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World in My Eyes - PaladinGamesNHobbies's Blog - Bakotopia http://www.bakotopia.com/home/Blog/PaladinGamesNHobbies My general ramblings on stuff. My general ramblings on stuff. en-us Retail Location Closed http://www.bakotopia.com/home/Blog/PaladinGamesNHobbies/24343 http://www.bakotopia.com/home/Blog/PaladinGamesNHobbies/24343 <p>As many of our customers now know, our retail location closed quite suddenly this week.<br /> The reason is simple- our lease ran out. <br /> I'd like to squelch one rumor floating around- <b>Paladin has NOT been sold.</b> We are still up and running, simply on other venues.<br /> <b>By no means are we out of the Bakersfield gaming picture!</b> We are quickly building a shopping cart on <a href="http://paladingamesonline.com">our website </a>where we will be able to offer better prices because we've cut our overhead! We will still offer local pickup for online/eBay purchases.<br /> You'll likely see J and Billy at the Gaming Experience. <br /> <br /> <b>We encourage you to keep in touch! </b><br /> Email us at News@paladingamesonline.com to subscribe to our newsletter.<br /> Join our Yahoo groups to keep connected!<br /> <a href="http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/Paladin-Games">Main Group</a><br /> <a href="http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/PaladinDnD">RPG Group</a><br /> <a href="http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/PaladinGames40k">Warhammer Group</a></p> Do You Squidoooooo? http://www.bakotopia.com/home/Blog/PaladinGamesNHobbies/16195 http://www.bakotopia.com/home/Blog/PaladinGamesNHobbies/16195 <font size="4" face="Tahoma" color="#000080">I LOVE <a href="http://www.squidoo.com/lensmasters/LadyRaine">Squidoo</a>! <br /> I think I'm addicted! I just cannot stop creating lenses. And who would want to??<br /> I have lenses about <a href="http://www.squidoo.com/PreciousKitties/">my cats</a>,  <a href="http://www.squidoo.com/Paladin_Games_and_Hobbies/">my eBay store</a>, a lens about one of <a href="http://www.squidoo.com/SBemail/">my favorite online time wasters</a>,  a tribute lens I made when my favorite author <a href="http://www.squidoo.com/RobertJordan/">Robert Jordan</a> died...<br /> The idea behind Squidoo is "everyone is an expert on <em>something</em>". <br /> <br /> What are you an expert on?<br /> <br /> <a href="http://www.squidoo.com/lensmasters/LadyRaine"><img src="http://images.squidu.com/buttons/banners/banner01.gif" alt="Check out my lens" style="border: 0" /></a></font>

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Squid.gif PaladinGamesNHobbies Beware the Practices of the Businesses You Use! http://www.bakotopia.com/home/Blog/PaladinGamesNHobbies/14047 http://www.bakotopia.com/home/Blog/PaladinGamesNHobbies/14047 <strong><font color="#000080">On Sat 8/25 I went to EZ Lube on White Ln to have my oil changed. They did a pretty good job,</font></strong><font color="#000080"><strong> fast. No complaints there. </strong><strong><br /> <span class="lw-text">I paid with my credit card. I watched the employee run the card through the CC machine, then she started entering something into the computer. I looked at the screen and realized she had typed in my CC #! I asked why she was doing that. She answered, "It's our policy". I told her I do not wish for them to have my CC # on file. Another employee began to argue, stating that they cannot access the number, that it is simply "sent to corporate". I responded that their intent for it doesn't matter to me, they do not <u>need</u> my CC #! After a bit more back and forth in which I loudly question the legality of such a practice, they do replace the # with x's. I could not believe it!<br /> As I drove away, I wondered how many CC #s they must harvest from their customers every day.  People NEED to know that a business as innocuous as an oil change station may be helping themselves to a bit more information than you intend for them to...</span></strong></font>