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Weekend Deals: Chase Sapphire Card $100 Bonus and myFICO 30% off

Sun — Sat, 06 Mar 2010 15:13:17 +0000

A couple of promotions this weekend.

Chase is having a promotion for its Sapphire Card with $100 bonus. Sapphire is a premier travel card with the following features:

No annual fee
Redeem Points for travel, gift cards, merchandise, cash back and more
Earn 2X Points on Airfare booked through Ultimate Rewards & 1 point for every dollar spent on all other purchases
Points never expire and there are no Limits on How Many Points You Can Earn
24/7 dedicated service advisor (No voice recording)
Premier travel protection benefits

The bonus is given as 10,000 rewards points after the first purchase, which can be redeemed for $100. Check out my previous post for details about the card and its rewards program.

myFICO is celebrating it 9th anniversary with a 30% off sale of its products, including

FICO standard (was $15.95, now $11.17), including FICO score and credit report from Equifax or TransUnion;
Score Watch (was $9.95/month, now $6.97/month), including daily monitoring of your Equifax credit report, weekly tracking of your FICO score
Suze Orman’s FICO Kit Platinum (was $49.95, now $34.97), including 3 FICO scores and credit reports from Equifax or TransUnion, and Suze’s saving tips on car loans, mortgages, and credit cards
FICO Quarterly Monitoring (was $4.95/month, now $3.47/month), including 4 TransUnion FICO scores and reports per year and trends in your FICO score history
IDFreeze (was $10.00/month, now $7.00/month), including total protection system that helps detect and stop identity theft before it happens

Use coupon code myFICOis9 when ordering myFICO credit products to get 30% off. This offer ends March 31, 2010.

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Free H&R Block At Home Deluxe When Signing up for LifeLock Service

Sun — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 03:43:24 +0000

LifeLock is offering a free copy of H&R Block At Home Deluxe during the month of March if you sign up for its LifeLock Identity Protection program.

LifeLock is known for its pledge for $1 million guarantee for members of the LifeLock Identity Theft Protection service if they become victims of identity theft. What the $1 million guarantee means is, if someone stole your identity while you are a member of the program, LifeLock will spend the money, up to $1 million, to heir a third party Recovery Specialist to restore your identity. Not that the company will compensate you $1 million. The cost of the service is $10 per month. You can follow the above like to learn more about the program.

The tax offered in this promotion is H&R Block At Home Deluxe with State and E-file, the same as the one in my tax software giveaway last week. The value of the software is $44.95 at H&R Block, but you can get it at much lower prices if you want to purchase your own tax software.

If you are interested in this offer, use this link and promo code MARCHTAX to sign up for the LifeLock service and get the tax software for free. The offer ends March 31, 2010.

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H&R Block Valentine’s Day Promotion: Up to 70% off

Sun — Sat, 13 Feb 2010 04:20:21 +0000

H&R Block is having a special Valentine’s Day promotion, with all of its At Home tax preparation software (formerly H&R Block TaxCut) at $14.00. 2009 H&R Block tax software offered in this promotion are:

H&R Block At Home Basic: Regular price $14.95, promotion price $14.00
H&R Block At Home Deluxe: Regular price $29.95, promotion price $14.00
H&R Block At Home Premium: Regular price $49.95, promotion price $14.00

All these software offers features such as:

Audit support from a live tax professional
Import last year’s tax data from TurboTax or TaxCut
Automatic import of data from your employer and financial provider
Tailored guidance for your personal situation or occupation
Easy-to-use tax calculator

The special promotion prices are valid from February 12 to 14. The promotion, however, doesn’t include state filing. If you want to get state as well, the cost is an additional $29.95. Meanwhile, you may also want to check out other 2009 tax software promotions and deals.

BTW, H&R Block also has an online version for free federal tax filing for people with simple tax situation.

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Free Valentine’s Day Songs at Amazon Plus $20 H&R Block At Home Deluxe with State and E-Filing

Sun — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 15:39:58 +0000

Amazon.com is offering some Valentine’s Day song for free from now till February 14th. The free MP3 songs you can download at Amazon.com include:

When We’re Apart by The Morning Benders
For You by Peter Bradley Adams
40 Dogs (Like Romeo And Juliet) by Bob Schneider
All You’ve Got To Do Is Fall In Love by Benji Hughes
Don’t Do Anything by Sam Phillips
I Love You Baby by Aldo Vanucci
Can You Feel The Love Tonight by Craig Toungate

Amazon.com also has H&R Block At Home Deluxe with State and e-Filing for $19.99. This is probably the lowest prices for a 2009 tax preparation software with both the state and e-filing. Meanwhile, Amazon has reduced prices for other tax software, including 3 versions of TurboTax, at their tax center. Check out tax software promotions and deals for other available offers.

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Where to Buy 2009 Tax Software

Sun — Sat, 30 Jan 2010 05:11:58 +0000

There are still nearly three months away from the 2010 tax deadline, but it’s not too early to start prepare to file your 2009 income taxes, especially if you expect a refund. If you plan to do your own taxes this year, whether this is the first time or you have done it for many years, a tax preparation software will make your job a lot easier.

As where to buy your 2009 tax software, you can always get it from the makers, Intuit and H&R Block. However, you may not get the best deal when you shop directly from them. For example, Intuit offers TurboTax Deluxe Federal with efile for $29.95 on this website. If you also want to file state return, you will need to pay an additional $36.95. That isn’t really cheap comparing to what you can get from other retailers. One benefit of using Intuit directly is that you can file 1040EZ for free on their website if you have a simple tax return and if you also want to file state return, it will only cost you $27.95 more. Intuit’s chief competitor H&R Block also offers free version of their tax software. Of course, you can always use TaxAct, which has been free for filing federal taxes for a long time.

If you don’t want to buy tax preparation software from Intuit or H&R Block directly, there are some retailers also carry the both software. Following is a list of sites where you can buy both TurboTax and TaxCut, now called H&R Block At Home. Obviously, the list is far from complete. I plan to keep it updated as new deals or promotions come up.

Prices updated on March 1, 2010.

H&R Block

Amazon.com

Amazon.com tax center has all the 2009 tax software you need to file your taxes, from both Intuit TurboTax and H&R Block At Home (formerly TaxCut). Current deals are:

TurboTax Deluxe Federal + State 2009 + efile: $48.99 $47.99 $46.05 $39.73
TurboTax Premier Federal + State 2009 + efile: $68.99 $69.99 $66.14 $63.18
TurboTax Home & Business Federal + State 2009 + efile: $74.49 $72.99 $69.57 $68.29
H&R Block At Home 2009 Deluxe Federal + State + eFile: $25 $34.99 $19.99 $34.99
H&R Block At Home 2009 Premium Federal + State + eFile: $38.49 $44.99 $39.99 $44.99
H&R Block At Home 2009 Premium & Business Federal + State + eFile: $59.99 $64.99 $59.99

Staples.com

Staples.com is offering $30 rebate when purchasing TurboTax and Quicken together.

TurboTax Deluxe Federal and State with efile: $49.99 $59.99
TurboTax Premier Federal and State with efile: $79.99 $89.99
TurboTax Home and Business Federal and State with efile: $89.99 $99.99
H&R Block Deluxe with State and efile: $49.99 $39.99
H&R Block Premium with State and efile: $59.99 $54.99
H&R Block at Home Premium Business with State and efile: $79.99 $74.99

Buy.com

TurboTax Deluxe Fed + State 2009 + efile: $58.93 $47.99 $49.98
TurboTax Premier Fed + efile + State 2009 : $62.99 $63.99 $66.98
TurboTax Home & Business Fed + Efile + State 2009: $68.49 $71.98
H&R Block At Home 2009 Deluxe Federal + State + eFile: $35.99 $39.99 $45.24
H&R Block At Home 2009 Premium Federal + State + eFile : $49.99 $53.99 $50.98
H&R Block At Home 2009 Premium & Business Federal + State + eFile: $71.99 $73.59

BestBuy.com

TurboTax Deluxe Fed + State 2009 + efile: $54.99
TurboTax Premier Fed + efile + State 2009: $84.99
TurboTax Home & Business Fed + Efile + State 2009: $94.99
H&R Block At Home 2009 Deluxe Federal + State + eFile: $39.99
H&R Block At Home 2009 Premium Federal + State + eFile: $54.99
H&R Block At Home 2009 Premium & Business Federal + State + eFile: $74.99

Costco

TurboTax Deluxe Fed + State 2009 + efile: $49.99
TurboTax Premier Fed + State 2009 + efile: $79.99

In addition to these retailers, you can also get the software at a discount from institutions which you have a business relationship with. For example, I have a savings account with Capital One and it’s offering 25% off if I get TurboTax through Capital One. Bank of America also has a better offer at 35% discount for its customers. It’s always a good idea to check which one has the best deal before making the purchase.

BTW, TurboTax is offering some useful tax tips to help you prepare your tax filing this season:

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American Express Gift Card Fee-Free Code Plus Free Shipping Codes

Sun — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 03:04:06 +0000

I bought a few American Express gift cards just before holiday last December because I thought they make good holiday gifts. Now AMEX is celebrating the upcoming Valentine’s Day and Chinese Lunar New Year, both are the same day, February 14th, with free shipping codes for their gift cards. In addition to the classic cards, the new cards come with different designs:

Valentine’s Day with complement flowers or chocolates: Free Standard Shipping promo code GEN539
Chinese Lunar New Year: Free Standard Shipping promo code TIGER88

When I bought my gift cards early, I also got free shipping using their holiday promotions. However, since we had to pay purchase fees ($3.95 each), the deal wasn’t that great because the cards I purchased all had face value of $25. If you want to buy a AMEX gift card, you can try this fee-free code EMVALCM that AMEX sent to me yesterday. The email says I can buy gift cards without purchase fee with the code when paying with an AMEX credit card. The fee-free code will expire on March 15, 2010.

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Quicken 50% off Promotion Is Back

Sun — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 02:03:51 +0000

In case you missed the Quicken 2010 special offer early this month (get 50% off Quicken 2010 products plus free software), the promotion is alive again. The promotion period is 5 days from today till January 23, the same as last time. However, from what I noticed the coupon code worked a few days past the promotion period. Not sure if it will be case this time, but if you want take advantage of this special offer, you better do it quickly. The special offer code is 6434862157, the same as last time. Follow my original post for details about the offer and purchase Quicken 2010 at 50% discount.

Update (03/18/2010): Use special offer code 6420862157 to get 50% off Quicken 2010. Enter code manually if necessary. Offer good till 03/22/2010.

Quicken Deluxe ($59.99, Promotion price $29.99): Makes budgeting and organizing your personal finances easy; avoid late fees and penalties, control spending, and reduce debt.
Quicken Premier ($89.99, Promotion price $44.99): Makes budgeting and organizing your personal finances easy; Grow your net worth with help on maximizing your investment portfolio.
Quicken Home & Business ($99.99, Promotion price $49.99): Easily organize and manage your personal and your home-based business finances, all in one place.
Quicken Rental Property Manager ($149.99, Promotion price $74.99): Easily organize and manage your personal and rental property finances, all in one place.

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Free Inc & LLC Service from MyCorporation

Sun — Fri, 08 Jan 2010 04:18:59 +0000

MyCorporation, an Intuit company which is also the maker of TurboTax and Quiken software, is offering FREE incorporation and LLC filings for business owners from now till July 31, 2010. When a similar free LLC filing offer was made in 2008, I took advantage of it and formed an LLC for my little online business. The filing usually costs $149. But with the promotion, I got it done with no cost (I did have to pay for the shipping and filing fee with the state though). You can find more about MyCorporation and my experience of using it to file an LLC in MyCorporation review post.

Since the current promotion runs for 7 months, you have plenty of time to decide whether to use it or not. If you want to form your own business and take advantage of this offer, use this link and coupon code MYFREE to file to save $149.

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Snapfish 100 Prints for $0.50

Sun — Sat, 02 Jan 2010 22:09:28 +0000

Got photos you want to print out after the holiday? Try Snapfish. If you have never been a member before, you can get 100 4×6 prints for just 50 cents.

First, register to become a member of Snapfish. It is free to join. Once you join Snapfish, you can receive 50 prints for free. Then you can use current coupon code NEWYEAR at checkout to get another 50 prints for $0.50. That brings there total number of prints to 100 with only 50 cents. Pretty good deal, isn’t it? If you are already a member of Snapfish, you can still use the coupon code to print 50 4×6 pictures for 1 penny each.

BTW, you can also join Shutterfly and get another 50 prints for free. Shutterfly currently offers a 16×20 calendar poster for free with coupon code FREECALENDAR. You do have to pay for shipping though.

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Quicken 2010 50% off

Sun — Thu, 31 Dec 2009 18:39:15 +0000

Just received an email offer from Intuit. You can get 50% off when purchasing Quicken 2010 and receive free bonus software valued up to $139.98. Products currently on sale (with brief description) and free bonus offers are:

Quicken Deluxe ($59.99, Promotion price $29.99): Makes budgeting and organizing your personal finances easy; avoid late fees and penalties, control spending, and reduce debt. Bonus: Quicken WillMaker Plus ($69.99 value).
Quicken Premier ($89.99, Promotion price $44.99): Makes budgeting and organizing your personal finances easy; Grow your net worth with help on maximizing your investment portfolio. Bonus: Quicken WillMaker Plus ($69.99 value) and Educated Investor WealthBuilder ($49.99 value)
Quicken Home & Business ($99.99, Promotion price $49.99): Easily organize and manage your personal and your home-based business finances, all in one place. Bonus: Quicken WillMaker Plus ($69.99 value) and Quicken Legal Business Pro ($69.99 value)
Quicken Rental Property Manager ($149.99, Promotion price $74.99): Easily organize and manage your personal and rental property finances, all in one place. Bonus: Quicken WillMaker Plus ($69.99 value) and Quicken Legal Business Pro ($69.99 value)

Check out my previous post to learn more about Quicken 2010 and improvements from earlier versions. Use above link to buy Quicken software you want to and enter special offer code 6434862157 at check out to receive the discount.

Update (03/18/2010): Use special offer code 6420862157 to get 50% off Quicken 2010. Enter code manually if necessary. Offer expires on 03/22/2010.

Update (03/04/2010): Use special offer code 6429761775 to save $20 on Quicken 2010. Enter code manually if necessary. Offer expires on 03/31/2010.

Update (02/23/2010): Save $25 on TurboTax Deluxe with Stat and e-filing when purchasing Quicken 2010 and TurboTax together.

Update (02/18/2010): Use Quicken 2010 special offer code 6326062157 to get 50% off on Quicken 2010. Enter code manually if necessary. Offer good till 02/22/2010.

Update (02/04/2010): Use special offer code 6284661775 to save $20 on Quicken 2010. Enter code manually if necessary. Offer good till 02/22/2010.

Update: More Quicken coupon codes for 2010

Quicken 2010 Free Shipping Coupon (Expiration: N/A)
Buy Quicken 2010 and TurboTax 2090 and Save up to $25 (Expiration: N/A)
Try the new Quicken 2010 Desktop Products (Expiration: N/A)
Quicken Deluxe – Avoid paying late fees (Expiration: N/A)
Quicken – View all your accounts in one place (Expiration: N/A)

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Get 3-Month Amazon Prime for Free

Sun — Wed, 30 Dec 2009 03:45:15 +0000

Usually, you can get Amazon Prime for free in the one-month trail period, which is a pretty good deal during the holiday shopping season as Amazon Prime will give free shipping on any order, regardless the total amount of the purchase. Now you can get Amazon Prime membership for free for 3 months. Here’s how to get the 3-month trial:

Go to Amazon.com and find an item that’s eligible for free 2-day shipping which requires Amazon Prime membership, such as this Storybook Workshop Wii game I ordered a couple of days ago. Make sure you see this button on the right side of the product page;
Click the “Add to Cart with FREE Two-Day Shipping” button and add the item to your shopping cart;
Click “Proceed to Checkout”;
Next after confirming your order and providing payment method, but before submitting your order, you will be asked to confirm your 3-month free trial of Amazon Prime, as shown in the screenshot below. Confirm by clicking “Start my free trial”;
On the next Order Summary page, you will see that you are now on free trail of Amazon Prime and your order will be shipped with FREE Two-Day Shipping. Amazon will also send you an email confirmation of your trail after clicking the “Start my free trial” button in last step;
Now you need to go to Amazon homepage and find “Your Account” on top-right corner. In “Your Account”, find and click “Manage Prime Membership” under “More Order Actions”;
Click “Do not upgrade” so you won’t be charged with $79 annual membership fee after the 3-month free trail period. You need to click the “Turn-off aut-upgrade” button in the new pop-up window after clicking “Do not upgrade”. You will see a message in your Membership Information that “Your membership is set to not upgrade automatically”.

Now you can enjoy free 2-day shipping for three months

*Source: dealsea.com

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myFICO 26% off Promotion

Sun — Wed, 16 Dec 2009 03:43:14 +0000

myFICO is offering 26% off its FICO Standard. The regular price is $15.95 for FICO Standard with which you can get your FICO score and credit report from either Equifax or TransUnion. With the standard product, you will also get free FICO score simulator which allows you to play with different scenarios and see how your credit score will be affected. To take advantage of this promotional offer, go to myFICO and use promotion code 26UNTIL2010 when ordering FICO Standard.

Update: More myFICO Coupon Codes and Promotional Codes

myFICO May Sale – Save 20% on FICO scores & credit reports (Expiration date: N/A)
myFICO Score Watch Free Trail (Expiration date: N/A)
20% off Suze Orman FICO Kit; use promo: SUZEFKP (Expiration date: N/A)
Free FICO® Credit Score Estimator (Expiration date: N/A)

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Amazon.com $10 off $50 When Paying with Discover Card

Sun — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 16:28:08 +0000

Amazon.com is offering $10 off when you pay with your Discover Card on purchase of $50 or more this holiday season. To receive the $10 promotional discount, you need to follow these steps:

Browse for qualifying items. Qualifying items are select items sold by Amazon.com in Apparel, Electronics, Software, Video Games, and Computers displaying the offer message on their product information pages. Due to manufacturer restrictions, some products are not eligible.
Add qualifying items to your Shopping Cart until the total amount of qualifying items before taxes, gift-wrap, shipping, and other promotions totals $50 or more. The savings only apply to select products sold by Amazon.com in Apparel, Electronics, Software, Video Games, and Computers. Items from those different product categories may be combined to qualify.
Click the “Proceed to Checkout” button, the amount of the savings will be reflected on the final order checkout page.
Update the form of payment to your Discover Card. The discount will only be reflected if you use Discover Card as your form of payment.

When you are shopping for holiday items, make sure you also check out Amazon.com Black Friday sales started this Monday.

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Buy Quicken 2010 and Get Quicken WillMaker Free

Sun — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 02:59:47 +0000

Early this week, Intuit, maker of the best-selling tax preparation software TurboTax, released the 2010 version of Quicken, another popular product that helps users tracking their money and investments and making budget. According to Intuit, the latest version of Quicken comes with a long list of new and improved features such as:

By showing how much you’ll have left in your account until your next paycheck, the new Quicken can help you avoid overdraft fees and penalties.
The new Quicken home page puts all your most important financial information in one place so that you can quickly and easily see how you’re doing.
With improved menu and toolbar, you can easily find the tools you need to help you organize your finances.
The improved account registers make it faster and easier to review your downloaded transactions so you can ensure your data is accurate and quickly identify suspected fraud.
You can get help from Quicken Live Community without ever leaving Quicken.

I have been using Quicken Home & Business to track my investments for years and am quite happy with the software. Though I don’t use it for other things (just tracking investments, not spending, and not budgeting), I am still considering upgrade to the latest version (my current version is 2008) because of the improvements mentioned above. In fact, Intuit is offering a little incentive to promote the new Quicken. From now till November 1, when you buy a qualified Quicken product, you can get a free copy of Quicken WillMaker ($20 value), $20 off the regular price plus free shipping (all products also available in downloadable version). Products included in this promotion are:

Quicken Deluxe ($59.99, Promotion price $39.99): Makes budgeting and organizing your personal finances easy; avoid late fees and penalties, control spending, and reduce debt
Quicken Premier ($89.99, Promotion price $69.99): Makes budgeting and organizing your personal finances easy; Grow your net worth with help on maximizing your investment portfolio
Quicken Home & Business ($99.99, Promotion price $79.99): Easily organize and manage your personal and your home-based business finances, all in one place
Quicken Rental Property Manager ($149.99, Promotion price $129.99): Easily organize and manage your personal and rental property finances, all in one place

If you want to learn more about the latest Quicken products, there’s a short video from Intuit (go to the site if you can’t see the video) with highlights of each product.

Of course, if you don’t want to pay for the software, you can always use Quicken Online, which is free of charge for every one (see my Quicken Online review for details).

BTW, Quicken is running a Free Rent Twitter Sweepstakes starting today, October 15th, with $2,500 prize money up for grabs. Check out www.quickenfreerent.com for rules and how to participate.

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Friday Deal: Amazon Flip HD Camcorder Sale

Sun — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 13:43:41 +0000

Amazon.com currently has Flip HD Camcorder sale from now till June 20, 2009. When you buy a qualifying Flip HD Camcorder, you can get to accessories for free. Items on sale include:

Flip MinoHD Camcorder, 60 Minutes (Chrome) for $199.99
Flip UltraHD Camcorder, 120 Minutes (Black) for $188.68
Flip UltraHD Camcorder, 120 Minutes (White) for $188.00

Qualifying accessories include carrying case, cable, and power adapter. All purchases of $25 or more qualify for free shipping.

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Friday Deals: Asus Eee PC 900 Black Netbook $199

Sun — Fri, 22 May 2009 23:58:06 +0000

Buy.com has factory reconditioned Asus Eee PC 900 Black Netbook for $199 with free shipping.

Buy.com has AOC 2217V 22″ Widescreen LCD Monitor for $147.99 with free shipping.

Buy.com has Verbatim USB 2.0 External Hard Drive for $49.99 shipped free. It comes with Titanium enclosure and includes easy-to-use backup software for encryption/password protection .

Buy.com has Lexmark X6570 Multifunction Printer for $88.88 with free shipping.

Newegg has Seagate Barracuda 7200.11 1.5TB 3.5″ SATA 3.0Gb/s Internal Hard Drive (bare drive) for $129.99 with free shipping.

Newegg has Seagate FreeAgent Go 320GB 2.5″ Champagne Gold External Hard Drive for $79.99 with free shipping.

Amazon.com has Acer 10.1-Inch Netbooks for $329 with free shipping. Four models to choose from.

Restaurant has 80% off Dining Certificates through May 25. The $25 certificate is on sale for $10, using coupon code SPECIAL to 80% off. The final cost is $2.

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Tuesday Deals: GE PhotoPhone $39.99

Sun — Tue, 12 May 2009 19:29:12 +0000

Buy.com has GE Designer PhotoPhone for $39.99 with free shipping. It’s a cordless phone with 7″ LCD picture frame.

Buy.com DuPont PS-131 Self-Charging Smoke Alarm for $5.99 with free shipping.

Micro Center has Samsung 3.5″ 500GB 5400RPM SATA Hard Drive for $49.99.

Newegg.com has Western Digital Caviar Green 1TB 3.5″ SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive for $89.99 with free shipping.

Newegg.com has TRENDnet TEW-652BRP Wireless N Home Router for $24.99 with free shipping.

Amazon.com has Thomas DVD with 2 Wood Trains for $6.49. Shipping is free on orders over $25.

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Weekend Deals: Verbatim 160GB USB Portable Hard Drive $39.99

Sun — Sat, 04 Apr 2009 18:33:06 +0000

Buy.com has Verbatim 160GB USB Portable Hard Drive with Backup Software for Encryption/Password Protection for $39.99 after $20 mail-in rebate with free shipping. The Verbatim 1TB USB Portable Hard Drive is selling at $109.89 with free shipping.

Dell Small Business has Dell Dell 22 in Widescreen E2209W Flat Panel (U853F) for $169. Use coupon code 5K99VSN7$$92S5 to get 5% off. Shipped free.

TigerDirect has Acer X233H 23″ Widescreen LCD Monitor for $199.99. The cost for ground shipping is $1.99.

Frys.com has Corsaid 2GB DDR2 PC5300 SO-DIMM 200-PIN laptop memory for $8.99 after $10 mail-in rebate with free shipping.

Finally, a freebie from Energizer. Get Energizer Hearing Aid Battery 8-Pack for free.

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Tuesday Deals: Acer 23″ Widescreen LCD Monitor for $199.99

Sun — Tue, 03 Mar 2009 15:17:18 +0000

TigerDirect has Acer X233H 23″ Widescreen LCD Monitor for $199.99 after $30 instant savings. Buy.com has Acer X233Hbid 23″ Widescreen LCD Monitor for $189.99 with free shipping (Thanks Dan for the tip).

Buy.com has Fantom GreenDrive 1TB USB 2.0 and eSATA External Hard Drive for $89.99 after $20 mail-in rebate (expires 03/31/2009) with free shipping.

Buy.com has Western Digital Elements 400GB USB 2.0 Portable Hard Drive for $69.99 shipped free.

Newegg.com has TOSHIBA Satellite L305-S5933 Pentium dual-core 15.4″ WXGA Intel GMA 4500M for $449.99 with free shipping.

Amazon has Canon PowerShot SD770IS 10MP Digital Camera with 3x Optical Image Stabilized Zoom for $144.95 with free shipping.

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President’s Day Deals

Sun — Mon, 16 Feb 2009 15:03:31 +0000

Buy.com has Acer X193Wb 19″ Widescreen LCD Monitor for $99.99 with free shipping. If you need a bigger monitor, check out the Acer X223Wbd 22″ Widescreen LCD Monitor at TigerDirct. You can get it for $169.99 plus shipping.

Buy.com has Nintendo Wii Music Party Bundle for $338.99 shipping free. The package includes one additional Wii remote (total of 2 in bundle) and Wii Music.

TigerDriect has Acer Aspire One AOA150-1006 Netbook for $299.99. Specs of the netbook are:

Intel Atom Processor N270 1.60GHz
802.11b/g Wireless
1GB DDR2
120GB HDD
8.9″ WSVGA
Integrated Webcam
Windows XP Home

Buy.com has Western Digital 1 TB My Book Essential Edition 2.0 External Hard Drive for $99.99 with free shipping. If 1TB is still not large enough, head to Newegg.com and get Rosewill RSV-S5 SATA 3G 3.5″ HDD 5-Bay RAID Storage Enclosure System plus a Hitachi 1TB Internal Hard Drive for $224.99 with free shipping. Bundle offer ends 02/24/09.

Buy.com has Brother Personal FAX-575 Fax Machine for $18.29 with free shipping.

Newegg.com has CORSAIR Flash Voyager 8GB Flash Drive for $9.99 after $15 mail-in-rebate (expires 03/02/09) shipped free.

Amazon.com is having a Kitchen & Home 48-Hour Sale with up to 65% off on selected items. Check it out to see if anything interests you.

Restaurant.com has Dining Certificates with 70% off. You can get a $25 certificate for $3 with coupon code PREZ. Make sure you check the spending limit and other restrictions before purchasing the gift certificates.

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President’s Day Deals

Tax Software at Staples with Free After Rebate Items

Sun — Sat, 07 Feb 2009 15:35:17 +0000

Staples is having a tax software sale. Purchase any of the following TurboTax software from Intuit

TurboTax Basic 2008 + E-File $29.99
TurboTax Deluxe 2008 + E-File $49.99
TurboTax Deluxe w/State & E-File 2008 $59.99
TurboTax Premier w/State 2008 $89.99
TurboTax Premier Home & Business w/State 2008 + E-File $99.99
TurboTax Business 2008 + E-File $109.99

or any of the following TaxCut software from H&R Block

Taxcut Basic + E-File 2008 $19.99
Taxcut Premium + E-File 2008 $34.99
Taxcut Premium + State & E-File 2008 $44.99
Taxcut Home & Business + State & E-File 2008 $74.99

and get one of the following for FREE after easy rebate and mail-in-rebate:

Norton Antivirus 2009: Listed price $39.99, free after $20.00 upgrader mail-in rebate (on box) and $20.00 easy rebate with tax software purchase
Kaspersky Internet Security 2009: Listed price $69.99, free after $25.00 mail-in rebate (on box) and $45.00 easy rebate with tax software purchase
Webroot Spysweeper 2009 (1-User): Listed price $29.99, free after $15.00 mail-in rebate (on box) and $15.00 mail-in rebate with tax software purchase
McAfee Anti-Theft 2009 (1-User): Listed price $29.99, free after $30.00 easy rebate with tax software purchase
Microsoft Live OneCare v.2.0 (3-User): Listed price $39.99, free after $20.00 mail-in rebate (on box) and $20.00 mail-in rebate with tax software purchase

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Free Domain Name from GoDaddy.com with Purchase at Buy.com

Sun — Fri, 06 Feb 2009 02:53:16 +0000

Want to register a domain name for free? Now you can with this limited time offer from Buy.com and GoDaddy.com.

GoDaddy.com, the world’s largest domain name registrar, is offering Buy.com customers free domain name registration for one year with any purchase at Buy.com. Details of how to get the free domain registration:

Add the free domain offer to your order by checking the “Check Here” box found on the GoDaddy banner on the Buy.com cart summary page.
Complete your transaction on Buy.com
You’ll see the promotion confirmation on your final receipt page
Wait for your unique redemption code to arrive via email
Your unique free domain redemption code will be sent to your registered Buy.com email address within 48 hours of your purchase
Go to GoDaddy.com to redeem your code and get your FREE domain name!

Click here to find more about this offer. The promotion will end April 1, 2009.

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Wednesday Deals: Asus NetBook $289.95, Wii Fit $89.99

Sun — Wed, 04 Feb 2009 14:57:06 +0000

Check out these hot deals.

B&H Photo ASUS Eee PC 900HA Netbook Computer (Shiny Black) for $289.95 with free shipping.

1.6GHz Intel Mobile CPU
1GB RAM
160GB Hard Disk
8.9″ Widescreen Display
Integrated Camera and Microphone
802.11b/g Wi-Fi
Windows XP Home

Newegg.com has Wii Fit Wii Fit Nintendo for $89.99. Shipping cost with UPS 3-day service is $2.99. Sale tax may apply.

More deals on the Deals page.

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Monday Deals: Acer Aspire One NetBook $299

Sun — Mon, 02 Feb 2009 19:43:16 +0000

The first time I saw the Acer Netbook was at Costco. It’s a very cute machine that’s ideal for travel. Though I didn’t buy it when I first saw it, I may in the future if I go on a trip that doesn’t need the full power of a laptop.

If you are interested in getting on, then TigerDirect is having a sale of Acer Aspire One AOA150-1006 Netbook for $299 with free shipping. Features of the Netbook include:

Intel Atom™ Processor N270 1.60GHz
802.11b/g Wireless
1GB DDR2
120GB HDD
8.9″ WSVGA
Integrated Webcam
Windows XP Home

Elsewhere, J&R Music & Computer has ASUS EPC1000HA-BLK001X Netbook for $349.99 with free shipping.

Buy.com has Fantom 1TB G-Force Hard Drive for $100 with free shipping. I bought one last time when it was on sale. Check it out if you need a massive storage.

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Britax Car Seats Sale at Amazon.com: Up to 20% Off

Sun — Sat, 31 Jan 2009 20:35:57 +0000

Britax will hold a car seats sale at Amazon.com from February 1 to 15 with selected items up to 20% off.

We bought our daughter a Britax Marathon Convertible when she was 5 months old and she used it until our second daughter was about the same age. After nearly four years, the seat is still in very good condition and we are very happy with its quality. Comparing to other brands of car seats we own (one Graco and one Eddie Bauer), Britax is the best. The car seat is easy to install and secure. Once installed (we use latches, not seat belt), the seat never moved. Even though the Britax seat is a little pricey, we think it’s worth the money.

Check out the Britax car seats sale event at Amazon to see which seats are for sale if you are shopping for a reliable car seat.

Amazon.com also has Earth’s Best Organic Infant Formula on sale. The regular price for a 25.75 ounce container is $29.99, but now you can get 15% off with promotion code IVZNMZ8Y at the checkout. If you use Amazon’s Subscribe & Save service, you can save another 15%, bringing the total cost of one container down to $17.50. Good deal?

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