Tuesday, May 26, 2009

Deal of the Day #3 - 5/26/09

Hello All,

Blue Moon Brewery is offering free bottle openers if you become a Brewery Insider.

You can sign-up here.

Later,

John

Deal of the Day #2 - 5/26/09

Hello All,

Lego is offering free subscriptions to Lego Club Jr. It is for kids 6 and under. You get a magazine for free every month.

You can find this deal here.

Later,

John

Deal of the Day - 5/26/09

Hello All,

Zagg is offering 50% off any invisibleSHIELD product, until the end of the day on May 27th.

I have one on every one of my cameras, and I think strongly recommend them.

Use code memday09

Later,

John

Thursday, May 21, 2009

Deal of the Day - 5/21/09

Hello All,

Snapfish is offering 50 free prints to any new customers. They use your email address for verification. You can find this deal here.

In addition any customer can $5 off any purchase by using code:

5offnow

This code is good until June 1, 2009.

Later,

John

Tuesday, May 19, 2009

Deal of the Day #2 - 5/19/09

Hello All,

Newegg has a few solid Memorial day deals. The sale ends next Monday, 5/25/09.

Pioneer Car CD player - with Aux input for iPods or MP3 players - $64.99

Canon SD1200 - 10 MP Camera - $189.99 Use code EMCLSMX45

Acer 22" LCD Monitor - 5ms response, 2500:1 - $149.99

Kingston 4GB Flash Drive - USB 2.0 - $9.49

Canon MX300 Printer/Scanner/Copier - $39.99 Use code EMCLSMX76

The Canon is a heck of a deal if you are in the market for a printer. You cannot get ink for less than $40 these days and on top of that Canon ink is way cheaper than HP ink.

Later,

John

Deal of the Day - 5/19/09

Hello All,

Dell has a nice deal on a 23" 1080p monitor. It has a 1000:1 contrast ratio and a 5ms response time. It is on sale for $209 right now.

You can find this deal here.

Later,

John

Monday, May 18, 2009

Deal of the Day - 5/18/09

Hello All,

Woot is selling a brand new MiniDV camcorder for $134.99 shipped to your door. MiniDV is still the best recording medium as it is cheap, durable, lasts a long time, and you can buy tapes just about anywhere. Hard Disk based and flash based recorders require lots of storage or a laptop to clean them off, and that is a pain to drag along on vacation.

This model got good ratings at Amazon, and is just over $100 cheaper than Amazon.

Find this deal here.

Later,

John

Thursday, May 14, 2009

Deal of the Day #3 - 5/14/09

Hello All,

Newegg has a nice deal for a little bar camera. They are selling a Fiju 8MP pocket camera for $75 shipped to your door and it comes with a free case. This camera is great for indoor portraits and parties. It would also be ok in bright outdoor light. It has a 2.7" LCD on the back so you will be able to really see what you took a picture of, and as I said before, it is inexpensive.

You can find this deal here.

Later,

John

Deal of the Day #2 - 5/14/09

Hello All,

Sellout.woot has a good deal today as well as woots woot off, very rare. Sellout.woot is selling a Sansa Clip 2GB MP3 player for $20.99 shipped to your door. This is a great little unit for working out, skiing, anywhere you want something small and cheap. The bonus of the Sansa over an Apple product is that it has a FM radio built in as well. So for you Sansa haters out there this is a $20 FM radio, that you can play MP3s on, still a decent deal.

I have a Sansa for working out, it works great, and if it breaks or I lose it, I am not out very much.

Find this deal here.

Later,

John

Deal of the Day - 5/14/09

Hello All,

It is a Woot Off. Get over to Woot and see what they are selling now.

--Update--
My buddy Jake just showed me this. It is crazy, apparently they have a lot of time on their hands down in Texas at Woot. The woot-off theme song.

Later,

John

Wednesday, May 13, 2009

Deal of the Day #3 - 5/13/09

Hello All,

One last quick hitter. GameFly is offering free shipping on used games. This deal runs until May 18th. Here are links to the various systems. The Lego Games are probably the best deal.
Later,

John

Deal of the Day #2 - 5/13/09

Hello All,

Today only at Shutterfly, you can get 25 free prints.

Use coupon code PRINTS to get the free prints.

Later,

John

Deal of the Day - 5/13/09

Hello All,

I am luke warm on this deal, but I am leaning toward it is a deal.

Woot is selling 30Gb Zunes for $84.99 shipped to your door. They are Microsoft recertified so they have a one year warranty from Microsoft, which is the same as new.

They have two features that go above and beyond iPods.
  1. They have an FM radio built in
  2. They can wirelessly sync with your computer
The forum postings mostly have people liking them too. If you have the newest firmware and software for it, it seems like a good unit, both free upgrades.

You can find that deal here. There is also a deal for a car charger/FM adapter here if you get a zune.

As an alternative Apple sells their own refurbished stuff on-line. You can find iPods cheap here. I have purchased a few refurbished items from Apple and they were all as good as new, and have worked for years. It is a good way to save some money.

Later,

John

Friday, May 8, 2009

Deal of the Day #2 - 5/8/09

Hello All,

If you love Johnnie Depp and have a Blu-Ray player, this is the deal for you. Amazon is offering a $10 Visa gift card if you buy any one of a select number of Blu-Ray discs.

Basically you can get any one of the movies for about $10 after you figure in the gift card.

You can find this deal here.

Deal of the Day - 5/8/09

Hello All,

Sellout.woot has an Asus Eee PC with a solid state drive, for $164.99 shipped to your door.

This machine is refurbished, but Asus is a great company so I would not let that hinder you from buying the machine. This machine is great for browsing the web, taking notes, sending email, all of the stuff people do on a regular basis. It is also small and cheap, two pluses for a little laptop.

You can find this deal here.

Happy Birthday Jill!!! The big 27, you are getting OLD.

Later,

John

Tuesday, May 5, 2009

Deal of the Day #2 - 5/5/09

Hello All,

A quick one here. Ghostbusters, Stripes, and Groundhog Day - all 3 for $5 . I trust all of you know about these movies, but if you do not, go to IMDB and check them out, then buy them. $5 does not even buy a Big Mac meal at McDonalds, and this is at least five hours of entertainment.

Find the deal here.

Later,

John

Deal of the Day - 5/5/09

Hello All,

If you need a laptop, heck if you even think you want a laptop, then this is the deal for you. CompUSA is selling a HP 15.4" laptop for $329.99. This is a brand new machine, the only catch being a mail-in rebate, but for $100 who cares. This is a netbook priced laptop, buy it if you want a laptop. It is far and away the cheapest 15" new laptop I have ever seen.

Ok, there are definitely some negatives to this machine, but for under $400, you are getting a lot of bang for your buck. My general rule is an Intel Core 2 Duo for $500 or under is a good deal. This is only a single processor, but it is more than enough for most people. You can browse the web and check your email on it just fine. Gaming might stink, but no one buys a $330 laptop for gaming. At least you should not do that. If you do, you get what you paid for.

So on to a short sweet and sour.

The Sweet
  1. It is a new laptop for $330.
  2. 15.4" Screen
  3. Dual Layer DVD Burner
  4. Built-in wifi, ethernet, and phone
  5. Did I mention it is $330?
The Sour
  1. Not a dual core machine, so not 64 bit compatible
  2. Only 1Gb of ram, although you have an open slot
  3. Integrated video card
  4. AMD Sempron processor
  5. Vista Home comes on the machine
  6. No firewire jacks
Ok, so the specs are not awesome, but again it is $330. It will work great for 95% of the things that most people use a laptop for, save your money and buy this if you are looking for a laptop.

The latop can be found here, and the rebate can be found here.

Later,

John

Friday, May 1, 2009

Deal of the Day #4 - 5/1/09

Hello All,

Amazon has the Beach Boys Pet Sounds MP3 download for $1.99. This is one of the most important albums of all time. At least that is what the wikipedia tells me.

You can find this here.

Later,

John

Deal of the Day #3 - 5/1/09

Hello All,

Borders stores, 40% off a list price on any one book. Find the coupon here.

This is in store only and ends tomorrow.

Later,

John

Deal of the Day #2 - 5/1/09

Hello All,

Another mothers day special, vacuum cleaners are on clearance at Best Buy. Ha Ha, that was a joke. Well the mothers day special was, Dirt Devils really are on clearance at Best Buy.

The reviews seem to be mixed. They do look cool though, and for only $15 they might be ok.

You can find them here.

Later,

John

Deal of the Day - 5/1/09

Hello All,

Woot is taking care of the late adopters today with a combo of deals. For $24.99 shipped to your door they are offering an upconvert DVD player. It is refurbished, but it is also really cheap, and it plays almost anything. Divx, MP3s, and JPEGs. Here is the full list from Woot.

Video Playback:

  • Playback Media: CD, CD-R/CD-RW, Video CD/SVCD, DVD, DivX, DVD+R/+RW, DVD-R/-RW, DVD-Video
  • Compression formats: MPEG1, MPEG2
  • Video disc playback system: NTSC, PAL

Audio Playback:

  • Playback Media: CD, MP3-CD, MP3-DVD, WMA-CD, CD-R/RW, Audio CD
  • MP3 bit rates: 32 – 320 kbps
  • Compression format: MP3, Dolby Digital, PCM, WMA

Still Picture Playback:

  • Playback Media: DVD+R/+RW, DVD-R/-RW, CD-R/RW, Picture CD, Kodak Picture CD
  • Picture compression format: JPEG
  • Picture enhancement: Rotate, Zoom, Slideshow, Flip photos
It also makes regular DVDs look much better on your new HDTV.

You can find that deal here.

So you buy this, but you need an HDMI cable so it can work its magic. Sellout.Woot has HDMI cables on sale for cheap. The cables are $2.99 with $5 shipping. You might as well buy 3 for those prices, as you will inevitably need them and at $14 for 3, that is a great deal.

You might be thinking, John is a $3 cable any good? Well yes dear reader it is. That is the great thing about digital signals. You either get them or you do not get them. If the cable works, it does not matter how much it cost. So the $3 cable is just as good as the $90 cable Best Buy is trying to gouge you on. Read this for more details on the cable issue.

You can find this deal here.

Later,

John