Friday, January 30, 2009

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!


Thursday, January 29, 2009

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.

Friday, January 2, 2009

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