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Showrooming and Tips For Black Friday Shopping

Posted on November 22, 2012 by

For those who do not live in the U.S., Black Friday is the name given to the day following Thanksgiving Day, and is considered  the traditional beginning of the Christmas shopping season. Black Friday is not an official holiday, but since many employees (who don’t work in retail) get this day off as well as Thanksgiving, it is considered an “unofficial” holiday by many, and is routinely the busiest shopping day of the year.

For those who don’t know the originals of Black Friday, it originated in Philadelphia, where it originally was used to describe the heavy and disruptive pedestrian and vehicle traffic which would occur on the day after Thanksgiving. Use of the term started before 1961 and began to see broader use outside Philadelphia around 1975. Later an alternative explanation began to be offered: that “Black Friday” indicates the point at which retailers begin to turn a profit, or are “in the black”.

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One day sale at Fry’s Electronics – 4/12/12 Only

Posted on April 12, 2012 by

     For those in California, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Nevada, Oregon, Texas, and Washington, you may already be familiar with (LINK) Fry’s Electronics (http://www NULL.frys NULL.com/). For those in other states who are not familiar, Fry’s is a “Big Box” electronic store where it seems you can find virtually everything.  (In my opinion) Its like Best Buy, but with the size and pricing of a Club Store like Sam’s or Costco (yet Fry’s has no membership fees).

     Fry’s is having a (LINK) 1 day sale (http://www NULL.frys NULL.com/ads/page34) (today 4/12/12) and one of the things that caught my eye is the Patriot Micro SD card for $19.99.  For those who look at spec’s the Micro SD card is Class 4.

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     For those with tablets or cell phones, this card may just be the ideal upgrade. It works well on the Acer Inconia Tab 500 tablet as well as the Original Sprint EVO 4G or EVO 3D. Also keep in mind that if you are a Sprint customer and are considering getting one of the newly announced phones, like the HTC EVO 4G LTE or LG Viper, this card will work as well.

     If you would like to see if you have a Fry’s store near you click (LINK) Fry’s locations. (http://www NULL.frys NULL.com/ac/storelocator/index NULL.jsp) You can also buy online, however, shipping could eat up any savings, just keep that in mind. 

**For disclosure – TGM has NO affiliation with Fry’s Electronics. However, I am a huge fan and a regular visitor to Fry’s stores whenever I find myself in an area with Fry’s nearby, and have been for over a decade. 

Deal Alert: AutoSlash helps you save money on Car Rentals

Posted on March 25, 2012 by

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     If you are in need of a car rental, you may want to look at (LINK) AutoSlash.com (http://www NULL.autoslash NULL.com/). The site promises to find you the lowest rate possible among the rental car companies they support (Note: Not all Rental Car Companies are available).

When you start your price search, Autoslash shows you the “Published Rates” from Hertz, Thrifty, Dollar, Advantage, SixT, Payless, E-Z Rent, and Fox Rent a Car.  Once you book, they then go out and look for any discounts and rebook your rental applying the discounts. 

This is how AutoSlash explains it –

Your Rate Can Only Go Down From Here
The rates shown on our website are un-discounted. The way AutoSlash.com works is that once you book, we work to apply coupons and discounts to lower your rate. Our system can very quickly determine the optimal discount codes to get you the lowest possible rate. Many of our customers receive a price reduction in the first 24 hours after booking.
Then we’ll re-price your rental multiple times a day. If rates drop or we find a better discount code, we’ll automatically re-book you to take advantage of the savings. It’s like price protection for your rental. We do all this for FREE!

Tablet Deal – Lenovo IdeaPad A1 Tablet for $189 (Save $210 off the normal price)

Posted on March 16, 2012 by

Lenovo  Just came across a great deal for anyone looking for a (non-fruit) tablet. It seems that Lenovo has a great deal directly from the (LINK) Shop Lenovo (http://shop NULL.lenovo NULL.com/SEUILibrary/controller/e/web/LenovoPortal/en_US/catalog NULL.workflow:category NULL.details?current-catalog-id=12F0696583E04D86B9B79B0FEC01C087&current-category-id=1D93DC696842DCD16814BD79634CB472&menu-id=products) website. If you purchase the A1 tablet and use eCoupon  FOURDAYDEAL315 during the checkout process, all you will pay is $189 for the tablet ($199 for white and pink, $249 if you want it in blue).

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     Everyone is currently focused on the “New iPad”, but for most people the IdeaPad will do everything they need (and in some cases more), for 1/3 the price.

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     The IdeaPad A1 Table has the following specs –

Processor

Texas Instruments OMAP 3622 ( 1GHz )


Operating system

Android 2.3

Graphics

TI Integrated OMAP 3622


Total memory8 (http://shop NULL.lenovo NULL.com/SEUILibrary/controller/e/web/LenovoPortal/en_US/#)

512 MB LPDDR2 600MHz


Display

7.0″ SD LED Glare Multi-touch with integrated camera 1024×600

Camera

Front 0.3MP, Rear 3.0MP

Hard Drive

16GB

Battery

1 Cell Li-Polymer

Network Card

Lenovo BGN Wireless

Bluetooth

Bluetooth Version 2.1 + EDR

Warranty

One year

     You will notice that this 7” tablet runs Android 2.3, for most people that is all that you will need. The majority of current Android apps are designed for Gingerbread (2.3).  If you are looking to be cutting edge, and you need to have the latest and greatest, then this tablet probably isn’t for you. If you want a good quality tablet, that will give you Flash functionality without spending an arm and a leg, then this is a deal you want to look into.

     A couple of notes, (1) I’m not sure how long this deal will last, as I don’t see an end date on the Lenovo page. So don’t think about it too long if you are interested. (2) Remember that you need to use eCoupon FOURDAYDEAL315, or you will not see the discount rate.

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(*Screenshots directly from the Lenovo website)

Shopping: Xbox 360 Live Gold – 12 Month Membership on Sale for $39.99 (Via GameStop) (US Only)

Posted on February 6, 2012 by

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This deal has ended and the price is now $59.99 again.

Deal alert:

For those who have Xbox Live Gold Memberships or if you are considering moving your live membership from silver to gold, this is a really good time.  GameStop is currently offering the Live Gold 12 month membership for $39.99 (That’s $20 off the regular price)

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Some of the Xbox Gold Membership benefits -

  • Instantly watch HD movies and TV shows from Netflix (Netflix membership required as well)
  • 3,500 live and on-demand sports and highlights from ESPN on Xbox LIVE
  • Video Kinect, Facebook and Twitter on your TV
  • Personalized music from Zune and Last.fm
  • Play games online with friends

There is no physical card to buy and this offer is only good at GameStop online. If you are interested in purchasing the 12 Month Gold Card go to (LINK) GameStop Online (http://www NULL.gamestop NULL.com/xbox-360/dlc/xbox-360-live-12-month-gold-card-dlc/84540?cid=eml_10000433)

**Unfortunately, GameStop lists this offer as “Downloads to U.S. addresses only”.

Shopping: Deal on Extended Battery HTC EVO 4G and EVO 3D

Posted on August 25, 2011 by

htc-logo  One of the biggest complaints I regularly get asked about the HTC EVO phones (Original EVO 4G and EVO 3D) concerns battery life.  Unfortunately, HTC decided to use the smaller 1500 mAh batteries as the default battery for the EVO and the (not much bigger) 1730 mAh battery for the EVO 3D. Because of this, the battery life on both phones is less than a day and for heavy power users can get as little as 3 to 4 hours of battery.

I have a simple and inexpensive solution, that will get the average user as much as 2 days and power users at least a full day (plus a little bit more) of battery life.

The suggestion is to get a replacement “extended” battery. The EVO 4G extended battery is a 3500 mAh battery. The cost including ground shipping (when you apply Coupon Code – htc20phones) is $12.79 for the EVO 4G.

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The HTC EVO 4G extended battery can be found at HandHelditems (Link)http://www.handhelditems.com/premium-3500-extended-battery-door-p-159471.html (http://www NULL.handhelditems NULL.com/premium-3500-extended-battery-door-p-159471 NULL.html)

The extended battery for the EVO 3D is also a 3500 mAh battery. The EVO 3D battery will run you $15.19 (again, you need to apply coupon code – htc20phones to get the discount). It has the same shipping options as the EVO 4G.

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The EVO 3D extended battery can be found at HandHelditems (LINK)  http://www.handhelditems.com/premium-extended-battery-with-back-cover-3500-grade-cell-p-171410.html (http://www NULL.handhelditems NULL.com/premium-extended-battery-with-back-cover-3500-grade-cell-p-171410 NULL.html)

Both batteries include a replacement back cover for your phone.  As these batteries as just a little bigger than the batteries that come with the phone, the original battery cover does not fit.

Lastly, Both batteries have a couple of shipping options. Ground shipping for FREE, Regular Express (3 to 5 days) and Priority Express ( 2 to 4 days) for an additional fee (which is based on your zip code), but I recommend staying with Ground Shipping.  I received my battery via ground in 4 days.

Deal Alert: Amazon.com has Lady Gaga’s New Album on sale for 99 cents (Today 5/26 only)

Posted on May 26, 2011 by

Amazon I’m not a Lady Gaga fan but a sale is a sale….

Amazon.com has Lady Gaga’s New Album “Born this way” on sale for 99 cents but just for Today 5/26 only.  The 99 cent offer is for the entire album as an MP3 download. Usually you get 1 song for 99 cents, not an entire album.

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If you are interested here is the Amazon.com link http://www.amazon.com/MP3-Music-Download/b/ref=sa_menu_dmusic9?ie=UTF8&node=163856011 (http://www NULL.amazon NULL.com/MP3-Music-Download/b/ref=sa_menu_dmusic9?ie=UTF8&node=163856011)