Mystery Bags for $10 November 29, 2008
Posted by yp2m in Shopping, golf, saving money.Tags: bag, clubs, equipment, golf, grab, mystery, richmond, shirts, vancouver
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If you want to clear some clutter out of your house but don’t have the heart to throw it out (yet) then pack it up and offer it on ebay as a mystery bag or grab bag. At the end of golf season, I was cleaning out my bag and found a bunch of ball markers, divot tools and some training aids that didn’t work for me. I decided to pack it up in a box, marked it ‘grab bag’ then offered it on ebay. I listed the item under golf stuff and in a day, I had over 100 people visit my ad. By the end of the week, I had a bid worth $30 and I sent it off to the highest bidder.
This morning I found a new golf website that may interest some of you. It’s OOBGolf and they have a mystery bag worth $10. Unfortunately, this offer is only good if you live in the US or if you live near the border (eg. Vancouver, Richmond, etc. and have read my blog about the Letter Carrier) then you’re in luck. The mystery bag can contain anything from a golf shirt to golf clubs. It’s probably worth your $10 to see what you get, considering the sponsors involved such as Adidas, Mizuno, TaylorMade and more. There is a $3.95 shipping charge but what the heck, if they are going to send you a golf club then this is just a fraction of the cost.
This is limited offer good until December 1st, 2008. Mystery bags will be shipped on December 15th, 2008 just in time for Christmas.
Free Jabra Bluetooth Headset November 28, 2008
Posted by yp2m in Accessories, Car, Electronics, Free stuff, SOHO, Shopping, coupons, freebies, gadgets, money, saving money.Tags: cellphone, free, headset, jabra, motorola, office, razr, staples
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Since getting my Plantronics 520 bluetooth headset, I’ve noticed less headaches when I talk on my cellphone. Also I find it a lot safer while driving to and from work. If you know someone who talks on their cellphone a lot during their drive then do them a favor and get them a headset.
I’ll even give you a coupon code: 5313492125470476 to use at Staples to get a free Jabra headset. Use this coupon when you purchase more than $150 worth of office supplies, school supplies, a new computer or inkjet printer cartridges. Whatever you buy, just make sure you total more than $150 to get your free headset.
My Plantronics 520 is ideal for people on the go. Just plug in the charger and it can be used for days on standby. When a call comes in, you simply push the button on the headset to answer. To sign off, you press the same button. It’s an intelligent button, as you turn the unit on/off, volume up/down and send/receive. I use it with a Motorola RAZR but other phones work with it too.
If you don’t need office supplies to get your free Jabra headset, get a Plantronics 520 noise-cancelling headset for under $50 from eCost.
Test Drive a Book November 28, 2008
Posted by yp2m in Books, Business, Computers, Free stuff, Invest, Shopping, coupons, freebies, saving money.Tags: book, canada, chapters, computer, indigo, o'reilly, reference, safari, technical, vista
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Have you been to an Indigo store lately? I remember when a Chapters store opened for the first time in Canada, it was great sitting down with a cup of coffee and a magazine and browsing through it. Nowadays, you can sit down with a coffee but you cannot hold onto unpaid merchandise such as magazines. Indigo stores still provide the odd chair at the end of aisles where people can sit down and review a book. With technical reference books, it is hard to pick one up, quickly review it then pay over $60 for it.
The technical section, especially where the computer books are located, have been trimmed down. This section used to be very popular with books ranging from a relational database to a learning how to program Excel. I used to frequent this section and spend hundreds of dollars for technical books that I would use for work.
If you happen to like a Safari title, here’s a trick you can use to test drive a book. Safari allows you to review a book for 45 days. After that, you can buy it for up to 35% off. Simply look at the last few pages in a Safari book for a coupon code then go to Safari Online and register. It’s free to register and once you do, you can redeem the coupon. This is great for all you techies because it’s hard to invest $60+ for a book that you may not like.
Here’s a few coupon codes that you can start with:
- Windows Vista : HLNVHXA
- Programming Flex 3: QYFKIXA
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Save 50% off the Beach November 26, 2008
Posted by yp2m in Geography, Travel, beach, saving money, weather.Tags: airfare, disney, montreal, orlando, save, toronto, vancouver, vegas, westjet
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Until midnight, book with WestJet and save up to 50% off to locations including Las Vegas, Palm Springs, Nassau, Florida, Jamaica and more. And enter the promo code: BEACH to save an additional 15% off tickets to Montego Bay or Nassau, Bahamas. Some great fares include Calgary to Maui for only $259 one-way, Vancouver to Las Vegas for $124 one-way, Toronto to Orlando for $129 one-way.
My friend in Montreal is itching to get away for Christmas, however she doesn’t know whether she can get a week off. If she has the Dec 15th week off, she can take advantage of the four day deal for $225 that includes airfare, accomodations and taxes. That’s cheaper than a roundtrip flight to Vegas alone.
My cousin in Vancouver has to work through Christmas because she is in retail so she is taking the $99 return flight to Las Vegas for only $99. She flies on January 1st and has to return on January 8th, 2009.
Last but definitely least, here’s a flight for you, Afsaneh who lives in Toronto. For only $22, you can fly via Air Transat to Orlando, Florida to visit Mickey and his friends on December 7th. This incredible deal is for one-way only but you can be in balmy Orlando and escape the snow.
Shop’n Fly November 26, 2008
Posted by yp2m in Electronics, Event, Fall 2008/2009, Food, Shopping, Special Days, money, saving money.Tags: $99, aeroplan, breakfast, clubcard, groceries, shop, tropicana, wii
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Forget breakfast central and earn up to 110 aeroplan miles at Sobey’s just by buying the following: Pillsbury Cinnamon rolls and a large jug of Tropicana juice. I did and earned 144 aeroplan miles for under $30 worth of groceries. To join Sobey’s Club, simply fill out an application at your local Sobey’s and you will get a key tag. Scan your key tag every time you shop at Sobey’s and earn points but be sure to elect the option to convert Sobey points to Aeroplan.
Americans across the US are preparing to hit the malls on Friday for Black Friday specials. I’m getting a constant stream of email from my affiliate stores telling me what the deals are and how much savings will be offered. Some stores like RockBottom are already offering 15% off their already low prices but stores like eCost are slashing prices in their bargain countdown section. If you want to buy a Wii for only $99, check back with us and we’ll tell you where you can buy one. They will be in very limited supply but they will be offering one every hour for 10 hours, so 10 of you will be lucky enough to walk away with a Wii for the holidays.
In with Outlets November 24, 2008
Posted by yp2m in Accessories, Electronics, Games, Shopping, gadgets, golf, jewelry, kids, saving money.Tags: deerfoot, golf, ihome, iPod, liz, lizgolf, outlet, sharperimage, ski, snowboards, sound, winners
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As the Americans are preparing to shop on Black Friday, we Canadians are gearing up to shop for Christmas. I visited Deerfoot Mall this weekend and noticed all the outlet stores there. Among the few I visited, the Mexx outlet and Liz Claiborne outlet are the two that really stands out. I always liked the fashion and quality of the stuff that Mexx makes and at the outlet, you can save up to 70% off retail. Same goes for the Liz Claiborne where you can save some serious money on activewear, casual and golf wear. If you need ski or snowboard fashions and equipment, checkout the SportChek outlet which is clearing alot of its winter gear.
Another good stop at Deerfoot Mall is the Winner’s. I always enjoy going through the aisles where the electronics and gadgets are kept. It looks like there is stuff from the failed Sharper Image stores in the US. There you will find a great selection of iPod accessories and iHome sound systems. There are also golf balls, framed photographs of Mike Weir, Tiger Woods and more, and golf ball monogramers, putting practice cups that returns your ball automatically, golf towels, divot tools, utility belts and more.
For the big kids in us all, there are two robots to check out. iQue and a red mobile robot that can respond to your voice commands. At $79, it’s worth checking out. For the smaller kids, Thomas railway sets and accessories are an abundance there, starting at $6.99 and a mountain track set for $9.99 (selling for more at Wal-Mart). Dora, Disney princess, Hannah Montana are all waiting for little girls and plenty of craft kits are there too.
Wii are in Stock November 22, 2008
Posted by yp2m in Accessories, Electronics, Games, Shopping, gadgets, saving money.Tags: christmas, Electronics, gadget, Games, iPod, music, visualland, wii
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It’s good to see signs that a lot of stores now have Wii consoles in stock. That might be the case now but wait until mid-December when everyone snaps it up. They say the Wii is among the top choices for boys and girls for Christmas this year, so get one now before they run out. (If your local store don’t carry any, you can visit us because one of our affiliates have some in stock.)
There are numerous Wii games for sale at Wal-Mart for less than $18.93. Or if you check out Best Buy, you can pick up some of the newer titles on sale. For instance, the new Wii Music is on sale for $39.95 which I paid too much for at Costco last week. That’s another lesson I learned, things aren’t necessarily the cheapest at Costco.
Another hot item this Christmas is the new iPod Nano’s which are nano-chromatic. Gone are those faded pastel colors and in with the new metallic and almost glow-in-the-dark colors.
If you want to save some money, take a look at the Visual Land Touch for under $60. It has a built-in speaker for those who don’t want to use headphones. It’s capable of playing music and video and has a built-in 2.0 megapixel camera in it for quick photos. It has 4 GB memory and accepts mini-SD cards to add more memory.
WestJet – Save 50-80% off today November 20, 2008
Posted by yp2m in Travel, car rental, coupons, money, saving money.Tags: airfare, car rental, cheapo, orbitz, phoenix, thrifty, vancouver, westjet
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Like Britney sings, “I did it again” and so I booked another rental car with Thrifty’s using the coupon code on our site to bring down the rate for my week in Vancouver. I managed to get the price down to $100 including taxes and when you pick up your vehicle from the airport, you get dinged with a airport or location fee tax which is up to 21% in some places. That normally knocks off any discount you get using coupons and promo codes.
The forecast is out for the weekend and everybody seems to be on the WestJet site today, trying to escape the wintery cold. Today only, you can save 50%-80% off select cities and up to 50% on all Canadian destinations. If you haven’t picked up your flight home for Christmas, this may be the time to do so. As for winter getaways this weekend, try Phoenix, Las Vegas, Los Angeles and San Diego – in exactly this order from lowest fare to highest fare.
Our golfing friends are heading out to Phoenix tomorrow for less than US$600 per person. This includes roundtrip airfare, 4-star hotel stay and taxes. They tell me all their tee times have been booked and they leave early in the morning. On our site, Orbitz has a 20% off hotel offer. Also, you can save 10% off the already cheapo fares by using the coupon code: TAKEOFF10.
Multi-Lingual Pen Stores Notes November 18, 2008
Posted by yp2m in Accessories, Computers, Electronics, Shopping, gadgets, kids, saving money.Tags: digital, highschool, languages, laptop, notes, pen, school, scribe, timesaver, university
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If I had a time machine, I would grab IOGear’s Mobile Digital Scribe and my laptop to bring back in time to when I was attending university. Those were the days when we wrote novels of text, just by attending lectures. With the IOGear Digital Scribe, I would have reams and reams of notes in two formats, in my own handwriting and in digital form. The IOGear Digital Scribe is a cool device. Shaped like a normal pen, everything that you write with it is automatically translated (via OCR) and stored internally. When you’re next to your computer, you can upload everything you wrote.
You can share your notes with your classmates, simply by e-mailing them with the JPEG of your handwritten notes. Or have it uploaded and translated so that you can send it to them in a Word document or an email.
The Digital Scribe does 
not require any special paper nor tablet to write on. You can write on anything, any surface or any paper up to the size of a Letter or A4. It comes with a receiver that captures your handwriting and stores it. The OCR is powerful, able to translate your handwriting to digital text. It comes with support for 12 languages including English, Spanish, French, German, Italian, Korean, Japanese, Traditional/Simplified Chinese, Portuguese, Russian, Dutch and Swedish.
What would you pay for this device? Believe it or not, it is only $80. But while supplies last, you can get it for $50.
