Ever wonder why we decorate a tree for Christmas? What is the significance of the actual decorations? And further more – why do we exchange gifts on 25 December? PriceCheck has done some research and found out some interesting facts about the origins of Christmas, the fancy decorations and those gifts we wait for Santa to bring us. Lets start with the big green tree. There are many stories pointing out its beginnings so let’s explore one or two in more detail. The Christmas tree, according to legend, finds its origins with St. Boniface and the German town of Geismar. St. Boniface is said to have...

As Christmas rolls around this year, PriceCheck has reached deep down into our musical archives and compiled our five favourite albums for this holiday season. However, we also had to take into account some new offerings and thus included two recently released CD’s for 2011! First up we have Mariah Carey with the 1994 released titled ‘Merry Christmas’. The 41 year-old mother of twins gave the music world this gem right off the heels of her multi-platinum selling ‘Music Box’ album. This festive CD spawned what the The New Yorker considers “one of the few worthy modern additions to the...

You can now download the PriceCheck Mobile Application, which is a Web Icon type of application, onto to your Android smartphone to reside alongside all your other applications, for your convenience! This will open up the PriceCheck Mobile Website directly on your Android smartphone. The PriceCheck Mobile Application can be installed on all Android smartphones using  Android OS versions 2.1 and higher. You can download and install the application via the Android App Market with your Android smartphone connected to the Internet. To do this, open this link and follow the instructions from there. Within...

You can now download the PriceCheck Mobile Application, which is a Web Icon type of application, onto to your BlackBerry Smartphone to reside alongside all your other applications, for your convenience! This will open up the PriceCheck Mobile Website directly in your BlackBerry’s Web browser! The PriceCheck Mobile Application can be installed on all BlackBerry Smartphones using OS versions 4.5 and higher. You can download and install the application using your desktop PC with your BlackBerry Smartphone connected to your PC via USB, Bluetooth etc. and the BlackBerry Desktop Manager software program....

In life we remember things that were nice to experience or very exciting.  Don’t even bother to mention the negative events that are almost instantly put into the memory bank and forgotten. Take a minute and list all the nice things that come in your mind?  I would be surprised if an event like a good play at the theater and a sports event are not recognised as a good experience. I myself have a few I can mention but for me the ultimate experience is that moment when you are in the airplane about to take off.  That feeling is even better when your end destination is a holiday. That...