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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 » -
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 » -
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 » -
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 » -
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.
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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 » -
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 » -
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]
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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!)
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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 » -
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.
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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]
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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]
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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 » -
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 » -
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 » -
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 »
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