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Dear Diary: Today I Went to Best Buy
By 5.11.06
Gus went shopping today at Best Buy and decided to write us. It’s not a rant, not necessarily a complaint and probably won’t make you a better person.
Morning Deals Roundup
By 5.11.06
The truth is out there, your laptop sucks. High-end gaming laptop maker Alienware offers up to $200 off select notebooks.
Abercrombie & Fitch Catalogue Come to Life
By 5.10.06
We took a stroll down 5th avenue in NYC this afternoon and saw many delightful and several inane things through the shop windowss (a Flickr gallery is forthcoming). But first, we just had to show you this pic we snagged through the open door at Abercrombie & Fitch.
SEC Sticks Subpoena to Overstock
By 5.10.06
Overstock.com is an embattled victim under attack by its rivals and a cabal of journalists and shortsellers working to destroy its good name.
Morning Deals Roundup
By 5.10.06
Sennheiser In-Ear Headphones for $49.95. They make great headphones. We have a pair of the studio ones and they’re perfect for drowning out our girlfriend when she’s on the phone.
Saks’ Dumpster-Dived Window Displays
By 5.10.06
Saks has a new window display up on 5th Avenue until this Thursday.
Morning Deals Roundup
By 5.8.06
• Today’s Woot! is a Digital Blue Tony Hawk Helmet Cam for $39.99. Strap one of this on your head and wirelessly record your exciting life.
Walmart’s 32 Year Viral Proliferation
By 5.8.06
From The University of Minnesota’s Thomas Holmes’ paper The Diffusion of Wal-Mart and Economies of Density. Via Box Tank.
Consumers Are Manic Depressive
By 5.5.06
Unable to decide whether the economy is good or bad, the Chicago Tribune settles for a resounding, “Yes.”
Morning Deals Round Up
By 5.5.06
• Today’s Woot! is a JVC 500-Watt Receiver with in-built DVD player for $165. It runs about $220 shipped elsewhere online, so it’s not a bad bargain.
Smell of Discount Designer Duds Like Sweet Puke
By 5.4.06
The prospect of crazy fashion deals is usually considered “sick” as in “sweet” as in “bad like early Michael Jackson good.”
Guess There’s No ‘Five-Second Rule’ In Shopping
By 5.4.06
Shoppers are less likely to buy clothing if they think it has been touched by others, accordinig to a recent study at the University of Alberta.
Morning Deals Round Up
By 5.4.06
• Where we come from, calling something ‘bagless’ isn’t really a selling point. Today’s Woot! disagrees, hawking the refurbished Hoover WindTunnel Bagless Vacuum for $145, shipped. Quite a few different models exist making price comparison tricky, but this looks like a fair—not great—deal.
Hasbro Release Play-Doh Perfume
By 5.4.06
If you’ve ever wished someone would capture your squandered youth, distill it of the nasty bits inside the whipping booth and standing in the schoolyard with your pants down, put in in a bottle and sell it you… have cheer. Hasbro is now selling eau du Play-Doh.
UPDATE: Buying a Car and Getting Away With It
By 5.3.06
2006. It’s called, “The Financing Fell Through Scam.”
