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Food Makers Not Passing On Savings From Falling Commodities Prices
The prices of commodities has dropped from their peaks of last year, yet food makers are not reducing consumer prices, reports Marketplace. Now this is rather funny, and familiar.
Morning Deals
- Woot: [Who Can Say] Woot Off! going on today. (Thanks to Eric!)
- Costume Discounters: [Halloween] Costume Discounters Star Trek Adult Costumes
- Xbox Marketplace : [Console] $50 Rebate for Xbox 360 Elite Purchase
- Barnes & Noble: [Subscriptions] Extra $5 off over 100 Magazine Subscriptions
- Buy.com: [HDTV] Philips 47-inch 1080p LCD HDTV $900 + free shipping
Morning Deals
- Abt Electronics: [Service Plan] Abt Coupon Code 20% off AppleCare Protection Plans
- Boston Market : [Restaurant] Two Free Kid’s Meals with $6 Adult Purchase
- Amazon: [Phones] All AT&T Phones for $0.01 with New 2-Year Contracts (Excluding iPhone)
- Fisher Price : [Toys] $20 Off $100 Purchase (Select Categories) w/ Printable Coupon
Morning Deals
- Virgin Atlantic: [Travel] Savings on London Flights from $218 Each Way
- Amazon : [Tools] Skil 18-Volt Cordless 4-Tool Kit for $182.69 w/ Free shipping
- Buy.com: [Computer Cases] Antec Mini Skeleton-90 Mini-ITX PC Case for $92 + free shipping
Morning Deals
- US Appliance : [Blu-Ray Player] Samsung Blu-Ray Disc Player with BD Live + Streaming Netflix for $149 w/ Coupon SAM50 w/ Free shipping
- Gap: [Clothing & Accessories] Gap Summer Sale: Up to 40% off
- HP: [Laptop] 2.1GHz T6500 Core 2 Duo 17.3-inch laptop (4GB/350GB) with Blu-Ray, TV-Tuner, Printer for $853 + free shipping (coupon NBWD74213)
Why Costco Taunts You With High-End Luxury Items
Heather at The Greenest Dollar read How We Decide by Jonah Lehrer earlier this summer, and it made her see Costco in an entirely new way. The point behind all that crazy luxury stuff for sale at Costco isn’t just to sell it, she says; it’s to prime your brain with feel-good dopamine so that you’re far more likely to splurge on the more affordable items deeper in the store.
Morning Deals
- Liz Claiborne: [Apparel] New Liz Claiborne Coupon Codes up to $50 Off + Free Shipping
- Dairy Queen : [Ice Cream] Buy One Blizzard Get One Free + $1 Off Oreo Cookie Blizzard w/ Printable Coupon
- BHPhoto: [HDTV] Panasonic Viera TC-P50S1 50-inch 1080p Plasma HDTV $999.95 + free shipping
DeadlyDeal Neither Deadly Nor A Deal, Just Lame
Brandon regrets having done business with DeadlyDeal.com earlier this year. He figured he “couldn’t go wrong” with his mystery box purchase—”after all, my dealings with Woot.com had all been more than satisfactory so far.” But DeadlyDeal is no Woot, friends. Well, except maybe in the creative writing department, because there’s no way those DeadlyDeal customer testimonies (“Thanks for my free iPhone!”) are legit.
You Will Not Escape Toys R Us This Christmas
One good thing about the bad economy: There are plenty of empty storefronts in malls across the country, and the owners are more than happy to rent them to short-term tenants during peak seasons. And, this year, you can add Toys R Us to the usual gang of Halloween and Christmas stores that pop up suddenly in your local Simon, and disappear in the night a few weeks later. Jeffrey and his posse are expected to open 80 temporary stores next month, along with new toy sections in 260 Babies R Us shops.
Morning Deals
- Northern Tool : [Automotive] 31-Piece Roadside Emergency Kit for $5 w/ Coupon 121380 w/ Free shipping
- Music123: [Performance & Recording] Microphone Sale: Buy One and Get One Free
- Western Digital : [Software] Free Acronis Disk Cloning Software (Download)
- Direct2Drive: [PC Games] $5 Sale on games, titles include Civ 4, Sid Meier’s Pirates, and Bioshock
Morning Deals
- TheECA.com: Free 1-Year Membership to the Entertainment Consumers Association w/ coupon GIMAG (regularly $19.99)
- Amazon: [GPS] Magellan RoadMate 1412 4.3-Inch Widescreen Portable GPS Navigator $99.99 + free shipping
If The Coupon Doesn't Apply, You Must Not Buy
Most likely, this has happened to you. You have a great coupon for a restaurant or retailer, and go to use it only to find that for some reason, it’s been declined. Maybe it expired. Maybe it doesn’t apply to the item you bought. The question is: Do you still make the purchase?
Morning Deals
- Skull Candy : [Headphones] 50% Off Entire Purchase w/ Coupon Sku124LL9021
- Newegg: [LCD] LG W2242T-BF 22-inch LCD Monitor $150 Shipped
Abercrombie & Fitch Fined For Discriminating Against Autistic Shopper
The PR geniuses at Abercrombie & Fitch are in the news again for refusing to let a 14-year old autistic shopper have help trying on clothes. The Minnesota Department of Human Rights has fined the company $115,264 for discriminating against a person with a disability.
Morning Deals
- Jet Blue: [Travel] Jet Blue R&R Sale – Fares from $29 each way
- FTD.com: [Flowers] FTD Good Neighbor Day 2009: Free floral bouquets
- Apple Store: [iPod Touch] Price drops – 8GB Touch $189, 16GB $249, 32GB $279 shipped
Morning Deals
- OfficeDepot: [MP3 Player] Memorex 2GB Clip MP3 Player $20 or 2GB Image + FM Radio + MP3 Player $30
- Sephora: [Beauty] Sephora Big Beauty Sale: Up to 75% off + three samples for free
