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Afternoon Deals

By Ben Popken 6.26.08
  • Au Bon Pain: Free iced coffee today from 2pm onwards.
  • Woot: Refurbished Gateway AMD Phenom 9600 Quad Core Media Center with 1TB Hard Drive and Blu-ray for $649.99
  • Amazon: Morrissey Greatest Hits MP3 Album download for $4
  • Chick-Fil-A: Cow Appreciation Day 7/11 Free Meal with Cow attire

Highlights From Dealhack

  • Old Navy: Up to 50% off: Summer Apparel on Sale Store-Wide
  • MacMall: MacBooks from $1005 + Free Parallels 3, Printer, and Shipping
  • Geeks.com: Sale: Save up to 90% off Computers & Electronics

Highlights From Bargainist

By cwalters 6.25.08

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In an effort to spur sales, General Motors is offering no-interest, six-year loans on new vehicle purchases through June 30th. Unfortunately, only the slow-selling models (i.e., not very fuel efficient) are included in the sale. Oh, also they’re raising prices on 2009 models. [New York Times]

Morning Deals

By Ben Popken 6.25.08
  • Target: Clearance up to 75% off plus 10% discount coupon
  • Woot: Refurbished Kodak C813 8.2 Megapixel Digital Camera for $59.99
  • Amazon: On Friday, Amazon Gold Box deals will feature Nintendo video games

Highlights From Dealhack

  • Lenovo: Save 20% off ThinkPad X300 Thin & Light Notebook PCs
  • Eddie Bauer: Summer Ultimate Sale : Save up to 50% off
  • Buy.com: Western Digital 500GB USB Drive $90 Shipped + Others Capacities on Sale

Highlights From Bargainist

  • Urban Outfitters: 20% off sale items coupon
  • Piperlime: Lime Tag Sale: Up to 40% off
  • Toys “R” Us: All Nintendo DS games buy 2, get 3rd free

    • Morning Deals

    By Ben Popken 6.24.08
    • Virgin Mobile: Unlimited monthly calling for $79.99, the cheapest unlimited plan of any national carrier
    • Amazon: Pearl PCB6 Primero 6″ Cowbell for $11.99 (down from $20)
    • Amazon: Police “Synchronicity” MP3 Album download for $1.99

    Highlights From Dealhack

    • Buy.com: Toast 9 Tatanium CD/DVD Burning $40 & Free Shipping
    • Amazon: Save on Britax Infant & Booster Seats & Strollers
    • Newegg: Genius Color SF600 Portable Scanner $70 Shipped

    Highlights From Bargainist

    • Old Navy: Summer Loving Sale: Save up to 30% or more
    • Guess: 2-Day Sale: Up to 50% off + 10% off coupon
    • CB2: Up to 50% off sale

    Morning Deals

    By Ben Popken 6.23.08
    • Amazon: 120 bags of chips for $25. Add two different 60 pack units and use coupon code CHIPDSCT
    • Jetblue: 10% Off with coupon code OCTJET2
    • Shirt.Woot: Random tshirts for $6.66

    Highlights From Bargainist

    • Office Depot: Envision 19-inch LCD with DVI & SVGA $150 & Free Shipping
    • Geeks.com: Kodak C613 6.2MP Compact Digital Cameras only $56 with Coupon
    • Mwave: Vox 500GB USB 2.0 & eSATA Hard Drive $80
    Circuit City Loses Even More Money: $164.8 Million

    Circuit City Loses Even More Money: $164.8 Million

    By 6.20.08

    Circuit City reported yesterday that they’ve managed to lose $164.8 million in the first quarter, which is even more money than they managed to lose in the previous disastrous quarter. In fact, this will be their 5th straight losing quarter. Same-store sales, considered the most important indicator of the health of a retailer, dropped 11.3 percent. Ow!

    Morning Deals

    By Ben Popken 6.20.08
    • Zipcar: Free ZipCar Membership + $150 Driving Credit + loaded public transit pass
    • Woot: They’re still wooting off like it ain’t no thang.
    • Meritline: 1W LED Adjustable Head Lamp for $6.40 + free shipping

    Highlights From Dealhack

    • Buy.com: Genius G-Pen 4 x 5.5-inch Graphics Tablet $35 Shipped
    • Lenovo: ThinkCentre A55 Desktop PCs from $199 after $322 Instant Savings
    • J&R Music: Belkin TuneStudio iPod Mixer & Recorder $188 Shipped

    Highlights From Bargainist

    Morning Deals

    By Ben Popken 6.19.08
    • Woot: It’s a Woot-off!
    • ShopEcko.com: Up to 70% off select men’s apparel
    • Buy.com: SlingBox PRO HDTV Broadcaster for $179.99 + free shipping

    Highlights From Dealhack

    • ShoeMall: Save 25% off All Shoes & Free Shipping Store-Wide
    • Eastern Mountain Sports: Save 20% off Any One Item & 15% off Your Next Two
    • Amazon: Save One-Third or More Off Hand-Held Multi-tools

    Highlights From Bargainist

    Dear Home Depot: I Do Not Want To Hear About Your Special Promotion For Home Owners

    Dear Home Depot: I Do Not Want To Hear About Your Special Promotion For Home Owners

    By 5.28.08

    Reader G writes in to let Home Depot know that he’s really, really tired of hearing about their “special promotion for home owners” while he’s trying to shop.

    Hey North America: Why Aren't You Buying 20 Oz Bottles Of Coke?

    Hey North America: Why Aren't You Buying 20 Oz Bottles Of Coke?

    By 5.28.08

    Oh no! You know there’s something wrong with the economy when people stop buying (comparatively) expensive 20 oz bottles of Coke. The Wall Street Journal says that sales of Coke’s biggest profit-maker are down and its affecting the company’s bottom line.

    Lazy Employees Lose Kohl's An Easy $300 Sale

    Lazy Employees Lose Kohl's An Easy $300 Sale

    By cwalters 5.11.08

    Home Depot Closing 15 Stores

    Home Depot Closing 15 Stores

    By Ben Popken 5.1.08

    The Home Depot is closing 15 stores nationwide.

    The Best Sales Line Ever

    The Best Sales Line Ever

    By Ben Popken 4.29.08

    I walked by this DS-Max/Innovage type salesguy…

    Verizon: Cancel Vonage And Cablevision Phone Lines Or You Can't Have FiOS

    Verizon: Cancel Vonage And Cablevision Phone Lines Or You Can't Have FiOS

    By 4.16.08

    Here’s an odd little letter. For once a customer was actually pleased with the salesperson that came to their door and convinced them to try FiOS. Yay! The trouble came when the nice salesperson called in and Verizon refused to activate the account unless the customer canceled their phone lines with Vonage and Cablevision and switched all three to Verizon.

    New York State To Start Taxing Amazon Purchases

    New York State To Start Taxing Amazon Purchases

    By cwalters 4.15.08

    One of the budget-related changes voted in last week by New York State’s politicians included a new “Amazon tax”:

    “Another $50 million will come from requiring online retailers like Amazon that do not have a physical presence in New York to collect sales taxes on purchases made by New Yorkers and remit them to the state.

    New York’s argument, based on a reading of the 1992 Quill vs. North Dakota U.S. Supreme Court ruling, is that because Amazon makes sales through affiliates who live in the state, it can be considered to have a physical presence there—which means the new law wouldn’t apply to retailers who don’t use affiliate programs.

    This Toys "R" Us Discount Is Of Dubious Value

    By consumeristcarey 4.10.08

    Dylan writes:

    I saw this today at the Toy”R”Us store in Elizabeth, New Jersey and though you folks would be interested. This Lego kit (the Exo Force Sentai Fortress Battle Set) has a sign that indicates its original price was $19.99 and that it is on sale for $69.98. The sign helpfully indicates that this is a savings of negative $49.

    We’ve seen fifty-cent adjustments in the wrong direction, but fifty dollars? That’s pushing it.

    Verizon CSR: My FiOS Bill Is Always Wrong, Too

    Verizon CSR: My FiOS Bill Is Always Wrong, Too

    By 4.8.08

    The Tampa Bay Tribune has a fascinating article about the sales-centric culture at Verizon’s customer service call centers. The CSRs are given large bonuses (sometimes thousands of dollars) for selling services to people who call in looking to correct their bills.

    The 10 Lies A Door-to-Door Alarm Salesman Tells

    The 10 Lies A Door-to-Door Alarm Salesman Tells

    By Ben Popken 3.19.08

    Taylor sells home alarm systems door-to-door, and he is the devil, lying, manipulating, and preying on customer’s fears push a product. Now he has stepped forward to confess/brag about his sins: [More]

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