gDiaper Snap Conversion Tutorial Posted

Thanks to Janell for allowing us to post your tute!

Just click on the Tutorials link on the top menu bar of our website at www.KAMsnaps.com to access all our tutorials. So far we've got:

- Product instructions, including troubleshooting and removing snaps

• Pliers for plastic snaps
• Press

- Cloth diaper snap conversion

• bumGenius
  
  • Aplix to 1 row of snaps
    
  • Aplix to 2 rows of snaps
  • Converting size medium to medium/small
  • Video

• gDiaper

- How to make wallets & a cell phone cozy

• Easy peasy wallet
  
• Slotted wallet
• Cell phone cozy

More coming soon. If you have a snap-related tutorial, please email it to us for a chance to earn a $15 gift certificate. More details here: http://kamsnaps.blogspot.com/2010/03/share-your-snap-tutorial-for-chance-to.html

Snap of the Week: B15 Dusty Rose Size 20 Glossy

50% off this week only (starting March 28), B15 Dusty Rose in size 20 glossy. Just $2.50 for 100 complete sets. http://www.kamsnaps.com/Snap-of-the-Week-p104.html

A New Facebook Fan Winner to be Announced

Our original Facebook fan winner of the $20 gift cert to our store has generously offered her prize to somebody else! So we will be randomly picking another winner among our Facebook fans on Monday. The winner will have 48 hours to claim the prize, so all you Facebookers, be sure to check in on Monday.

And the Facebook Fan Giveaway Winner is

Donna Sustaita! Ms. Donna, please send us an email within 48 hours to claim your $20 gift certificate to our store. sales (at) kamsnaps (dot) com. Congratulations!

Keep your eyes and ears open for our next giveaway. And hey, you might want to sign up for blog emails (just enter your email in the right column there and click Subscribe) to get the latest news as we post them.

Facebook Fan Winner to be Announced Tomorrow

Now that we have exceeded over 200 fans on Facebook, we will hold a drawing and award one lucky Facebook fan a $20 gift certificate to our store. Here's how it'll work:

We will use the True Random Number Generator at Random.org and enter the number of fans we have on Facebook at the time of the drawing (currently, there are 225 fans). The Number Generator will randomly select a number between 1 and the number of fans we have (again, currently 225).

We will then go to Facebook and click on the See All link in the Fans box. This will pull up a complete list of all our Facebook fans. We will take the number generated by Random.org and count down the list of fans until we reach that number. For example, if the number is 5, then we will pick the 5th fan on the list.

The winner will be posted on this blog as well as on Facebook and will have 48 hours to contact us to claim his/her prize. If the winner does not contact us within 48 hours, we will select another winner.

Good luck!

Perfectly Fitting Size 20 & 16 Dies for Pliers

Soon to be available, new cap dies for our pliers that fit size 20 caps perfectly. No more having to manually center the snap. With the new die, the snap is already perfectly centered for you, giving you the best results each and every time (as long as you apply enough pressure and are using the correct snaps for your fabric).

The head of the new die is also higher, which means it'll be somewhat easier to flatten the prong on the cap. Of course, the flip side is that there will be less clearance for long prong caps, but you can always use the old-style die for that.

We'll also have new dies that perfectly fit size 16 caps as well.

And finally, a new pressing head with slightly more height, in conjunction with the new size 16 cap die, will allow you to also use your pliers to apply size 14 snaps as well (previously, only size 14 long prong caps could be applied with consistent results).

We hope to get a limited supply of these new style dies and rubbers in a few weeks. Supply may be very limited in the beginning so if there isn't enough to go around, we will give priority to those who have left product reviews for the pliers on our website, in the order received. Additionally, reviewers who purchase these early will receive a special price -- just $2 for all 3 parts (size 20 cap die, size 16 cap die, and rubber head).

So if you're interested in getting these sooner rather than later, be sure to reserve your set by writing a review of the pliers. To write your review, go to the Pliers product page, scroll to the bottom and click on Add a Review. Be sure to include your email address at the end of your review so we can identify you (your email will be deleted if your review is made public).

Don't forget that we will also randomly pick 3 reviewers to receive a 10% off coupon to our store. We'll also select 3 of the most informative reviews to receive a 15% off coupon. Read the full details here.

$999 Shipping Glitch on Google Checkout

If you place an order on our website and use Google Checkout, every once in a while you may come across $999 as the shipping charge. Google Checkout defaults to $999 when the server is too slow and doesn't connect to our website within 3 seconds. This is a back-end issue which we have no control over.

However, if it does happen to you, just go back to your Shopping Cart page (you can do this by clicking on the Edit Order link on the Google Checkout page, located on the right hand side just above the Price column -- or simply click on the Back button of your browser).

Once back on the Shopping Cart page, click on the Google Checkout button to try again. Since connection usually does happen sooner than the 3 seconds allotted, you shouldn't see the $999 anymore. But if the problem does persist, please select another payment method by going back to your Shopping Cart and clicking on the plain Checkout button.

We did try to change the Google Checkout default amount to more accurately reflect what real shipping should be, but we have been told that $999 still sometimes shows up. This is a glitch that is difficult for us to correct because it only happens on chance occasions when the server is slow so we haven't been able to duplicate the problem on command.

If this should happen to you, we apologize for any inconvenience.