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What Cyber Monday Shoppers Bought
By 11.28.06
Thanks to media hype and participation by major retailers, yesterday’s Cyber Monday resulted in record traffic and sales.
ShoppingPath: Eyeball Saving Comparison Shopping
By 11.27.06
Aiming for “total market transparency,” ShoppingPath plans to revolutionize online shopping visualization with a new model of product comparison tool that graphically groups products according to their price and features.
Guide To Cyber Monday Sales
By 11.27.06
Recently we reported that so-called “Cyber Monday” might be a mere marketing myth invented by the National Retail Federation.
PayPal To Introduce $20 Rebates
By 11.7.06
PayPal plans on giving $20 rebates to customers shopping at participating partner sites, November 23 through May 15, 2007. Online merchants include iTunes, Barnes & Noble, Dell, Petsmart, Starbucks, Art.com, HP, and many more.
Ask The Consumerist: Ebay Laptop, Without The Fraud?
By 10.26.06
“Whatever IT is, you can get IT on Ebay,” goes the promise. Unfortunately for reader Wil, “it” has meant, “almost being scammed.”
Joey The Customer Service Rep’s Guide To Online Shopping
By 10.20.06
Hi, my name’s Joey, and I recently escaped a soul-crushing job doing Sales Support over the phone for a computer, fruit and electronics company. Many of the calls I fielded were from people who were in situations that were 100% our fault, but I noticed that the majority of the issues I solved were completely preventable because many consumers did not realize how much information was available about their purchases before they clicked “Place Order”. So, with what I know will be a hellish shopping season for both my former associates and former customers fast approaching, I decided to put together a short list of broad guidelines that could prevent a number of the problems consumers encounter.
Protect Yourself Online With A Firewall Bank Account
By 10.19.06
It’s one thing to protect your identity, weed out phish emails and shop safely, but if you *really* want to prevent a thief from stealing your account online…
Holiday Shopping Secrets
By 10.18.06
• Befriend the store staff. Ask with your best bambi eyes if there’s any unadvertised coupons or sales going on that week.
Farecast Launches Nationwide Airfare Search
By 10.11.06
Our favorite predictive airfare search engine just keeps getting better (being in Beta will do that for ya). Farecast today announced the addition of airfare search for all of America. You can now search for airfare for any airport in the nation.
Google Checkout Promises To Be Less Evil Than Paypal
By 10.10.06
Unlike Paypal, Google Checkout promises to not suddenly freeze your bank account.
Get A Sweet Xbox360 Bundle This Weekend
By 10.9.06
UPDATE: The deal could be ready as early as Thursday or Friday, according to a reader who spoke with a different Fry’s Outpost rep.
See Only Craigstlist Pictures
By 9.8.06
Shopping for stuff on Craiglsist is an enjoyable way to meet strangers in parking lots and get jacked for all your goods, but you have to click in and out of listings in order to see the pictures. No longer, Listpic grabs the Craiglistings and shows only the pictures. You can click on the pictures and the original post text, with all the contact info, pops up. Neat!
Target Misses With Talking Action Roosevelt Figure
By 8.31.06
At left, the Franklin Roosevelt doll from Target. Seated at right, our 32nd president.
Top 50 Online Stores’ Sales Tax Policies
By 8.9.06
Is it better to order online that Oozinator from Amazon, or from Oozinator’s R Us? The deciding factor may the sales tax. Figuring out that last surcharge can be a chore, but How To be Websmart has done it for us in a new article.
Milk is Fucking Awesome
By 8.4.06
At least, that’s what Amazon.com reviewers are saying. Currently, over three-hundred people have reviewed “milk.”
Don’t Buy From an Ebay Scam Bot
By 8.2.06
Savvy Ebay shoppers look at a seller’s satisfaction rating, but it takes more than a glance.
Command Amazon Customer Service To Call You
By 8.1.06
Don’t call us, we’ll… Lifehacker’s got a snazzy tip for quick Amazon customer service. If you can’t find 1-800-201-7575 to call, or you just plum dig the power trip, have them call you. [More]
