August 17th, 2006
More Good Deals
As promised, I’m passing on my latest finds…or I’m trying — Pugly is trying to keep me from using the computer –
- DealCatcher – The best thing at DealCatcher is the printable coupons. You know how every now and then someone will send around a printable coupon for Borders or Barnes & Nobles or some theater? DealCatcher collects all of those things all in one handy place. It keeps track of sales from tons of stores plus you can look for product reviews and rebates. Oh, and since I live by my Bloglines feeds, I was downright excited to discover you could subscribe to rss feeds for DealCatcher!
- Borders Rewards — I went to Borders yesterday to coincidentally use a printable coupon I found on DealCatcher. I was offered a Borders Rewards membership. I’ve always said no because of a real screw-up with my old Barnes & Nobles club membership, which they charged you for. However, the clerk told that the Borders Rewards cards are free. Now, one of the things I noted is that some of those printable coupons are for members only and are a much bigger discount, so that alone is a good incentive. Plus, they’ll email you more coupons and when you use the card, you earn special holiday and other discounts. Pretty nifty!
- LibraryThing — This one isn’t so much a shopping thing, but it’s a pretty nifty tool: LibraryThing allows you to enter what you’re reading or your whole library. From LibraryThing, you can search Amazon, the Library of Congress and 45 other world libraries. Once you create your library, you can show it off on their site, put your books on your blog, or keep it private. Plus, LibraryThing connects you with people who read the same things, even that obsure stuff, which allows you to get recommendations. The free account allows you to enter 200 books; if you have more than that, you can enter as many as you like for $10 (year) or $25 (life).
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