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ALL PILE ON FOR GROUPON
The Groupon competition has gotten so bad that competitors are springing up like weeds. If you just tuned in, Groupon is a website that offers daily discounts on just about anything. It’s been very...
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HOTEL DISCOUNTS
Tingo.com lets you book a hotel reservation and automatically get money back if the rate drops. They say the average savings are $46.
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SAVING A BUCK ON APPLES
It turns out that buying a Mac or iPad at an online store like Amazon, MacMall or MacConnection, is often cheaper than buying one at an Apple store. That struck us as pretty odd because of the way...
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POWERFUL COMPUTERS COST LESS THAN SMARTPHONE
We’re seeing one of those tidal shifts in the market. The computer is fading in importance — and perhaps most importantly for manufacturers, in profitability as well. You can buy powerful computers now...
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WE BUY A NEW COMPUTER AND PAY TOO MUCH
We just bought a new laptop, the HP Pavilion g7 notebook PC, for $650 ($600 after the rebate. It weighs 6.6 pounds, has a beautiful 17-inch screen, a 640 gigabyte hard drive, six gigabytes of RAM and a...
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TRADING IN AN OLD IPAD
October set a record for iPad trade-ins, according to SellCell.com, a site where you can trade in yours. People are trading in the third generation iPad to get the iPad Mini or fourth-generation iPad....
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TRADING IN YOUR SMART PHONE FOR CASH
SmartphoneTradeIn.com gives you cash for your old smartphone. It’s also a good indicator of what’s popular. Millions of Blackberry phones have been resold at this site, but you won’t get much for...
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STORE TICKETS AND COUPONS ON YOUR PHONE
“Passbook” on the iPhone, iPad or iPod Touch lets you electronically store boarding passes, movie tickets, retail coupons, and loyalty cards. It’s very high-tech. If you step into a Starbucks, for...
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GETTING IT FOR LESS
All about “refurbs,” as they’re called -– short for refurbished: The price drops way down on computers or related equipment that has been designated as refurbished. Often they’re new. Here’s how it...
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APPLE UNDERCUTS APPLE
Here are two things we learned from the site DealNews.com: Apple sells its refurbished Macbook Air laptops for $100 cheaper on eBay than at their own website Refurbished iPad Minis will hit the Apple...
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BACK TO SCHOOL
Boundless.com is being sued by textbook publishers for offering cut-rate and cut-down versions online. They cover 21 subjects and all the books are $20, which is quite a bargain compared to $100-200...
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UP THE AMAZON RIVER
Our Amazon Prime membership costs us $79 a year and the price will be going up soon. This gives us free shipping and two-day delivery on almost anything we buy there. We can also get hundreds of free...
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GOOD STUFF FOR LESS
You don’t have to buy a new tablet or computer to get a good one, any more than you have to buy a brand new car. “Refurbished” machines are items returned to the store or the manufacturer, but they’re...
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SAVING MONEY ONLINE
Many stores tell you that if you find a lower price somewhere, they’ll match it and give you a rebate on your purchase. But who can keep track of it all? We found a site: Paribus.co that keeps track...
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