Top O' the Mornin' to Ya!

Unless a leprechaun woke you up this morning and handed you a gas card, you’ve got bigger fish to fry than worrying about what shade of green is most flattering.
You’ve seen the gas prices:

There are options, though. You can actually hold out for a pot of gold or change your vehicle. This may be a thinker. Let’s lay it on the line, shall we?
Waiting for a pot of gold

• You may have to Google map where one is
• It may actually cost you $$ to drive around looking for said pot of gold
• You have to spend time figuring out the leprechaun’s riddles before he hands it over to you
• There is no hybrid between a leprechaun and a genie and tooth fairy. None of these saves energy.
• The leprechaun with a pot of gold doesn’t exist.

Finding your car on BONQO

• Each car listing comes with a map and location
• While you may have to shell out some cash initially, a HYBRID car will save you money
• BONQO has no secrets. Our ads provide every bit of information the seller wants to provide
• A hybrid car combines electrical motor with a gas powered engine. This combo results in lower emission, better mileage, and a nice easier-on-the-wallet feeling.
• Hybrids for sale exist right now on BONQO

There you have it. The choice is yours. Made up your mind, yet? On a day like today, no one would blame you for actually waiting for a pot of gold. Good luck with that.

When BONQO Stops Being Polite and Starts Getting Real: Pet Scams

Here at BONQO, we love showing our sunnier side and being a positive platform for people to buy, sell, rent, find, and promote anything they want. In fact, it’s the best part of the job: being happily confident in knowing that what we are doing is safer. Therefore, we can humbly say we are a better classifieds.
But it isn’t enough to just be safer. Regardless of how much of a personal touch we put into creating this safer haven for users to list their items, there will always be someone out there in the universe hiding in the shadows, waiting to pounce on anyone who is seeking something online.
While we do our part to manually screen every single potential listing, most scam artists are so good at what they do that they take intricate steps to avoid being caught. However, with BONQO’s efforts and yours, we can ward off predators on our site.
One of the more popular scams found online is the pet scam. One variation of this scam is where the scam artist lists an ad for puppies. They list the ad in an area local to you. When you inquire, they claim to be in another state. With this, they insist that you meet their requirements for taking on a much loved pet. This may or may not create a distraction as a need to meet their standards of a pet owner in you sets in. Once your guard is down, you will be asked to send a check to them to cover costs of having the animal shipped to you.
The truth is that there is NO PET! Meanwhile, your money is gone.
We want our users to be be educated about the many scams there are out there. Guarding yourself and using your best judgement is your best defense at the end of the day. BONQO does its part in regards to monitoring potential ads. We are confident that every ad we list is legitimate. We would like to gain a reputation for being vigilant in our efforts to ward off potential scammers so that they don’t even bother trying to list on our site.
Thanks to our BONQO users reporting potentially fraudulent listings, we act immediately to keep our site clean and safer. And to potential scammers: take it somewhere else.

Hair Did? BONQO Do.

One of the great things about BONQO’s services section is the ability to peruse the various hair salons, stylists, options, and locations in your area. Hair stylists need to promote their business and in order to do that, they put their best work (or head of hair) forward.
If you have been going to the same stylist for years or if you’ve been wanting to try out a new look, live a little, branch out, you know, get something that will just stand out from the crowd, why not hop on our classifieds and check out what some of our services section users have to offer.
These are a group of talented individuals who want to provide their services to anyone who is in need of a new look or a pick-me-up. And the talent ranges!
BAXTER’S Hair Salon in Thousand Oaks:


MOMOBABY’S MO’ HAIR located in San Diego:


Sophie in LA JOLLA:



…and so much more.
Oh, yeah. If you see tickets for the west coast production of HAIR the musical… post ‘em on BONQO!

The Rose Bowl Flea Market

The Pasadena Rose Bowl Flea Market. It boasts up to 2,500 vendors and 15,000 to 20,000 potential buyers every month. Celebrities go, sellers go, buyers go… so you know who had to show up!
BONQO.
Determined to get A) good parking 2) a nice booth spot up front and III) the proverbial worm that all early birds seem to catch…BONQO was on dawn patrol at 5 o’clock. Never mind the whole daylight savings situation, we were up and ready to go. Although, it was a bit chilly at that hour, so we bundled up while we set up the booth.

Manning the booth was Michelle. On foot patrol telling vendors (and any buyers within earshot) about the great new thing that is BONQO were Taylor, Jenny, Aimie, and Jordon. We definitely made our presence felt in that massive arena of sellers of unique and not-so-unique goods as well as buyers of all kinds.
What BONQO loves about a flea market is that it’s a living, breathing online classifieds! Folks from all over who were there to make their business grow, clean out their garage, or find a curious item for sale were out and about. That’s always great. Along that same avenue, BONQO proudly offers a platform for everyone and anyone to do the very same thing with us online.

Overall, it was a success. The day was perfect for it. We wouldn’t be surprised to see our friend, Michael, listing his items on BONQO soon!

p.s.
Be sure to check out more pictures of BONQO doing our thing at the Pasadena Rose Bowl Flea Market coming soon….

TAX Season on BONQO

Tax season has been extended to April 18. That is about the pique of excitement when it comes to tax season for most Americans. Although, many accountants will tell you differently.
“This is the most exciting time of the year. For me, at least!”
- one accountant
“I just switched from decaf to full strength. Oh, taxes.”
- another accountant
Here on BONQO, though, we have a pretty extensive services section. As it is tax season, full of new regulations and the rest, we are happy to provide a place where you can find a service like Evans Tax Business Services Inc. So, while you are spending all of your time perusing the online classifieds, you can stumble across a service that you use in the immediate future. That is, someone who can help you file your taxes.
It may not be Mardi Gras, but it is definitely something to enjoy. You know, if you like this type of thing.

BONQO Coffee Making

BONQO Barista: We Have an Espresso Machine for Sale!
Give or take a few bucks and depending on what you order after waiting in line at the local coffee shop, you could save about $650 a year if you shell out a few dollars for your very own espresso machine. Can you believe? Neither could we. However, being the coffee lovers that we are here at Team BONQO, we actually had our talented Engineers stop counting codes and start counting beans (literally) (okay, not literally) to figure out the cost some of us pay for that amazing latte or cap early in the morning.
Sure, there is the social aspect of having a cup of coffee. Although, it’s hard to feel social when you’re scrounging quarters together for that expensive cup down the street. Some might say you’re better off enjoying a nice foamy latte in your own kitchen, made the way you want it, with a little cash to spare at the end of each week.
Have you seen the price at the pump, lately?
Of course, nothing can replace the old standby request of, “Want to meet up for a cup of coffee or something?” You’ll always have that. Realistically speaking, though, wouldn’t it be grand to make your own cup at home with your own amazing machine?
To make your very best espresso ever follow these BONQO Barista Rules:

1. Have the right equipment (check our For Sale category; go to kitchen/dining)
   
2. Have good water. Don’t underestimate the importance of good water.
   
3. Grind. Keep it fresh.
   
4. Dose & Tamp. This takes a bit of practice. Less is more, more or less.
   
5. Pull Espresso. 23 – 28 seconds. Again, this takes practice.
   
6. Check the crema. Look for that rich caramel-like topping on the shot.
   

Enjoy and be proud of the money you saved.

Yesterday, the BONQO team jetted off (well, hopped into the BONQO mobile and drove down the 101) to The Garment District in Los Angeles. The goal was to visit with the local store owners and tell them about our site.
Did you know that BONQO has an amazing way for store owners to showcase their items online? Selling is very easy with BONQO whether you’re a store owner or an individual. Present your items on a clean, friendly, easy-to-use layout and you’ll be surprised at how well your online store with BONQO does.

BONQO went up and down the alleyways of the Garment District, chatted with shop owners and even let individuals know about the great ways to sell their items with us. One thing some members of Team BONQO would love to see more of: handbags. It was tough to leave the many aisles of handbags at the garment district. Oh, but we’ll be back.

Nobody Puts BONQO in the Corner

The genre: romantic / rom-com.
The location: San Diego.
The materials required: 1 box of Kleenex, 1 box of chocolate, 1 comfy snuggie, 1 couch.
Ever since this whole Valentine’s Day fiasco (it happens every year, the fiasco meaning, it happens at all) folks have been doing away with their romance movies. Off of their shelves, into boxes, onto the backs of trucks to sell to anyone who wants them, the owner of said movies screams, “Everything must go!”
Have a heart, though. Drive slowly so that they can watch you pull away while they quietly utter the phrase, “No, wait” then, in between sobs, they whisper, “Go. Just go.”
Oh, the drama is intense when it comes to someone making the choice to sell their beloved movie gems. Everything from The Notebook, Titanic, Love Actually, and Bridget Jones’s Diary to Armageddon and The Wedding Planner are all here on this BONQO user’s “Leftover Love Sale”.
You have a passion for unrealistic story lines, well BONQO has a listing for it. Check this and much more out on BONQO.com before it is just too late… don’t let your BONQO movie romance end this way.

Club BONQO

There is nothing like the LA Nightlife. Pre-party mode starts at 11p.m. You get to the club at midnight. You leave at 1p.m. You go to an after-party at 2. These are the rules that a party-goer abides by, generally speaking.
The rules are completely different if it is your nightclub, though.
If you have ambition and a keen eye for the nightlife and how to promote, BONQO has an amazing deal in our Business/Industrial section. Right now, there is a fully restored, historic building for sale. Does it have what it takes to be a successful nightclub?
That depends:
Can you see entourage after clique after entourage teaming up around a moveable bar, 4 wells, 24-foot ceilings, massive dance floor, space for live performances, 9 x 12 movie screens, and “global” lights?
Can you see the valet hard at work parking cars off of Sunset and Vine?
This may be the opportunity you’ve been waiting for. Although, all of these perks do not alone make a nightclub go off. The owner has to properly bring it. Yeah. We just said “bring it”.
Wait, you use BONQO. You know a good thing when you see it. You’re off to a great start already. So for all intents and purposes, it’s already been “brought”.