds)
• if the clothing item was found online, just send the link across!
• don’t forget to tell me your name so that when I share my finding’s with the rest of the EVERYTHING IS EBAY community they can thank you for it!
• I will get back to you within 48 hours, when I will have done my best to have found you a similar or even the exact same item on eBay for a cheaper price!

THINK YOU CAN DO BETTER? See if you can make more money than I can. Take a look at the competition section below! 

COMPETITION: THIS IS THE MOST EXCITING PART!! YOU HAVE THE CHANCE TO WIN £20 WORTH OF HIGH-STREET FASHION VOUCHERS! 
Take a look at the sneak-peak of what's to come below:

Have a read of what's involved in the competition, so you can get a head start and increase your chances of winning those vouchers! You'd be a fool to miss out... 
































KEEP CHECKING MY BLOG FOR THE RELEASE OF MORE INFORMATION REGARDING MY eBay PROJECT :-) 

"iPhone Alarms Hit By New Year Glitch"

For those of you who have an iPhone.. I thought this post would be helpful!!

I found myself waking up two hours after my alarm was set to go off this morning! I was not impressed. After asking around and searching for my answer this is what I was guided to.... (information found on the BBC website)

"A glitch on Apple's iPhone has stopped its built-in alarm clock going off, leaving many people oversleeping on the first two days of the New Year.

Angry bloggers and tweeters complained that they had been late for work, and were risking missing planes and trains.

Apple has acknowledged the problem and says it will be fixed by 3 January. 

The reason has not been given but the glitch appears to affect single alarm settings on the iPhone 4 and earlier models with software updates.

A similar problem hit the iPhone alarm when the clocks went back in November, again causing many users to be late for work or for transport arrangements.

"We're aware of an issue related to non-repeating alarms set for January 1 or 2," Apple spokeswoman Natalie Harrison said in a statement quoted by Macworld.

"Customers can set recurring alarms for those dates and all alarms will work properly beginning January 3."

'Two days too late'

BBC Technology reporter Jonathan Fildes says the problem is embarrassing for Apple, not only because of previous problems that came to light when the clocks changed, but because the company prides itself on the simplicity of use of its products.

This seems like another simple error, but it cannot afford to have too many before its reputation becomes tarnished, he says.

Apple failed to patch the problem last time - meaning the same alarm bug was reported around the world when the clocks changed in different regions, our reporter says.

Apple should have learnt from that example and seen this one coming, he adds. According to the company, the problem will resolve itself on 3 January, but that is two days late for many people.

More than 1.7m people around the world had bought iPhone 4 handsets by June 2010, in what was the company's most successful product launch."

I think that apple need to step their game up if they want to continue to receive all of the praise that they usually get!