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Evisu online is having a 50% off sale on select men's, women's and kid's clothes and accessories. Evisu is Japan's premier high end clothing chain that has become famous in the United States after being adopted by several rappers. Some of the jeans go for $350. If you snag a pair you like for half price, then heck yea!

AT&T recently started selling refurbished iPhones at select stores for $250 for an 8Gb model. That's a jaw dropping price considering it sells for $400. Some of you may have heard the horror stories of how AT&T are making consumers jump through hoops in order to buy an refurbished iPhone. Background checks are often CIA grade, leaving consumer frustrated enough to forget about buying the iPhone.

Now, AT&T have extended selling refurbished iPhones on their website. I'm guessing it won't get any easier buying these things. There is also a rule that individuals buying the refurbished iPhone will need to activate their contract then and there (online), instead of the usual iTunes activation. AT&T and Apple are reeling after the number of unlocked iPhones have spiked since it was released last summer. They are not helping themselves by making consumers jump through hoops like this. Well done Steve, you really like shooting yourself in the foot.

If you are lucky enough to get your hands on a refurbished iPhone, what can I tell you? It's one hell of a deal. Stick to Steve and go unlock your iPhone :). Maybe then he'll realize that an unlocked iPhone is really a smarter way to go.

Apple iPhone 8Gb (refurbished)

AT&T Price $249.99, free shipping

Here's a little article I ran across that I thought I'd share. Amazon, for a while now, has had this neat little promotion where a shopper gets basic shipping ("super saver shipping") free if an order is $25 or over. Sometimes, you want to an item and to your dismay it only added up to $24.99. If you could add a penny, you could save from having to pay $5-$15 in shipping.


Now, there are three ways to fill that gap. Sites are cropping up to help Amazon shoppers get the best "fillers". Fillers are cheap, inexpensive items, which are relatively useful. Some have included stationary, empty recordable media and so forth.

1. Add the secret code
After you search on Amazon for what you want, add &emi=ATVPDKIKX0DER to the end to find an item that gets you Super Saver Shipping.

2. FillerItem
Put the amount you need to spend to reach SSS in the box and select the categories to search within.

3. FreebieVille
A list of fillers from $1-$5.

Who knows, the filler item could be way cooler than the item were you originally planning to buy on Amazon!

> Story courtesy of Consumerist <

This is a pretty tasteless marketing gimmick by Microsoft Japan to amp up Vista SP1 which is being rolled out around the world. Someone needs to body check the PR Dept at Microsoft Japan for coming out with toilet paper outlining Vista's SP1 features.

The puns from this marketing gimmick is endless with many users shunning Microsoft latest operating system. It looks like Microsoft is cutting it's losses and have set a 2010 release date for it's newest operating system, currently dubbed "Windows 7".

Personally, I downgraded from Vista to XP and I was running it on boot camp! Vista often sent my MacBook screeching to a halt. I'm guessing OS X Leopard enthusiasts are going to be the ones buying the most "Vista Toiletpapers" so they can laugh at Microsoft while "rubbing" it in at the same time.

> Original Story courtesy of Engadget <

Oh man! If I had space in my apartment, this would've been mine :)

Wal-mart is selling a 47" Foosball Table with 97 cents shipping. Free shipping to local store, but why?? It doesn't seem to be the Championship kind, but hey, I bet you could have an awesome afternoon with one of these. This could very easily be a real party starter :)
47" Foosball Table
Wal-Mart Price $34.88, 97 Cents Shipping or free shipping to local store

Hey Y'all!


Gamestop.com is offering 25% off Preowned Video Games and DVDs with Code: AFF25 Exp Soon

Some Prices after code:
Halo 3 (Xbox 360) - $41.24 (originally $54.99)
Burnout Paradise (Xbox 360) - $41.24 (originally $54.99)
Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare (Xbox 360) - $41.24 (originally $54.99)
Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess (Wii) - $33.74 (originally $44.99)
Sonic Riders: Zero Gravity (Wii) - $33.74 (originally $44.99)
Uncharted: Drake's Fortune (PS3) - $41.24 (originally $54.99)
Half-Life 2: Orange Box (PS3) - $41.24 (originally $54.99)

The discounted prices will show up at checkout :)

For new games, use Free Shipping Coupon Code: SAVER Exp Soon

You've got to ball out with one of these.

UPDATE: Deal expired

Hey Folks! Here's a little something for you today. Buy.com is selling a 4Gb Cruzer Micro for $19.95. Finally! It took a while. I was waiting for the price to drop on this for a while late last year and I couldn't wait any longer so I ended buying a Kingston 4Gb instead.

What can I say about this flash disk? It's pretty sturdy but it does have some annoying features. Firstly, it has a built in control system, "U3 System", which loads up this GUI making your flash disk like a mini computer. It's completely annoying and makes loading up the flash disk a tad slower. However, that annoying little thing can be uninstalled by downloading the 'U3 Uninstaller' from the SanDisk website.

We use these flash disks in the office and the most annoying thing about it is the retractable USB port. When you want it to retract, it doesn't and vice versa. It's really annoying to try and plug it in and find the USB retract. ARGH!

Anyways, for under $20, you can't really go wrong here. Enjoy!

SanDisk 4GB Cruzer Micro USB 2.0 w/ Ready Boost - SDCZ6-4096-A11
Buy.com Price $19.95, Free Standard Shipping

Amazon is selling the slightly older model MBP for $1,544 after a massive $150 rebate!

Mac Book Pro MA895LL/A 

15.4" Laptop 

2.2 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo 

2 GB RAM

120 GB Hard Drive

DVD/CD SuperDrive

This won't make current MBP owners scream or anything but if you were looking to buy a MBP then this is a burning hot deal for a beautiful laptop. If I had the money, I would definitely pick this up!

Apple MacBook Pro MA895LL/A 15.4" Laptop 

(2.2 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo, 2 GB RAM, 120 GB Hard Drive, DVD/CD SuperDrive)

Amazon.com Price $1,544 after $150 mail-in rebate, Free super-saver shipping!

Oh man. This is one hell of a story. I was reading the Consumerist today and I ran into a little entry about how Colin M. walked into AT&T to buy a refurbished iPhone. The story goes that he was barraged by intrusive questions and in the end they refused to sell him a refurbished iPhone because they assumed he was going to unlock it.

If you haven't read this story, read it here.

That just peed me off. I mean, how can they just do that? You're paying for it, aren't you? Then shouldn't you be able to do whatever the hell you want with it? I'm planning on buying an iPhone (and unlock it of course!) but if I'm going to be subjected to this, then maybe I might just buy it on Ebay for convenience sake.

I also read somewhere that unlocked iPhones cost Apple $300 million in losses. Well, that's the price you pay for using a closed network and a sleuth of angry unlock-happy programmers on your ass. You can't just do that anymore. You make the product, and we do whatever we want with it in order for it to suit our needs. Here's a solution. I bet if Apple made the an AT&T version as well as an unlocked version of the iPhone, then they wouldn't be hemorrhaging losses in excess of millions. After speaking to a few unlocked iPhone owners myself, they all agreed that they would pay a little more for an unlocked version of the iPhone sans getting the AT&T version and unlocking it themselves.

Oh well, I'm just glad the SDK came out so third party applications will now be made available on the iPhone. I'm probably going to wait a while before purchasing one. Who knows, it could be legally unlocked a year from now.

Oh, the Apple store has refurbished iPhones (8 Gb) for $349. Not a sweet deal, but if you plan on unlocking it, then it is :)