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    solar outdoor LED lights, set of 4 for $12.48 at Target! (YMMV)

    Solar LED Lights are nowhere near as bright as Low Voltage, which are nowhere near as bright as regular line voltage lights. These do have some merit, especially in places where you can't lay regular cable, like on a deck or near water. They're good for outlining a pathway, but they're not...
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    Sony MZ-N505 Portable MiniDisc Recorder $81.48 shipped

    DL the newest free version of RealPlayer. It functions as MusicMatch does, without the annoying checkout feature. It treats the NetMD like an MP3 player.
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    Duracell Rechargeables: AA ($.77 ea) & AAA ($.50 ea) [Get's even better...]

    Newark sucks. AAA Price is $.85 now. I swear these were .49 (AA) and .43 (AAA) about 4 weeks ago. I placed two orders and their damn website didn't take either of them. Their CS SUCKS! I call and get confusion and shuffled around. I'm gonna say I'm Motorola next time, see if that makes a...
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    Duracell Rechargeables: AA ($.77 ea) & AAA ($.50 ea) [Get's even better...]

    You should know that MCM and Newark are the same company. MCM is the consumer arm, Newark sells mostly to OEMs. These are probably coming out of the same lot purchase and the same warehouse. I was at Newark's headquarters in Chicago. Their website and ordering process sucks. They're used to...
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    $1.95 domains at internetco.com?

    Go Daddy is good, but they charge $8.95 + $5.95 for forwarding and masking. www.dotearth.com charges about $12 per year with forwarding included. If you required forwarding, GoDaddy may not be the best choice, if it's a bare-bones registration you're after, GoDaddy will be the cheapest around...
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    B&N Warehouse Sale - Save up to 80%

    There are some bargain DVD's in there as well, all categories, but be careful, they have VHS tapes mixed in with the DVDs. I almost bought Episode I for $13.99 before I realized it was VHS.
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    Self employed? Go get that BIG TRUCK/SUV!

    Kramer: "It's a write-off for them." Jerry: "How is it a write-off?" Kramer: "They just write it off." Jerry: "Write it off what?" Kramer: "Jerry, all these big companies, they write off everything." Jerry: "You don't even know what a write-off is." Kramer: "Do you?" Jerry: "No, I...
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    Hot deal for those who like fine cookware

    As always, this thread has degraded into a quest for absolutes. Professional chefs always this... Calphalon is always that... You want to see what professional chefs use, go look in a restaurant kitchen or spend some time in a restaurant supply house. Most professional cookware is aluminum...
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    Denon AVR-883 (AVR-1803) Receiver for $327 + cheap shipping ** Buy from NXGen with Extreme Caution **

    This is a very good price on a highly recommended unit. I paid $400 for the last generation of this receiver at Sears 2 years ago, it's a great unit. I have it running my whole home theater 5 speakers, + supplying an input to my powered subwoofer, and it's performed flawlessly. Other Sony's...
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    Craftsman 13.2V drill include 2 batteries Sears $34.99 Starts 8/30 + Sears Labor Day sale Flyer

    Craftsman 13.2 volt Cordless Drill/Driver Kit, 24 Position Adjustable Torque This 3/8 in. chuck drill has planetary gearing with ball thrust bearings and a variable speed of 0-600 rpm. For added convenience it features a motor brake, reversibility and overload protection. Adjustable torque...
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    5 Shirts @ Paul Fredrick for $49.95 + Free Shipping

    Careful on these, read through the descriptions very carefully, there are lots of doo-dads going on with these shirts. Tab collars, french cuffs, pin collars. Make sure you know what these things mean before you buy the shirt. For example, French Cuffs require you to wear cufflinks, pin and...
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    AMD Athlon XP1800+(boxed!) and ECS K7S5A mobo $129 at Fry's (Bay Area anyway)

    Standard of living my ass. If anything, it should be MORE expensive in the Bay area since everything else is. This processor is $90 shipped from TWCS. You can get the MOBO at reputable dealers for about $55 or from Fry's themselves for $59.99 Put em together, and it's about $150, give or...
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    Tupperware deals @ HSN

    That coupon is for new users/accounts only, so the most you could hope for is but one of those deals.
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    Barebones Athlon XP systems @ econpc.com -- is this site legit ?

    I don't like that shipping disclaimer. To me, that says they could stick a DOA MB in there for every 3 good ones, and there's nothing I could do about it. Sounds like russian roulette to me. One idea I had was asking them to keep the case and PS, I just want the MB and CPU, should let the...
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    Athlon XP1700/ECS K7S5A MB $149 at Fry's BM

    PrincessGuard - where did you see that? That's fricking hot! The best price on that combo on Pricewatch is $131. Is that price advertised anywhere? I was in Fry's last week, and the XP 1800 was $125 on its own.