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New 68 Addition

I would like to announce the newest addition to the 68 family, Trinity Barnes. Trinity was born on December 10th 2008 at 21:53. She weighed 5 lbs 8 oz and was 19 inches long. Trinity was so excited to be a member of the 68 family that she decided to come 10 days early.

As many of you can imagine with this new addition I will be off work a few days getting me, my wife, and Trinity adjusted to a new life altering routine.

Thanks again to everyone and I just couldn’t wait to share the news.

Site Showcase - Hobby Classified

1. Can you tell us a little about you or the site?

Hobby Classified is the first site of classified ads specifically based on the Hobby. It is particularly conceived for Hobbyist. You can used it in English and French. This site was designed to be used across the world. We want to make it the perfect site for classified ads in Hobby.

2. What made you decide to start a classified site?

I am in R/C (Radio Control) for several years. On several occasions I used classified ads to sell or buy items. I loved the operation so I decided to open a website.

3. That is a very unique design. Did you create it?

With the help of a web designer from Intense Interactif, we create this unique design site.

4. Since you have a hobby site. What is the hobby you are most interested in?

My preferred hobby is remote controlled helicopter. I practice this hobby for over 10 years. I like computers, but since I designed this website, I discovered a new hobby.

5. In closing anything else you wish to share?

68 Classifieds is very easy to edit templates of script and it has a very useful forum. You can easily find solution for your problem if you have. Also 68Classifieds.com has a very quick and friendly service. 68 Classifieds is updated all of the time, which makes it a solid product.

And the winners are…

Now that Thanksgiving is over it is time to get back to work and announce the winners of our Thanksgiving Competition.

I was actually a little surprised at the number of comments (0nly 5) so I decided to make everyone that entered a winner. I have already emailed everyone and will get the prizes out tomorrow.

Thanks again and congratulations to the winners!

Happy Thanksgiving - Win a FREE Template

In the USA tomorrow is Thanksgiving and our office will be closed Thursday November 27th through Sunday November 30th 2008.

Since this is celebrated as a day of thanks I wanted to send a big THANK YOU to you (Our Customers!) without you we wouldn’t be doing what we are now.

As a way of showing our thanks we are going to run a competition and give away two free products. One template and one module.

The prizes

Module - Either the Google Maps or Youtube module from lhotch.
Template - Any one template found at ClassifiedMods.

How to Enter

To enter the competition all you have to do is leave a comment on this post and say what you are thankful for in your life. You must also be a customer or else you really wouldn’t need the prizes. The winners will be announced on Monday December 1st from a random drawing. Comments must be added before midnight Sunday.

ClassifiedMods

We are proud to announce a new website designed to help you find resources for 68 Classifieds. The new site is ClassifiedMods.com and will provide access to Professionals familiar with 68 Classfieds along with a variety of Templates and Modifications specifically designed for use with 68 Classifieds installations. Originally, we used 68mods.com as the primary location for 68 Classifieds resources. From now on, ClassifiedMods.com will be the first (and only) place to look for new modules, templates and resources to extend your installation’s functionality.

The goal of this new site is to offer a central location where module developers and template designers can share their work with the 68 Classifieds community.

Below are some of the important features of this new site:

Rating / Reviews - On the site you can rate and review each listing. It is very important to rate listings. This way it makes it easy to find listings that are of high quality and helps others find the perfect mod for their site.

Mod Review Policy - In order for any type of mod to be listed on the site, the developer has to send us a copy of the files so we can test it and make sure it actually runs and works as described.

Developer’s Code of Conduct - Every commercial developer has to agree to the following Code of Conduct before their item is added. This was added to protect you!

• 14 day money back guarantee on modifications.
• Email responses within 2 working days.
• Complaints referred to 68 Classifieds when and if necessary.
• A reasonable level of support will be provided for the installation and use.

The site already has lots of modifications and some awesome templates.

Frustration-Free Packaging

Just in time for Christmas, Amazon is now offering Frustration-Free Packaging.

This almost makes me want to do all my shopping from them. Fighting with the normal packaging is enough to make you go crazy.

Which leads me to a question. Why do you think most packaging is done in this way now? Does it prevent theft? Have higher sales?