Dear Friends,

Our neighbor who rents us space in his barn to store stuff in the winter called me yesterday and said, “I read in Kibbles & Bytes that you are a connoisseur of local sweet corn.” He then came over with an armload of corn, which turned out to be some of the most flavorful of the season. Recently,I mentioned my favorite snack bar, Maynards, on our radio show, Small Dog Speaks, and got a free lunch. Hmmm…I really like fast cars, motorcycles and vacations in Jamaica…

Labor Day has passed, and Maynards is closed for the season. I have seen an occasional tree turn colors already, but there is still plenty of harvesting to come this month (although there is frost in the forecast for tonight). The special GE financing program that we have been running for the past few months has ended, but we are keeping our relationship with GE intact and will be offering a Small Dog Electronics special financing program in our stores through November that offers interest-free financing for 6 months.

We have some awesome Apple AirPort wireless networking specials going on right now. Apple refurbished AirPort Expresses for only $79.99, Apple refurbished AirPort Extremes for only $139.99, and new discontinued 2 TB Time Capsules for only $239.99. But wait! There’s more! It is still Mac-to-School time at Small Dog and these Time Capsules are $40 off at $199.99 until the 15th. (For your student or student of life!)

We are all looking forward to the iPhone event and inevitable product announcements next Tuesday, as well as Apple’s announcement in China on Wednesday. We will be launching our own iPhone trade-in program to coincide with the expected announcements of iPhones next week, and we will have details soon to share with you. We plan to offer a very competitive trade-in price for your iPhone that may make upgrading to the newer models easier.