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Since Alfredus Strongbranch, the Chief Operating Elf of the North Pole, decided to go on his indefinite hiatus back in the Spring of ’09, operations have been out of whack in Santa’s Workshop.  Sources on the ground report that all good little girls and boys have received their appropriate gifts, but a large overrun of items was generated during production.  Tsk, tsk.  All of the elf CPAs and assorted bean counters are begging Alfredus to come back, but in the meantime, warehouse space is prohibitively expensive and Santa’s overflow stock needs to be liquidated.

Santa has contracted with some third parties to help clear out his overstock, including: TigerDirect.com’s Year-End Liquidation

Buy.com’s Weekly Deals

Shoes.com Winter Clearance Sale (use code WINTER for an extra 20% off all sale merchandise)

Help Santa get his sleigh back in the garage, and buy up some of the overstock.

Cheers!

Jack

We made it.  That’s right, Christmas is over and done.  You made it through an entire family viewing of It’s a Wonderful Life while your family’s version of Uncle Eddie slammed beers and made off-color jokes.  You opened presents and somehow managed to look happy when you opened grandma’s present–which consisted of a dozen pairs of tighty-whiteys, no doubt.  And now it’s time to return back to reality.

After that fiasco, it’s time to treat yourself for a job well done.  Not to mention, you probably didn’t get exactly what you wanted for Christmas.  What to do… What to do…

And then you see it.  It’s as if some supernatural force was listening to your desires and answered them.  Your RSS feed rings with glee as the deal crosses your inbox.  That’s right, it’s a deal for the ages, and it’s awesome.

It’s none other than a Xbox 360 Live Value Bundle with Bonus $50 Wal-Mart gift card for only $259 at Wal-Mart!

For this awesome deal, you get a Xbox 360 Arcade, a Xbox Live 12-month card, a choice of two games (including such awesome hits as Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2, Halo 3, and NBA2K10), and optional accessories.

Unfortunately, local in-store pickup is not an option, meaning you have to wait for this bad boy to ship.  Nonetheless, this is a great deal to ring in the new year, and to put a nice little tidy bow on the festivities of Christmas.

(note: the Xbox 360 Elite is also available for $99 more, and is certainly just as awesome of a deal)

Ho ho ho and a bottle of rum.

If that’s your idea of a good Christmas, then chances are, you’ll be spending more of your Christmas out in the garage with the guys taking down a few cold ones, as opposed to being huddled around the kitchen drinking wassail and humming Christmas songs.  Not to suggest that a sing-a-long to Bette Midler’s Merry Christmas album is necessarily a bad thing, of course not… *cough* lame *cough*…  But at least around here we can respect the fact that a guy sometimes just wants to enjoy the company of other men with celebrations of beer, power tools, and oil stains.

If that works for you, then check out the 2-day sale at Sears, where you can save on great items like this Craftsman 9 pc Combination Wrench Set for just $19.99, or 33% off the retail price.  Or, how about this Craftsman 2-1/4 ton Floor Jack for a modest price of just $29.99, or 40% off the regular price?

Hope you and your family have a very Merry Christmas!

Good tidings, all ye Christmas procrastinators.  Today (and in some cases, tomorrow) is your last shot at ordering Christmas gifts online without mortgaging your house to pay for shipping.

Macy’s and SuperJeweler.com are my top picks if you are buying for your foxy Mrs. Claus. Until 12/21 at 11:59pm EST, Macy’s is running “The Best Customer Sale” and offering an extra 15-20% off and free shipping on orders of $99+ with promo code: THEBEST . SuperJeweler is also a favorite last-minute store of ours with the best, consistently low prices we’ve seen on diamond jewelry and their Most Popular Diamond Pendants are a great place to look for ideas until 1pm EST today!! And here’s a list of stores that you can still order from without paying painful, expedited shipping rates:
* Amazon.com: Free shipping through 12/21, or until 12/22 if you have Amazon Prime
* Brookstone: Free shipping until 12/21 at 1pm EST
* drugstore.com: (12/20 until 3 pm ET)
* Endless.com: (12/20 until 5 pm PT)
* FAO Schwarz: 12/20 until 11:59pm
* Hickory Farms: 12/21 until 11:59pm EST, free shipping up to $35 with code: 124503
* Macys: 12/21 until 11:59pm EST, 15-20% off and free shipping on $99+ w/ code: THEBEST
* SuperJeweler 12/21 until 1pm EST
* Target: Free shipping on select products through 12/21
* Toys “R” Us: 12/20 until 11:59pm EST
* Walmart: Site-to-store shipping through 12/20

As free shipping in time for Christmas is becoming just a fond memory at many stores, Toys R Us actually just extended theirs AND is running another huge Toys R Us 2-Day Sale.  This 2-day sale runs Friday and Saturday and includes some nice bonus deals.    Toys R Us just extended their free shipping on thousands of items (orders of $49+) all the way to Sunday the 20th with guaranteed arrival by the 24th.  That’s mighty generous compared to most other stores.  Just make sure that you only order items from the Free Shipping Store that say “usually leaves warehouse in 1-2 full business days” on the details page beneath the price.  You should see a green “Free Shipping” icon on the details page beneath the item name.  Otherwise you’ll have to answer awkward questions like, “Daddy, why does Santa hate me?  Why would he skip our house?  And who ate the cookies I left out for him? WAAaahhhHHHH.” Touchy moments like this can be avoided with your killer instincts for a deal that will ship on time.

If you pay with PayPal, the deal gets even sweeter because you can save $20 on orders of $75 or more.

You know my mantra: Do it for the children!

Cheers!

Jack