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The QFLEA Shopping News - April 1, 2010 - Volume 10, Number 4

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Spotlight Story:
Pug Manor: Dedicated to Making Customers Happy

Founded in 2003, Pug Manor was created by a family of graphic designers who live with a frolicking pile of Pugs. The years leading up to January 2003 were difficult ones, with the increased threat of terrorism changing the way that people travel and communicate, and economic fluctuations creating further on-going stress.

Ed and Sabra Jenny often thought it would help people laugh and relax if they only knew how funny it was to live with Pugs. A t-shirt design created by their daughter, couture and costume designer Sarah Jenny, was the seed that grew into Pug Manor, a full-blown look into the lives and thoughts of pugs, with funny imprints to illustrate these candid moments shot by avid photographer Ed Jenny, coupled with funny comments and slogans, and turned into hilarious designs for people and their dogs by graphic designers Sabra Jenny, Ed Jenny and Sarah Jenny.

A little science education on imprinting fabrics and a search for the highest quality blank merchandise combined with a realistic approach to gift pricing in fluctuating economic times netted the start of a successful global internet business tailored specifically for Pug owners and Pug lovers, creating laughter wherever Pug Manor merchandise goes.

A chance meeting with a new friend brought the charming Sydney Love purse, luggage and accessory lines into the mix in 2004, beginning with this clever designer s most popular design featuring dogs and cats (of course) and expanding into other bright and colorful prints. It was a natural combination with Pug Manor s imprinted clothing, and quickly became a global crowd pleaser.

The final ingredient for Pug Manor's success is an unstinting devotion to customer service. When people contact Pug Manor, they get a swift and knowledgeable reply to their questions, and a friendly person eager to chat about pugs and life. Pug Manor s customer service motto is to treat people the way we would want to be treated. Customers have turned into friends, and the Pug Manor family continues to grow.

Pug Manor's greatest success is seeing people point and laugh at our products at festivals and fairs, and getting email from customers all over the world who are laughing with us. Then we know we've accomplished what we set out to do.

Check us out at www.PugManor.com.

Spotlight Story: Junk for Morons

The name of our business says it all. We make junk for morons. And we sell junk to morons. It's really not as crazy as it sounds!

Have you ever gone into a store and seen something that looks so hideous that you thought, "Only a real moron would buy something like that"? Well that's the clientele we've chosen to service. Some of our products include electric duck foot messagers, thong underwear for your pets, caffeinated garden spray, the nose hose and soda can pull tab jewelry. We have hundreds of items that are designed specifically for the moron in your life.

We started as a small store in Clonmel, Kansas and then quickly expanded to open stores in other towns, including Battle Mountain, Nevada, Carthage Mississippi and our latest shop in Eustis Maine. And recently, we've opened our website at the link below and our team of web developers is working on a Facebook page, a Twitter account and next year, perhaps an app for the IPhone. Wouldn't it be just the greatest thing for you to be able to order our nose hose or our rice wine bubble gum right from your IPhone?

So far, we've haven't done any of these great achievements: Showing our products on Oprah, getting our own night on QVC or having our products given away at the Coca-Cola Park in Allentown, PA, the home of the Lehigh Valley Iron Pigs baseball team. And none of our products have yet been placed in major movies or television shows, but we're working on it every day. Our do-it-yourself x-ray machine was seen on the local news, but we don't like to talk much about that.

Come see all the latest items in our inventories by clicking here.

Our Current Specials

Beautiful Silver Jewelry Springtime Silver Jewelry! 925 sterling silver designer jewelry: unique earrings, bracelets, pendants and necklaces with gemstones in designs you'll love to wear or give. Affordable.

Hosting Connecticut LLC We charge an hourly rate to maintain your site, and don't worry, we're pretty quick about it! $50/hr.

Rockwell Collector Plates Give a gift of nostalgia! Norman Rockwell plates display Americana at its finest. All are boxed and ready for shipment worldwide.

Always a LittleBehind Crafts March special on Dog Bandannas and lots of new things for kids, home and you.

KD Novelties - Personalized Children's Books We offer personalized children's books, music and gifts where your child is the star of every story. Builds self-esteem and makes reading FUN.

... and see additional specials every day in the "Twitter Box" at QFLEA.com.


Some Punny Stuff

The roundest knight at King Arthur's round table was Sir Cumference. He acquired his size from too much pi.
I thought I saw an eye doctor on an Alaskan island, but it turned out to be an optical Aleutian.
She was only a whiskey maker, but he loved her still.
No matter how much you push the envelope, it'll still be stationery.
A dog gave birth to puppies near the road and was cited for littering.
A grenade thrown into a kitchen in France would result in Linoleum Blown apart.
Two silk worms had a race. They ended up in a tie.
A hole has been found in the nudist camp wall. The police are looking into it.
Two hats were hanging on a hat rack in the hallway. One hat said to the other, 'You stay here; I'll go on a head.'
I wondered why the baseball kept getting bigger. Then it hit me.
A sign on the lawn at a drug rehab centre said: 'Keep off the Grass.' The short fortune-teller who escaped from prison was a small medium at large.
The man who survived mustard gas and pepper spray is now a seasoned veteran.
When cannibals ate a missionary, they got a taste of religion.
A small boy swallowed some coins and was taken to a hospital. When his grandmother telephoned to ask how he was, a nurse said, 'No change yet.'

Final Thought: A Few Laws

Law of Attrition: As soon as you find a product that you really like, they will stop making it.

Law of Probability: The probability of being watched is directly proportional to the stupidity of your act.

Law of Bio-mechanics: The severity of the itch is inversely proportional to the reach.

Law of the Theater: At any event, the people whose seats are furthest from the aisle arrive last.

Law of Hot & Cold: As soon as you sit down to a cup of hot coffee, your boss will ask you to do something which will last until the coffee is cold.


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