Free chicken (!), batteries, photo processing and coffee with new Costco membership

If you have been tempted to sign up as a Costco member, here are soem good reasons to consider it even more - free stuff! Tech Bargains has the details of an online signup promotion that gets you lots of coupons including a free chicken (rotisserie, not uncooked), free AA batteries (48 of them), two pounds of coffee, and free photo processing. This is an online offer and to get the freebies of course you have to buy a pre-paid one-year Costco membership at the now standard rate of $50 per month.

Free movie rental at Amazon ($4 to spend!)

If you like free, we have free for you! You get $4 worth of free online movie rentals to use at Amazon.com by entering promotional code AVODGIFT - this is good until January 3, so be sure to use it up before then! Some of the latest hot movies are available for rent there for $3 (new Star Trek, Julie and Julia, Harry Potter, and many more.

Or if you are the thrifty type, you can squeeze three four free movie rentals out of the free promo code by selecting four of the 99c movie rentals.

Please note these are online movie rentals, not DVDs. You can watch them on your computer, TIVO, Roku or other compatible device. Broadband is required!!!

Pink Floyd "Dark Side of the Moon" full mp3-album for $2 (Tuesday only!)

Music fans, run to Amazon.com - today's mp3 album deal of the day is the epic album by Pink Floyd, The Dark Side of the Moon. If you don't already have this album, it is a must have!!!

But that's not all for music fans! The new album from the very talented Mary J. Blige "Stronger with each tear" is going right now for $4 and it includes two bonus songs for Amazon buyers. This is the full mp3 album.

Both are full mp3 albums, both are 100% legal offered by Amazon.com! They have no DRM, so you can play them on your music player, computer, or any other gadget or device that can play mp3 songs.

Don't miss these deals, especially the "Dark Side of the Moon" for $2.

Play vinyl albums for just $50

If you are feeling retro and want to have the touch of vinyl in your musical life, then fear not, you don't have to dig the earth for some dusty vinyl-music player or pay crazy prices for some designer-brand for stuck-up audiophiles :)

Instead, for $50, with free shipping, and with a bonus of $5 of mp3 songs, you can get this Jensen turntable from Amazon.com. Free shipping is included!

There is a total of twenty customer-reviews of this unit, and the overall rating is four out of five stars, which is not bad considering the price.

It also has an AM/FM receiver, and plays the three popular speeds, 33rpm, 45rpm (singles) and 78rpm. Those were the days... :)

Bonus $10 gift card with coin cashing of $40 of more at CoinStar

This is an awesome deal, a guaranteed 25% return on your investment with relatively little risk! CoinStar is running a special promotion until December 6, if you deposit at least $40 in coins (coins only, not dollar bills), you will receive a bonus $10 gift card by mail. This offer can only be used once per person/address. This is an awesome deal!

And if you chose gift certificates instead of cash, for example Amazon, Starbucks, JC Penney, you don't pay any fees. So it's really cool. You can read all about it at their website, where they have the terms and conditions and the rules of this special.

It's really not that hard to find $40 worth of coins. Check the car, the house, your pockets, your desk, your office, they are all over the place!

Coupon for 10% off at Staples (one item, in-store only)

If you go to the Staples website and view the Weekly Ads section, you will notice that they have a coupon that lets you have 10% off the price of a single item. The coupon is good in-store, and valid from Sunday October 4 to Saturday October 10.

The coupon is printable and as a PDF file so you can print it with your own printer.

There are some reasonable exclusions, for example, one per customer, cannot be combined with another coupon, in-store only.

Some items are excluded from this promotion:
* computers (desktop or laptop)
* cell phones and cell phone services
* HP ink and toner
* BOSE products
* gift cards, phone cards and postage stamps

Overall, this is a nice coupon if you have something you want. And you can peruse their next week's circular ad already on their website so you can find out if there's anything you'd like.

To see this, start at Staples.com, and click on the "Weekly Ads" link in the yellow specials box towards the top-right section of the screen.

Lots of new free MP3 samples at Amazon

Tuesday is new music day in the music world, so with that in mind, Amazon is typically refreshing their new music samples every Tuesday as well. Look for all the new free music samples at the right side of the screen at the mp3 deals page.

And by samples I do not mean short 30-second song samples, but FREE full-song samples you can download in mp3. These are provided by record labels and such in order to promote and raise awareness for some of their artists and music.

Typically you get individual songs and record-label-samples. Also, every day, one mp3-album is offered at a significant discount, with the price ranging from $2 to $5! So be sure to check it out every day!

Free admission to Museums with Bank of America (BofA) cards!

If you like free, celebrate! Bank of America is having an on-going promotion, where you visit participating museums and such on the first full-weekend of each month, and you receive a FREE general admission.

That's right, FREE! All you have to do is show your Bank of America credit, debit, ATM or check-card!

Perhaps with all the bad rep banks have gotten over how they messed up the economy by being totally greedy bastards with no concsience, they are now trying to repair their image by offering free promotions liek this.

Regardless, this is FREE, and it also supports muesums and other groups like that that are surely hurting in today's current economic environment!

So check the dates on the BofA website, make sure your card is in your wallet, and enjoy FREE admission :)

Giant Innovage 569976 universal remote for $7.50

Today's deal of the day at the hot new website Dillyeo.com is the jumbo (okay, GIANT) Innovage 569976 Universal remote control. The price is sweet, it is $5 plus $2.50 for shipping and handling. There are no rebates to submit!

You can buy as many as you want, up to ten per person! The special price ends at 3:20pm eastern time on Tuesday September 22nd, 2009.

If you missed it, fear not, a new deal of the day will show up!

Hot coupon in Sunday paper: $1 off with Discover Card

Don't toss out the coupons from your Sunday paper just yet! Be sure to sift through them! At least one of them is a SAVER! It gets you $1 off your purchase when you use a Discover Card to pay! This coupon can be used at any place that accepts both coupons and Discover cards.

This means that you can use it at most of the grocery stories, and any of the big box retailers that take coupons, along of course with drugstores and convenience stores.

And better yet, the coupon is good until October 31st, 2009, so there is plenty of time to use it!

Free 17-song sampler from Austin City Limits

Austin Texas is famous for its music and music festivals! So in anticipation, they have put together a FREE 17-song music sampler that you can download using iTunes! Just visit ACL Festival's website and paste the redemption code in your iTunes page and the songs will begin to download!

If you are not familiar how to do this, open iTunes, then look at the left side of your screen and locate the "STORE" section. Then click on "iTunes Store" and proceed to locate the "Redeem" link on the right side of the screen.

If you haven't logged on to iTunes recently, you will also see an updated "terms and conditions" pushed down by Apple.

40oz Starbucks Breakfast blend beans for $16

Hurry to your Amazon Gold Box dear bargain hunters, because there, you will find a 40oz bag of Starbucks Breakfast Blend going for $16 and eligible for free shipping if the total of your Amazon order is $25 or more.

40 ounces is 2.5 pounds, so that brings the price per pound to $6.40 which is very nice. You certainly can't get that price at a Starbucks store or a grocery store!

But don't sleep on it, this special is only good for Friday (today), assuming it doesn't sell out beforehand!

Don't forget free chocolate coupon on Friday morning!

Don't forget your weekly free chocolate coupon from Mars and Friends! Every Friday morning, visit realchocolate.com and enter your data for a mail-in coupon that will translate to one candy bar from Mars, which of course includes M&Ms, Snickers, Twix and lots more!

Every Friday, 250,000 coupons are allocated and mailed out. It usually takes a few weeks to receive them, but Mars has been very diligent in following up and following through with their promises. As far as I can tell, I received every single one I applied for :-)

So, don't forget every Friday AM to get your realchocolate.com coupon! Yum!!!

Free shipping with textbook purchases at BN.com

Barnes and Noble is offering free shipping and handling to all textbook purchases made at their website until September 24, 2009! So no more excuses, grab those textbooks the instructors have instructed you to get!

There is no minimum price for your purchase to qualify for free shipping, as long as you are buying textbooks!

99c shipping on Groceries at Amazon.com

Amazon is running a new promotion that gets you all the groceries you want for just 99c in standard shipping. This is a special promotion! You can check qualifying items at the Amazon Grocery store. The items that qualify are only the ones sold and shipped by Amazon, not by other third-party and marketplace sellers that also do business over there at Amazon.

If you like to buy groceries online, this is an awesome deal because groceries are usually heavy and have a noticeable shipping and handling fee!

Tori Amos new album for $3 (Amazon MP3) - Friday only

If you are interested in Tori Amos music, today, Friday, for just $3, you can buy her brand new album "Abnormally Attracted To Sin" at Amazon-MP3 for $3. This is the whole album, available as an MP3 download.

And this is a nice bang for the song-buck as the album includes 17 songs, and these are full-size songs, with the final track clocking in at 7 minutes and 12 seconds.

If you are still in the 70s/80s, and haven't heard of Tori Amos, think of her as the new Kate Bush :-)



If you purchase it, be sure to make backups of your purchase because Amazon will only let you download it once.

Get your free chocolate bar coupon now!

Every Friday, the Mars conglamorate is offering a free mail-in coupon for a free chocolate bar of your choice at your local grocery or other stores. All you have to do is enter your mailing information at RealChocolate.com and you will receive the coupons in a few weeks. We have entered ours in the past, and the coupons DO ARRIVE and they DO WORK!

The coupon promotion is good only for adults (age 18 or more), so you have to enter your age before you proceed with entering the mailing information.

This is a great way to score a free chocolate bar every Friday! Each Friday they are giving away 250,000 coupons, so don't delay, don't sleep on it!

Radiohead's Amnesiac for just $2 (Friday only)

If you are a fan of Radiohead or interesting in a creative album, you don't have to risk much! For just $2, you can get Radiohead's complete Amnesiac album from Amazon MP3. That's right, all you pay is $2! But don't sleep on it, the price is only good for Friday!

Free MP3 album today at Amazon: Drew Copeland's "No Regrets"

Amazon.com wants to make sure everyone tries out their MP3 download service, which is why they have started out a new feature where each day they give out an MP3 album for FREE! That's right, completely free, the whole album in mp3 format, without DRM crap attached to the songs!

Today's free album is "No Regrets" by Drew Copeland of Sister Hazel. The album has 11 songs!

You can stay tuned to all the free daily music at Amazon by visiting their MP3 Deals page. Be sure to bookmark this blog post (permalink) for a handy reference back to this page!

As you can see, today, this is not the only free album! They also offer the Luaka Bop Orinoco Sampler for free. This mp3-album has 12 songs in it!

Free shipping with purchase over $10 at Barnes and Noble

If you are a fan of the Barnes and Noble website, then we have some great news for you! For just four days, July 2nd until July 5th, you can get FREE SHIPPING if the total of your order is $10 or more! Be sure to pick items that are in-stock and qualify for "Fast & Free Delivery".

There is no coupon code to enter, the discount (free shipping in this case) is automatically factored in and will be reflected in your shopping cart!

BN.com rarely offers free shipping with such a low purchase price threshold, so if you have something earmarked for purchase, this is a good time to pull the buy-trigger!

Happy shopping and happy 4th of July!

Free after rebates at Walgreens, Rite Aid and Longs/CVS!

We have a trifecta this week at three of the major drugstore chains! A trifecta of free after rebate promotions are live at three of the major drugstore chains!

We start at Walgreens, where you can get a 5.6oz to 6oz Aquafresh Advanced Toothpaste, free after a RegisterReward of $3. This is great because you receive the RegisterRewards coupon right after you pay, and you can turn around and use it on your next purchase. Nothing to mail and no waiting at all!

Next we move to Rite Aid, where they have online or traditional mail-in rebates. For free, you can get the Skin Clinic Advanced Wart Remover Kit for free after a $15 Single-Check-Rebate. This is part of their monthly catalog, and you can submit the rebate online. Nothing to mail, no UPC codes to hunt.

But that's not all at Rite Aid, you can also get a free Crest ProHealth Enamel Shield toothpaste after a $2.69 rebate. This is the 4.2 ounce version. Both rebates are one per person per rebate catalog.

And we close with CVS, which now includes Longs Drugs! They no longer do rebates, but instead, have the "Extra Bucks" rewards program where you receive coupons you can use on your next purchase. Again, the good news is that you don't have to submit anything, you receive the coupons right when you checkout and you can turn around and use them on your next purchase.

The freebie at CVS are SoyJoy nutrition bars. There is a limit of five free SoyJoy bars per card. Each one costs $1. After you pay for them, the checkout register will print a coupon for you. So if you buy four, you will get a coupon for $4 off any order of $4 or more. Not bad at all! This is not cash, so you have to use it at CVS and use it within a few weeks before it expires.

That's all for this week, and as you can see, there are some nice goodies. To summarize:
+ five SoyJoy nutrition bars
+ ProHealth toothpaste
+ Aquafresh Advanced toothpaste
+ Wart remover kit

How to use your prepaid Visa cards without hassle

More and more retailers are offering their mail-in rebates via a pre-paid Visa card instead of an old fashioned check. This gets a number of consumers confused as to how much they spent on the card, how much remains, and things like that.

To minimize the hassle involved, here are some suggestions on how to spend your pre-paid gift cards:

* use them to reload your reusable cards for the exact amount (Kinkos, laundry, coffee cards, etc) for the exact amount. Problem solved!

* use them to buy services (iTunes, prepaid phone service, etc)

* use the whole amount of the gift card to pay part of a pending bill (cable, DSL, telephone, etc)

* If you use a credit card rewards program, make sure you don't use these cards on things that would otherwise get you a reward of more than 1%. You don't want to lose the extra percentage points!

* If your credit card offers special benefits on purchases (price assurance, extra warranty, etc), and you want these on a particular purchase, then be sure not to use the prepaid gift card as part of the promotion.

5c insertion fees on eBay from June 2 to 15 (select categories only)

If you are an eBay seller, or want to give eBay a try, be sure to check out their new 5c insertion fees promotion running from June 2 to June 15, 2009!

This applies to select product categories, which however, include popular items such as many consumer electronics and select sporting gear (eg golf clubs). This applies to fixed price items only.

They also have more requirements and prerequisites, in typical eBay ball-busting bureaucracy.

Apparently they haven't fired enough of the idiots who ruined eBay by making stupid decisions one after the other and created insanely convoluted situations while allowing thieves and scammers to get away with cheating honest eBay sellers and buyers!

eBay, you need change we can believe in! Not rearranging the deck-chairs-change!

Secret unadvertised specials at Best Buy

In addition to what you see in their weekly circular ads, BestBuy.com is offering some additional unadvertised specials for those in their inner circle! And we have them for you! Here they are, the exciting Unadvertised Specials! These TV and Home Theater Prices are not Shown in Our Weekly Ad.

The specials are good for the whole week and include 18 items, including a 32" LG HDTV (LCD, 1080p, 60Hz) for $620, an Insignia BluRay player for $180, the Panasonic DMP-BD60K BluRay player for $250, and a whole lot more.

But don't sleep on these, they are only good for one week!

Refurbished HP Photosmart D7360 pritner for $40

$40 is all it takes to get the HP Photosmart D7360 printer for $40 from Tiger Direct. This is a refurbished printer by the way, with 32ppm speed, USB, and things like that. This is a thermal inkjet by the way!

It can take on a variety of paper sizes, from letter to A5 to envelopes to double panoramas.

Free chocolate bar coupons every Friday?

Mars, the conglamorate behind a lot of the favorite chocolate and candy bars, is running a new promotion where each Friday, from 9am to 11:59am eastern time, they are giving away coupons for free chocolate bars. However, the coupons are delivered by mail, you do not print them, and they estimate a six-week delivery. So this is not for the impatient or the "instant gratification" crowd.

But all you have to do is fill up the form, and the coupon will eventually find out at home! And better yet, this appears to be a weekly promotion, and you can enter (as far as I can tell) for up to four free coupons. But you can only enter for one coupon per week. So turn this into a weekly Friday morning adventure. The start of your weekend is marked by a promise of a free chocolate bar six weeks from now :-)

For more, check the promotional website at realchocolate.com.

Refurbished 4gb Apple iPod Nano for $50

If you want to try out or "be seen" with an Apple iPod, but don't want to fork all that cash to Apple, there is middle ground! You can get a refurbished 4gb Apple iPod Nano for $48 with free shipping offered by the Best Buy Outlet on eBay

Free KFC grilled chicken meal with coupon

Yes, a free KFC grilled chicken coupon has gone live at the UnthinkKFC.com website. However, right now, their server is hammered, trying to print the coupon fails. You can still visit the aforementioned website, but when you click on "Print Coupon Now", you get an error.

It apparently tries to print from bricks.coupons.com, which is currently the point of slowness.

The good news is that you have until 10pm central on Wednesday night to print your coupon, so if the server is slow when you try, try again later, probably when there is a popular show on TV or when most people are sleeping :-)

Free after rebate at Staples this week!

Don't miss out! If you like free-after-rebate stuff, don't miss out! Run to Staples on Sunday morning, as soon as they open, because some of the freebies may run out. They are that good! The specials are good for the whole week, but some items may ran out, so it's safer to go right away.

And before we get to the products, we also like to point out that Staples rebates are really cool. You don't have to mail anything in with their EasyRebates program. You simply go to their website, enter the information from your receipts, and submit the rebate. Then after a few weeks the check shows up at your door. They are using the computers to do the validation and such. But it's always safe to keep all the receipts and such until you receive and cash the check :-) It doesn't hurt to play it safe!

So on to the goodies...


Free after rebate this week!
We start with something very yummy! Yes, yummy and Staples in the same sentence! You can get a Ghirardelli Luxe chocolate bag for FREE after a $4 EasyRebate. Limit one rebate per household. Flavors will vary by store and by in-stock availability. And if you are worried about the calories. opt for the dark-chocolate, that way you are eating it as an anti-oxidant nutritional supplement instead :-)

Next up, if you are the fussy organizer, then you can never have too many label makers. Especially if they are free after a $20 Easy Rebate. And what's even nicer, there is a limit of TWO per household. This is the Casio KL-60L label maker.


Dollar Deals
Apart from the FAR items above, they also have another $6.29 Easy Rebate that gets you a 500-sheet ream of HP multipurpose paper for just $1 after rebate. There is a limit of TWO per household. And the multipurpose is a good thing, you can feed it to the printer, the fax machine, the copier, or use it write things. I'm sure the kids would love to crayon them too :)

Also a nice deal, and without rebates, is a 12-pack of square Staples-branded stickies. These little buggers are usually expensive at list price, so whenever you find them on sale (if you can't "find them" at work *OH MY!*), it's a good idea to stock up!

$15 off Nature Valley at Amazon (with $39+ order)

If you love discounts and Nature Valley products, then celebrate my friends because Amazon.com is offering a $15 discount on the purchase of $39 or more worth of yummy Nature Valley products. To get the discount, simply use promotion code NATURVLY during the checkout process.

Please note that this promotion is only good for products that are sold & shipped by Amazon itself, not any of the marketplace and other vendors that do business there as well.

The best deal appears to be the 12-pack of 12-packs they have there. That means 144 bars for $39 minus the $15 coupon = $24. So for $24 you are getting 144 natural yummy bars. That comes out to 17 cents per bar. Not bad at all, especially if you eat them on a regular basis, or if you are trying to convince your kids/husbands to replace chocolate and other unhealthy snacks with something healthier like these ones.

Enjoy :-)

Earth Day special coupons and discounts!

Just because it is Earth Day, it doesn't mean you don't get to have fun shopping!

We already mentioned the free medium beverage at Peets Coffee shops with purchase of environmentally-friendly products.

But there's more! Walgreens is giving away free green bags with purchase! These are reusable totes, bright green but actually they are quite nice. Perhaps good to carry on cloudy and foggy days so cars can see you from a distance :-) You can get the coupon from their website or if you are in any of their mailing lists, check your email for a link to the coupon!

We will have more updates as we discover more exciting Earth Day specials!

Tuesday only: 15c auction-style listings on eBay

If you are selling or thinking of selling stuff on eBay, be sure to take advantage of this one-day promotion on Tuesday April 21st, 2009! eBay.com is offering 15c auction-style insertion fees. This is especially beneficial if you are planning to list items of higher prices, because you would pay higher insertion fees.

For example, an item with a starting price of $500 has a $4 insertion fee. But with this promotion in place, you only pay 15-cents.

So if you have things you want to sell, but don't want to give away at bargain basement prices, you can take advantage of this opportunity and list them at the price you think they deserve to be sold at!

Free medium drink with Earth Day purchase at Peet's Coffee

Peet's Coffee is one of the retailers that are offering Earth Day specials on Wednesday April 22, 2009, as part of their celebration of this very special occasion. Earth of course is the home of us all, and we collectively need to learn how to take better care of our lovely home!

The special they are offering is a free medium beverage of any kind, coffee, mocha, tea, blended, iced, anything you wish with the purchase of Earth-day special items which are:
+ 16oz coffee tumbler for $5
+ Big Earth-toned Tote bag for $9
+ Bamboo coffee canister for $22

Please note that the specials are only good on Wednesday, and they are only good in-store at your local Peet's coffee house!

Free subscription to Lucky or Details magazine with purchase over $25

If you make an apparel and shoes purchase at Amazon.com of $25 or more, you will receive a free one-year subscription to "Lucky" or "Details" magazine. And better yet, you can find out what stuff is on sale at Amazon.com at the moment. Check often, because the specials and deals change often!

And even nicer, a number of items and sellers qualify for free shipping with orders over $25. So when you hit that mark, not only do you get a free magazine subscription, but you also get free shipping! So, shop shop shop!

If you already have a subscription to the above magazines, you can just extended your subscription by an extra year.

11x14 dry-erase boards on clearance for $2

Staples is having on clearance 11"x14" dry-erase magnetic boards for $2 each! Availability may vary from store to store, but this is an excellent price for such a big dry-erase board, and a magnetic one at that. It also included one dry-erase marker. And if you want to load up on markers, they also have a 2-for-1 four-packs of BIC pen-sized dry-erase markers. Not bad eh?

This is a Quartet Basics brand name, with model number MHOS1114. Don't sleep on these, they will probably sell out before the end of the week!

But that's not all at Staples, there is also a free after EasyRebate promotion! You can get two Staples Delta Elite pens for FREE after a $3 Easy Rebate. The rebate is submitted online, so you don't have to worry about making photocopies or using a stamp or having to make an extra trip to the post office. You simply enter the receipt data on the Staples rebates site and you receive your check in the mail after a few weeks.

Please note that for the Delta Elite promotion, there is a limit of one rebate per customer!

They also have a number fo $1 items, their "Dollar Days". For these, there is a limit of two items per person per visit, and it is a while supplies last, so don't count on rainchecks. These include a ream of 500 sheets of Hammermill CopyPlus copy paper.

And one more thing at Staples, the $3 ink recycle promotion is coming back. Check with the store or website to see whether your ink will be accepted. In this instance of the ink recycle promotion, you get a $3 Staples Reward, which will be credited to your Staples reward account and sent as a Staples gift check at the end of every quarter. There is a limit of 10 cartridges per customer per month however.

And one more thing before we go, you can get a $50 Easy Rebate when you recycle any old printer and buy a new one. However, the new printer you buy must have a regular price of $180 or higher. They are not giving money away :)

Hot deal: Walgreens Register Rewards are awesome this week!

Even if you hate the nice mail-in rebate deals this week at Walgreens, you will be thrilled by the Register Rewards deals that are running this week.

Register Rewards are ideal for regular Walgreens customers. They are like a rebate, but instead of you having to mail-in the rebate, and wait for the check to arrive, the register reward coupon prints at the checkout register when you pay for the item. So you can use your rebate at any time. You can even take your items to the car, and walk back in. These rebates are usually good for about 2 weeks from printing, so don't forget to use them before they expire.

Having said all that, these are GREAT if you buy stuff at Walgreens regularly.


This week's Register Rewards specials

+ Colgate 6oz MaxWhite or MaxFresh toothpaste, gives you a $3.50 Register Reward, even though the price you pay is $3.29. Nice!!!

+ Blink Gel Tears (moderate+) or Blink Tears (mild) gives you an $8 Register Reward

+ the Register Rewards are usually good for two weeks after printing. Check the expiration date on yours and make sure you use it!

We hope you find this useful and if so, please tell your friends about it!

Free after rebate at Walgreens (March 1 to 7)

Rebate fans run to your local Walgreens! They have three free after mail-in rebate items. All three of the rebates are part of their monthly "EasySaver Catalog" rebate program, so you only need to submit one envelope at the end of the moment and you don't need to cut UPC codes, just save your cash register receipt!

The four items are:
+ Brand new Axe Hair Care Shampoo, Conditioner or styling product, Free after $6 rebate

+ Advanced Memory Formula, 45 soft gels, Free after $20 rebate

+ Walgreens Extra-strength Headache relief (20 quick gels), FREE after $3 rebate

+ Walgreens Wal-Zyr 24-hour allergy relief, 5 tablets, 10mg, FREE after $4 rebate

Free Quiznos sub just for registering!

If you don't mind registering and being in Quizno's marketing database, they are happy to send you a coupon for a FREE SUB! That's right, a coupon for a free sub of your choice! Check it out at MillionSubs.com, a website created by Quiznos.com.

Yum! You can't say no to a free sandwich, can you? They have 37+ different sandwich options, including veggie, chicken, beef, and everything in-between!

Wii in-stock at Radio Shack now (free shipping!)

If you have been hunting for the Wii, hunt no more! RadioShach has the Nintendo Wii in Stock and with free shipping and handling. But don't sleep on it, these things are popular with kids of all ages! The price is $250, but they also have a nice bundle that includes Wii Sports and a lot of other stuff. The latter may be a good idea if you are a hardcore gamer or an accessorizer!

26" Westinghouse widescreen for $250

Yup! You read right! Buy.com is offering the Westinghouse 26" Widescreen 1080P LCD Monitor for $250 and with free shipping and handling. This has obviously a 1920X1200 resolution (thus the 1080p moniker), along with HDMI/HDCP (arggg), 60Hz, and black finish.

No rebates and free shipping and you can get up to five units. You don't have to buy five units, but you can buy up to five if you wish to. This is model L2610NW-SP.

Unlocked Palm Treo for $400 (limited time offer)

As part of today's Gold Box deal of the Day, Amazon is offering the unlocked Palm Treo for $400 and free shipping, instead of the usual price of $500.

This has all sorts of features, like 2-megapixel camera, WiFi, 3G, MicroSD, QWERTY keyboard, up to 5 hours of talk-time under ideal circumstances, touchscreen, and a whole lot more!

REFURBISHED Philips 42-inch 1080P Flat LCD HDTV for $700

Buy.com is offering the refurbished Philips 42-inch 1080P Flat LCD HDTV for $700 and with free budget shipping. This has 1920x1080P resolution, brightness at 500 cdm, with 29000:1 Dynamic Ratio, 4 HDMI inputs, QAM and ATSC tuners, and things like that. The formal model name is 42TA648BX. Again, please note that this is a REFURBISHED model, not a new-in-box.

Other notable features include 5ms response time, built-in speakers (25W), 90-day warranty (refurbished item), screen format adjustments to deal with the global confusion, and things like that.

50% off auction-style listings in January (eBay)

As the new eBay bosses are making things worse and royally pissing off some long-time eBay sellers, it seems that they think that a month-long listing fees discount for selecting listings may sweeten the sour mood just slightly.

The promotion offers 50% auction-style listings for one-day and three-day listings. This is not unconditional as they do have some restrictions. Check your eBay messages or the Seller Central website for more details.

And be sure to tell eBay that you are unhappy with the way they have SCREWED UP eBay the last few years. And that includes YOU new executives!

Why do I say that? Look at the fees, look at the user interface for a seller, look at the convoluted category fees, it's a major pain to list stuff on eBay, and if they sell, eBay takes a BIG chunk of your money. Especially when you have alternatives like Craigslist.

eBay executives,

WAKE UP