I highly recommend Top Hat Roofing. I know the owner, David, and his family, and they're good people. He is very conscientious, a hard worker, and he'll make it as painless a process as possible. Check him out, have him take a look at your roof, and he'll tell you if the recent storms have earned you a new roof, potentially at no cost to you.

I have had wonderful experiences and great prices at Discount Tire (http://www.discounttire.com) in Lilburn. They were respectful, helpful, very quick, and they even took back a set of tires that I just didn't like, replacing them with another set—no questions and no extra charges! » read more »

Weathers Corp., besides being leftist, has taken to spamming—in violation of federal law, for whatever that's worth today—to promote their new GBC (Gwinnett Broadcasting something-or-other). Consider this a friendly warning. » read more »

Praise In Motion has legal rights (at a pretty penny) to use songs in its performances, on its DVDs, etc. Recently, PIM began using its performance videos and homemade videos as training aids via YouTube. They were marked private, available only to PIM dancers, and they were well within PIM's purchased rights. YouTube, however, unilaterally and without notice deleted the audio tracks off several videos and removed even the video (and accompanying audio) from others. The only mechanism available to "challenge" this unannounced violation was automated and flawed. » read more »

In a depressed economy, XM Satellite Radio stupidly thinks that raising rates will make them more money. (Even a high school understanding of basic economics disproves this idiotic theory.) Needless to say, we dumped 'em. Cancellation is a painful, difficult process, too. Here are many recent complaints about XM. Beware. » read more »

A while back I mentioned that we had our roof replaced. While our experience with our homeowner's insurance company was quite good, our experience with the roofing company that we went with, Academy Roofing, was not. » read more »

I'm not recommending a business, per se, but a product. Ever since I saw a former coworker with this screwdriver, I have sought it myself--for years now. I couldn't remember the brand or name, only the features. Every time I went to a hardware store (a frequent occurrence), I looked for it. I finally stumbled across it at Home Depot in Tucker yesterday (29 & JC). Of all places, it was in the light bulb section. Go figure. » read more »

Lillian Vernon's online shopping is very substandard. First, processing of the order takes a full week (meaning they sit on it doing nothing for that time). Second, unless you pay unusually high rates for rapid delivery, their normal delivery mechanism is also amazingly slow. Considering first class USPS takes only 2-4 days to go most anywhere in the nation, 2-3 weeks for delivery is pretty sad. Third, no tracking information is offered via email. Fourth, the tracking information on the website is wrong. » read more »

I received the Sonorix C3 bluetooth headset/headphones device several months ago as a gift. Not only is it a wireless headset, but it supports the A2DP profile (stereo headphones), too. There are several unique features of the C3. It clips to your shirt. It supports the use of any standard headphones; it has a 3.5mm jack. This last feature was especially important to me, as I am able to choose whatever headphones, earpieces, etc., that I desire. It has a built-in microphone for headset use. » read more »

Kidsignments is coming next week! Held twice a year, it's one of the largest children's consignment sales in the nation, limiting the number of sellers to 1,000! There is always a waiting list of sellers to get into this sale.

Check out www.kidsignments.com for all the details. » read more »