Slacker 4GB Wi-Fi Portable Radio Player w/ 25 Stations, Black

Retail Price: $249.99
Sale     Price: $49.99

I’ve been looking at these things for a year or so, and they seemed so freaking cool. The only problem being that they wanted a relative fortune for them, when normal MP3 players could be purchased for dirt cheap. For a very short time I imagine, that has changed.

If you haven’t been looking into these, they are basically the same as  a normal mp3 player, except for one thing. Instead of spending HOURS buying, ripping, finding, and loading songs, then repeating every few weeks when it feels stale…. Slacker will automatically choose and download songs that you will like. With wifi, you only need to plug it in to charge it. It intelligently decides what songs to download based on what artists/songs you have told it you liked or didn’t like while you were listening. The more you listen, the more accurate it tunes to your exact taste.

I can now be a complete slacker, and never reload my mp3 player again! Hurry up before Buy.com says it was a typeo!

From MFG:

Personalized Radio: The Slacker Portable is the first portable player to deliver a true personal radio experience. Whether you listen to one of over 100 expert-programmed Slacker stations or your own custom stations, Slacker learns your tastes and automatically delivers new music personalized just for you. The more you listen, the better the music gets. For Free: The Slacker Portable delivers free access to millions of songs from thousands of artists. All of the music you hear on Slacker.com is automatically sent to your Slacker Portable for free. You will always have new songs and classic tunes without paying a dime. Everywhere: The Slacker Portable is the worlds first radio player that gives you uninterrupted access to your music wherever you are. Thousands of songs are stored on the Slacker Portable to fill up all of your personalized radio stations. Those songs are automatically refreshed each time you hit a Wi-Fi hotspot to keep the music fresh without doing any work.

Effortless Create your own unique radio experience with Slacker Personal Radio. You know what you like–Slacker knows how to deliver it. Slacker’s Internet radio offering is built on the expertise of DJs from all over the country, and just by listening, you make Slacker even smarter at delivering more music that you love.

Music DiscoveryPerfect your listening experience using Slacker’s exclusive personalization tools. With the buttons, tell Slacker Radio which songs are your favorites–and which ones you never want to hear again. Fine-tune any station–get more hits, or request older artists over new, for instance. Album reviews and artist bios come with every song and are delivered right to your Slacker Portable. View them on the 4-inch color LCD.

Advanced Radio ClocksSlacker DJs operate using a proven method of picking and mixing songs to deliver excellent musical variety that complements your tastes. This patent-pending DJ technology is embedded in the Slacker Portable to create the very best radio stations. The more you listen, the better it performs to deliver new music you’ll love.

Slacker Basic Radio: Free Take the world’s first-ever personal radio player with you for nonstop, customized music wherever you go. On the Slacker Portable, store thousands of songs for repeated listening, or connect to a Wi-Fi hotspot to get new music instantly. With hours of battery life, the Slacker Portable is built to go where you go. Plus, it’s all completely legal. Slacker has unique licensing agreements with thousands of record labels to give you free access to a variety of music. By working directly with the record labels, Slacker gets the latest content to ensure your radio stations always stay current.

Ad SupportedTo offer your favorite music for free, the Slacker Basic Radio service might play one to two ads an hour. That’s significantly fewer ads than traditional radio, so you can relax and easily enjoy your favorite music.

Turbo-Air Rechargeable Air Duster

I saw a display of these at a local brick and mortar store a few weeks ago and thought it looked interesting, but not worth $50 dollars to me, a computer technician. Today I was alerted of this price drop which is …insane. Needless to say. I immediately ordered 2, I suggest you do the same before buy.com comes to their senses!

From mfg:

Youll have an unlimited supply of air with the WD-40 Turbo Air Blower System . Put your compressed air cans away, and rely on the WD-40 Turbo Air Blower System that is safe for you and your family not to mention the environment, too. Cordless and compact, it can reach any narrow corners and small spaces. Perfect for your computer, TV and other electronics, the WD-40 Turbo Air Blower System will not disappoint.

Features

Unlimited supply of air to blow dust off of electronics 29,000 RPM motor with an aerodynamically designed housing and impeller provides enough air velocity to blast away dust off of electronic components safely with out creating static electricity Outside air is drawn in though the intake vents and propelled out of the unit at approximately 30 mph Brush attachment is good for dusting and dislodging material from surfaces such as computers, TV monitors, picture frames, blinds, or ceiling fans Nozzle attachment provides a concentrated stream of air, ideal for blowing dust out of crevices and hard to reach areas such as window tracks, or computer keyboards Can be used with out an attachment, for jobs around the house to blow away dirt and debris

Tech Specs

Voltage Rating Tool: 9.6V Voltage Rating Charger: Input 120 VAC 60 Hertz, Output 10VAC +/- 5% @ 300 mA Normal Operating Speed Motor: 29,398 RPM Operating Current: 4.7Amp Initial Charge Time: 24 Hours Re-Charge Time: 14 Hours Maximum Sound Level: <90 dB

Youll have an unlimited supply of air with the WD-40 Turbo Air Blower System . Put your compressed air cans away, and rely on the WD-40 Turbo Air Blower System that is safe for you and your family not to mention the environment, too. Cordless and compact, it can reach any narrow corners and small spaces. Perfect for your computer, TV and other electronics, the WD-40 Turbo Air Blower System will not disappoint.

Features

Unlimited supply of air to blow dust off of electronics 29,000 RPM motor with an aerodynamically designed housing and impeller provides enough air velocity to blast away dust off of electronic components safely with out creating static electricity Outside air is drawn in though the intake vents and propelled out of the unit at approximately 30 mph Brush attachment is good for dusting and dislodging material from surfaces such as computers, TV monitors, picture frames, blinds, or ceiling fans Nozzle attachment provides a concentrated stream of air, ideal for blowing dust out of crevices and hard to reach areas such as window tracks, or computer keyboards Can be used with out an attachment, for jobs around the house to blow away dirt and debris

Tech Specs

Voltage Rating Tool: 9.6V Voltage Rating Charger: Input 120 VAC 60 Hertz, Output 10VAC +/- 5% @ 300 mA Normal Operating Speed Motor: 29,398 RPM Operating Current: 4.7Amp Initial Charge Time: 24 Hours Re-Charge Time: 14 Hours Maximum Sound Level: <90 dB

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BFG GeForce GTS 250 OC Video Card – 1024MB GDDR3, PCI Express 2.0, (2) Dual Link DVI, SLI Ready

Normally 169.99.
Now 129.97

From MFG:

BFG GeForce GTS 250 OC Video Card
BFG graphics cards provide gamers with optimal levels of performance, speed and user experience, launching gamers far beyond the starting line from the very first frame. The latest line debuts with the BFG NVIDIA GeForce GTS 250 OC graphics card, a singularly powerful card that pushes its 128 cores to the limit, making it one of the fastest graphics cards available. Better still, it is designed for up to triple the smack down power with 2- or 3-way SLI®, guaranteeing that it is one of the most attractively priced power players on the market today.

To start off, if you’re like me, you’re probably subscribed to dozens of store newsletters… that is, in addition to being an avid reader of my site for the select deals I think deserve being posted. I don’t know if you noticed …but my email has been blowing up with a mass of back to school sales lately.

Most of it is trash that you really don’t even want; however the one or two really nice deals are usually gone before you get a chance to read them. So, using a form filling program like RoboForm may make the difference between catching, or missing the sale of a lifetime. You even get a discount from SiberSystems just for being a reader of our website.

When you go to RoboForm’s website, just enter the coupon code NEVR1 and you will receive 20% off your entire order. That can really add up if you’re a proud parent buying it for all your college-bound kids… you can even grab yourself a copy while you’re there!

In our first article we mostly focused on renegotiating existing bills (cable, internet, phone) for the better. However, after a few days of calling your utilities, you invariably will be running out of things to do with your newly found bartering skills. So, as promised, this article will focus more on getting deals locally. If you read this post and have something to add, correct, have a better method, a suggestion to make something work better… or simply want to say thank you, please take the time to post it below.

Ok, I will start off by saying one thing, then contridicting myself. Just hear out my train of thought. First, It does not REALLY matter what store you go to, you can barter ANYWHERE. You can haggle at the supermarket, department store, high end mall shops, everywhere. With that said, those places are all much harder, not always guaranteed, so we’re going to take baby steps.

If you want the best chances of successfully haggling a better deal, start practicing at the high end/boutique stores.  Here are a couple reasons:

1. These stores have the highest prices, but it might surprise you to know that they often pay the same or less than the ‘cheap’ stores. What that means to you, is that they have the largest margin to play with IF they want to. The larger their margin, the farther they can drop the price and still make a profit.
2. Because of their higher prices, they are less crowded, and will be more apt to make a smaller profit if they believe you are/will be a valuable return customer. If you happen to be in the service industry related to the product they sell, this is a good thing to stress. For instance, if you repair computers, or you install car stereos and they sell amps and subwoofers… your referral to purchase parts at their store holds a lot of weight to your customers.
3. They are usually privately owned. There is a good chance that if the manager isn’t related to the owner, they still carry REAL power in the store to mostly do whatever they want. Along the same lines, you may want to go during ‘normal’ business hours. The main manager will often leave at 5, even if the store is open longer; they are also hard to catch on weekends. If you go outside these hours, you will be left with employees only, or a night manager with significantly less power (even if they claim otherwise).
4. High end boutique stores often sell wholesale to other local businesses. They do this so that they have more ‘buying power’ when they negotiate rates when THEY buy. Because of these wholesale deals that the stores make on an every day basis, their computers are already set up for discounting equipment/products for whatever reason they want. In some cases meager employees are capable of dropping the price 10% or more. Managers in these stores have even more discounting power.

After reading these reasons you probably have a store or two in mind already, feel free to post them below. If not, start thinking. Next week I’ll post part 3, and you’ll need to at least have an idea of what store you will be practicing on.

Just to get the ball rolling, I have had good experience at Guitar Center, and the now defunct Sound Advice/Tweeter chains. However my best experience has always been with locally owned businesses where the manager on site IS the owner.

“Did you expect me to argue with the guy???  … I’m not cheap you know!!”

You may recognise or perhaps you have been in the above conversation. Chances are the people who refuse to haggle are the same people who happily clip coupons, or read through the sale flyers first thing sunday morning. Ask yourself, is negotiating a 5-10% discount any difference than saving a 10% off coupon for weeks or more until “one day when you need it?”

I would also like to dispell the myth that “not being cheap” has anything to do with being ripped off for something. Depending on where you are shopping, this may actually be commonplace already. It’s just that you never asked, so nobody ever told you.  

If this sounds interesting at all, you should probably check this article at pcworld posted today. The author “mark” called his cable company with the complaint that he (as a loyal customer) was paying more than new customers. In my book, this means he was being ripped off, paying nearly three times what he should. I have done something similar a number of times in the past, and it usually works beautifully.

I won’t go into too much detail, because then you wont read the article, and it gives you a play-by-play of his whole conversation which is quite useful. What I will tell you, is that missing out on promotions is all too common for people who don’t speak up.

Tips:

1. Be polite but firm. You know what you want, now get it!
2. First contact customer support. Then speak to a manager. If you followed tip 1 you will get an ACTUAL manager rather than the buddy of the first rep.
3. Stress the point that you have been a loyal, and repeat customer (you are, aren’t you?). You would really like to continue service/purchasing, but their price is simply too high. If one is available, mention a competitor who has a lower price, even if the service is not quite as good (within reason).
4. If the manager is unable to help, ask for the retentions department and repeat with a manager if necessary (if they do not have a retentions department, ask for cancellations, then double check). If you notice in his log, they transferred his call/chat to ‘another department.’ This was likely a rep in the retentions department.
5. Failing all of that… wash rinse repeat.

Many times one rep will be in a bad mood for one reason or whatever and won’t help, even though they can. Trying again doesn’t hurt… but if you don’t get something accomplished after once or twice, you’re better off calling their bluff and switching, or try again in a few months.

With all that, the grand total for this netbook to only $319.99 after rebates.

I have been shopping around for a nice lightweight laptop for myself recently. This thing seems to be one of the best netbooks out there right now. It has a large enough screen and keyboard that you wont have to strain. Yet it is small and light enough to still be super-portable. It has builtin bluetooth and wireless N (most netbooks don’t) and a UNHEARD OF 9.5 hour battery rating.

Even if the fudged the numbers a little (don’t they all?)… that is going to be a hard claim to beat. It sounds so good, I just ordered one myself. You should hop on this deal, before they sell out!

ASUS Eee PC 1000HE EPC1000HE-BLK005X N280 1.66GHz 10in 160GB HDD (Black)

ASUS Eee PC 1000HE EPC1000HE-BLU002X N280 1.66GHz 10in 160GB HDD (Blue)

From the vendor:

All Day Computing with Excellent Connectivity

Features, Advantage, Benefits All Day Computing — 8700mAH battery + SHE + ATOM N280 CPU = up to 9.5* hours of battery life (more than a full work day) Ergonomical Design — 92% Chiclet Keyboard, 10" LCD, Wide palm rests Rich Connectivity — Bluetooth, 802.11n Large Hybrid Storage — 160G HDD + 10G EeeStorage Excellent Multi-Media Device — Digital Array Mic, 1.3 MP Webcam, Dolby Sound Room

General
Color	Blue/Black
Packaging	Retail
Operating System	Windows XP Home
Processor
CPU Type	Intel Atom
CPU Speed	N280 1.66GHz
Chipset
Chipset	Intel 945GSE
Display
GPU/VPU	Intel UMA
Screen Size	10"
Resolution	1024 x 600
Display Type	WSVGA LED
Memory
Memory Size	1GB
Max Memory up to	2GB
Memory Speed	PC2-5300 (DDR2-667)
Onboard Components
Integrated VGA	Yes
Webcam	1.3 MP
LAN Port	RJ-45 10/100
WLAN	802.11b/g/n
Audio Port	Yes
Storage
Storage Capacity	160GB
Card Reader	Yes
I/O Connectors
Number of USB Port	3
Video Port	VGA x 1
Feature
Bluetooth	Yes
Fingerprint Reader	No
Battery Run Time	Up to 9.5 hour(s)
Weight	3.2 lbs
Dimension	10.47" x 7.53" x 1.12" ~ 1.50"
Battery Capacity	8700mAH
Accessories	Inner Sleeve Case