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    • price wars

      Walmart Wants You To Buy All Your Turkey And TV From Them This Year

      Walmart is ramping up the price war on another front. Instead of hardcovers, this time the retailer is cutting prices on turkey and flat-panel TVs, reports Bloomberg. More »

      11:42 AM on Wed Nov 4 2009
      By Chris Walters
      7,411 views, 103 comments

    • price wars

      Walmart Now Offering New Hardcovers For $9

      Walmart just tried to undercut Amazon on, of all things, books. They've announced that they're now selling the "top 10 pre-selling books" for $9 each, with free home delivery. Amazon has responded by dropping its price to $9 on the same titles, but their free shipping doesn't kick in until you buy $25 worth of merchandise (or pay the annual fee for Amazon Prime). Price war! More »

      9:35 AM on Fri Oct 16 2009
      By Chris Walters
      4,870 views, 85 comments

      Most discussed kyle4: The biggest competition with Amazon for me is the library that's a block away. Instead of paying $30 for a more »

    • foreclosures

      How To Buy A Foreclosed House (That You Might Actually Want To Live In)

      Buying a foreclosed home may seem like a great deal, since the bank that's selling it would rather unload it at a loss than stay on as owner. But foreclosures come with a lot of risks — including vandalism by former owners or theives who strip vacant homes of just about anything that isn't bolted down — and even things that are (you know, like toilets). More »

      9:36 AM on Mon Sep 28 2009
      By Marc Perton
      8,574 views, 61 comments

      Most discussed bloggerX: Has anyone here bought a foreclosed home? I'd be afraid the previous owner would set it on fire or something more »

    • budget vacations

      Traveling Domestically? Consider A Hostel

      Tough times has forced a developer in South Florida to rethink his condo hotel development, so he's reconfigured it as a hotel-hostel that offers not just the standard shared room arrangements familiar to any college student who's traveled, but also slightly more expensive private rooms with kitchenettes and basic hotel amenities for $50 a night, writes the South Florida Sun-Sentinel. More »

      9:22 AM on Wed Sep 16 2009
      By Chris Walters
      3,115 views, 36 comments

      Most discussed pecan 3.14159265_Now...: This seems much safer than couch surfing, in which you're entering a person's home. The hostels provide a neutral location more »

    • typos

      Quick, Grab This $10 HDTV Before It's— Oh Never Mind

      It looks like Best Buy's servers decided to call in sick this morning—Casey writes, "This was on their site this morning for about 45 minutes before they corrected the ad." We have a feeling Best Buy isn't going to pull a neat "just keep it, our bad" maneuver like ThinkGeek, however.

      12:38 PM on Wed Aug 12 2009
      By Chris Walters
      12,892 views, 106 comments

      Most discussed redskull: Yeah, I don't know where that whole, "This TV was marked $9.99 so they HAVE to sell it to me more »

    • shopping

      How Outlet Malls Fool Shoppers

      Alternet is running an excerpt from Ellen Rupel Shell's fascinating new book, Cheap: the High Cost of Discount Culture. The piece handily illustrates Shell's argument that outlet malls are for suckers. More »

      1:16 PM on Tue Aug 11 2009
      By Carrie McLaren
      70,979 views, 195 comments

    • price errors

      Quick! Stock Up On Ben & Jerry's Before This Sale Expires!

      We were going to list this in tomorrow's Morning Deals, but decided the bargain was just too good to hold off posting: Harris Teeter has reduced the price on all of its Ben & Jerry's pints, from $3.99 to $3.99. More »

      4:22 PM on Mon Aug 10 2009
      By Alex Chasick
      6,110 views, 37 comments

    • deals

      Verizon Offering $20 Naked DSL

      Verizon is sad that so many of you are jumping ship, so they're hauling out the bargain naked DSL offer again. ("Naked" means no home phone line is required to take advantage of it.) The deal is $20/mo with a 1 year commitment, and they're throwing in a free router—although DSLReports says a Verizon rep told them the router freebie will go away at some point. Also, it's available online only.

      "Verizon Offers $20 Naked DSL" [DSLReports via MichiganTelephone]

      6:18 PM on Mon Aug 3 2009
      By Chris Walters
      4,252 views, 7 comments

      Most discussed morlo: 1 mbit for 20 is not a deal when Comcast can offer 12mbit for that price. more »

    • stunts

      Buy A Car, Get A Free AK-47

      Want a new car, but also want an AK-47? Head to Max Motors in Butler, Missouri, where with any new car purchase you'll receive a voucher good for $450 to spend at a local gun shop. It doesn't have to be an AK-47, but you don't have to be a red-blooded man either, you big city sissy.

      The logo at Mark Muller's dealership is... an old west caricature pointing two pistols at those who pass by. He said it's a nod to what he calls "big city" ways. "We really are different than the big city dealers."

      "Car Dealer Gives AK-47 With Purchase" [KCTV Kansas City] (Thanks to Dooley!)

      2:55 PM on Fri Jul 17 2009
      By Chris Walters
      7,582 views, 97 comments

      Most discussed Smashville_now with...: Anyone else surprised this isn't in Texas? more »

    • jetblue

      JetBlue Offers $1 Military Fare Through Today, Although It Comes With A Surprising Number Of Restrictions

      JetBlue is offering an amazing deal to members of our armed forces in honor of National Military Appreciation Month, but once you get past that jaw-dropping $1 fee, it starts to look like they outsourced the fine print to Macy's. Here are the restrictions: More »

      12:21 PM on Thu May 7 2009
      By Chris Walters
      10,506 views, 34 comments

      Most discussed aerick79: Just use Grayhound buses. ALL Military $198 round trip. Not too bad. more »

    • coupons

      8Coupons.com Lets You Send Local Coupons To Your Phone

      Online coupons still haven't caught on, really, but 8coupons.com may be worth checking out if you want to give it a try in your own city. Instead of implementing some high-concept location aware thing, they let you browse the site for coupons that interest you. When you find one, you send it to your phone via text message. Obviously, if you hold your phone number dear to your heart, don't bother; if you're the brave type who doesn't mind risking the personal data exposure, you might want to give it a shot.

      [8coupons.com]

      8:54 PM on Mon May 4 2009
      By Chris Walters
      2,375 views, 9 comments

      Latest by trujunglist: 1 deal in san diego.... yaaayyy more »

    • We're not sure if this will work for brand new customers, but KodakGallery is offering free Mother's Day photo cards through 5/16 with coupon code FREECARD. To ensure delivery by Mother's Day, you have to order the card by midnight tonight. Note that you'll still have to pay 99 cents shipping and handling. [KodakGallery] MORE »

      7 comments

    • Today only, participating El Pollo Loco restaurants are giving away free 2-piece chicken meals, one per customer, dine in or carry out only. [El Pollo Loco] MORE »

      16 comments

    • lucky

      Disney Mistake Means Super Cheap Annual Passes For Some Lucky Customers

      Disneyland mistakenly extended a special annual pass program to ineligible customers last December, but only realized it recently. At the time of the sale, residents of certain Southern California zip codes could buy an annual ticket on a 12-month installment plan, free from any interest rates or other fees. When they discovered that some customers weren't in valid zip codes, they ended the payment agreement with them—but they're letting them keep the annual passes. More »

      6:28 PM on Wed Apr 22 2009
      By Chris Walters
      8,211 views, 35 comments

      Most discussed Hoss: Either the contract was illegal for some reason and this was their way of getting out of it, or this more »

    • coupons

      Kmart Assistant Manager Hates Your Coupons, Will Not Process Your Transaction

      If you're one of those really smart coupon hoarders, you know to save up for double-coupon offers, because then you can get things for next-to-nothing. Nicole has used this strategy at Kmart in the past without problems, but this time she ran into an assistant manager who refused to honor the promotion, saying, "It's not our policy. It's not written down, but that's the policy." More »

      12:37 PM on Tue Feb 24 2009
      By Chris Walters
      22,515 views, 171 comments

      Most discussed 2719: I just love managers like him. His store his rules. You don't like it? Take your business somewhere. I hate frugal more »

    • attacks

      Man Sues Walmart After Being Bitten By Snake, But Keeps Going Back For The Deals

      Ah, the irresistable pull of bargains! A man in Florida is suing Walmart because he was bitten by a pygmy rattler while shopping in the garden center in 2008. His is the third such attack in a Walmart in Florida since 2006, and he's claiming the retailer should have taken better steps to prevent rattler bites after the first two attacks. Our favorite detail, though, is that he won't stop going to Walmart, because "their prices are too good to shop elsewhere." More »

      11:29 AM on Tue Feb 17 2009
      By Chris Walters
      10,341 views, 67 comments

      Most discussed amandaramirez: Forida Conservation???... Someone needs to use spell check more »

    • tips

      The Secrets Of Liquidation Sales

      CNN Money has posted an informative article about what happens at liquidation sales. Some of the people quoted are fairly critical, but even the liquidation company execs that are quoted admit that a liquidation sale doesn't exist for the benefit of the consumer. Here are the highlights. More »

      6:21 PM on Fri Jan 23 2009
      By Chris Walters
      16,770 views, 31 comments

      Most discussed Gorphlog: Id like to know how Circuit City started the liquidation so fast. They announced Bankruptcy on a Friday and Saturday more »

    • You probably won't be surprised by this, but it looks like Circuit City's liquidation deals aren't very good deals at all. [Gizmodo]

      14 comments

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