Epinions Recent Reviews for guptak

Mail.com: Too slow servers.

Mon, 5 Mar 2001 16:30:39 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author guptak - I have been using mail.com account for the past 18 months. I chose this service because it had a selection of domain names to choose from.

But the service seems to slow down recently, to an extent that, if I send a mail from my other email...

Good buy out of 500 MHz laptops

Tue, 6 Jun 2000 19:29:02 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author guptak - I searhced all over the mail order catalogs, local computer stores (CompUSA, BestBuy, Circuit City etc.) and the internet for mid range > 13" TFT Active Matrix XGA display.

Final budget buy is Compaq Presario 1200 Xl-111.

Even...

Kids love it. Can't miss this show

Wed, 26 Jan 2000 22:09:45 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author guptak - This is a cute show. In this show, cartoon Dragon meets two cartoon kids [Max and Kemmy] in "DRAGON LAND". They are coming from home to Dragon Land with the help of Magic Dragon Scale, solve their problem with dragons and again go back...

Out of business. Does not work (updated 1/26/00)

Mon, 24 Jan 2000 00:38:07 GMT

rating: 1/5 by: Epinions Author guptak - After going through the review by singleguy1974, I was really impressed with the features (such as no advertisements, no download required).

But to my disappointment, it has not been working for past two days. I tried to register at their...

Free-n-cool.com: Another Freebie site...

Sat, 22 Jan 2000 12:28:57 GMT

rating: 2/5 by: Epinions Author guptak - This is a freebie site which is updated daily and is the first web-site I used to follow for free offers or deals. I have been using this web-site for more than one year.

Deals are not organized in category wise and there is no search function...

DealCatcher.com Coupons: Catch your deal here.

Sat, 22 Jan 2000 02:10:01 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author guptak - I started online shopping only after knowing that there are lot of websites which offer good rebates and free offers to get the customer base. To know the information about bargains, deals and online coupons, I searched and found that Dealcatcher.com is...

BargainDog.com: Go, get Good bargains on internet from Bargaindog

Sat, 22 Jan 2000 01:50:33 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author guptak - I joined Bargaindog four months back when my friend told about this web-site. I subscribe e-mail from their website (I signed up with details of my interests), as I do not want to miss the deals, even though I do not visit their website. It is not...

Ebates.com: Shop with ebates and get cash back on purchases

Sat, 22 Jan 2000 01:20:44 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author guptak - I joined Ebates three months back and I got couple of checks received from them for my online purchases. Ebates is first of its kind to start cash back for online purchases with over 200 online stores.

How it works -

Customers register...

Debit / Check card that pays you (cash back)

Wed, 19 Jan 2000 22:33:06 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author guptak - This is the first check card / Debit card that pays upto 1% of purchases made using the Debit card (using credit option. We don't get cash back, if we use PIN for purchases). I had used cashback credit cards like Visa and heard about Discover and...

Mercata: Power buy or weak buy?

Wed, 19 Jan 2000 22:13:38 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author guptak - This is the first of its kind offering PowerBuy group purchases to bring "Buying Power to the People" by allowing you to join other shoppers and drive down prices in real time (Later players are Accompany)

PowerBuy group purchases...

Freedrive.com: Try it, if you have a lot of time to waste

Sun, 16 Jan 2000 16:15:36 GMT

rating: 2/5 by: Epinions Author guptak - Thanks for getting 50 MB of free disk space on internet. Freedrive has some advantages and some limitations.

Advantages:

1) The file can be opened on net (which was uploaded earlier) just by clicking it. You need not download to see...

Archived Web Services Reviews: Screensavers that pay you / to donate a favorite charity (no need to browse to earn money)

Sun, 16 Jan 2000 15:48:16 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author guptak - The concept of get paid to watch advertisements on net has changed the whole internet advertising market.

1) Free ISPs displaying Ads on user screens to provide internet service. 2) Paying cash or issuing points or miles to visit their...

All Advantage: The reliable program - as of 1/15/00

Sun, 16 Jan 2000 01:34:40 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author guptak - AA is the first get paid program and it's for real. We received checks for past two months (prompt payment). Once you join, you need to download a viewbar, which is of one inch size. Piece of cake to install. AA pays to view the advertisements. They pay...

Coolsavings.com: Not cool, but sometimes saves $ (updated 1/14/00)

Sun, 9 Jan 2000 18:56:34 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author guptak - Coolsavings is the first web-site I joined to know about online coupons. It provides online coupon details to its members. But the offers are not so good, as you can get better offers on web if you know other free / deals / online coupons websites.
...

Mita DP-560 Laser Printer: Discontinued model, Don't go for it (updated 1/14/00)

Sun, 9 Jan 2000 00:11:42 GMT

rating: 2/5 by: Epinions Author guptak - Mita is good for copier systems, but they discontinued DP-570 and DP-580 personal laser printers. I liked the price, resolution (upto 1200 dpi )size and weight for a Mita personal Laser printer. I got it at a steal price of $120.

I bought...

FreeDiskSpace.com: 300 MB, speedy data transfer, (updated 1/26/00)

Mon, 3 Jan 2000 20:24:34 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author guptak - Freediskspace.com is the last free space tried after 3 different free space sites. I struggled uploading 10.5 MB size file at freedrive.com. It was taking more than hours to upload and does not give me status of how far the download was completed. I...

GoToWorld.com: Go to World / go to hell (uninstalled on my system 1/14/00)

Sun, 5 Dec 1999 18:54:55 GMT

rating: 1/5 by: Epinions Author guptak - Gotoworld is the least preferred paid to surf program. Even though, it was started after Alladvantage, but could not live up-to the pace of get paid to surf programs.

They had some good features like language translator, currency convertor...

CompuServe = AOL minus Service

Sun, 5 Dec 1999 18:24:26 GMT

rating: 1/5 by: Epinions Author guptak - Compuserve does not serve good. Compuserve is the least preferred ISP when it comes to commercial ISP / free ISP, because you have to spend lot of time in waiting on phone to talk to customer service representative or Billing department. Roughly I wasted...

Microsoft Windows 98: c(r)ashing windows

Fri, 3 Dec 1999 00:34:14 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author guptak - Windows 98 still uses 16 bit core OS with better plug-N-Play features. But every month, I see some fixes or upgrade to drivers, modules and utilities etc. posted on Microsoft windows update web-site. Most of the people use windows 9x operating system...

GetPaid4: Best pay to surf program (on paper). No payments received (updated 1/14/00)

Thu, 2 Dec 1999 23:42:52 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author guptak - Getpaid4 is the best get paid program and it's for real. We notice how much we make upto minute. Once you join, you need to download a viewbar, which is of one inch size. Ad bar can be place at bottom or top of page. Piece of cake to install. Getpaid4...

Excellent 27" TV for an average price (Updated on 1/14/00)

Wed, 1 Dec 1999 21:46:54 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author guptak - I bought this TV around one year ago. The quality of the picture (because of Digital Comb Filter) is comparable with Sony Trinitron. I like the Surround audio with this TV. Screen is flat.

Universal remote comes handy for operating all...

myTalk: Listen and receive voice mails over web

Wed, 1 Dec 1999 20:14:56 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author guptak - Mytalk is the first of its kind service I used for listening e-mails from touch of a telephone. I liked the voice synthesizer software they used, because it could even talk near to correct in languages other then English.

This service will be...

Dialpad: free PC to telephone service...

Wed, 1 Dec 1999 19:55:25 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author guptak - Dialpad (PC to telephone service)has slashed my telephone bills upto 25%. It's easy to join. Nothing to download. Worked good with Internet explorer, but with netscape, it required some plug-ins. After installing plug-ins, it's working also with Netscape...

Callwave Internet Answering Machine: Free Internet answering machine - with some drawbacks

Wed, 1 Dec 1999 19:06:33 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author guptak - Callwave, is the one of the first company to provide free internet answering machine. Download and install free software from www.callwave.com web-site.

Customers need to take Fixed call forwarding on busy tone option from local phone...

Colorstamps.com: Get paid to search the web (updated 1/15/00)

Wed, 1 Dec 1999 18:52:32 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author guptak - ColorStamps is a new get paid to surf program for searching and clicking web-sites. It's free join and no setup is required. No need to buy or sell. Also, it pays for your searches and 10% for searches by your referrals.

It pays monthly for...