Archive for October, 2007

What happened to old site?

Wednesday, October 10th, 2007

Some of you may have noticed that the old design site we used for some time has now changed. We have been running Dr Gadget as a full blown e-commerce site since 1999, selling products.  Unfortunately it has become much more difficult for us to compete with all the big sites that sell toys and gadgets.  We took the tough decision to close down the core business and move Dr Gadget into a slightly different area.  We still have loads of great products on the site http://www.drgadget.co.uk but we don’t actually stock any of them, they are all dispatched through amazon UK, who we have partnered with.We shall continue with this blog, as we love gadgets. If you want to buy anything from Amazon, then you can help support our site by buying through our site. Thanks Dr Gadget

Energy Saving Light Bulbs

Tuesday, October 9th, 2007

Well I finally bit the bullet and changed all of the bulds in our house, it was quite an investment as we have a lot of fixtures and bulbs. Its been 4 months since we did this, the bulbs cost £130, we have had our 1st couple of bills in and I have to say I am very surprised at the difference in the bill. We normally pay around £80-£100 per month, I know its a lot, we have kids who never turn lights off no matter how many time we tell them. Anyway with the new bulbs our last two bills have been around £60-£70 so for me that makes quite a bit of difference.

Doing your bit for the environment, and savinng a few quid can’t be a bad thing. So I reckon these bulbs will be paid for in no time at all, and I will continue to make savings.