We get a huge amount of spam emails even though we have spam filters and often add entries into an extensive blacklist. Recently we have been getting spam from .click addresses.
Given that they are all promotional spam we have decided to block the complete .click gTLD. They are sold for as low as $1.80 making them attractive to spammers.
The .click gTLD was launched in 2014 but they only began to appear in our email inboxes from this year.
As of the 19th of October we will be opening our shop for our full range of products and services.
Opening hours will be from 9:00 am until 1:00 pm.
Our weekday hours are unchanged and remain as 8:30 am to 5:00 pm.
We order parts from all over New Zealand and overseas to do our repairs and refurbishments. Some of the companies that we deal with just send the stuff and assume that we will get it. And I am more than happy with that. Other companies send us a whole stack of automated emails telling us the progress of the shipment.
We ordered some electrical switches from Mitre 10. (Interestingly they are cheaper to buy from Mitre 10 than from our electrical wholesaler. But that is a story for another day.) We got SIX emails about the parcel from three different sources!
We don’t need ANY emails about the parcel delivery! We will just assume it will turn up and if it doesn’t we will then look up the tracking information. It is bad enough that our email inboxes are flooded with spam and scam messages!
Speed monitoring of work vehicles is common and sometime stated on a back window sticker. Employers should always be able to trust their staff when using work vehicles.
The news story mentioned can be seen here.
There has been a New Zealand Made campaign running since 1988. Since it was for products only Ecotech Services would not be eligible for a licence. Last month (July 2024) the Buy New Zealand Made Campaign launched a trademarked New Zealand Service licence. We applied for one and since Ecotech Services met all of the criteria they issued a licence for us to use the trademark.
As well as offering a repair and recycling service we also sell a wide range of mostly second hand and refurbished products.
We are a socially responsible company so we make every attempt to help the New Zealand economy to help the people of New Zealand.
X, formerly known as Twitter, developed a toxic nature and became rife with misinformation after it was purchased by Elon Musk.
Because of this we have decided to close our account. There has been a large number of account holders that decided to leave the social media service for the same reason.
We had this stuff dumped in front of our rubbish skip during broad daylight on a workday.
It is a collection of stuff that is not at all related to what we accept for recycling. There is some sort of cot, a paddle board, a bike pump (that might be ok), a home made toy train, and a few other things. It is surprising that none of us noticed it being dumped given that we go in and out of the back door pretty regularly.
Does the person that dumped it think they are doing us a favour? Well they are not! A similar thing happens at the charity shops. All sorts of things get dumped there that are of little or no value.
It seems that some people overlook a rational appraisal of the value of goods to justify dumping it for free. In the case of this dumped stuff the value for resale is about 25 cents for the metal and the rest would unfortunately have to be sent to landfill.
After having the same website design for almost ten years we have decided to refresh its appearance. It still uses the excellent WordPress CMS and still has a number of plugins making a wide range of functions available to visitors.
We have checked the site for any potential bugs but if you find any or have any suggestions on improving it please let us know.
The upgrade was carried out by a small team of talented in-house staff members.
Ecotech Services has now joined the Sustainable Business Network. As a company that is addressing the environmental effects of e-technology we want be a part of a network of like minded businesses. SBN gives us this opportunity along with a number of other benefits.
As part of the membership package of SBN we were offered an online sustainability assessment at getsustonline. It establishes a baseline measurement of sustainability for our company. Our ranking was given as 17 out of 30, classed as good.
Ecotech Services is pleased to have been accepted as an associate member of the Community Recycling Network (CRN). Both Ecotech Services and CRN are working towards the goal of zero waste to landfill but while CRN has a broad mandate Ecotech Services has a narrower focus on zero e-waste to landfill.
We hope to share our knowledge and expertise on e-waste with the membership of CRN to achieve our respective goals.