{"id":28939,"date":"2024-08-22T08:43:53","date_gmt":"2024-08-22T12:43:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/?p=28939"},"modified":"2024-08-22T08:43:53","modified_gmt":"2024-08-22T12:43:53","slug":"we-just-wanted-to-say-thanks-once-again","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/we-just-wanted-to-say-thanks-once-again\/","title":{"rendered":"We Just Wanted to Say Thanks Once Again!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 24pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;\"><strong>We Just Wanted to Say Thanks Once Again!<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;\">Once in a while, we like to remind you how much we appreciate what you do for us. Once in a while, we like to send you a big THANK YOU for always being there for us.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;\">We started our small business almost 26 years ago. This autumn, good lord willing, we\u2019ll celebrate our 27th anniversary. It\u2019s hard to believe that we\u2019ve been around that long.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;\">Not that there haven&#8217;t been days and weeks when we&#8217;ve wondered how long we&#8217;d be able to hang around, but every time, you folks come through for us. And we always try to come through for you too.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;\">When we started, we were one of thousands of small \u201cmom &amp; pop\u201d sites that popped up all over the Web; in those days, the Web was mostly comprised of mom &amp; pop sites like ours. Over the years, we have watched as one after another of those mom-and-pop sites died unceremonious deaths. The people behind them, once full of hope, abandoned their dreams and walked away. The trail of tears left behind circles the globe many times.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;\">We know this because we watched it happen.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;\">As with all things, it seems, that when there&#8217;s money to be made, by hook or crook, the financial wizards, the capital venturists, well-funded startups, and criminals come flocking. We watched as big money and big corporations gobbled up everything on the Web, until today, big money and big business control over 90% of the Web. Small, mom &amp; pops sites like ours are an endangered species. There are not many left.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;\">With all the money flowing via the web, you can be certain that the criminals looking for easy money, will always be trying to find new ways to trick you out of your money, And soon it will get even worse as AI (artificial intelligence) gives the crooks even more ways to trick you and steal your money.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;\">But we are still fighting for you. And we will not go gently into that good night.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;\">We have fought the good fight and we always tell you the truth as we see it. We\u2019ve butted heads with multi-million-dollar sites that made their fortunes by tricking unsuspecting users into buying their worthless products.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;\">We have exposed dozens of one-click fix scams that promise to fix your computer with a single click. Using TV, email, and web advertising they all try to trick you into buying their snake oil by using slick, professionally produced TV commercials or websites and advertisements designed to sell you all-in-one PC Fixer snake oil software or other worthless software or services.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;\">We fight for the truth, we fight for you, and we still fight every day to provide you with the information, the best advice, and the best computer care &amp; repair service.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;\">We&#8217;re not wealthy. We&#8217;ve long since abandoned that dream. We have turned down thousands of dollars in commissions because we refuse to recommend or sell anything we don\u2019t believe in and\/or wouldn\u2019t use on our own computers.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;\">We turned down offers that would have paid us $70 or more per sale. But we turned them all down. We&#8217;ll never sell out our friends our friends no matter what. We never give it a second thought. We would never sell you for $7 or $70 or $700 or $7000.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;\">Sure, we know that some of the other tech sites don&#8217;t hesitate to recommend products with little value that pay high commissions. And yes, it&#8217;s probably true that those sites and companies are rolling in the money.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;\">But at least we can sleep at night.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;\">You&#8217;ve probably noticed that the number of products we recommend and endorse is rather sparse. There are only a few. Emsisoft and Reg Organizer are both top-notch products with superior support \u2013 we recommend both and we use both on our personal and business computers. We also recommend the OE Classic email program for those who yearn for a simple email client that will remind you of Outlook Express and Windows Mail. OE Classic&#8217;s developer does a great job of providing support to his customers.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;\">Just about every week we get an email or two from companies that want to make a deal with us to have us recommend their products or services. But we refuse to sell you out. We refuse to sell a product or service we would not use ourselves, no matter how much we need the money.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;\">Besides the products we recommend, we offer Cloudeight Direct Computer Care \u2013 the best computer care &amp; repair service anywhere. We offer personal support and excellent prices. Our Cloudeight Direct Computer Care services provide us with some income.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;\">We have been fortunate to have been blessed with so many friends who help us by making donations (gifts). Sometimes we are overwhelmed by your generosity. You don&#8217;t know how much your gifts help to keep us up and running. We don&#8217;t have words enough to tell you how much we appreciate you.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;\">What we give you in return is our best. We will only provide you with the best service, the best advice, and the best products. That will never change. We will never sell you out because we need the money.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;\">How can we thank those of you who lend us a helping hand? There is no thank you big enough, nor any words heartfelt enough., to tell you how much we appreciate you and the support and friendship you give.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;\">I think the best way to thank you isn\u2019t with just words, but to promise you that we will keep fighting for you and keep trying to keep you safe\u2026 not by scaring you, but by informing you. Not with sensationalism but with the truth. By endorsing only products that are of the best quality &#8211; ones that we use ourselves, by always being there for you whenever you need us, and answering every email you send us.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;\">Most of all by thinking of you as our friends.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;\">I hope you all know how much you mean to us and how much we value your friendship and all you do for us.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-size: 24pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;\">Thank you all so much!<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; &nbsp; We Just Wanted to Say Thanks Once Again! Once in a while, we like to remind you how much we appreciate what you do for us. Once in a while, we like to send you a big THANK YOU for always being there for us. We started our small business almost 26 years ago. 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