Deal of the Day #3 - 3/31/09

Hello All,

I should have posted this before, but better late than never. Macheist is selling a bunch of software for $40 and of that, $10 goes to a charity of your choice. We picked it up the other day and have been happy with it. The wife likes Souschef a lot, and that costs more than the whole package by itself.

You can find the deal here. It ends a week from today.

Note - This is for Apple machines only, no windows software.

If you want to be nice to me, I can refer you and then I think we both get some free software.

Later,

John

Deal of the Day #2 - 3/31/09

Hello Again,

A quick one here, NewEgg is selling a recertified Canon MF3240 laser printer/scanner/fax machine for $69.99 shipped to your door. It is $153 new at Amazon.

Find it here. Use code EMCLPPM46 for free shipping.

Later,

John

Deal of the Day - 3/31/09

Hello All,

Best Buy is selling a 15" Toshiba laptop for $499. Now a $500 laptop is not a big deal, but a 15" laptop that runs an Intel core 2 duo, that is something to write about.

If you want a machine, get a Core 2 Duo. They are the best laptop processors on the market right now. Core Duo is not as good, do not buy one of them.

Here is a new quick run down.

The Sweet

• 15" Screen
• 2 Ghz Core 2 Duo
• 3GB of ram
• 200Gb Hard Drive
• Dual Layer Burner

The Sour

• Shared Intel video card
• No bluetooth
• No Firewire
• Only a 6-cell battery
• Vista is the O/S
  

Overall this is a pretty sweat deal, especially for only $499.

You can find this deal here.

Later,

John

Deal of the Day - 3/30/09

Hello All,

Sellout.woot is selling an iPod speaker dock, shipped to your door for $44.99. This is a Griffin 2.1 speaker system which is compatible with the following iPods, it is not a 3G or iPod Touch charger.

• iPhone, iPod Touch 2nd Generation, iPod 4th Generation Nano, and iPod 6th Generation has play back capabilities but will not be charged by this device
• 5th Generation iPod with video (30GB, 60GB, 80GB)
• iPod touch 1st generation (8GB, 16GB, 32GB)
• iPod nano 3rd Generation (4GB, 8GB)
• iPod nano 2nd Generation (2GB, 4GB, 8GB)
• iPod nano 1st Generation (2GB, 4GB)

Here are the kickers. The dock is highly rated, you can see that here, and it is a great deal as Amazon is selling the same thing for $100, here.

You can find the deal here.

If you happen to need an iPod, woot is selling a 30GB iPod Video for $104.99 shipped to your door. You can find that here.

Later,

John

Deal of the Day - 3/27/09

Hello All,

Newegg has Guitar Hero World Tour, game only, for $24.99 shipped to your door. As of this posting they only have it for the PS3 and the Wii. That is a good price so act fast if you want it.

Later,

John

Deal of the Day #2 - 3/26/09

Hello All,

If you are unlucky enough to have a Nikon camera, at least you can take solace in the fact that I found you a good deal on a lens. J&R is selling the 55-200VR lens for $149 shipped to your door. You can find this deal here.

The only slight pause with this deal is that the lens is refurbished. It is refurbished by Nikon and comes with a Nikon warranty, but it is not brand spanking new.

If that is a concern, you can find the lens brand spanking new on Amazon for $213 shipped to your door. You can find that here.

Lastly, you can find reviews of the lens here and here.

Later,

John

Deal of the Day - 3/26/09 - Woot Off!

Hello All,

Woot.com

Deals on different items until, they sell out, all day long. Great deals can be had but you need to pay attention and move quickly.

If you do not want to have to remember to hit refresh over and over, or are a 14 year old girl, there is a Twitter feed you can follow here.

Later,

John

Woo Hoo - New Canon DSLR

Hello All,

If you like Canon cameras at all you will have to check out this post over at Gizmodo. They have a pre-production Canon DSLR. Here are the highlighted specs.

• 15.1 Megapixel
• Shoots 720p/30 or 1080p/20 HD Video
• Live view
• Digic 4
• 3" LCD
• Only $899 with an image stabilized kit lens

This camera goes head to head with the Nikon D90, and for $150 less. Nice job Canon. If you were looking at the XSi or 40D or 50D you should wait until May if you can, this camera will likely cause significant drops on all three of those Canon models.

I think I am still going to snag a 40D when the prices fall a bit more, but this camera is very interesting. Although shooting HD seems funny with a DSLR, the fact that it is possible is pretty nice.

For more info on the camera here are the posts by DPreview and Engadget on the T1i.

Later,

John

Deal of the Day #2 - 3/25/09

Hello All,

Once again it is a RedBox free movie rental Wednesday. You can go to any RedBox kiosk and enter

MMM325

to get a free rental. You can find the RedBox closest to you here. If you do not have an account I recommend setting that up on-line before you go to the kiosk. Every time I have been to one of the kiosks there have been people waiting and entering credit card info, on top of name and what not would take a bit of time.

Later,

John

Deal of the Day - 3/25/09

Hello All,

Woot is selling a brand new Sony 32" LCD TV for $484.99 shipped to your door.

This is a good price for a Sony 32" and people really like this TV. You can find reviews of the TV here and here.

You can find this deal here.

If you buy the TV, here are the calibrated settings for the best picture.

Later,

John

Deal of the Day - 3/24/09

Hello All,

The Dell Inspiron Mini 9 is on sale for $199 once again. This is a Linux netbook with great battery life and small size.

You can find this deal here.

I wrote a bit more on the unit the last time it was on sale, you can find that here.

Thanks,

John

PS3 Rumor

Hello All,

The pipes and tubes tell me that on March 22nd the 80GB PS3 will drop to $300. This is purely a rumor right now, but I have heard that the price drop will happen in the spring of 2009, so this falls into line with that rumor. Two rumors that collaborate each other make it true right?

Anyway take it for what it is worth, but if you were on the fence about a PS3 you might want to wait a little bit to see if you can save $100.

Later,

John

Deal of the Day - 3/18/09

Hello All,

RedBox free movie rental Wednesday. You can go to any RedBox kiosk and enter

GTL456

to get a free rental. You can find the RedBox closest to you here. If you do not have an account I recommend setting that up on-line before you go to the kiosk. Every time I have been to one of the kiosks there have been people waiting and entering credit card info, on top of name and what not would take a bit of time.

Later,

John

Deal of the Day - 3/14/09

Hello All,

Some free stuff for the weekend. Killians is offering free beer tasting kits, unfortunately there is no free beer included. What you do get is 4 tasting glasses, a bottle opener and a beer tasting guide. Follow these easy instructions to procure the kit for yourself.

1. Go to here
2. Register on the site
3. Click Start the Journey
4. Click on order free tasting kit
5. Enter code: M9N7K3K

That is it. They will send you the stuff in the mail.

Later,

John

Deal of the Day - 3/13/09

Hello All,

Friday the 13th comes in for us this year, Woo Hoo. Dell is selling the Canon XSi for $619 plus tax. This is a great price for an awesome camera. You can find it here.

I do not know why Dell is selling the camera this cheap. Canon did not announce a replacement to the XSi at the recent photo conventions and as a result the price on this camera has gone up in the last couple weeks. The rumor mill now says summer before Canon's replacement model is released so if you cannot wait until then, you should jump now.

Later,

John

Deal of the Day - 3/11/09

Hello All,

Sadly the recession has really seemed to hurt the deals. Here is a freebie to keep us entertained until the deals start coming back in.

Redbox, the $1 a day DVD rental kiosks located in grocery stores amongst other places offers a free rental every Wednesday. You can find this deal here.

If you sign up for SMS alerts from Redbox you can get a free rental on Mondays too. You can find this here.

Thanks to loyal reader Jesse for the heads up on this deal :-).

Later,

John