Art and Soul Festival - Oakland, CA

The Art and Soul Festival will be held this weekend in Oakland. From what I have been told this is a very good festival. We have never been a vendor there, as the fees are a little steep for my blood.

The headline acts for this year's Comcast Art and Soul festival have been announced!

Enjoy music by the Indigo Girls, Stephanie Mills, The Matches, Bobby Hutcherson, Rose Royce, Walter Hawkins and more during the 8th Annual Comcast Art and Soul Festival. Visit our News page to learn more. Complete lineup details have been posted including performance times.
Six concert stages will be packed with an eclectic all-star lineup of 60 national recording artists and hot Bay Area bands to please every musical taste. Tickets are $10.00

Here's a link to the website: http://www.artandsouloakland.com/index.htm

More Scams - check this one out

Here's a copy of the latest email scam I received. Please visit my website STARVING VENDORS Internet Email Scams. to read some of the scams I've come across.

Subject: Re: Selling your products through our group of stores this holiday season
Date: 8/28/2008 11:58:56 A.M. Pacific Daylight Time
From: David@WiseRep.com
Reply To: (my email address)
CC:
BCC:
Sent on:
Do you wholesale your products? The stores we work with are aggressively looking for products to sell in their stores this holiday season. If you want to make a push, now's the time.
We work with buyers from the largest stores in the U.S. plus thousands of specialty stores, mail-order catalog companies and Internet shopping sites. We need a larger variety of products they can choose from, hence my email to you.

If you want to sell your products to more stores visit us at http://www.WiseRep.com
Sincerely, David Thibos Director of Merchandising WiseRep.com
I then clicked on their website, filling out bogus info along the way.

I came to a page that then said:

CLICK ON THE BOX. Yes. Sign me up. I want my products seen by the nations top retailers. I understand there is a one time set-up fee of $185. This allows me to post unlimited products on the site. I understand there is also a $30 monthly fee. Of course, I can cancel at any time.

COSTCO gas stations

Thankfully, the price of gasoline is falling, but not quick enough for me. Prices below $4.00 per gallon are popping up now and hopefully we can get closer to $3.00.

Prices at the COSTO gas stations normally runs lower than most of the other name stations. You do need a membership card and a credit card to purchase. Here's a listing of the COSTCO gas stations in California.

http://www.costcoconnection.com/connection/gas_stations/?pg=2

This website also lists the gas stations in other states.