Thank you for all of the
emailed questions and comments you have sent to us. Our goal is to respond to every
communication we receive. This helps us make TheSpree.com a Better site for all of
you Shoppers! We want our site to be the absolute best source of information to find
every Shopping Center, their Merchants and locations throughout Johnson County.
We have compiled a list of the best questions with answers that should help you
understand and navigate our site. If not . . . please let us know! |
| Q. Have you ever looked a store up in the phone
book or on the web and really don’t know where it is located or what other stores are
close by? |
Answer:
We know how frustrating this can be for you!
Sometimes the phone book can be out of date or the web information not kept current. You
now have another option - thespree.com! Thespree.com gives you a reliable place to find
your favorite stores and shopping centers. You can feel comfortable with the information
we have given you because we have checked it out and know it is correct. |
Q.
What is thespree.com? |
Answer:
Thespree.com is a service for you the shopper! We provide a
one-stop resource for retail shopping in Johnson County. For every shopping center, we
provide a complete directory listing along with the phone number and type of store. It
just makes sense to have a “go to” place to get the current information. |
Q. Why Johnson County? |
Answer:
Johnson County is booming with businesses and shopping centers. We feel there was a
big demand for information on shopping centers within this area. But, we do plan to bring
you shopping centers in the Greater Kansas City area in the future. |
Q. How long has thespree.com been in business? |
Answer:
We debuted our website, Thespree.com, in September 2005. It took us nearly a year
to create our website with all the information we gathered on the shopping centers in
Johnson County. |
Q. How did thespree.com come to be? |
Answer:
Most shopping centers do not provide directory listings. We feel this is vital
information that is missing and is very useful to shoppers. We know how busy life can be
and with this one website you are only a click away from all the information you want on
any Johnson County shopping center. |
Q. I see four empty boxes with red x's on the Home Page
and at the top of all the other pages. What are they? Why do I see them? |
Answer:
They are our navigation buttons. More specifically, they
are hover buttons for your mouse cursor. They show action when clicked. The
reason you are seeing empty boxes is because your browser is not Java enabled. You
will need to add a Java Plugin to see them. Go to www.java.com and follow the instructions to install the neccessary
java applets that will work with Windows XP Browser. |
Q. I see some businesses have a hyper-link and some do
not, why? |
Answer:
For your convenience, we have provided a text hyperlink to those
businesses with a website. Just one more reason to make Thespree.com your one-stop
resource. |
Q. On some of the shopping centers I see
“nearby” businesses listed. What is this? |
Answer:
We have included businesses that are located in close proximity
to a shopping center. These businesses are not affiliated with the shopping center, but
are close by and may be of interest to you. You can find these “nearby”
businesses listed directly below the businesses in the shopping center. We like to make
your shopping experience beneficial to you. |
Q. How many shopping centers are there in Johnson County? |
Answer:
We have over 250 shopping centers listed on our website.
However, as you may have noticed, there are a number of shopping centers in various
developmental stages. It is our goal to keep you informed on new developments in the world
of retail in Johnson County. |
Q. How do I find the shopping center I’m looking
for? |
Answer:
Each city in Johnson County has been listed for you, just point
and click on the city in which the shopping center of interest is located. Once you have
reached the page of the city, we have a complete alphabetical listing of the shopping
centers within that city so you can quickly find the shopping center you are looking for.
We also provide the number of stores in the shopping center and the crossroads at which it
is located. |
Q. What if I don’t know the name of the shopping
center? |
Answer:
With all the shopping centers in Johnson County, many times you
may not know the exact name of the shopping center. When this happens, we suggest going to
our search page by clicking on the “search” button and enter a search query.
Some suggestions on the search query would be to enter a store that you know is in the
shopping center, another search option is to enter the crossroads where the shopping
center is located, or entering the zip code, or a part of the shopping center name. The
search page will help you in finding what you are looking for. |
Q. Why do you have businesses in different categories? |
Answer:
The categories are available to assist you in finding a certain
type of store. We currently have 34 categories and many of these have subcategories.
Within each category, stores are listed alphabetically. We also provide the information we
feel is valuable to you, the name of the store, its phone number, the city in which it is
located, the crossroads and a link to the shopping center where the store is located. |
Q. What are Spree Maps? |
Answer:
Our “Spree Maps” is a way to help you determine what
shopping centers are located nearby. Clicking on the “Spree Map” opens a zoomed
in map that displays what shopping centers are located at an intersection. By clicking on
the name of a shopping center, while in the spree map, you will go to that shopping
centers directory listing. It’s as easy as 1, 2 3! |
Q. Why do you have Yahoo Maps? |
Answer:
The Yahoo! Maps are available to aid you in finding the shopping
centers from anywhere in the Greater Kansas City area. |
Q. I see many of the shopping centers have photos with
them, what is this for? |
Answer:
We feel it is important to be able to recognize a shopping
center by the way it actually looks from the road. We plan to have this feature available
for all the shopping centers soon. |
Q. How is the updated information obtained? |
Answer:
The only way to ensure we have provided you with accurate
information is to go out and physically drive to each shopping center in Johnson County.
Any other way and we could not guarantee accurate and up-to-date information. |
Q. How often is the information for each shopping center
updated? |
Answer:
We are busy updating the information for 20 to 30 shopping
centers each week. We also keep a close eye on stores that are in the process of opening,
moving, or closing their doors and update those as they happen. Each shopping center will
be updated at least every 3 months, usually much sooner. |
Q. What is the Spree Patrol? |
Answer:
The “Spree Patrol” is a term we have coined here at
thespree.com. This is the way we bring you the changes that have happened in the retail
industry in Johnson County. The Spree Patrol is out there patrolling the shopping centers
so you don’t have to! |
Q. I looked at your monthly Spree Patrol e-Newsletter.
How is this information collected? |
Answer:
On the 7th of each month, we offer our newest edition of the
Spree Patrol e-newsletter. Here you can find information on the major events that happened
over the past month in retail. You can also catch up on any of the past e-newsletters with
our archives. |
Q. Are the “downtown” stores included on your
website? |
Answer:
At this time, we have not included any “downtown”
shopping. We plan to provide you with this information in the near future. |
Q. Are you planning to do other shopping centers of the
Greater Kansas City area, in addition to Johnson County? |
Answer:
Our goal is to provide you with this same information for other
cities in the Greater Kansas City Area. We will keep you informed on any additions we will
make to thespree.com. |
