Crystal from Winnipeg

We had Protelec Alarms for a few years as it was the alarm system currently operating in our house when we bought it. We never had an incident so aside from paying our bill really had no contact with them. My parents also had Protelec though and while I was house sitting for them my 80 year old grandfather set off the house alarm by accident. As they should Protelec called the house to make sure everything was okay and when my grandfather told them it was an accident they took that as the truth and no one ever showed up or anything. That could very easily have been someone breaking in and since he did not have a code or anything to verify who he was I think it is ridiculous that they would not take the next step. I no longer felt protected by them and we switched to another company right away.

This is the best place to buy an aquarium if you do not need a custom made tank. Great selection and great prices. The store is jam-packed with inventory and you can find many unique aquarium items there as well. We bought a complete 77 gallon aquarium and the whole set up from them and were very happy with the service as well.

If you are an artist or crafty at all then this is for sure the place to get your supplies. They also have very knowledgeable staff which are very friendly and willing to help even over the phone. We have been there many times for different needs and have always been happy.

They have great prices and we saw what we wanted in their flyer and went specifically for it. We went mid-day mid-week and it was hard to find someone to help us but once we finally did he was very friendly and helpful and even lowered the price for us when we asked.

Fabricland is great for your basic fabric needs. They have a nice selection of quilting cotton, flannels, fleeces and some fancier fabrics (but usually high prices on those). They always have huge sales so it is not worth it to ever pay full price. I have also rarely had good customer service but there are a couple of good employees that actually have sewing/fabric knowledge.

They have a HUGE warehouse full of pretty much any fabric you could ever need. They do discount bulk purchases and it is also helpful to know that they have a 1 yard minimum on everything except the fake fur. They also sell really cheap (price and quality) clothing blanks, tea towels, misc socks etc that I have always found to be not worth even the cheap prices.

We have purchased from Fintastics many times while stocking our fish tanks and have always received healthy fish, good prices and excellent customer service. They have the more common types of fish and get new stock regularly.

We had always sprayed our weeds ourselves with very little success so last year we signed up with Eco Green. We had little to NO weeds all summer. It was so worth the money and it was always done when they said it would be. The one down side though is if you don't plan on continuing the next summer you need to tell them or they will automatically come and spray and then charge you. We did intend to call them to hire them again this year but before we even could they showed up to spray. We had not had a chance to rake though and put toys away so we have to have them come back. If we hadn't planned on getting them again then it would have been an unpleasant surprise to receive a bill saying they sprayed.

After receiving hail damage a few years ago we were finally ready to get a new roof put on our house and had many roofing companies down for estimates. G & G was priced comparatively with the others but their customer service far exceeded the rest. We were given a well detailed letter to give to our insurance company that not only let them know that we had hail damage to the shingles but also the eaves-troughs and our insurance ended up paying it all. They were fast and professional and I would recommend them to anyone.