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I've been a big fan of the site, for the local talent and info provided within, but may I point out what does not seem to gel with that flavour is the use of some foreign services....
1) The WiFi Hotspot Finder....great little tool, but in the drop down menu, there is no option for finding New Zealand hotspots, would that not be an obvious use to New Zealand users of a New Zealand tech site?
2) Product advertisments including
A) Price Graber
B) Amazon
C) Software Store
These 2 stores and the Price Graber search are all international stores, mostly American to what I can see, and poses obvious problems...
1) All the prices are in US dollars....it would be nice for a NZ site to advertise products for sale in NZ dollars
2) Availability....to what I read, some of these sites/business's dont ship certain products overseas
3) Costs....the option of putting in your ZIP code to obtain the Price+Shipping+Tax....is a usable feature in US states only
4) Warranty/service....a problem with purchasing internationally, can be lacking, time consuming, costly and frustrating
Know I know these are revenue earning to run the site, make profit etc, and fair enough, rightly so...but wouldnt it be better to use local suppliers/retailers, advertised in New Zealand dollars and backed up with local service and warrantys covered by New Zealand law?
Maybe going into partnership with a site like Pricespy, Geekzone earning their penny by advertising for Pricespy, product displayed in a simular format as to their current site, by lowest price, reviews etc....Pricespy earning their penny by doing reviews on signed up retailers and making their products/business's searchable and found in their results, served up in Geekzone...
May be all unrealistic but it would be nice to see local supplied product in NZ dollars.
Just a thought.
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