In the spirit of having a featured item of the day, let’s first start with Amazon’s great deal on Grand Theft Auto IV for the Xbox 360.  Normally $60, the price has been slashed to $30, or 50% off the retail price.  This also qualifies for free shipping, or in my case, free 2-day shipping with my Amazon Prime account (which came in very handy over Christmas, I might add!).

Now on to the after Christmas sales.  There are a ton of great sales going on right now, so rather than writing a blurb about each one, I’m just going to list the sales for your reference.

• TigerDirect 72-Hour After Christmas Blowout
• Barnes & Noble’s After Holiday Sale
• Kohl’s After Christmas Sale: 60-70% off
• Gap: up to 50% off + additional 25% Off Sale with coupon code SALE
• Cabela’s: Mid-Winter Sale, Save up to 65%
• Finish Line End of Season Clearance
• Dog.com: free shipping on $49+ through Sunday

Hope you all had a wonderful Christmas!

Merry Christmas everyone!  We hope you and your families have a very safe and happy holiday.  And to join in the fun, we have a few great sales to tell you about.

Check out the Best Buy Very Merry Christmas 3-Day Sale, which runs through 12/27.  Or the Circuit City Better than Santa Sale, which also runs through Saturday.  We all know that, with the lackluster sales this Christmas season, that stores are going to be extremely aggressive about slashing prices.

Merry Christmas!

UPDATE: SOLD OUT!

So you want a Blu-ray player for Christmas, huh? Well, at Amazon, the entry point for Blu-ray has just become really, really cheap. You can get the Samsung BD-P1500 1080p Blu-ray Player plus your choice of eight Blu-ray titles for just $138! That represents a savings of $200 (59%) when you use coupon code SAMWB2OO at checkout. Not bad…

The Samsung BP-P1500 comes in with a solid 4 star rating on Amazon. Nifty features include an ethernet connection for checking firmware updates online. This Blu-ray player comes with all the standard features, like full 1080p HD output and DVD upconversion to 1080p as well. It supports the normal HDMI 1.3 spec, as well as support for component video and s-video.

I’m not sure what you’re getting for Christmas, but I know what I want now…

Enjoy!

Don’t let Cyber Week pass you by without taking advantage of some of the great offers out there.  For example, at Dell Home, you can pick up this sweet DMA 2100 Media Center Extender for just $60, or 50% off the regular price of $120.  This allows you to stream media from your PC to your television.  In my case, I missed the first 3 episodes of the new season of 24 because we were out of town (and I forgot to set my DVR to record.. DOH!), so a media extender would come in handy.

Also, be sure to check out a couple of the great sales going on right now, starting with the Best Buy Cyber Week sale.  You can save on TVs, home theater products, appliances, and much, much more.  Or check out the Kohl’s 2-day sale, where products are reduced up to 60% off the list price (plus an additional 10% savings with coupon code HOLIDAY3416.

Enjoy!

I’ll have to admit, I was really into The Killers when Hot Fuss came out.  So it’s really cool to see that, today at Amazon, you can get The Killers: Day & Age from Amazon for a great price of just $3.99!  This album just hits stores today, so hopefully this will be just as good as many of their other great hits.

Enjoy!

This weekend, there’s some really great sale events going on at several top stores.  First, at Sears, we have the Sears Saturday Sale, where you can save on doorbuster deals (through noon).  There’s also other great deals going on throughout the day on items such as appliances, HD cameras, fitness equipment, and much, much more.

On top of that, TigerDirect has their Black Friday Deals through 11/23.  Here you can save on a lot of great computer and electronic deals.

Finally, check out the 6th Avenue Electronics pre-Black Friday sale.  They have a ton of great deals on HDTVs, many with free shipping.

Have a great weekend!

Christmas is right around the corner, and stores are as aggressive as ever to get your business!  Today, we’re going to tell you about 4 great sales going on at Sears, Toys R Us, Kohl’s, and Circuit City!

First, whether its for the kids, or the nieces and nephews in your family, or whoever else, check out Toys R Us Free Shipping Offer on select toys!  This is a great way to go ahead and knock out that special gift for the little ones in our lives.  Time to check that individual off your todo list!

Next up is the Kohl’s 2-Day Sale, where you can save up to 60% on many great items!  These range from women’s clothing and accessories to men’s shirts, ties, sweaters, as well as kitchen gadgets.  In short, just about every category of merchandise in the store is represented, so check it out and load up on some more holiday gifts.

And we all like electronics.  Because of this, check out Circuit City’s 4-Day Early Bird sale!  This is a great opportunity to save on items like HDTVs and more.  If you’re in the market for a new HDTV, this is probably the time to buy.  Don’t forget that the Super Bowl is right around the corner, and that’s generally the time when stores look to raise prices slightly to capitalize on the fact that many people are desperate to pick up a new TV for their Super Bowl party.

Finally, Sears has some great promotions going this weekend and into next week, but in particular, check out the Friends and Family event going on from 6pm tonight, Sunday, to 6am tomorrow, Monday.  You can save an extra 10-20% on almost everything in the store.

Enjoy!

I can still remember my first guitar, a Fendor acoustic-electric, and the excitement I felt when I woke up that Christmas morning to play it for the first time.  Sixteen years later, and I’m still strumming the ‘ole 6-string.  Since then, I’ve added a few axes to my arsenal, including a PRS Custom 24 and a Martin acoustic.

I believe everyone needs a pasttime that spawns creativity and passion.  Whether its artwork, writing a book, or playing a musical instrument, the creative juices that are involved with such an activity can help relieve stress and help us live happier, healthier lives.

With that in mind, check out Musician’s Friend’s Wall to Wall sale, where you can save up to 75% off instruments, amps, microphones, and more.  Plus, use coupon code MF23 to save even more on select items (up to $75 off)!

For example, you can get this Fender Standard Stratocaster Electric Guitar for a sweet price of just $400, or 33% off the list price of $600.  Or, if you really want to get serious, check out their sweet deal on a Gibson Les Paul Classic Electric Guitar for $1935, or 44% off the list of $3479.

For the first time guitarists, I recommend a good set of high quality ear plugs for the rest of the family, at least for the first 5-6 months.  Or better yet, just get the rest of the family $25 restaurant gift certificates from Restaurant.com using coupon code HARVEST and they can just step out of the house whenever you pick up the axe…

Enjoy!

Nothing makes me happier on a Wednesday morning–which is notoriously the worst day of the work week for me–to wake up to an awesome deal on a 24″ monitor.  Thanks to OnSale, my Wednesday won’t be so bad after all.

For only $290, you can get this Acer X243WBD 24″ TFT Widescreen LCD Monitor.  This sweet pimpin’ piece of computer gizmo clocks in at 1920×1080 resolution with a 3000:1 contrast ratio.  The 160 degrees viewing angle and 400 cd/m2 has you screaming for more and wondering who’s your daddy.  Err, uh… what?

If that doesn’t get you excited, then head over to Rhapsody, where you can get the full mp3 version of Dark Side of the Moon for just $2.99!  This timeless classic needs no introduction.  Not sure where it ranks now, but at least at one point it was #2 or #3 on the all time best sellers list.

Which means it’s highly likely you already own this masterpiece.  But if not, or if you’d rather pay $2.99 than try to rip your old vinal to mp3 format, then this is for you.

Pink Floyd is one of my favorite bands of all time, and Dark Side is certainly one of my favorite albums.  I’d love to see a Pink Floyd download-a-palooza on Rhapsody like they had a few months ago for Led Zeppelin.  That would r0×0r.

Enjoy!

The Columbus Day sale events continue, with several other stores coming online today and running promotions over the next day or so.

For starters, we have the Kohl’s Columbus Day Sale.  You can save up to 50% off on outerwear, or up to 50% off on bedding and sheets.

Next up is Circuit City, with their weekly promotions.  Besides saving on great items like memory cards, GPS, iPods, speakers, HDTVs, and the other various electronics goodies they sell, you can also take part in the Circuit City Friends and Family event.  This allows you to save up to an additional 15% off your purchase, just by using coupon code CAAXJ9DA8E.

Finally, at Second Act today, you can save on the Olevia 252T 52 inch 1080p LCD HDTV at Second Act.  With a retail price of $2299, you can get this sweet 52″ LCD for only $900.  This HDTV supports TV resolutions up to 1080i, or PC resolutions of 1920×1080 (1080p) through HDMI and/or VGA.

Enjoy your week!