http://www.buychimes.com/wordpress The scoop on all things wind chimes at BuyChimes.com Fri, 23 Jul 2010 00:06:44 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Everyone in my neck of the woods probably already knows what this phrase means—but I couldn't quite bring it to mind. (I blame this heat for my lack of clear thinking!) Somewhere in the back of my mind, I connected the phrase with panting dogs in search of water and ... http://www.buychimes.com/wordpress/2010/07/dog-days-of-summer/ Here's what's caught my eye in the front garden this spring... When the clematis started climbing, I decided to train it on a garden shepherd's hook instead of the lamp post like every other year. I was curious to see how the vine would look with a lovely small chime close ... http://www.buychimes.com/wordpress/2010/06/the-vine-and-the-chime/ Yes, this is a real question from a customer just this past week. And it, amazingly, is a common one. I guess people think that either we are a large company with many employees that don't really know the chimes or we have arranged for all orders to be drop-shipped ... http://www.buychimes.com/wordpress/2010/06/strongpix/ Do dads get the short shrift on Father's Day gifts when compared to mom and Mother's Day gifts? Well, Mom usually IS the favorite so, yes, maybe they do a little. Who can compete with Mom? Dads are a little easier to buy for (aren't they?). We've got a good ... http://www.buychimes.com/wordpress/2010/06/free-beeners-with-fathers-day-order/ Recently, we started offering a service of wrapping gifts. For a long time, we have offered an option for a plain outer box (concealing the chime and our company name from the recipient until they open the gift). As of yesterday, we offer (for $5) to gift wrap the chime ... http://www.buychimes.com/wordpress/2010/05/buychimes-offers-gift-wrapping/ We sent a newsletter to our customers, and it's up on our site (big banner. you can't miss it). But we should also post our notice here. We have a spring sale going on. It will end soon (5/7/2010), so catch the good deals while you can. The sale prices are ... http://www.buychimes.com/wordpress/2010/05/spring-has-sprung-sale-going-on-now/ We get many emails from would-be chime retailers who are interested in selling wind chimes in their shop. For some reason, they think BuyChimes is the manufacturer of the wind chimes we sell. These questions (and our answers) go something like one of these: I run a small [garden, gift] shop. ... http://www.buychimes.com/wordpress/2010/04/do-you-sell-wholesale/ When we first started selling the popular Corinthian Bells chimes, we couldn't figure it out either. I remember answering one gentleman that it was probably due to the ancient city of Corinth in Greece. And the chimes were reminiscent of that architecture. What a crazy, made-up answer! Yet the answer is ... http://www.buychimes.com/wordpress/2010/03/where-does-the-name-corinthian-bells-come-from/ A friend of ours recently bought a chime from us. When queried about the site, he exclaimed that the choices were overwhelming. Wow! Sorry about that! As of this writing, we sell about 99 chime models. And figuring that they come in different colors, lengths, and musical scales, I can ... http://www.buychimes.com/wordpress/2010/02/the-choice-is-overwhelming/ So we are digging out from 18 inches of snow! We hope to have the wind chime shipping operations back in... operation soon. http://www.buychimes.com/wordpress/2009/12/recovering-from-the-snow/