We are in the process of adding Čeština (Czech) language to the website. Most of the work is done, but the subdomain will not function for a few more days. Please watch for this new language addition.

WE ARE CURRENTLY EXPERIENCING A TECHNICAL PROBLEM WITH OUR PHONES. OUR PHONE NUMBER AT 805-591-0387 WILL CURRENTLY PLAY A RECORDING SAYING THAT IT WAS BEEN, “…CHANGED, DISCONNECTED OR IS NO LONGER IN SERVICE…”. THIS IS ONLY A TEMPORARY SITUATION AND … Read More

We are experimenting with adding 20% sale discounts to random items. Please watch for these items on the shop side Bar (right vertical column) and on the product and product category pages, under the heading “Deals of the Week”. On … Read More

DUE TO A HEALTH EMERGENCY, OUR TRUCK DRIVER HAS BEEN HOSPITALIZED IN COLORADO. DUE TO THIS, THE INVENTORY HE WAS HAULING BACK FROM FROM YORK, PA IS NOW IN STORAGE IN DENVER. WHEN TIME PERMITS, WE WILL TRAVEL OUT TO … Read More

From now until the beginning of the 2019 Spring MVCC meet in Plymouth, CA, you will have the option to select free order delivery. By selecting this option, you are signaling that you will be able to pickup your purchase … Read More

Using GTranslate, we have begun using sub-domains to create a faster, smoother and a more accurate multi-language experience for visitors to the site. We still have some adjustments to make to ensure the site appears exactly as the English site … Read More

We’ve added links to review a full text list of product on the site without having to enter each category. The links are available on the main category page and within each of the product category. They can be found … Read More

Because of numerous fake accounts being added, we have chosen to add the re-captcha back to the site when using the checkout feature. Please login if you already have an account as this will remove the re-captcha requirement when you … Read More

We have seen a slowing of the page loading time on the critical shop category page as we have added additional categories to browse. We are now up to 54 main categories available from the “SHOP” page. With this many … Read More

We have taken the step of adding “Basic” language support for French, Italian, German, Dutch, Polish. Because we are using only a rudimentary system for translation, i.e. GOOGLE, the translations may not be accurate, but will give the idea of … Read More

A new customer contacted us regarding an issue he was encountering while trying to place an order for parts. He was receiving an error from our Re-captcha (anti-spam) plugin prior to being re-directed to PayPal. This error seems to be … Read More

“Lazy” image loading has been enabled for the site. This will decrease the page load times for what is visible at any given time. But, as you scroll around on the pages, the previously unseen images will load as they … Read More

As I look through the logs of activity on the site, I can see that there is a substantial portion of the daily visits that come from Europe and elsewhere. It seems the most common countries, where English isn’t the … Read More

We are experimenting with live chat on the website. If you have questions about a product that you would like kenet to answer while he is online, use the live chat button. This button will appear as an orange circle … Read More

Working from the feedback received at the MVPA convention, we have made some adjustments to the site to assist in the speed of page loading. We have used an image optimizer that reduced the size of all images by 10%. … Read More

The website has been taken off of “Vacation” mode. All items are again available for sale. We have made an attempt to accurately remove the sold product from the website that was sold at the convention. However, it is possible … Read More

We’ve decided to experiment with posting some representative examples of items to Ebay. While these items are on Ebay, they cannot be purchased through the website. Please use the provided links found on the product pages to bid on the … Read More

You can now create your own wishlist for this site. This is the same feature that large sites like Amazon and Ebay have. On Ebay, it is called a watchlist rather than a wishlist. By clicking on a product in … Read More

The website is being slowly updated to allow for offers on most manual/book products. Most new product added, will have this function enabled at the time of the listing. Older, existing, product will be analyzed and added to this functionality. … Read More

We’ve added a product page view counter today. This system will track the number of product page views, excluding the admin views, on a daily, weekly, monthly basis. Look for it at the bottom of the product pages, just above … Read More