Here’s an in-store tip. Shop around! How often have you heard that before? Seriously. Have in mind what you want, go to some place that they know their stuff, learn more about it, check out their prices, then go to a couple more places. Once you’ve found that same item in another store at a lower price, record it, and if you’d rather not get it at that store, go back to that first one and see if they will lower their price for you. Sometimes they may mark down some of your other items just so you’ll shop there with them. A sale is better than no sale to some places. Not all places will do it, but it’s worth a shot. The worst they can say is “No” after all, and then they lose your business as you walk out the door. Yes, it takes more time than just going to one place to get everything, but believe it or not, some places are less expensive than others! And we’re not just talking about a box of cereal.

Do not forget to shop online–there are some fantastic deals there as well! Some stores may have a good price in the store, but check their website also, because sometimes they have “Online Only” specials on their merchandise. Some internet-based stores are excellent places to go for your holiday shopping needs, like Amazon.com or if you like to take chances, try Craigslist.org or eBay.com.

Hope something in here sparks an interest in your holiday shopping needs. Maybe some of the best deals are happening right now AND during the intense holiday season? I do know one thing: if you get on it now, it’s better than the hassle of the shoppers traffic, and headaches, just to find out they are sold out of something.

To get us into the fall mood, Gaelsong has a ton of Celticy themed Halloween stuff on sale.  Amazon also has a big sale on Celtic jewelry for under twenty bucks.

Newegg has a huge sale going on for email subscribers and those who click this link featuring all kinds of stuff from their inventory.

For those who feel that all who wander aren’t lost - or wouldn’t be if they had a Garmin eTrex handheld GPS unit this is your lucky day.  It’s on sale for $199.99 - $100 off.

If you’re looking for a good old time on a good old system, Harvest Moon Magic Melody for the GameCube of all things is just $17.98 today only.  While you’re being entertained, Amazon’s Blu-Ray sale with up to 55% off continues as well.

Amazon is featuring all of the new iPods with some slight discounts on everything but the Touch.

On to the hardware side of things, exclusively at Amazon is the Transcend JetFlash 64GB thumb drive. It’s $189.99 today.

There’s a decent sale on Radeon GPUs with some deals over 20% off.  Lastly, they’ve got a system build list up for a pretty sweet do it yourself gaming rig that will be able to handle Duke Nukem Forever without issue.

There you go, at least you have something to look at while you’re waiting for the economy to collapse.

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Lets start at the movies, since I spent part of this weekend reviewing Mark Hammill in various silver screen incarnations.  (Slipstream anyone?)  It’s the three for the price of two sale - where you go to that link, checkoff three titles and get the cheapest one for nada.  They’re fairly good titles too.  You can also save up to 55% on Blu-Ray discs while you’re at it.

If you’re a WoW fan who can’t wait for the Wrath of the Lich King to drop November 13th, Amazon has a neat promo for you.  You can pre-order it and they’ll drop ship it to arrive on the release date.

You can grab Madden NFL ‘06 for$6.98 (console version) and GTR Evolution for the PC for $17.99.  While we’re talking cheap games, head on over to Circuit City to grab Overlord for the PC for $4.99.

Lastly, Amazon is clearing out a few Sony VAIO laptops with savings up to36% off.  Every model available is at least $150 off retail price.

That concludes Monday’s deals.

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To get us where we’re going, let’s take a look at the Pharos 150 Drive GPS unit looks to be decent and falls just under $100 at a $99.99 price point, with free shipping.

To look good on your way, check out Amazon’s Celtic Jewelry sale with many pieces under $20. And while you’re there, stop by the Gold section for some great deals (on the right and scattered throughout) gold jewelry.

The Godfather - Coppala’s Restoration Set in all of its Blu-Ray goodness is$61.95 today, which is $63.04 off retail price and includes parts I - III.

Ever wanted to drive a monster truck?  If you have an Xbox 360, you’re in luck! Monster Jam is just $19.98 - $30.01off retail today only at Amazon.

Lastly at Amazon, Moleskine notebooks are a couple of dollars off.  If you like to show off your expensive tastes and neoluddite tendencies by writing in an old fashioned notebook, here you go.

Circuit City has a bunch of online only deals, from HDTVs through games and all the way to cameras.

Now for free food - something as near and dear to me as free T-shirts.  First, Cold Stone Creamery is offering free 3 oz. samples in honor of the Worlds Largest Ice Cream Social (WLICS) tonight from 5 - 8 pm local time.  While you’re there getting your free ice cream buy something as well that will support the Make-A-Wish foundation.  Then, when you finish your dessert first, head on over to TGI Fridays for your free appatizer.  Get it by signing up for their Stripes club here.  Bill Murray would be proud.

That concludes our deals for the day.

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Let’s start with Mel Brooks - one of the great makers of funny movies. This collection contains Blazing Saddles / Young Frankenstein / Silent Movie / Robin Hood: Men in Tights / To Be or Not to Be / History of the World, Part 1 / The Twelve Chairs / High Anxiety and is available for $39.99.  Save almost 60 bucks.  Also check out other boxed sets on sale.

Jack Johnson’s album Brushfire Fairytales is available as a digital download for $3.99.  Think Flake and Bubbletoes.

CSI: Hard Evidence is great for solving crimes with your Wii. It’s also on sale for $19.98 - $10.01 off retail.

There are also a ton of DVDs on sale with a bunch under $7.00 and all 50% off.

Lastly at Amazon, grab a Seagate FreeAgent 1TB external drive for $149.99 with free shipping.

If you’re in the market for a new gaming mouse, Buy.com has the Visiontek XG6 3D high res gaming mouse for $17.99 with free shipping.  That’s about $60 off retail.

Last but not least - the Millenium Falcon Transformer’s edition is half off at Toys R Us.  $19.99 will get you not one toy but two toys in one.  Three toys in one?  I see two robots there.

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Let’s start with Newegg.  Their End-of-Summer sale has a bunch of great deals.  Creative Zens, video cards, HDTVs, memory and a lot more.

Guitar Hero on Tour for the DS is $29.99 today only at Amazon, with free shipping of course.

The smash hit (ahem) Speed Racer is going for$15.99 right now in standard wide screen DVD format.  That’s about 45% off retail.

There’s a rather large Blu-Ray sale going on featuring discs like Nightmare Before Christmas, 300, No Country for Old Men and unfortunately National Treasure, plus about 5 pages of additional Blu-Ray savings.

When you order a new Samsung SC-MX20 camcorder, snag a free 4GB SDHC card with your purchase.  These little camcorders are a lot of fun. I use one myself.

Finally, if you’re a Tokyo Flash watch fan but don’t want to shell out a couple of hundred bucks for the ability to not tell time correctly, here’s your big break.  The Tokyo Flash Bar Code is going for a mere $89.99 with free shipping.  That 60% off is sure to make you the envy of a server room near you.

That’s the deals for today.

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Starting with Aerosmith, catch Guitar Hero for the Wii from Circuit City for $29.99 with free shipping.

Get your hands on a ton of amazing movies from the Criterion Collection at Amazon for over 40% off, in many cases over 50% off. Don’t end up kicking yourself for missing this.  You can also find a ton of other DVDs on sale right now.

Pre-order Far Cry 2 and get a $10 Amazon gift card for your troubles.  Good on the PC, Xbox 360 and PS3 versions of the game plus free shipping.

Newegg has a GeForce 9800 GT card for $109.99 after this (PDF) $15 mail in rebate.

Right now get a good chunk off of Sony HD Camcorders (HDR-SR10, SR11 and SR12) starting with the 40 GB model at $703.49 and also featuring the 60 and 80 GB models as well.

Own the entire series of Six Feet Under for$109.97 - $170 off retail and free shipping to boot.  Good today only.

Since you’ve read along this far, I should also probably tell you that Led Zep IV is available from Amazon as a DRM free digital download for $1.99.  Squeeze my lemon indeed!

There are today’s deals.

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First, Megadeth’s album The System has Failed is available as a digital download, blessedly DRM free for $2.99.

Got a Wii?  Here’s your chance at deals all day long. Wii gold box deals all throughout the day at Amazon.com

White seems to be the color of cheap when it comes to external hard drives.  The Western Digital My Passport 160GB external hard drive in white is $76.24.  Larger sizes and different colors cost a bit more but all are discounted.

The Classic Flip Video 60 minute is$89.99, which is 40% off.  If you’ve read this site in the past you know that I love this little recorder.

If you have a Wii, you may be interested in the Pinball Hall of Fame: Williams Collection although I’m not sure who Williams is.

Order, pre-order or take a gander at the Top 2008 box office performers at Amazon.  Those available for order or pre-order are often at a decent discount.

GoGamer has the World of Warcraft Battle Chest on sale for $29.99.  Pick up the Lich King expansion for $39.90 at the same place.

Lastly, if GPS is your game, pick up a Pharos 4.3″ GPS unit for $139.99 - $110.00 off from Newegg.  Never be lost again matey!  Arrrr!  Sorry.

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Supreme Commander for the XBOX 360 is $39.98 - $20.01 off of retail price, with free shipping.

All kinds of DVDs on sale at amazon, including up to 43% off new releases this month and in October, such as the new Indiana Jones flick, Iron Man, Sex in the City and whatnot.  Also over 30% off various specialty DVDs and TV Shows.

If Blu-ray is your thing, especially if you have a 102″ TV like Kevin Smith, then check out the big Blu-ray sale as well.

Speaking of HDTVs, the ‘Zon is offering a 24 months, no interest deal on select HDTVs, which themselves are often steeply discounted.  The deal is you have to sign up for or have an Amazon credit card, and use that for the purchase, plus chose from an HDTV on the list.  Then you have 2 years to pay it off before you start racking up interest.

You can also cut $150 off a brand spankin’ new Canon EOS 40D 10.1 DSLR camera when you buy a Canon EF 70-300mm f/4-5.6 IS USM lens to go along with it.

Finally from Amazon, this uber remote from Logitech, the Harmony 880 is going for $136.51, which is already over $110 off retail.  Then you can use this $50 mail in rebate (PDF) brings it down to $86.51.

Lastly Dell has this great deal on a Inspiron quad core.  It’s an intel Q6600 (2.4Ghz) 6GB of DDR2 RAM, a 660GB SATA drive and onboard graphics (which you will probably want to replace).  It’s $709 in total, plus about $30 in shipping or free for in store pickup.

That my friends concludes our deals for the day.

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