text:
7/19/2008 8:04:28 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time
10/12/2007 4:33:09 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time
Barry: you are a man of your word. Your check cleared and I am pleased, as I said I would, to offer you the following testimonial, which can be used with my full permission;
All best, PORTER
"An excellent experience dealing with this knowledgeable and reputable expert. Barry Gray may be unique among jewelers operating on the Internet in that he communicates clearly and quickly, is very organized in his approach to creating an equitable transaction, and is conscientious to a fault in insuring that the customer experience is first rate.
9/29/2006 5:29:30 P.M. Eastern Standard Time
I had been shopping on the internet (including ebay) for a pre-owned 18k
7/27/2006 4:56:21 P.M. Eastern Standard Time
The TAG arrived today ! WOW are you on the ball. Thanks for such great service and whenever I can ; I will certainly recommend you to anyone I know shopping for a watch. Good luck with the Rolex.
Best regards from deep in the heart of Texas !
watch repair
6/19/2006 12:05:13 P.M. Eastern Standard Time
I wanted to let you know how pleased I am with the repairs made to my rolex. The damage to my band from an accident is totally gone. It seems rare for people to actually do what they claim these days but when you told me the watch would look new when finished, you kept your word.
Thanks again,
Barrett Brooks
Brooks Companies
11/17/2005 12:33:35 P.M. Eastern Standard Time
Re:: Rolex Presidential
I received the check today. I just wanted to thank you for the professional manner in which you handled this and your expediency.
This was the first time I've sold anything on-line and you made it easy.
Robert M. Galumbeck
5/9/2005 3:36:40 PM Eastern Standard Time
I had been looking for a Lady Rolex for my wife's birthday. After visiting several stores in the Houston area, and looking at several Web-Sites, I decided to purchase a watch from B Gray, Jewelers. There is always a concern in purchasing an item of significant value over the Internet. But, after reading many of the positive customer comments and recommendations concerning B Gray Jewelers (specifically the expert assistance of Michelle), we made the purchase. Everything went smoothly, the watch arrived as promised, and was everything Michelle had promised it would be. We are very pleased with the experience.
Dan from Houston
9/22/2004 12:42:45 PM Eastern Standard Time
I know a silent customer is the most
satisfied customer, but I just
Fm Texas
6/15/2004 1:12:56 PM Eastern Standard Time
from: firstname.lastname@example.com
Michelle, thank you so much for the great renovation of my very old Rolex watch. After searching for repairs in San Antonio, Texas I was about to trade away my old watch (or else butcher it with imitation parts). At your suggestion, you refurbished my watch as good as new and allowed me to keep the grand old watch that I have loved for years.
I highly recommend B. Gray Jewelers to anyone. I have a close friend and also a relative that will be contacting you soon for assistance with their watches. Thanks again !
Steve Croan
Lake McQueeney
San Antonio, Texas
-----Original Message-----
From: brit [mailto:email@example.com]
Sent: Tuesday, March 22, 2005 11:08 AM
To: firstname.lastname@example.com
Subject: Rolex
Got the watch this morning. Better than new, cheaper anyway. Thanks for the fast service and the first class product. I'll look for one for my wife.
Thanks Again,
Brit Duran Alley
1703 Greenfield St.
Wichita, Kansas 67217-2253
Date: 4/28/2004 11:01:30 AM Eastern Standard Time
From: firstname.lastname@example.com
If you're looking for a fine pre-owned timepiece, you need look no further than B Gray Jewelers. Barry and Michelle have the best selection on the Internet, represent their inventory accurately, are very responsive to inquiries, use 1 day shipping and offer a 1 year warranty on their products which is difficult to find on the Web. I enjoyed dealing with them and would recommend their company without hesitation.
Cory Cofield
RE: chronoswiss
5/11/2004 5:20:41 PM Eastern Standard firstname.lastname@example.com
I posted an �ISO� at watchnet.com, looking for an 18kt gold chronoswiss opus watch with the 18kt gold folding buckle. I have been looking for this watch at a decent price for a long time now. The day after I posted, I got an email from BARRY at BGRAY jewelers. He said that if I gave him a few days he would be able to find me a new one or possibly even a pre-owned one. (I had heard this same thing from about 10 other major players in the watch industry of course with no success, so I wasn�t holding my breath). Sure enough the next day I get an email from Barry saying that he had found a pre-owned chronoswiss gold opus for me, with the $1700 folding buckle, and that the watch was in perfect condition with all boxes and papers. But the best part he continued was that the price was more than 60% off the MSRP. Of course I grabbed it, it was the best price I had ever seen on this watch. Yesterday, I sent bgray jewelers a wire transfer for over $8,000, and this morning, I received my beautiful 18kt gold chronoswiss opus watch�exactly as promised. It looks brand new, has all boxes and papers, and of the 15 or so watches I have, this is the best deal I�ve ever gotten. Thank you so much Barry and everybody at BGRAY..i absolutely love my watch!!!
Steven Spector
New York, NY
Subj: Touchinbase
Date: 3/17/2004 9:11:00 PM Eastern Standard Time
From: HHenry5675
Hello Barry,
I received the Corum bracelet today. I like it! Enjoyed doing business with you and your wife.
Horace Henry
Subj: Re: Question for seller -- Item #2695375165 Many thanks
Date: 3/14/2004 5:34:54 PM Eastern Standard Time
From: email@example.com
Subj: Rolex...
Date: 2/28/2004 11:55:53 AM Eastern Standard Time
From: email@example.com
the watch is arrived...
everything ok...
thanks and regards from Switzerland
Subj: Re: W-2158
Date: 2/4/2004 9:23:34 PM Eastern Standard Time
From: email@example.com
I'm back in New York
I wanted to thank you for your advice and help with my watch this afternoon.
My watch looks great.
I will be sure to tell my friends where I bought it
(but that they should buy it over the internet ; they dont need to fly to Florida )
Thanks Again,
Ron Rothman
Subj: Thanks
Date: 1/18/2004 1:10:48 PM Eastern Standard Time
From: firstname.lastname@example.com
Thanks for an easy and very professional transaction on the recent purchase of my Rolex. I found the watch on your web site and called you on Wednesday. I had the watch the following Friday (in two days) and was exactly as stated. Beautiful and in mint condition (and, with your 1 year warranty). It was a pleasure doing business with you and your company. I would highly recommend you and B. Gray Jewelers to anyone wanting to purchase a fine timepiece. Thanks again.
Chuck Chartrand
Big Pine Key, Florida
Subj: Ladies Rolex
Date: 1/3/2004 8:30:16 AM Eastern Standard Time
From: BFcmh
To: BGRAYJEWEL
wanted to take a moment to thank Michelle for the outstanding service regarding
a recent ladies Rolex purchase. Last May I had purchased an older ladies
Rolex and over the following several months had problems with the watch.
After the third time it quit working I asked to replace the watch with a newer
model and pay the difference between the two watches. Michelle agreed and
the deal was made. The new watch was delivered as promised -- great
condition. The watch has performed flawlessly. Thank you for your
prompt attention to the difficulties I encountered and outstanding customer
Dear Michelle,
From : "firstname.lastname@example.com" <email@example.com>
From: email@example.com
Subject: Re: AP royal oak
Date: 6/3/2003 3:22:27 PM Eastern Daylight Time
Hello Steve, I finally have the watch here in Berlin. I do like it a lot. Everything was good as prescibed.
Have a great time
Best wishes Thomas
From: Russell
To: Steve Wolf
Sent: Monday, January 27, 2003 1:55 PM
Subject: RE: FRANCK MULLER
Dear Michelle and Barry, I want to express our appreciation for the way in which you help search for and ultimately find an excellent value for us. The Patek Philippe Le Flame watch is absolutely gorgeous and everything you indicated it was. We are looking forward to an opportunity to meet you both the next time we are in Fort Lauderdale. Thanks again and best wishes for continued success! Byron and Diane Zerphy
thank you for your check,received it today. it was a pleasure dealing with you. you were fair and honest and i would recommend you to anyone looking for an honest jeweler.
regards,shel derlighter
watch was better than expected very happy.
many many thanks:
Andy Sparks
I recently purchased a lady's 18k gold watch from you. It is exactly as described . .even a bit better, perhaps. Our contacts and arrangements were exactly as agreed upon. It is a pleasure doing business with you and I would recommend you to other serious buyers without hesitation. Thank you again, Roger Kaufman Roger Kaufman, PhD Professor & Director - Office for Needs Assessment & Planning 3520 C University Center Florida State University - Tallahassee, FL. 32312 Phone: 850-644-1708 or (home) 850-386-6621 Email: email@example.com
just got the watch and it is beautiful!!! He will absolutely
freak out. Thanks so much for working with me on this. It�s
going to be very difficult to hold on to the watch until we get married.
I might just have to move the date up!!
just got the watch and it is beautiful!!! He will absolutely
freak out. Thanks so much for working with me on this. It�s
going to be very difficult to hold on to the watch until we get married.
I might just have to move the date up!!
again. I�m really happy.
again. I�m really happy.
From: "Hunt, Gary" <email@example.com>
To: "'email@example.com'" <firstname.lastname@example.com>
Subject: RE: Watch Delivery
Date: Fri, 20 Dec 2002 16:18:47 -0500
Gary Hunt
From: "MELO" <email@example.com>
To: <email@example.com>
Subject: Feedback
Date: Thu, 7 Nov 2002 17:33:24-0500
Hello Michelle:
Your expertise in handling online transaction assured me that you will always win the customers, and be in business for many many years to come.
Your professionalism and valueable guidance had made me
quite relax in dealing online through internet.
A special thank you to Michelle for a superior level of service
performed. I would love to do business once more with
BGRAYJEWEL < A Jewel that can be Trusted >.
Toronto Canada
Watch arrived just as you promised. In very satisfactory condition. I am pleased. I have a friend who's looking for the same type watch and I am forwarding this email to him, just in case he wants to contact you.
I will fax the FedEx the shipping paperwork to you after completing, leaves to you today, but will not arrive until Wednesday or so, as I'm using the Economy service, but insuring for $1500 with "signature required" service.
Again, thanks for the excellent service. I'm sure I'll be back, already thinking about the silver face with diamonds.
Re: Patek 3919
Wanted you to know I got the watch today.....Looks great......Pleasure doing business with you!
Bill Wobbe
Hi Barry!
Thank you, everything went well. Hope to do business again.
Michelle: Recieved watch today and looks great..Thanks again.. Robbie
Barry, just wanted to email you and let you know the watch
just arrived. Looks great! Nice packaging, love the little watch box you sent
along with it.
I want thank your business and particularly Michelle for the service I received with a recent purchase. The ring was as described and delivered promptly. I will be shopping with you again in the near future. Sincerely, Ben Flores
I just received the ladies Rolex today, and I'm pleased to
say that it has
I want to thank Barry and Michelle on the purchase of my Rolex. The
watch was as described and the service and advice has been second to none. Will
be purchasing one for my wife real soon and ill be in touch with you . Once
again many THANKS.
Dear Barry, I am very pleased (maybe ecstatic) with the rebuilt vintage14 kt Oyster bracelet. It looks fantastic on my ca.1970 Rolex "Daytona" . Your jeweler/craftsman did an outstanding job. Best regards, Russell P.S. My friend at Rolex New York (service dept) was also quite impressed.
Thanks to the good folks at B.Gray Jewelers WatchmeNow Dec 25 12:21P I purchased a preowned 2tone Ladies Datejust on the 19th from B.Gray Jewelers.
It was fairly priced, arrived the next day, was attractively packaged, looked
just like a new watch and you should have seen the look on my daughters face when she opened it this morning! Thanks Michelle!!!
I received the watch yesterday. Thanks much and my father loves it
I just received the Corum $20 gold watch and is is even better that described. Your price was the best I could find anywhere on the internet. Thank you for the great service, price and product.
Vince Atkins
Hi Michelle and Barry- I picked up the watch at my Post Office this afternoon. I love the watch but am somewhat disappointed that Patek's Rose Gold isn't more of a pink hue. But I love it and happy to give it a new home! Thanks again and appreciate your efforts to find it and I'm a happy customer again! Patty Anderson
I received the watch this morning & it is running fine.
I must commend you on your superior level of service.
Thanks for making my online purchase so pleasurable........It's nice to see that some folks still do what they say they will ........I intend to replace the dial with a diamond one soon & you can be assured I will be in touch when I am ready to do so.
Thanks again,
John Ballenger
Anyone considering buying from Gray Jewel....do not hesitate! I recently purchased a 3,000 dollar previously owned ROLEX form him and it was everybit as nice as he described and more.....Barry was very pleasnt over the phone and was very prompt in his delivery of the item. The Rolex was shipped very fast and was well packaged...you wont have to worry that your items will be damaged. I would be glad to buy from BGRAY Jewel again....thank you very much for a pleasant buying experience....I wish you all the best Gary!
Corey McGuire
I received the watch and check today. BEAUTIFUL...just as described. Thank you for the fast shipment. I hope that we can do business again in the future. Is there a way to leave you a good reference on your web site?
Thanks again,
Dear Barry and Michele:
It is difficult at times to trust the quality and workmanship of watches just looking at a picture. Furthermore, it is even more difficult to judge the authenticity and quality of the jewelry that people sell online.
The quality and the pain staking time that you spent with me was well worth the wait. I am so pleased with your company, the pricing was great as well. Thinking of buying a Rolex, stop and only look at BGray Jewelers.
Sandy Fischer
Hi Barry Thanks for the watch, received safely. Looks really great, and the 'electronic repair' you carried out works a treat! ;-) Maybe in the future we can do business again!
Best regards Steve
Barry and I negotiated a price for my Rolex Daytona via e-mail. Barry gave me a fair price and sent me a check the very day he received my watch. I would not hesitate to recommend B. Gray Jewelers for even the highest ticket items.
Brett Sailors Katy, TX
Dear Mr. Gray,
dear barry & michelle : the watch arrived yesterday & my wife
is very
Barry! OH. MY. GOSH! It got here! I'm so excited I could do a little dance if I
wouldn't look so stupid. Although, of course, it's hard to look too stupid with
a ROLEX on your wrist! I'm so excited! (I'm repeating myself, sorry! ;-) It's
gorgeous and I would never know it wasn't new if you hadn't told me! I can't
stop admiring it! It's sorta weird when, after 30 years you finally get what you
wished for! I just don't have enough superlatives to describe how I feel and
that's thanks to you being willing to work with me on this. I will forever be
grateful! ;-) However, if I hear of anyone wanting a watch from any of the
lines you carry I will be sure to tell them about you. Maybe I can repay your
kindness and patience by helping you sell more! I sure wish I could leave you
great feedback for this on ebay! You deserve it! Well, I'll let you go! I just
want to tell you one more funny thing - when I picked it up at the post office
and got it out to the car and saw how well it was wrapped I just about spit! I
thought - "i'm going to have an accident trying to drive home fast so I can see
this watch! Then I remembered I have a little teeny knife in my glove
compartment and I attacked the box and all the tape! Needless to say I succeeded
in getting it open, but I almost had a heart attack thinking I'd have to wait
AGAIN to see it! hehe! Anyway, thanks so much for all your help
Greystone Manor
Lewes, Delaware
Tel: 505-207-9662 - Fax: 505-207-9662
Worldwide Marketing & Management Consultants
European Offices:
86 Lindale Gardens, Blackpool, England FY4
Fax: 01253-345862
Arbitrex Consulting Inc.
3, 2000
Sheridan Street
is just a short note to thank you for the courtesy and outstanding service
exhibited by you and your associates when I purchased two Rolex watches from you
last month.
have received the extra links for my submariner and it now fits perfectly. Your
web site is most informative and clearly represents the quality of the product
that one receives when dealing with your company. I really appreciate the
alacrity and efficiency with which you handle your business and have no
hesitation in recommending you to my friends.
Subj: Recent Rolex purchase Date: 12/13/2000 2:12:34 PM Eastern Standard Time From: firstname.lastname@example.com (West, Lennox) Reply-to: email@example.com (West, Lennox) To: email@example.com ('bgray') Dear Barry and Michelle, I want to thank you for your exceptional service over the past few weeks. It is refreshing to do business with someone that invokes memories of " the way things used to be", when a person's word was their bond and deals were made with a handshake and not letters or contracts. Without ever having dealt with you before, I was impressed that you did what you said you would do, when you said you would do it. Where no one else could find the specific type of dial I wanted for the Rolex I purchased from you, you did. Granted, it took a few weeks, but you found one. Each time I phoned you I was always treated with courtesy and respect, and never rushed me off the phone. You took the time to answer all my questions and treated me as if I was buying the most expensive watch you ever sold, even though I wasn't. In addition, when I received the watch this week, I took it to my local Rolex dealer to get the band adjusted. The gentleman who owns the shop has been a Rolex dealer for more than 25 years and is highly respected in the area. When I gave him the watch to adjust his first comment was, " Wow, it's a beauty and looks to be in mint condition". We placed the watch in his case along beside his new SS/18K Rolex's and you could not tell the difference. I can think of no better example to illustrate the quality of the piece I purchased from you than this one. I look forward to doing business with you again in the future and will certainty recommend you to anyone looking for a quality watch at a fair price. Please accept my best wishes for a joyous holiday season and a healthy and prosperous new year. Robert L. West, Cleveland, Ohio
Subj: RE: Date: 2/27/2001 12:01:47 PM Eastern Standard Time From: firstname.lastname@example.com (Brian Appelgate) Reply-to: email@example.com To: firstname.lastname@example.com Sorry for all the commotion! My wife tells me I am crazy to go to a different watch. She thinks this one is perfect. It looks different than all the dark face watches I already own. I think she is right. I will keep it. Thanks for all your correspondence and time on this. Your service and honesty are remarkable. I will be a regular customer. Feel free to use me as a reference. I will e-mail a photo of the Franck Muller I am looking for soon.
Subj: Re: Brian Holland address Date: 3/5/2001 1:09:33 PM Eastern Standard Time From: email@example.com (BRIAN HOLLAND) To: firstname.lastname@example.com
Barry....the omega has landed!....it arrived on sat....I am very pleased....
it was a pleasure doing business with you...
maybe if I strike it rich, I'll be back to buy the gold rolex
I've had my eye on for the last twenty years....thanks.....brian
Subj: Re: purchasing the Men's Rolex watch, #W-694. Date: 12/29/2000 10:07:16 AM Eastern Standard Time From: email@example.com (Geri Luick) To: email@example.com
Barry- I just received the Men's Rolex watch I purchased from you. It is Stunning!!! My Sweetheart will be TOTALLY Thrilled with it, I am Sure!! Thank You for working with me to get it here in time for New Year's Eve!! I Will Absolutely recommend your web-site to everyone I know that is Ever interested in making a purchase such as this!! Once again, My Heartfelt Thanks and Best Wishes for a Wonderful New Year!!!!
Geri Luick
Subj: Rolex Daytona Date: 12/12/2000 1:39:29 PM Eastern Standard Time From: email@example.com (Frank Gabrielli) To: email@example.com Barry, Got the watch and its great! As usual the Gray family has taken good care of there customers. I'll tell my friends to call. Ciao, Frank Gabrielli
Subj: Thank you very much
Subj: Re: (no subject)
Hi Barry - Just wanted to let you know tha t I received the watch yesterday. Beautiful. Thank you very much! Angie Suggs email@example.com
Subj: Re: Omega Geneve 18k rose
Date: Tue, 3 Oct 2000 2:29:25 PM Eastern Daylight Time
From: "Bruce Updyke" <firstname.lastname@example.com>
To: <firstname.lastname@example.com>
Barry, I received the watch and I am very happy with it.
Thank you for sending it express mail. Bruce
Subj: Great Purchase and
Subj: testimony
Subj: Sale of Ladies Rolex Watch
Subj: RE: Ladies Rolex DateJust
Yes, I received the watch and it's
absolutely beautiful. Thank you very much.
Subj: submariner
Subj: Rolex Oyster Band
Subj: received the watch today
Subj: Re: Patek
Subj: Reference
Subj: RE: (no subject)
Subj: GMT Master is Great
Subj: Re: watch #W-513
Subj: Rolex GMT II SS/18K
Subj: Thank you message
Subj: Re: watch #W-513
Subj: submariner, z�rich
Subj: Welch
Subj: Re: (no subject)
Subj: another watch from Wisconsin
gary sadoff
BGRAY Jewelers - thanks - great service + Rolex
[ Posted by Brenda on
October 31, 1998 at 12:17:44:
Recently purchased a terrific rolex from BGray Jewelers. They
spent a lot of time answering my numerous questions and the product was great.
Will buy from again. Highly recommend.
Enjoyed the Good Service from BGRAY Jewelers
[ Posted by ARTHUR S.
BROWN on November 12, 1998 at 01:10:10:
I recently received great service from Barry and Michelle at BGRAY JEWELERS. They took a number of watches on trade, gave me a fair price for them and sold me a beautiful 18k Ebel Quantine Perpetual Chronograph. They did not rush the deal and they answered all my questions. I would highly recommend them and I would buy from them again. Their good service is greatly appreciated here.
Best Regards,
BGRAY Jewelers: Thanks Michelle, Great Rolex Band
Posted by Steve Ruffner
on December 20, 1998 at 12:03:55:
Good Price, Nice to deal with, Accepted non-certified check. Easy transaction.
Thanks - Steve email@example.com
Barry & Michelle Gray,
Perpetually Yours !
Barry and Michelle Gray Jewelers, great to deal with!
Posted by Jeff on
January 19, 1999 at 10:34:43:
Jeff Cox
To: firstname.lastname@example.com
The Rolex Explorer II that I purchased from you arrived today. I like the watch and thank you. In the short period that I have been wearing the watch, I like it.
Bob Galbreath firstname.lastname@example.com
Re: Cougar
Date: 1/19/99 11:40:15 AM Eastern Standard Time
From: Thomas Rosenbloom
To: email@example.com
I wanted to take a minute to thank you very much for your efforts in finding and selling to me a Cartier Cougar watch. It was a pleasure to work with you and your husband, Barry. Your references proved to be solid and most accurate that you delivered what you say you are going to deliver. Purchasing an expensive item over the internet can be a difficult process, as the purchaser is unable to touch and feel the product. But you and Barry were able to ease my anxieties by e-mailing me a picture of the watch, and describing the watch in detail to me so that I knew I was getting what I was looking for.
I would be very pleased to serve as a reference for you for your future customers, and will gladly recommend friends to visit your website and to call you when they are in the market for fine jewelry.
Thank you again for all of your help. Best regards.
Thomas A. Rosenbloom
Subj: Re: Got watch
Subj: Watch arrived !!
Date: 2/1/99 10:36:31 PM Eastern Standard
From: (Gina McBride & John Miller)
To: firstname.lastname@example.com
The watch arrived today, Perfect ! Thanks so much for you efforts and going the
"extra mile" for customer service.
Best Regards,
to Barry Gray of B.Gray Jewelers
Posted by John Miller on February 01, 1999 at 22:23:40:
I recently had a transaction with Barry Grey of B.Gray Jewelers of Ft Lauderdale. Barry in his effort to make the deal right, forgo his profit over my satisfaction and keep the old saying alive "customers first" did a wonderful job of making it right !!
He is a real gentleman and professional . As a long time buyer and seller here on WN I sincerely respect Barry and his honesty and professionalism in the watch business.
John Miller
Subj: Got watch
Date: 2/5/99 7:55:51 AM Eastern Standard Time
From: (Tony Kapui)
To: firstname.lastname@example.com
B.Gray Jewelers
Have got the watch at last. Have had a lot of problems with customs but am relieved it is all sorted. The watch is great, can't work out how you change the time or date and will have to wait till Tony comes back from offshore but I am very pleased with it. Thank you.
I was out of town for the weekend and came
home to find a check in my mail
Once again Thank you for
Hello, I received my watch and it looks nice! Thank you for
your help, I'm
B. Gray Jewelers, Inc. is not an authorized dealer of any watch printed or seen here. All watches are pre-owned, unless otherwise specified. Watch names and associated symbols may be registered trademarks in the United States of America or in other Countries. All items are subject to prior sale, and prices listed are subject to change. In addition, we are not
responsible for typographical errors. Return policy : on new watches and special orders no returns allowed, sale is final.
We offer a 3 day return on any of our preowned watches, providing item is returned in the same condition and it is not stated otherwise on the invoice.
We also reserve the right to charge a 20% restocking fee. If an item has
been sold, we have the right to change it to one of equal quality and value.
B. Gray Jewelers, Inc. is not an authorized dealer of any watch printed or seen here. All watches are pre-owned, unless otherwise specified. Watch names and associated symbols may be registered trademarks in the United States of America or in other Countries. All items are subject to prior sale, and prices listed are subject to change. In addition, we are not responsible for typographical errors. Return policy : on new watches and special orders no returns allowed, sale is final. We offer a 3 day return on any of our preowned watches, providing item is returned in the same condition and it is not stated otherwise on the invoice. We also reserve the right to charge a 20% restocking fee. If an item has been sold, we have the right to change it to one of equal quality and value.


text:
HONIARA, Solomon Islands (Solomon Star, Jan. 26) – The South Korean Government has formally opened its Consular Office in Honiara, Solomon Islands.
The two countries established diplomatic ties in 1979.
Papua New Guinea-based South Korean Ambassador to Solomon Islands, Sang Yoon Pak, officially cut the ribbon yesterday in the presence of Caretaker Minister of Foreign Affairs, Laurie Chan and senior government officials.
The Korean Consular Office is housed at the Hyundai building in Central Honiara and will be headed by the South Korean Solomon Islands Honorary Consular Mr. Durk-Kee Kim.
Mr. Chan is excited about the opening of the consulate in Solomon Islands. He said that the office is a sign of further strengthening the friendship between the two countries.
Mr. Pak has held diplomatic meetings with government officials and heads of various government departments during his visit this week.
He also traveled to Vela La Vela Island in the Western Province yesterday to visit a Korean Logging Company there.
January 27, 2006
Solomon Star: http://www.solomonstarnews.com

subset: commoncrawl


text:
ICT Business Development Manager - ANZSCO 225212
DescriptionIdentifies and generates new ICT business opportunities to further improve market share and awareness by gaining an understanding of customers' ICT needs and promoting goods and services to these customers. May manage some key customer accounts.
Skill Level
Occupation Lists
This occupation is on the following skills lists:
2. Consolidated Sponsored Occupations List
3. RSMS Occupations List
This occupation is not on the following skills lists:
3. Skilled Occupations List
Group: 2252 ICT Sales Professionals
manage client accounts and represent companies in selling a range of computer hardware, software and other ICT goods and services to industrial, business, professional and other organisations.
Tasks1. compiling lists of prospective client businesses using trade directories and other sources
2. acquiring and updating knowledge of employer's and competitors' goods and services, and market conditions
3. visiting regular and prospective client businesses to establish and act on selling opportunities
4. assessing customers' needs and explaining the goods and services which meet their needs
5. promoting employers' ICT goods and services to existing and prospective clients
6. quoting and negotiating prices and credit terms, and completing contracts and recording orders
7. arranging delivery of goods, installation of equipment and the provision of services
8. reporting to sales management on sales made and the marketability of ICT goods and services
9. following up with clients to ensure satisfaction with ICT goods and services purchased, arranging modifications and resolving any problems arising
10.preparing sales reports, and maintaining and submitting records of business expenses incurred
Skill Level
Most occupations in this unit group have a level of skill commensurate with a bachelor degree or higher qualification. At least five years of relevant experience and/or relevant vendor certification may substitute for the formal qualification. In some instances relevant experience and/or on-the-job training may be required in addition to the formal qualification (ANZSCO Skill Level 1).
Occupations in this Group
1. 225211 ICT Account Manager
2. 225213 ICT Sales Representative
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Girls Out Loud Episode 4: A day late but no bucks short
As we both have very full time jobs, (while no excuse, but kinda..) excuse us for putting the show up so much later than it should be up– to make up for it, however, not a single one of these stories is no longer relevant! In fact, if anything, the iPhone 4 is even bigger news, as the antennae issues put it on everyone's radar, Twitter is still invariably being used to annonce dumb shizz, and Microsoft is, alas, still headed fast into the can.In the meantime, help us stay on top of things by emailing us your comments, feedback, and questions! Love! Maya(@girlsoutloudshow.com) and Cristina (@girlsoutloudshow.com).
The Odds Are Increasing That Microsoft's Business Will Collapse
Read more: http://www.businessinsider.com/microsofts-business-could-collapse-2010-6#ixzz0sqsz1noW
Ars reviews iOS 4: what's new, notable, and what needs work
Read more: http://arstechnica.com/apple/reviews/2010/06/ars-reviews-ios-4-whats-new-and-notable.ars/
Amazon Forced To Slash Kindle Price To $189
Read more: http://www.businessinsider.com/amazon-slashes-price-of-kindle-to-189-2010-6#ixzz0sqtKngSF
Windows Live Messenger for iPhone Available Now… But Not Everywhere
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Utah Attorney General Announces Execution on Twitter
Read more: http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2010/06/execution-announced-on-twitter
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27.03.13 | day four building community iii
The fourth day of the workshop, written by AA Visiting School participant Letitia Allemand, who has been working for the past eight months in Chennai with MOAD, and is about to move to Delhi to work for INTACH.
Happy Holi! Holi is the color festival! We were all really looking forward to playing with pigments and water. But we have to be patient… We first have a nice breakfast, while hearing drummers and singers walking next to the house, celebrating Holi. After this, we splitted the students in three groups in order to get the design going on. We talked a lot about the orientation on the site, what side should be the courtyard, the toilets and the kitchen according to Vastu, the teachers' will and the given site. We also focused on the toilets because it will be the first part we'll be building. The research was also about the walls and how the thickness could be used.
After this research and discussions in small groups, it was finally time to play! Some villagers came to play with us, one was playing drums and we all danced while throwing color powder at each other. We really enjoyed to play and we all ended really colored! It took us a while to get "clean" – less colored at least – before having lunch.
This playing quite tired us but we had to get back to work. After discussing and drawing what we have on big sheet, we all went to Kamlesh's house to do a Pooja. We were welcomed with more powder. They played music, we danced, it was really nice.
We went home and each group present what has been done earlier. It was nice to have a feedback from everyone and to see what the other groups have done. We all agreed that it was going forward but that a lot of work needed to be done before the beginning of digging on Friday. Another great meal on the rooftop and we had the surprise to have some beers for this special day. We were all really tired but happy to have had the possibility to be part of this amazing celebration in India.


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It's another Michael Bay film, but there are no robots or turtles to be found. That just leaves us with the heroic REAL-LIFE exploits of American military contractors rising to the occasion and saving lives. The men are heroic, but is the movie worthy of them?
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is a historical fact that textile industry led the industrialization
of the economically strong and advanced countries of the world today,
namely U.K., Germany, France, Japan and USA. As those countries have
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As someone who has been writing for decades about Nevada corporate law, it is has been refreshing to see so much academic interest in the state's corporate law. Last year, Professor Michal Barzuza at the University of Virginia published Market Segmentation: The Rise of Nevada as a Liability-Free Jurisdiction, 98 Va. Law Rev. 935 (2012) in which she described Nevada's corporate law as "shockingly lax". Previously, Professor Barzuza co-authored with David C. Smith What Happens in Nevada? Self-Selecting into a Lax Law, Fifth Annual Conference on Empirical Legal Studies (2011). Among other things, the two professors concluded:
"Our results suggest that Nevada corporate law attracts a certain class of firms that are prone to financial reporting failures and that these failures are followed by significant losses to shareholder value."
Now, Professor Jens Dammann at the University of Texas School of Law has published a brief essay that takes issue with Professor Barzuza's conclusions, Just How Lax is Nevada Corporate Law? A Response to Professor Barzuza, 99 Va. Law Rev. In Brief 1 (2013).
In this post on the Truth on the Market blog, the late Professor Larry E. Ribstein agreed with Professors Barzuza and Smith that Nevada appeals to a different demographic but argued:
Nevada removes from its statute the sources of legal indeterminacy that Delaware has been criticized for. This enables Nevada to offer a legal package that is attractive to some firms without the costly legal infrastructure required to apply Delaware's open-ended good-faith and loyalty standards.
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Phragmites is particularly prolific because it can establish itself in three ways: seed dispersal, underground stems called rhizomes, and aboveground runners called stolons. If an aerial shoot is knocked down, it can act like a rhizome and produce new shoots. If the underground stems are cut, they can produce new shoots. The word phragmites comes from the Greek word phragma meaning fence. It is aptly named. Upon visiting the "problem area" we were faced with a 10 foot tall, 50 foot long, and 10 foot wide patch that was largely growing in knee deep water with a very mucky bottom.
The First Sortee – July 26th
Armed with many tools and a roll of twine, we decided to cut the phragmites to ground level where possible and bundle it up into sheaves. The sheaves were placed in a sunny area to dry and see if they would re-root. We left a buffer zone of phragmites that was in deep water to avoid soil compaction in the pond. Within one hour we saw that the remaining phragmites had fallen down into the pond.
After this day, two experiments were conducted:
1) All cuttings were piled onto dry land to see if they would re-grow – They did not.
2) Additional cuttings were placed in cups of water. The result was that the phragmites placed in water re-grew as long as the node was in contact with the water. If there was no node, even in contact with water, it did not re-grow.
The Battle Resumes – August
On this day, Cindy wisely provided rubber gloves for us and we waded into the phragmites stand. We observed one foot tall vertical shoots emanating from the fallen phragmites in the water, thus supporting the results of the 2nd experiment. We also observed one foot tall shoots scattered in the cut area. These consisted primarily of growth from small shoots that had not been cut originally and also a few suckering shoots from higher cut stalks. We noticed that stalks cut higher than 6 inches re-grew at the cut edge. We ground cut outlying plants in the higher, drier area that had gotten taller since the first cutting day. We pulled fallen plants out of the water and observed large root clusters coming from every node. Two more workdays were spent cutting down re-growth. We believed we were winning as the re-growth appeared to be less each time. We pulled the rooted sections in the deep water up with the knowledge that any root fragments remaining at that depth would drown and we did not want further spread into even more inaccessible deep water. We had some reinforcements as Jane Dooley and Linda Coven joined us.
Until We Meet Again – October 4th
Our last workday was a misty cold October morning – very welcome after some really hot days in the meadow. We mostly cut down remaining stalks and small re-growth from pieces of phragmites that had fallen into the pond. We found and cut some sneaky outliers that seemed to like to mix in with the cattails and other reeds surrounding the pond. A very gratifying point of interest for us was that the disturbed area had filled in completely and there appeared to be very little phragmites coming up. So, we have driven it back for now. As with any worthy adversary, we know it will be back and we're ready. What We Learned:
• When cutting and removing phragmites, you must be careful to get all the pieces to prevent re-growth when working where cut pieces could fall into damp soil or shallow water.
• When cutting phragmites, you must cut below any nodes, especially in water, to prevent re-growth.
• Placing cut phragmites in a sunny area to dry out will not result in re-growth from the cut pieces.
• We will know next year if repeated cutting at two week intervals over the course of two months is enough to prevent significant re-growth or if another schedule is required.
• It's a lot more fun to cut phragmites with a few friends…
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Mac users can finally run one of the most popular free-to-play games available, the multiplayer online battle arena (MOBA) League of Legends.
Steve Mieczkowski, associate producer at developer Riot Games, announced that the Mac client is available now in a public beta environment. Mieczkowski provided a link for the download on the same forum post where he made the announcement.
"To make this happen, we've been hard at work," Mieczkowski wrote in his post. "Riot engineers rewrote a lot of the underlying game engine so that both PC and Mac platforms share the same code base and assets. This means Mac players will receive all future features, bug fixes, and new content at the same time as PC users."
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If Hitler's relations with his Generals and his High Command had reached an all time low as a result of the situation on the Eastern Front, he still had confidence in the one man who had been single handedly driving the other main battlefront, in North Africa. Erwin Rommel had relinquished his command to return to Germany for medical treatment.
Hitler's Luftwaffe Adjutant, Nicholas von Below recorded the meeting:
On 1 October, in a visibly heartfelt reunion, Hitler received Rommel and awarded him his Feldmarschall's baton.
During a long conversation Hitler spoke of his doubts and worries. The inadequate supply of weapons and equipment was an especial headache. He feared that one day the British would arrive with a large, superior force and then he would have 'difficulties'.
Rommel's army was at El Alamein, which he had well fortified. He was still very confident. Hitler asked him about the reported, British air superiority. Rommel replied that the situation was not critical.
Afterwards both went into the Chancellery gardens, where an impressive display of new weapons, including assault guns and a Tiger tank, was on show. Rommel requested them for the front as soon as possible, which Hitler promised to see to.
I had the impression that he was beginning to deceive himself. He was underestimating the fighting strength of the Russians and also had the wrong idea about the British.
That same day he addressed the Gauleiters. I did not hear this speech but feared that it would be cast in too optimistic a vein. Over the next few days he had various talks about armaments before we returned to Winniza on 4 October.
See Nicolaus Von Below: At Hitler's Side: The Memoirs of Hitler's Luftwaffe Adjutant


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Advances in Consumer Research Volume 13, 1986 Pages 544-548
C. Whan Park, University of Pittsburgh
Gordon W. McClung, University of West Virginia
[C. Whan Park is Distinguished Professor of Marketing.]
[Gordon W. McClung is Assistant Professor.]
The present study examines the effect of the audience involvement with TV programs on their involvement with the commercials. Two different types of TV program, cognitive and affective, were experimentally created with three different levels of involvement. The results strongly support the debilitating effect of a higher audience program involvement (both cognitive and affective) on their involvement with the commercials.
The contextual facilitation of human information processing has been well documented in the area of cognitive psychology. Several studies have focused on how contextual aspects affect learning (Anderson & Ortony 1975; Barclay et al 1974; Tulving & Thompson 1973) and retrieval (Roediger 1983; Smith et al 1983; Glenberg et al 1973), illustrating the degree to which human memory and language understanding are sensitive to the context within which exposure to a message occurs.
The importance of contextual facilitation is particularly noted in assessing the program effect on audience reactions to advertising (Bandes 1983; Barclay et al 1965; Bello et al 1983; Crane 1964; Davis and Welsch 1983; Kennedy 1971; Krugman 1965; McConnell 1970; Mattes & Cantor 1982; Murphy et al 1979; Soldow and Principe 1981; Webb and Ray 1979; Worchel et al 1975). A principal goal of a television viewer is to view a program in order to fulfill certain underlying needs, rather than to view the commercials aired within the program. As an embedded element in the TV program, a commercial's effectiveness not only depends on its own production merit (initial effectiveness) but also greatly on the audience's reaction to the program. To the extent that contextual cues are important for human information processing and that a TV program affects the audience's commercial viewing, advertising research which is void of the program consideration suffers an ecological validity problem.
Hypothesis Development
The effect of a TV program on an advertisement's effectiveness can be understood with the consideration of: (1) the level of audience involvement with the program and (2) the congruence between program contents and commercial contents in terms of an audience's processing mode (e.g., cognitive and affective processing, Park and Mittal 1985; Park and Young 1986). The present study focused on the former while addressing the implication of the latter in the discussion section.
As audience involvement with a program increases, they are typically expected to allocate more attention to commercials embedded in the program. The relationship between audience program ratings and costs to air commercials in a program are essentially based on this expectation. Findings of television viewers' attentional inertia during program breaks (Anderson 1983) may justify this expectation The present study suggests that this expectation should be, however, examined in terms of the moderating role of the audience's level of program involvement. Individuals do have control over the amount of attention devoted to a particular stimulus whenever such decision is deemed necessary (Kahneman 1973). Jacoby, for example, argued that consumers will not generally be overloaded because they are highly selective in how much and just which information they access. When audience involvement with the program is high, thus requiring a greater processing demand, such needs become genuine. In this situation they will allocate higher levels of attention to the program at the expense of commercial attention. This will lead to lower involvement with commercials than would be expected on a pure attentional inertia basis. We therefore expect a curvilinear relationship between program involvement and commercial involvement: subjects' involvement with commercials will be highest at moderate rather than a low or high level of program involvement. (Subjects' commercial involvement initially increases with increases in program involvement up to a moderate level, thereafter commercial involvement decreases with increases in program involvement.)
This curvilinear pattern is expected to hold across the two types of program involvement. Specifically, previous studies distinguished two types of involvement: cognitive and affective (Park & Mittal 1985; Park & Young 1986). The cognitive motive is utilitarian in nature while the affective motive is experiential (Holbrook & Hirschman 1982). Describing these two motives in the context of a TV program, one watches a TV program to gain knowledge about the particular subject matter, to examine his/her perspective relative to others, to take one's position about an issue, and to entertain his/her intellectual curiosity in the case of the cognitive motive. In the experiential view, the reasons for watching a TV program are essentially aesthetic in nature and hinge on an appreciation of the program for its own sake, apart from any utilitarian function that it may or may not perform. The criteria for experiential viewing encompasses a wide spectrum of feelings and emotions which are not utilitarian in nature, including the value-expressive motive (Park & Mittal 1985; Park & Young 1986). When one indulges in fantasies and aesthetic thoughts by role playing of the character or self-identification with a character, he/she is affectively involved with the program. In an information processing context the cognitive motive fits well with piecemeal processing (Fishbein & Ajzen 1975; Anderson 1965) and the effective motive fits holistic processing (Gestalt school's field dependent processing). Emotional arousal is assumed to precede the information processing in the affective motive (Clark 1982; Bower and Cohen 1982; Leventhal 1982) while such is not assumed in the cognitive motive case. It should be noted that programs may not be clearly cognitive or affective and often they are mixed. The present study, therefore, approaches this more in terms of relative dominance rather than exclusive categorical classification.
When an individual's underlying motive for high program involvement is cognitive, the implication of difficulty in processing commercial information is evident. This is due to the heavy processing demand resulting from the piecemeal method of processing program information. When the underlying motive for high program involvement is affective, such processing difficulty will not be as extensive as is the case with cognitively motivated program involvement. This is attributable to the category-based information processing of program information (Fiske 1982; Mandler 1982). However, the emotional arousal created from the high affective program involvement wv 1 make it difficult for the viewer to get involved with the commercial (continuously paying attention to commercials). This is expected since high emotional arousal tends to last long (Clark 1982) and interferes with the adjustment process required for commercial information processing. Therefore, for two different reasons, we expect a curvilinear relationship between the level of program involvement and the level of commercial involvement for both types of program.
This section provides a general overview of the selection and assignment of subjects, the experimental design utilized, and the operationalization of involvement in terms of type and level.
Subjects for the Experiment
One hundred two female subjects were recruited from the general population for the experiment. Subjects were randomly selected from the telephone directory and contacted by phone. A follow-up letter with directions, confirmation of the scheduled time and reiteration of the level of renumeration for participation was then mailed.
Experimental Design
Two factors are examined in this study for the effects of the subjects' program involvement on their commercial involvement: the specific type of program involvement, and the intensity (level) of program involvement. The experimental design for this research is a 2 X 3 fixed effects model employing two types of viewer involvement with the television program at three levels of involvement intensity. The subjects were randomly assigned to one of the six treatment conditions.
The two types of viewer involvement with the television program were operationalized as:
(a) Cognitive - where the subject is processing issue-oriented information from the television program. Subjects in the cognitive groups will be processing the specific position taken by the main character and/or evaluating the character's position.
(b) Affective - where the subject is identifying with the main character in the television program. Subject's role playing through identification with or projection into the character's situation was manipulated.
The program segments used in the experiment were selected after a review of a series of possible segments by three expert judges. The cognitive program selected for use in the experiment was a 30 minute sequence from Donahue. The affective program selected was a 30 minute sequence from a daily soap opera. The Donahue sequence was a discussion with Maureen Reagan regarding the political implications of the gender gap. The soap opera sequence was from Another World consisting of minimal dialogue with a series of love and relationship scenes embellished by a romantic musical score. The general contents of this program (from the early beginning to the end) consist of the main character recalling pleasant memories about her past love affair with her husband.
Three different television commercials, all represent m g different brands of hair shampoo, were inserted for each program. One commercial was a fictitious commercial which was created professionally while the other two were real ones. The commercial insertions in the program followed the same sequence as in the real program.
Experimental Manipulation
Experimental manipulations on the type and level of program involvement were performed by asking the subjects to follow the specific instructions noted below. For the low involvement manipulation, no distinction was made between the cognitive and affective program involvement (the same manipulation was performed as noted below).
(a) Low Involvement--cognitive and affective:
Thank you for agreeing to participate in this study. I am interested in what people select to read from magazines. To help create a more natural setting I will turn the television on while you are reading from the selection of magazines that have been provided. You may walk around and stretch if you wish, I only ask that you not leave the room. Select two magazines and read at least one article from each of the magazines you have selected. I will return in about 30 minutes to ask you questions about your choice of reading(s) from the magazine(s) that you have selected.
(b) Moderate Cognitive Involvement:
Thank you for agreeing to participate in this study. While viewing the following program I would like for you to watch a discussion between Maureen Reagan and Phil Donahue. I would like for you to try to come to an understanding of Maureen Reagan's viewpoint.
(c) Moderate Affective Involvement:
Thank you for agreeing to participate in this study. I would like for you to watch a program where the main character is called Rachel. While you are watching the program try to identify with Rachel and think about how you feel. Rachel will be the first character you will see.
(d) High Cognitive Involvement:
Thank you for agreeing to participate in this study. While viewing the following program I would like for you to pay specific attention to the arguments advanced by Maureen Reagan and the sequence of events. Her arguments, the subsequent discussion with Phil Donahue and your position concerning the discussion will be an important part of the questions I will ask you after the program.
(e) High Affective Involvement:
Thank you for agreeing to participate in this study. I would like for you to watch a program where the main character is called Rachel. While you are watching the program try to identify with Rachel and think about how you feel. Rachel will be the first character you will see. The program starts at a point in time where Rachel's husband is missing and assumed dead. Try to think about a situation in your past where your loved one has been missing. Imagine you are Rachel as you are watching the program and go through Rachel's experience to the fullest of your ability. [It should be noted that at the beginning of this 30 minute sequence it became evident that her husband was still alive. The balance of the program was dedicated to a romantic memory sequence.]
Measurement Instruments
Prior to the main experiment each subject was asked to indicate their level of interest in watching a particular type of programs. Subjects' level of interest in watching daytime soap operas, talk shows, television, movies, and business news were measured on a 7-point scale ranging from "very uninterested" (1) to "very interested" (7). In addition, subjects were asked their date of birth to determine their age.
After viewing the program subjects were asked a series of questions including the involvement measures. Subjects were asked to respond to a series of descriptive scales according to how they perceived the television program. The items consisted of 7-point semantic differential descriptors relating to irrelevant/relevant, means a lot to me, means nothing to me, matters to me/doesn't matter, uninterested/interested, significant/insignificant, vital/superfluous, essential/nonessential. Subjects were then asked to respond to the same descriptors according to how they perceived the commercials.
Manipulation Check of the Subjects' Random Assignment
Tests for the randomization of subjects across the 2 X 3 design consist of measures in two key areas (1) the degree of interest in television watching, and (2) age. The mean differences (the degree of interest in television watching) across groups were not significant (F = 1.00, p<.39) with an overall mean value of 17.88 (28 represents the highest possible score). The respondent group's overall expressed interest in television viewing was slightly above the neutral level of 16. The second test of random assignment was to examine age differences between and within groups. A random distribution of age was thought to be important because of the possible difference in the sensitivity of the issues (both of cognitive and affective program issues) to subjects of different ages. The average age of respondents was 30 with 5 nonresponses. There was no significant difference in the age of respondents across the six treatment conditions (F = .952, p<.419).
Manipulation Check of the Experimental Group
Two experimental manipulation checks are called for in the present study. They are the type of program involvement (cognitive vs. affective), and the level of involvement (low, moderate, and high). Pretesting of the manipulations consisted of several stages from relying on 'expert' judgments for prescreening to pretesting with subjects which were not part of the main experiment. The results reveal support for a conclusion of effective manipulation as discussed in the following sections.
Type and Level of Involvement Manipulation. An array of approaches have been utilized in the manipulation of subject involvement from increased payoffs to levels of personal relevance. Measures of the effectiveness of these manipulations have consisted of single item measures of level of interest, importance, personal relevance, or multiple item scales (e.g., Zaichkowsky 1985). These traditional measures of involvement may not be equally sensitive to differences in the underlying motives for involvement such as cognitive and affective motives. These measures are expected to be more sensitive to cognitive involvement as opposed to affective involvement. For example, to go through emotional experiences by projection into the situation of a television character may not be viewed as 'important' though the intensity of emotion may be high when compared t-o the political ramifications of the gender gap. However, the emotional experience from projection into the characters role will still be sensitive to measures of importance across levels of increasing affective involvement. This leads to an expectation of higher scores on the measures of involvement for the cognitive involvement group than in the affective involvement group although the measures will still capture relative differences in the level of involvement.
A 7-item involvement scale, which was adapted from Zaichkowsky's recent work, was applied for the manipulation check of the type and level of program involvement. The results (Table 1) show higher involvement scores (X = 29.22) for the cognitive group than for the affective group (X = 19.53) with a significant effect (F = 19.95, p ' 0.001). Equally interesting is the difference in the involvement scores across the three levels of involvement. For both types of program involvement there is a significant increase in the involvement score in accordance with the level (F = 9.26, p < 0.001).
Hypothesis Testing
To test the hypothesis, analysis of variance was performed using the degree of involvement with the commercials shown during the television program as a dependent variable. The results (Table 2) reveal a significant main effect of level of involvement (F = 4.03, p < 0.02) and an interaction effect of level and type of involvement (F = 5.113, p < 0.01). An examination of the main effect reveals, however, that there is an overall curvilinear relationship between commercial involvement and the level of program involvement. The mean scores show an increase in involvement with the commercials as subjects' involvement with the affective program increases from the low (15.82) to the moderate level of involvement (29.29). There is a decrease in subjects' expressed level of involvement with the commercials at the high level of affective program involvement (to a level of 26.47). The mean scores show a marginal decrease in the level of commercial involvement as cognitive program involvement goes from low to moderate (24.88 to 24.82). There is then a decrease in the expressed level of commercial involvement (to 22.65) as program involvement increases to the high level.
The relationship between the cognitive program involvement and involvement with the commercials at the low and moderate levels is in an interesting contrast from that between the affective program involvement and involvement with the commercials at the same levels. The reason why there is no increase in involvement with the commercials from the low to the moderate level may be due perhaps to the subject's greater sensitivity to cognitive strain with the cognitive program than with the affective program. However, for the cognitive program the hypothesis of the present study concerning the effect of the high program involvement on involvement with the commercials is still supported.
The directional presence of the interaction effect is accounted for by the difference in commercial involvement between the subjects in the two types of programs and their level of involvement with the program. When the subjects watched the cognitive program at a low level of involvement, their involvement with the commercials was higher than those who watched the affective program (t = 2.52, p < 0.0017). This may be due to the fact that at a low level of involvement, it is easier to process information of the cognitive program than the affective program since the former does not require emotional arousal, which is difficult to achieve at a low level of involvement. This appears to have carried over into involvement with the commercials. However, at the moderate and high levels of involvement, the direction of involvement with the commercial is reversed (t = -1.28, p < 0.211, and t = -1.27, p < 0.212 for the moderate and high levels of program involvement, respectively). This is due perhaps to difficulty in maintaining attentional focus on both the program and its commercials by subjects who watched the issue-oriented TV program.
Program involvement and involvement with commercials do not necessarily coincide. The relationship between the two is subject to the level of involvement with the program.
At a high level of involvement with the program subjects, involvement with commercials was reduced, compared with subjects who were moderately involved with the program. The curvilinear relationship between program involvement and involvement with the commercial suggests that high involvement with the program has a mitigating effect on subjects' involvement with the commercials.
Several important implications for brand and advertising managers are evident from the results of the present study. Particularly at issue is the question of ad placement within a specific program to maximize ad effectiveness. This issue cannot be adequately addressed by utilizing program ratings and audience demographics since an essential aspect of program-commercial message processing relates to the intensity of viewer involvement with the program and advertisement. To address this issue the advertiser must carefuLly examine the intensity of viewers' involvement with the program within which an ad will be aired.
Although the results of the present study suggest that high involvement with the program has a mitigating effect on subjects' involvement with the commercials, their expressed involvement with the commercials and the effectiveness of the commercials may not necessarily be equated. The relationship between the two may be further mediated by the degree of congruence in processing node between the program and commercial while being subject to the level of the subjects' program involvement. This needs to be addressed in future studies.
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