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Friday, November 13, 2009
Great coupons for Smokey Bones, Express
The illustrious Deal Seeking Mom had a couple of great printable coupons on her site today, Nov. 13, that bear repeating.
First off, Smokey Bones has a coupon for $10 off a $20 purchase, good through Nov. 23. Click here for that coupon.
The local Smokey Bones is at 6744 Miller Lane in Dayton.
Secondly is a coupon for $15 off a $30 purchase (or $30 off a $75 purchase) at Express stores. Visit the DSM site to get that one.
The Express coupon truly is express, however, and expires Monday, Nov. 16.
And, if you are a huge fan of Express, you can get another coupon for 15 percent off if you sign up for e-mail from the store online.
There are Express stores at the Dayton Mall and the Mall at Fairfield Commons.
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TweetStudy: Wii Fit best at virtual weight loss
I have heard many friends mention that the Wii Fit system is on their holiday wish lists, and I had heard from others that owned the video game that it did provide a good workout.
However, a new study begs to differ. It suggests that the game might not be what you need if actual fitness is your goal.
A study by The American Council on Exercise, conducted in cooperation with the University of Wisconsin La Crosse Exercise and Health Program, found that Wii Fit produced “underwhelming results.”
Researchers tested the most aerobically challenging activities and found that in all cases, performing an actual exercise activity rather than Wii Fit’s virtual approximation resulted in “significantly higher” caloric expenditure.
And, as noted by The Consumerist, the Wii Fit’s most effective weight-loss tool may be its fattening and thinning of your Mii avatar depending on your body mass index.
So, maybe the game isn’t the best use of your funds in this tighter holiday season. And at least sit-ups and running around the block are still free.
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TweetPre-Black Friday deals abound this weekend
It is two weeks until the huge bargain shopping day that is Black Friday, but many folks just don’t want to wait that long.
Many retailers have been having big pre-Black Friday sales, and many Web sites have been alerting consumers to the deals that are expected on the big day, Nov. 27.
One of the better sites that is continually updating its list of Black Friday and pre-Black Friday ads is Black-Friday.net.
Among the deals that are slated for this weekend are:
Toys R Us is having a 2-day Mega Sale today and Saturday.
Kohl’s also is having its Mega Sale through Saturday.
Staples has a Holiday Savings kickoff through Saturday.
JCPenney is having night and day doorbusters today and Saturday.
HHgregg has coupons for its Pre-Thanksgiving Doorbuster sale today and Saturday.
Also, Best Buy is having a huge online-only sale, and the online price buster NewEgg is having its Early Black Friday Deals sale this weekend as well.
Walmart has been having big sales all month, and some offer an interesting way to get around discounting an item that has a set price from the manufacturer.
For example, as noted earlier this week, this Saturday shoppers can get a $100 gift card when they buy a Blackberry. That offer is good throughout the week.
As they did with the hardcover book discounts, however, Amazon has since matched that deal.
Kmart has been having a “better than Black Friday” sale, but I think that title is a bit overstated.
For example, in this sale, Kmart has coats for 40 percent off, but JCPenney has been having coats for 50 percent to 60 percent off this month.
Kmart also has a Countdown to Christmas, with different deals each day. Today’s Kmart deal is a 21-picture collage frame for $14.99. It is regularly $29.99 to $34.99.
Consumer Reports also put together a good resource of Black Friday information about stores and sites Thursday.
I will continue to update this blog with these deals as we lead up to and on Black Friday, and will have a comprehensive list of the hours for these stores on that day next week.
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TweetToday is holiday deadline to ship overseas by parcel post
If you are planning on sending holiday cards and presents overseas, today, Nov. 13, is the parcel post deadline to guarantee delivery by Christmas.
If you miss today’s deadline, though, fear not. There are other ways of getting your goods there on time.
The U.S. Postal Service put together helpful charts to show options whether you are sending to the military or to anyone overseas.
FedEx has its own chart as well.
The UPS representative said the service doesn’t have any hard deadlines related to overseas holiday shipping, but that it can’t deliver packages to “soldiers deployed in an active theater of war,” such as Iraq or Afghanistan.
Visit the UPS site for specifics about delivery times and fees to other overseas sites.
The U.S. Postal Service also noted that all mail addressed to military post offices overseas is subject to certain conditions or restrictions regarding content, preparation and handling.
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TweetKroger, Walgreens have deals on Lysol, tissue paper
Karen Baird, a Miamisburg deal-spotter, noted the following deals that are good through Saturday, Nov. 14.
Another notable aspect of her summary is how she does it, and how it can be applied to other products in the future.
Baird said Lysol toilet bowl cleaner is at Kroger for 80 cents each.
“Lysol household cleaners are 33 percent off at Kroger this week (with the Kroger Plus card),” she said. “This includes the toilet bowl cleaner.”
She noted if you go online to www.lysol.com or www.homesolutionsnews.us/offers.shtml you can print 50 cent off coupons (there’s a print limit of two on each site).
“Since Kroger doubles coupons, you can get two toilet bowl cleaners for $1.60 (regularly $4.80 for 2) or 80 cents each!”
She also noted that tissue paper and cough drops were available at big discounts right now at Walgreens, but these deals require coupons from last Sunday’s newspaper.
“With the coupon, you can get up to three packets of 20-sheet Hallmark tissue paper for 39 cents each (regularly 99 cents each). That’s $1.17 for three instead of $2.97 for three.”
Also for those who cut out or saved the coupons from the paper, Halls cough drops (20- and 30-count bags) are on sale for 99 cents a bag, and “with the $1 for two coupon from Sunday’s paper, you can get two bags of cough drops for 98 cents.”
So check the paper this Sunday, and save those coupons. And, just as a heads up, according to the marketing department, this Sunday there will be $268 in coupons available in the Dayton Daily News.
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