• Pick up one of two Motorola Bluetooth headsets on the cheap: the HS805 for $25 or the MS815 for $30. Use the coupon code RAZRREWARDS for an additional 10% off. These should work fine with non-Motorola but Bluetooth-equipped phones.
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Morning Deals Round-Up
By 2.22.06
• SlickDeals has information about free service for ’95 to ’97 Hondas, including emissions inspection and new cap, rotor, and wires over 75k miles. Don’t let them upsell you the car lock oil, though.
HOWTO Buy a Laptop on Ebay
By 2.22.06
Solid article here on purchasing a notebook computer online. Much of the advice is common sense but are good reminders to review when salivating over the latest i-Thingy, like verifying the repair history, seeing if there are any dead pixels, and making sure the CD/DVD drive isn’t filled with peanut butter.
We Need to Peer Inside Your Brain
By 2.21.06
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Morning Deals Round-Up
By 2.21.06
• We’ll leave behind our ‘no rebates’ policy for this deal at Radio Shack for the Ultra X-Connect 500W Power Supply for free, after $100 worth of rebates. Slickdeals has the details. With Radio Shack’s problems, we look forward to future big deals.
Fashion vs. Style in FCUK Lesbo Catfight
By 2.20.06
We’d be remiss to neglect the ladies in detailing homosexual shopping experiences, so here’s a video for clothier FCUK pitting Fashion against Style in a hand-to-hand sapphic scenario, after the jump. Beware, it autoplays.
Morning Deals Round-Up
By 2.20.06
• Amazon’s electronics outlet has many items on sale for 70% off or more. Get the Remanufactured Brother RPT-65 P-Touch Personal Label Printer for just $13, Lifehackers. [via DealNews]
Woot Off: Day 2
By 2.17.06
Just a quick reminder that yesterday’s Woot Off—where Woot drops one deal after another until each item is sold—continues apace.
Morning Deals Round-Up
By 2.17.06
• No man—and few women—has failed to marvel at the power of the floor jack. Own your own Craftsman 2 1/4 ton floor jack with jack stands for just $27.50. Pick up from Sears only. [via SlickDeals]
For the Man Who Ships Everything: Delivery Livery
By 2.16.06
We don’t know a thing about the purchase-ability of this shirt, but it’s clearly going to be the next must-have item for online shopping devotes.
Morning Deals Round-Up
By 2.16.06
• Grab a refurbished Philips DVP642/37B DVD player for $30, shipped, from Philips Outlet. Image says out of stock, but the indicator says it’s in stock. Not a bad player at all—supports Xvid and Divx downloaded files played from burnt discs.
How To Lower Your Cable Bill And/Or Self-Respect
By 2.16.06
Our luscious sisters over at Lifehacker have called our attention to this advice on lowering your cable bill:
Japanese Girls Sick Of Valentine’s Day
By 2.15.06
Adorable Japanese girls are sick of the expense and tedium of slavishly giving all the men in their lives chocolates on Valentine’s Day. From Yahoo News:
Overstock.com Actually Understocked, Manned by Soulless Robots
By 2.15.06
It’s all about the “Oh damn, you’re screwed” for Heather who tried to buy some perfume for her girlfriend (yes, that kind of girlfriend). She could’ve gone down the road to the department store but was enticed by the online retailer’s promise to have it delivered on time for Valentine’s day. Needless to say, it didn’t happen. She took her case to Overstock’s customer service chat bots who display an extremely disarming and hilarious void of concern for her angst and their fumble. Full transcript, as posted to Craigslist: Portland, after the jump.
Morning Deals Round-Up
By 2.15.06
• Here’s a deal for we penny pinchers: SuperMediaStore.com has the Kill-A-Watt Electricity Monitor for $29, shipped. This little gewgaw tells you how much power each device you plug into it uses, equipping you with the knowledge that your desktop document incinerator is actually sort of power hungry.
British Supermarkets Sell 8 Pence Valentine’s Cards
By 2.14.06
ASDA, a British supermarket chain, is selling discount Valentine’s Day card to forgetful dole sponges in the UK:
