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Onlyapony.com


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4 stars

onlyapony.com

The popularity of online shopping is really growing exponentially as every year passes, as more and more people realise how much more convenient it is. Of course you'll always have your major players in this market such as Amazon that have been around for a really long time. But as time passes, many other companies are beginning to enter this relatively new and lucrative market. Some have been major failures, having things such as an overly-limited range of products, lousy site design, exorbitantly high prices and bad customer service. However, on the other side of the coin, you have relatively smaller online shopping sites that seem to do everything right where others go wrong, and one of these sites is undoubtedly Onlyapony.com

Where have they gone right? Well let's start of one of the most important things that every shopper, be it online or not, considers: price. In this aspect, Onlyapony really outdoes many other sites. Consider how after conducting comparisons through various well-known price comparison search engines including Shopping.co.uk, it's been concluded that Cheapsmells.com offers one of the lowest prices among a plethora of online shopping sites. However, even then, its prices on various products are still 20% higher than Onlyapony.com. There's no denying the fact that one need not worry about being overcharged for purchases at Onlyapony, for they are offering the best bargains around.

However, offering killer bargains isn't the only advantage that Onlyapony has to offer in terms of pricing of products, but rather it's this brand new idea of "fixed price selling", which is where the trump card of this site really lies and is what separates it from other sites. Fixed price selling is basically an extremely innovative way of pricing products which makes it so much more easier for shoppers. This is also where the site's name originated from, because in the UK, one pony refers to 25 pounds, and at Onlyapony.com, everything there is either £25, £50, £75 or £100. It's that simple, there's no other price. What this entails is that shoppers are able to concentrate on finding what they want, instead of constantly having to keep in mind how much they have in their shopping cart because it's so much easier to remember the prices. This really allows the shopper to further enjoy the experience of shopping online as it's just so much easier as compared to other sites where you'll have to constantly hunt for the exact price of a certain item and struggle to keep in mind how much you've purchased.

Then another factor that many shoppers consider: the experience of shopping itself. Onlyapony once again shines in this area, with an extremely professional site design that both looks good and is easy to navigate. You can either search for your desired product by either navigating through the various menu options such as the specific brand, or you could simply type the name of the product into the search box. The whole site also has an extremely clean look that's very pleasing to look at, with the appropriate layout and colour scheme, which is something that plenty of other sites fail at: providing an attractive looking site. This is more important than many people realise, because a site can have tons of features or products available for sale, but it's a huge turnoff to have a layout that's messy or an awkward colour scheme. However, Onlyapony suffers from zero flaws in terms of site design and layout with a really easy to navigate menu that allows you to quickly find a desired item even through the menu system, that once again other sites fail at doing. It's often a really huge hassle to use the menu system and many people usually use the search bar, after which they have to scroll through endless pages of results before they find the product they want, but you won't have that problem at Onlyapony.

As for the purchasing of products itself, Onlyapony once again fulfills all expectations here, accepting all major credit cards, shipping your products worldwide within 3 working days, or even within 24 hours for an extra fee of merely £1. One will definitely be more than satisfied with their customer service, as they make the entire process practically hassle-free.

However, being a smaller site, Onlyapony has a relatively smaller range of products to choose from as compared to other online shopping sites. But of course this is to be expected as Onlyapony focuses mainly on a few specific types of products, giving customers the best. However, it's range of products is far from the lowest there is out there, and there's also no doubt at all that the range of products is increasing extremely quickly, and it won't be long before Onlyapony catches up with other sites in terms of the amount of products. Still, the current range of brands available, ranging from Calvin Klein to Puma, will definitely satisfy most shoppers.

All in all, Onlyapony is an up and coming online shopping site that will soon gain the attention of many online shoppers out there who are frustrated with other more incompetent sites. Onlyapony.com is an innovative online shopping site that really stands out from the crowd, offering hard-to-beat prices and making online shopping an enjoyable and hassle-free experience for all.

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LG Shine KE970


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2 stars

LG Shine KE970

The 2nd Black Label series of LG, Shine KE970 is made out of real stainless steel, providing a truly sophisticated metallic look and texture. The attractive design of the phone was inspired by the luxurious shine of metal and natural human reaction to all things that shine.

When I first looked at LG Shine KE970, I couldn't help but lay my fingers on it to feel the quality of the brushed stainless steel. It is compact but sturdy, with a nice reassuringly heavy weight. It's not touch-sensitve like the Chocolate was, it has an all-metal finish with a Nokia 8800-style heft in a RAZR-sharp body incorporated with a slider mechanism. I like the idea of the flat keys, they are larger than the RAZR's and visually well separated making it very easy to use. The 2.2in QVGA screen is brilliantly crisp, and when it's not being used, the whole of the phone's front turns into a mirror. However, you can't really read it in daylight as it gets a little sun reflection. Not only that, it also gets really greasy and scratched easily, just like Sony Ericsson Z610i.

I like the way you don't have to open the phone to receive texts or calls. Besides, LG Shine KE970 comes with a 2MP camera with autofocus and Schneider-Kreuznach optics, which is more than sufficient for a camera phone. Amazingly, it takes extremely clear pictures but it doesn't have a good zoom on it. The media player does video and most major audio formats like MP3, but the speaker is terrible. I would recommend you use earphones instead. Besides, when you are listening to music, you can't minimise the media player and use other features. That's a big drawback for multitasking geeks.

Unlike the Chocolate, LG Shine KE970 has a MicroSD memory card slot plus there's Bluetooth for handsfree use. It also has a very nifty scroller control system which allows you to scroll up and down the menu with a little scroller. It is a very cool and easy-to-use navigation feature making it a lot easier to look around the menu. However, it's just plain cool. I have found it to be a little sensitive at times which can hamper productivity when you are in a hurry. On the other hand, it doesn't have 3G so it's no multimedia wizard and the photo album is incredibly slow to load up. Another disappointment is LG Shine KE970 doesn't autosave messages when you accidentally press another button, that stops me from using the phone.

LG Shine KE970 is a beautiful phone that does its primary job - making phone calls - in a beautiful way. If you are looking for a stylish phone rather than a practical & technically advanced phone, LG Shine KE970 is for you.

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