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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
T-Mobile Launches Unlimited Everything For $79.99 Plan
Codenamed "Project Dark," Tmobile has launched a $79.99 unlimited plan with no annual contract. 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 » -
it's on like donkey kong
Microsoft Lowers High-End 360 Price To Match PS3
Responding to Sony's announcement that a new, cheaper PS3 — as well as a universal price cut to $300 — is imminent, Microsoft is understandably lowering the price of its Xbox 360 Elite to $300, matching the new PS3. More » -
travel
Southwest Is Coming To LaGuardia. Hello, Price War!
Starting tomorrow, Southwest will fly out of New York's LaGuardia airport, which hopefully means that flying between New York, Boston, Chicago, and Washington is about to get a whole lot cheaper. More » -
tmobile
T-Mobile Customers Can Take Advantage Of Cheaper Plans Starting Today
The rumor was true—T-Mobile has started offering cheaper unlimited voice plans to existing customers. Matthew wrote to us, "The TMO loyalty plans are showing up on the site as of today...we just moved to the Unlimited Loyalty Family Plan at $89.99, which is $10 cheaper than the 2000 minute Family Plan we'd been on." More » -
southwest airlines
Southwest Reduces Airfare On 56 Destinations From Minneapolis
Last night, Southwest reduced airfare on 56 destination going to and from Minneapolis, starting March 9, 2009. Look for this to set off a nice pricewar that will benefit travelers' pocketbooks. For instance, their new one-way between Minneapolis and Chicago will be $69. Farecompare's Rick Seaney predicts that the legacy airlines will react by slashing prices, adding flights, and possibly dropping those dread 2 night minimum stay round trip fares in favor of straight one-ways. Rick says he'll be posting a total airfare schedule rundown later today on his blog, rickseaney.com.
Southwest Airlines Files Minneapolis Airfares - Let the Fare Wars Begin [Rick Seaney] (Photo: Reflection717)
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customer service
Pricewarring With Walmart, Best Buy Replaces Backordered HD DVD Players With Upgraded Ones
Best Buy met one of Walmart's "secret deals" punch for punch but soon found itself in a bind trying to go up against the discount retailer. Walmart was selling Toshiba HD-A2 HD DVD players for $98.97. BestBuy countered by dropping the price on theirs to $99.99. There was a run in-store and online quickly ran into backorders, backorders which would probably be never fulfilled, seeing as the Toshiba HD-A2 is a discontinued product. BestBuy could have told all the shoppers to shove it, but instead Best Buy said they would fulfill the orders with the HD-A3, retailing normally for $299.99.
Good for you Best Buy, we festoon your head with laurels and shower your body with ripe grapes for deciding not to ruin your reputation at the beginning of what promises to be a tight shopping season.
Best Buy Replaces Backordered $99 Toshiba HD-A2s with HD-A3s [DailyTech]
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airline
Southwest Raises Fares $10
Southwest Airlines raised fares as much as $10 each way over the Thanksgiving weekend. This will be the 5th price hike this year for the discount carrier. Southwest faces rising fuel and labor costs that are only going to get worse. More » -
pharma
Target Offers $4 Drugs At All Pharmacies
Target is set to begin offering its $4 generic drug program at all of its 1,287 pharmacies. Previously, Target only offered the program in markets where Walmart was offering their $4 program. No longer. From Reuters: More » -
target
Target Holding Its Own Against Walmart
Third quarter profit reports are out today and both Walmart and Target did well. More » -
airfares
Airlines Cut Fares Through Dec 12
According to the LA Times, "Led by Delta Air Lines Inc., most major carriers cut leisure fares through Dec. 12, although the deals don't apply to the busiest days around Thanksgiving and may sell out quickly. More » -
pricewars
Airlines Try $10+ Fare Hikes Again
The major airlines got their shit together and are attempting another price raise. More »
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