Tag: SALES

Every day, the folks over at TechDealDigger are letting us know about some of the best gadget deals they can find, so we're going to pass that information on to you. After all, in these tough economic times, every little bit counts. We may not be buying Swarovski-covered iPods any time soon, but everyone needs essentials like a computer. So, take a look at what the online deals site sent us ...

GameStop, for years, has monopolized the corporate-level, used game and trade-in market, but, in March, several big-name retailers muscled in on the action. Amazon (which had previously allowed only third-party, used game sales) and Toys 'R' Us initiated the movement, and, according to Colin Sebastian of Lazard Capital Markets, several other major corporations will soon enter the fray, as well. ...

The omnipresent pizza franchise Domino's accidentally gave away 11,000 free pizzas this week as a result of a supposed computer error involving a proposed marketing plan. Fortunately for the 11,000 lucky recipients (and unfortunately for Domino's), the erroneous deal, which had been intended to honor the economic bailout plan, was honored (for a short time, anyway). Created internally within ...

A perfect storm of the slow economy and seasonal affect of new televisions coming in while old models still sit unsold is making right now the time to buy, according to the L.A. Times. It's the answer to the question many of us are constantly asked "when can I get the best deal?" and there's plenty of answers, Black Friday, Super Bowl, or right now during the slow period, but strictly on a ...

2009 has not been kind to Apple. According to a new report, Mac sales have taken a hit in the early months of 2009, and now Apple has slipped to number two in terms of computer reliability. RescueCom, a computer support hotline, factors both the number of service calls made to its hotline and a company's market share before delivering its quarterly computer reliability report. This quarter saw ...

As Office Depot and Best Buy attempt to one-up each other in their ongoing war against the American consumer, one brave shopper recently infiltrated enemy lines and performed a little undercover espionage of the latter big box store. The honorable HD Guru (disguised as an average citizen looking for a new Panasonic HDTV) recently went to Best Buy with high hopes of uncovering the truth about the ...

There are some signs on Wall Street that this awful economy might just be starting to recover a bit, but even if it continues to flounder, some analysts are suggesting that you should seriously think about hurrying up and making that electronics-related investment you've been pondering. It's believed that the steep decline of prices on things like HDTVs and MP3 players is not only going to ...

What's better than one addictive, relationship-ruining, confidential-information-releasing BlackBerry? Why, two of the things, of course! Right now, at Verizon Wireless, you can walk in, buy one BlackBerry, and get a second one gratis. You might even get a few bucks back in the process. The deal covers BlackBerry's hot touch-screen Storm, the Curve, the Pearl, the old-school 8830, and even a few ...

For the first time in the history of our majestic Earth, video games have seen retail sales higher than those of DVD and Blu-ray, according to GamesIndustry.com. The popular Nintendo Wii was a major factor, along with what we can only describe as folks' desire to escape from what had been a pretty tough year. Media Control GfK International reported that video game sales jumped 20 percent last ...

If you were waiting to get some fliers in the mail announcing the beginning of clearances at your local Circuit City, we're sorry to report you've probably already missed the best deals. The liquidation was just made official last week, but, when Christen over at Gadget Review happened by the trendy Santa Monica branch of the doomed franchise yesterday, he found lines of people already waiting ...

Considering the way that the Wii flew off shelves last month, this next item probably won't come as a shock to anyone. According to the Wall Street Journal, both Nintendo's console and the Xbox 360 trounced the PlayStation 3 in holiday sales, with U.S. sales falling nine percent from this month last year. During this same period, sales doubled for the Wii and rose eight percent for the Xbox 360. ...

We've already waded through a number of research reports that found individuals more likely to stay at home and get their entertainment during rough economic times, but an insightful piece from Parks Associates takes a more deliberate approach to analyzing what's really going on. When looking at just how many people are viewing video-on-demand content now versus two years ago (it's way up, by ...

Nintendo's fended off class-action lawsuits over "defective" Wiimote straps in the past, and if you remember, they also replaced about 3.2 million of the straps (a/k/a "all of them") around the same time too -- way back in December of 2006. Well, the same lawyer's back for round two with a new, nearly identical suit, but this one also alleges that Nintendo knew that the defect existed and was ...

Let's face it: this year's recession-busting Black Friday sucked, featuring a few good deals but no single blockbuster worth getting up at 2:00 am to stand in the cold. Over the weekend we still maintained a bit of hope that Cyber Monday would bring something worth getting excited about, and while right now it looks like we're set for another disappointingly bargain-free day full of nothing but ...

Whether you or not you want to spend money this year on gifts, you can't escape the fact that the official holiday shopping season kicks off today, "Black Friday," as the day after Thanksgiving is dubbed. Retailers in every category offer significant deals on this day, and the consumer electronics industry is no exception. If you're planning on buying either yourself or someone else a computer, ...