WAE+ is one of the fastest growing UK online retailers, offering a lowest price guarantee on 125,000 products including office supplies, consumer electronics, parts and components and wholesale food and drink.
We adjust prices daily and always pass on lower costs to our customers.
We have patient, trained and experienced staff with a wide range of in-depth knowledge to offer technical support.
Give us a call 0203 642 8482 or visit www.waeplus.com and take advantage of our fantastic prices!
We are exhibiting for the first time at Birmingham’s
Gadget Show Live at Christmas.
The three day event runs from 30 November
under 2 December. But warning – it will be seriously exciting as
we are announcing our new range of toys especially in time for Christmas!
And if that’s not enough, one
further caution. WAEplus will also be
giving one mega prize giveaway and daily prize draws, worth up to £5,000 in
total over the three days.
All
visitors are eligible to enter and can do so simply by visiting the WAE+ stand
H61.
If you have come across this page, you have most likely been researching our company WAE+, and as any diligent customer should do - you are looking to find out how this company operates with regard to its orders and customers. You may not have heard about WAE+ before, and therefore may be unsure as to who we are and the views of another customer can be invaluable.
The standard online review sites don't work
The problem is that people aren't motivated to post good experiences - only negative experiences. A company that has a massive PR department, and marketing budget can throw vast sums of money at campaigns so that people know who they are. The net effect of that is that while these companies still get thousands upon thousands of bad reviews - everybody knows or has heard of the company, so feels less like taking these reviews as gospel.
Here at WAE+, we pride ourselves on the fact that we haven't been around too long, but have done a lot in a short space of time. We process many thousands of orders every month - most of which go through without so much as a slight problem - like most companies, these customers are happy with their item and move on. As you might expect, relatively few people actively post reviews for positive experiences or, on the occasions where an issue has been resolved, few if any people post to update their 'warnings' to report a successful resolution.
Owing to this inherent bias - we have invested in review services that provide a more realistic picture of what our customers experience. We use companies such as Feefo and Reevoo who offer a more non-incentive based experience where the customer's review really does matter - of both the service, and the product that they purchased. Reviews of WAE+ on Reevoo can be viewed here. WAE+ Reviews on Feefo can be viewed here.
We admit that we aren't perfect. We admit that there have been problems that have inconvenienced people. But we also guarantee that we are constantly working to improve our services - answering more calls, upgrading our delivery courier to UPS, responding to customer contacts faster and in more detail - and that we will always continue to improve our services.
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The Samsung GALAXY Note is an easy-to-use smartphone that has all your entertainment needs covered.
Running Android 2.3, the GALAXY Note brings together the features of a mobile phone and an internet tablet.
With an intuitive userinterface and extensive connectivity, the GALAXY Note gets you online quickly, allowing you to check your emails wherever you happen to be.
The large 5.3-inch touch screen works with advanced pen input technology so you can draw or write notes with improvedaccuracy and ease.
The built-in 8-megapixel camera captures still images and Full HD video on the move, while the integrated multi-format music player keepsyou entertained.
But that's not all! The Samsung GALAXY Note can be personalised to suit your style with a range of apps from the Android Market.
The hole punch, hole puncher, holing pincer, paper puncher or perforator is a simple device that... punches holes in paper so that sheets can be stored together in a binder. It can be found mainly in schools and offices although often it is used as a ticket puncher to prove admission. The origins of the device are fairly unclear or at least not confirmed. They can be traced back to 1886 when Friedrich Soennecken invented a metal device capable of punching holes in paper. He called it Papierlocher fur Sammelmappen. Fredrich received a patent on his design in Germany on 14th November 1886. The way the device worked was through a long lever used to push a bladed cylinder straight through a number if sheets of paper.
This classic design developed and changed over time when other inventors started to create their own versions of the machine. Benjamin Smith was the first to be granted the US patent. He called his device a conductor's punch. His design used two metal pieces, attached by a spring, with a hole in the bottom one and a sharp cutting implement on the other end. The spring gave the it strength to cut through stacks of paper.
In 1893, another innovation was introduced by Charles Brooks who called his device a ticket punch. The design was similar to Smith's but included a small jar, or a cannister, attached to the bottom part of the punch that held the waste pieces cut from the paper as they were pushed out. It resembled modern version of the hole punch. The machine kept improving over the years and by the end of twentieth century there were also some plastic hole punchers released to the market. The shapes of cutters also changed and it became possible to punch a hole in the shape of a heart or a star.
Since 2000 hole punchers have become more convenient and easy to use without having to apply much force. Pressure plate was developed which enabled the device to punch through an even bigger pile of paper as well as electronic hole punch that did not require manual labour at all. Manual lever spacer was also introduced which allowed users to change the size and spacing of the holes. It is now commonly used by many manufacturers.
Did you know...?
The little piece of paper that's punched out of a hole puncher is called a 'chad'
Aside from the classic one-hole, two-hole, three-hole and four-hole variations, there are also some hole punches designed to make five, six or even up to eight holes simultaneously!
One-hole punch is commonly used when making paper crafts, scrapbooks and confetti (Casey Larrain, the Guinness World Record holder, owns a collection based on 1,700 unique shapes)
Some artists use hole punch as tool in their projects (based on either making holes in a piece of material or using colourful chads to create impressive images)
Apple decided to use the $97.6bn cash on its balance-sheet to pay dividend, for the first time since 1995, and buy back some of its shares.
The company confirmed it will pay a quarterly dividend of $2.65 per share starting from July which is a dividend yield of 1.7 per cent on the current share price. Apple will buy back up to $10bn of its own shares starting in the company's next financial year.
There have been a many speculations as to how the money will be used. The cash had been held for a long time mainly because of Apple’s near-bankruptcy in the mid-1990s. Also, Steve Jobs was not a supporter of dividends. Another reason for Mr Cook’s cautious approach to paying dividends may be the Microsoft’s experience. The firm suffered a slower growth as soon as it began to return cash to shareholders in 2003. Some therefore view the decision to start paying dividends as a signal that company’s glory days are over. Parting with money is therefore a big step for the company to take.
On the other hand the dividend rewards shareholders and opens ownership of Apple shares to a wider range of funds, as most ‘value-oriented’ funds are not allowed to buy stocks which don't pay dividends.
Apple’s share prices continue to rise thanks to this decision. With the new iPad sales boosting company’s wealth is growing at enormous rate. Three million iPads were sold in the first three days at $400 gross profit per unit making up for the $10 billion return to shareholders.
As Tim Cook ensured in his statement: ‘We have used some of our cash to make great investments in our business through increased research and development, acquisitions, new retail store openings, strategic prepayments and capital expenditures in our supply chain, and building out our infrastructure.’
The Olympic Torch became the main symbol of the Olympic Games. It originated in ancient Greece where it is believed that the flame kept burning throughout the celebration of the Olympic Games. The classic flame commemorates the legend of Prometheus stealing fire from the Greek god Zeus. The Flame was later reintroduced in Amsterdam at the 1928 Olympics and has been a symbol of the modern Olympic Games ever since.
Despite the long history of the Olympic Games and the Olympic Flame, the torch relay is a modern establishment. Shockingly this tradition originated in Germany during the controversial 1936 Berlin Olympics. Hitler was convinced of the connection between ancient Greece and modern Nazi regime and used the relay in his propaganda as an expression of Aryan superiority.
The Olympic Torch is lit several months before the opening ceremony in Greek Olympia, the original site of the Olympic Games. The ceremony is performed by eleven women, representing ancient priestesses, at the site of the Temple of Hera. The torch is ignited by the Sun’s rays concentrated by a parabolic mirror. It is then placed in an urn and transported to the ancient stadium where the first carrier takes over.
There have been many unusual ways in which the torch has been carried. Here are some examples of the remarkable means of transportation:
1948 – The flame transported by boat to cross the English Channel,
2008 - Carried by dragon boats in Hong Kong
1952 – Transported by an airplane to Helsinki
1956 – All carriers travelled on horseback
1976 the flame was transformed into a radio signal which was then transmitted from Athens to Canada and used to trigger laser beam to re-light the flame
2000 – The flame carried by divers near the Great Barrier Reef.
Other extraordinary means of transport included: carried by rowers in Canaberrs, by Native American canoe, a camel and Concorde.
In 2004 the first Global torch relay, which lasted 78 days and covered distance of over 78,000 km, was undertaken. 11,300 runners visited all previous Olympic cities as well as Africa and South America before returning to Athens.
The last bearer of the torch lights the flame at the central Olympic Stadium during the opening ceremony, which continues to burn throughout the Olympic Games. It is put out at the closing ceremony.
The last runner is usually a celebrity or an ordinary, not announced till the last minute. It may be however an ordinary person that represents Olympic ideals.
The most amazing ignition of the cauldron took place in Barcelona in 1992 when Antonio Rebollo lit the gas rising from cauldron by shooting a burning arrow.
In Beijing in 2008 Li Ning lit the flame by ‘running on air’ around the stadium supported by wires.
In 1964 Yoshinori Sakai, born in Hiroshima the day the nuclear weapon destroyed the city, opened the Tokyo Games. It constituted a symbol of the rebirth of Japan after the Second World War.
In 1976 at the Montreal Olympics two youngsters: one from French-speaking and one from English-speaking part of the country lit the cauldron symbolising of the unity of Canada.
For the 2000 Olympics in Sydney, Cathy Freeman walked across a circular pool of water and lit the flame through the water, surrounding herself within a ring of fire. The final ignition however was delayed by a technical fault. Due to the computer error the Olympic flame was suspended 'mid-air' for several minutes, rather than rising up a water-covered ramp to the top of the stadium. The mistake was quickly discovered and corrected letting the cauldron continue up the ramp.
Some torch relays have been met with protests, mainly because of their origins in Nazi regime. Unsurprisingly there have been uprisings in Yugoslavia and Czechoslovakia against the first run however the disruptions were shortly suppressed by the local security forces.
In 1956 a student Barry Larkin protested against the Melbourne Games by carrying a fake flame and passing it to the Mayor of Sydney. The torch was made of a pair of underwear in a plum pudding can set on fire. He did manage to trick the audience and escape unnoticed.
Also there were many critics of the Olympics being held in China that attempted to disrupt the relay. The human rights supporters succeeded in the end by putting out the flame in Paris.
The route for this year’s Olympics had already been revealed.
The origins of the device are fairly unclear or at least not confirmed. They can be traced back to 1886 when Friedrich Soennecken invented a metal device capable of punching holes in paper. He called it Papierlocher fur Sammelmappen. Fredrich received a patent on his design in Germany on 14th November 1886. The way the device worked was through a long lever used to push a bladed cylinder straight through a number if sheets of paper.
The little piece of paper that's punched out of a hole puncher is called a 'chad'
The company confirmed it will pay a quarterly dividend of $2.65 per share starting from July which is a dividend yield of 1.7 per cent on the current share price. Apple will buy back up to $10bn of its own shares starting in the company's next financial year.
There have been many unusual ways in which the torch has been carried. Here are some examples of the remarkable means of transportation:
In 2004 the first Global torch relay, which lasted 78 days and covered distance of over 78,000 km, was undertaken. 11,300 runners visited all previous Olympic cities as well as Africa and South America before returning to Athens.
Some torch relays have been met with protests, mainly because of their origins in Nazi regime. Unsurprisingly there have been uprisings in Yugoslavia and Czechoslovakia against the first run however the disruptions were shortly suppressed by the local security forces.