• Woot: It’s a Woot-off! After one deal gets sold out, another goes up in its place.
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Use Typos To Get eBay Deals All To Yourself
By 5.29.07
Not every eBay seller throughly spellchecks their listings, a little fact you can exploit to buy stuff for cheaper, says Kiplinger’s:
Apple Store Blocks MySpace
By 5.29.07
It’s a sad day for cheap vain people, the Apple Store has blocked MySpace. One can no longer hog the computers taking pursed-lipped self-portraits with PhotoBooth and uploading them to MySpace. Apparently, such people were clogging up the Macs for hours at a time.
Morning Deals
By 5.22.07
• TheTechGeek: Wii Remote Charging Dock + Rechargeable Battery Pack for $14.99
Introducing Jezebel
By 5.21.07
The razor-fingered Valkyries seen above are the editors of the newest addition to the Gawker stable, Jezebel. They’ll be delivering an unvarnished excoriation of women’s magazines, celebrities, sex and fashion.
Something To Think About The Next Time You Pull Out Your Credit Card
By 5.21.07
According to Bob Lawless at The Credit Slips Blog, if no one in America spent any of this year’s personal income on “trivial” things like food, shelter, taxes, and medical care,” it would still not be enough to pay off all of our mortgages, credit cards, and other “other personal indebtedness.” In 2003, this wasn’t true.
Victoria's Secret, Limited, Express Threaten To Fire Employees Who Don't Get Enough New Credit Card Accounts
By 5.16.07
Yikes! We hate being bullied by clerks to open store credit accounts! Hate it! Read Jesica’s entire email inside.
Retailmenot Coupon Site Redesigned: Prettier, More Useful
By 5.16.07
Retailmenot, the online coupon site built by the same fine folks behind BugMeNot, have kicked up their design and usability with a fresh new look.
Shopping Online: More Revenue From Clothes And Shoes Than Computers
By 5.16.07
In 2006, revenue from skirts, suits and shoes reached $18.3 billion, surpassing that from PCs, printers and word-processing programs, which totaled $17.2 billion, according to a report to be released today by a major trade group.
How To Avoid The Upsell
By 5.14.07
But we don’t have to take it. These companies take our valuable time and energy trying to get us to buy one more thing. Instead of simply grinning and bearing it, here’s some advice to help us avoid the upsell:
