Photo: Michelle Pred (planting her work into IKEA’s inventory.)
As crowds rushed to find deals at the Emeryville, CA IKEA store, one of them had a plan other than shopping. Michelle Pred was actually placing her artwork, complete with working IKEA barcodes, into the inventory, an act she calls “shopdropping.” Unlike shoplifting, she isn’t breaking any laws, and IKEA pocketed the money. It’s a...
Denver man picks up two consoles for himself on Black Friday at Ultimate Electronics, adding to the gaming sights of a big shopping day. [AP Photo]
This is absolutely ridiculous. How stupid and reckless could someone possibly be? There really needs to be some sort of parenting test that you have to pass.
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As consumers descend upon stores everywhere for the annual Black Friday sales, let's look back at what holiday shoppers of yore bought for the little science fiction fans in their lives: 20 years' worth of Lego Space toys. From 1978 to 1999, Lego regularly released lines of toys themed around deep space exploration. Lego Space was discontinued to make way for a decade's worth of Lego Star War...
Happy Thanksgiving! We’ve discovered that not all Black Friday deals are physical; the virtual space is having a few of its own.
So far, we’ve discovered the following great sales:
Secrets of the Mysterious Island (regularly $6.99, tomorrow $0.99)
Super Shock Football (regularly $1.99, now free)
Snood (regularly $2.99, now $1.99); read our review
TETRIS (regularly $4.99, now...
Sara Dunham is the community manager at online coupon site and community Savings.com . You can read more of Sara’s posts on the Savings.com coupon blog or follow @savings .
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Yesterday we highlighted Toys”R”Us’ quickly growing fan following on Facebook, which is due in no small part to their cle...
Black Friday is almost here. It’s a great time to score some deals, but don’t go at it willy-nilly. Follow these 5 simple Black Friday rules to avoid the scams and wasting time. 1. Doorbusters are stripped-down crap
What we call doorbusters, stores call loss leaders. These items are heavily advertised and retailers will lose money on them. Because of this, the doorbuster items are generally o...