Our sibling publication ShopSmart has a great article this month on ways to save money at the grocery store. It’s available as a PDF download, but here are some of the highlights.
Retail Services
Sears Caught Selling "Grills to Cook Babies" Thanks To Poorly Built Website
By 8.21.09
Yesterday a reader sent us a pretty funny screen capture of a Sears product page with a suspicious category description (see above). By the time we got around to checking it out, Sears had corrected the error. It turns out, however, that the real problem was the Sears website was built in a way that lets anyone mess with the category descriptions.
Morning Deals
By 8.21.09
- Music123: [Making Music] Florea Recital II Violin with Bow and Case $90 Shipped
- Tiger Direct: [LCD] I-inc 24.6-inch 1080p LCD Flat Panel Monitor $190
- Dell Home: [Plasma HDTV] Panasonic VIERA TC-P42X1 42 inch Plasma HDTV (720p) $529.99 Free Shipping
Update: BoA ATM Card Dispatched To Stranded Traveler After Return To U.S.
By 8.21.09
After stranding reader Shannon in Siberia with no functioning ATM card, Bank of America has reached out to her and made up for the situation. Sort of. A new card was immediately dispatched, but the corresponding PIN didn’t show up until five days later. She did, however, receive a $100 Amazon gift card for her inconvenience.
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Despite Refinance, Homeowner Evicted And House Sold [Updated]
By 8.21.09
Imagine coming home to find the sheriff on your doorstep with an eviction notice, and then being given 3 hours to get the hell off your property, which is no longer yours because your bank mistakenly sold it out from under you for about a third of its value. Oops! Although we initially assumed WaMu/Chase was behind all of it, NCB Miami reports that actually “a mistake in the Miami-Dade Clerk’s Office appears to be behind the mishap, which landed Ramirez homeless for more than 24 hours.”
Morning Deals
By 8.20.09
- Highlights From Buxr
- Hewlett-Packard : [Monitor] Compaq 21.5″ HD Widescreen Monitor for $149.99 w/ Coupon SV2132 w/ Free shipping
- Buy.com : [Luggage] Samsonite 5-Piece Luggage Set for $99.99 w/ Free shipping
- Walmart : [Furniture] Mainstays Entertainment Center for $19 + $7.47 Shipping
Morning Deals
By 8.19.09
- US Airways [Air Travel] Free 90 day trial of their Silver Preferred program: free upgrades, baggage fees waived, etc. Promotion ends August 31st, takes up to 14 days to kick in.
- Various Airlines: [Air Travel]
52 New Fall Airfare Sales $39 to $99 Coast To Coast Travel Any Day Of The Week - Alamo: [Car Rental] Compact Car For Only $10 A Day Between Aug 25-Sep 21
Morning Deals
By 8.18.09
- Sony Style: [Video Games] Sony PLAYSTATION 3 Factory Refurbished 40GB Model $269.99 Free Ship
- Target : [Printer] Epson Inkjet All-In-One Printer for $28 + Shipping
- OfficeMax: [Office Furniture] Cheap furniture; check out the Casey Student Collection desk, hutch, and chair for $56 total + s&h
- Walmart: [Laptop] Toshiba Satellite 17-inch 2.2GHz Laptop – $348 (add $7.97 for shipping)
- App Store [iPhone App] SwedeShop shopping helper/budget tool for IKEA, free through end of day today
Target Advertises Cheap In-Store Hard Drive Online, 'Varies' Price At Stores
By 8.18.09
Silly Jeremy, thinking he can use an online Target ad for an in-store only price to gauge the actual price of an item at his neighborhood Target.
Best Buy Employees Fired For Attempting To Stop Knife-Wielding Shoplifters
By 8.18.09
If you work at Best Buy, don’t tackle any knife-wielding shoplifters or you’ll be fired. That’s what happened to two Best Buy employees who chased a couple shoplifters who were fleeing with armloads of merchandise towards a waiting car.
Chase Bank By Phone Telephone Tree Map
By 8.15.09
Should you ever get lost in the Chase bank-by-phone tree, this function map may help you. Or it may explode your brain all over the receiver. The choice is yours.
Morning Deals
By 8.14.09
- Newegg : [Kitchen Appliance] DeLonghi Coffee Maker for $14.99 w/ Free shipping
- Walgreens : [Photo] 25 Free Photo Prints w/ New Account Sign-Up
- Babies R Us : [Kids] $5 Off $25 Purchase w/ Coupon 930364 + Printable Coupon
- Amazon: [Recycled Gaming] Get an Extra $30 Credit on $60+ Video Game Trade-Ins
- AvatarMovie: [Movies] Chance to win 2 free tickets to 16-minute IMAX preview of James Camerons’ movie Avatar. Giveaway happens Monday, August 17th, for screening on August 21st.
Bank Of America Leaves Mandatory Arbitration Behind
By 8.14.09
Another bank is ending mandatory arbitration for their customers. Not just any bank, either—it’s Bank of America!
Morning Deals
By 8.13.09
- Amazon: [Blu-ray] Samsung BD-P1600 Blu-ray Player + 2 Blu-ray movies + HDMI cable for $250
- Lands’ End: [Men’s Apparel] Lands’ End Men’s Regular Woven Track Jacket for $15 + free shipping, more
- Newegg: [GPS Directions] TomTom One 130 GPS Navigation System $50
- Dell : [Blu-Ray Player] Sharp Blu-Ray Disc Player for $129.99 w/ Free shipping
Goldman Sachs Thinks Walmart And Amazon Are Gonna Kick Best Buy's Ass
By 8.12.09
Best Buy has been downgraded to neutral from “buy” by Goldman Sachs on concerns that Amazon.com and Walmart are poised to begin a serious asskicking.
Update: Sears Says 'We Got No Mosquitos'
By 8.12.09
Sears says there’s no Mosquito device at any of their locations. The person who picked up the phone at the Sears our reader complained about said there’s no high-pitched whining or buzz noises going on by the entrances or inside, intentional or otherwise. She had read the buzz about the complaint “on Twitter” and sent several “young associates” to check it out and they found nothing out of the ordinary, besides, of course, the plastic humanoids frozen for all eternity, forced to display an ever-changing array of affordable and sensible garments. A commenter says he thinks the real culprit is a cheapo CRT monitor:
Quick, Grab This $10 HDTV Before It's— Oh Never Mind
By 8.12.09
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.
