Black Friday Bargain Shopping Guide
Every year as Thanksgiving draws closer and closer, another holiday season begins to descend upon us. Only the season I’m referring to is the holiday SHOPPING season.
The day after Thanksgiving – traditionally known as Black Friday – is the day that unofficially kicks off the Christmas shopping season. Retail chains have worked hard [...]
1.6 Million Maytag Refrigerators Recalled
The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission and Maytag today announced a major recall of Maytag refrigerators under under brand names Maytag, Jenn-Air, Amana, Admiral, Magic Chef, Performa by Maytag and Crosley after the manufacture received 41 reports of fire hazard on side by side and top freezer refrigerators. The recall affects 1.6 million units of [...]
Staples Coupons
Received these Staples coupon codes today. If you plan to shop at Staples.com, the following coupons can save you some money:
Coupon Code: 88280 $20 OFF the purchase of $120 or more
Coupon Code: 35318 $40 OFF the purchase of $190 or more
Coupon Code: 27083 $75 OFF the purchase of $290 or more
These coupons are good from [...]
Use Amazon Subscribe & Save to Save Money on Items You Buy Regularly
Yesterday, I was ordering some diapers on Amazon.com for our younger daughter (we usually buy diapers at Costco, but we earned some free money in the summer that has to be used to buy this particular 7th Generation brand baby diapers from Amazon) and noticed something new to me:
At the bottom of the screen, there’s [...]
Circuit City Bankrupted
Circuit City finally heads to where it belongs.
The second largest consumer electronic store Circuit City (CC) filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy today in Virginia (Reuters). The news didn’t really surprise me, given how much trouble the retailer has went through in recent years (here’s a timeline of Circuit City from MercuryNews.com). Early this year, Blockbuster [...]
The Art of Retail Pricing
I found this article, 7 Retail Pricing Secrets Revealed, on CNNMoney.com. While not all the secrets are new, the article is interesting to read. For example, it’s the first time I know that a product’s list price, which is displayed side-by-side with the sale price at some stores, is actually the highest price suggested [...]
