For a limited time, you will only pay $9.95 for each additional license! Even better still, you CAN combine this special with our exclusive coupon code NEVR1 during checkout.

Normal price: 29.95+29.95 = 59.90
Sale price       : ( 29.95+9.95 ) -  20% = 31.91

That is an effective savings of almost 50%!!!! To put it another way, when you combine these two offers, you actually get your second copy for about 2 dollars!!! As you continue to purchase additional licenses, your discount will get even larger.

Don’t miss out, because this is one heck of a deal.

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.

I looked around a little bit, and found dozens, possibly hundreds of items listed at steep discounts. They also have what they are calling "gold box" deals which get replaced every day at midnight… so check back daily for more great deals.

I saw everything from jewlery, watches, GPS units, printers, monitors, televisions, usb sticks, hard drives, memory… everything. Take a look around, and see if anything interests you. It beats the heck out of waiting in line for hours on friday. Then again, if you are particularly self loathing sort, you can buy from amazon AND wait in line for the best of both worlds!

Anyway, you better check them out quick… before the good stuff gets sold out. Also, remember to check our feed often, because we’re going to be announcing a lot of other black friday stuff very soon!

Note: Fixed link to amazons sale, sorry

If you go to the RoboForm website and enter the code "NEVR1" on the checkout page they will give you 20% off *anything* in their store. This includes RoboForm Pro, RoboForm2Go, as well as GoodSync. So for anyone who missed out last month, jump on it now, and pass the news on to your friends. With our coupon code NEVR1 which takes off 20% from the normal price of $30 to a mere $23. This coupon has no maximum limit applied to it, so if you have a big family, or wanted to buy copies for your office, this is the perfect time!

If any of you who don’t know what RoboForm is… It is a fantastic tool that can safely and securely remember your most sensitive information including passwords, addresses, credit and bank information, as well as typed notes about anything you want. When you finally need this information you click a single button and it will quickly detect the fields on the form and fill them out. It will detect how to format the information to the websites liking.

It also can help protect against keyloggers. Keyloggers can monitor every key you type. Some evil-doer somewhere will look over these logs looking for interesting information, like bank, or strings of numbers that look like bank credit card or identification numbers. Around these, he may find some more strings that he may be able to recognise as a username or password. This can lead to disasterous effects, as you might imagine.

RoboForm solves this because, you are no longer typing any of this information. You simply go to a site, click a button and it effortlessly appears. You may then be wondering, if they are monitoring my keystrokes, won’t they detect the RoboForm password too? Well, the great people at SiberSystems have thought of everything; you can either type the password with your keyboard, which is convienient, or you can type it with an on-screen keyboard which, like the form filling does not get logged as a keystroke.

It makes us proud to be able to bring this excellent software to you, our readers, at such a fantastic price. If the current demand keeps up, we hope to keep saving you guys money for a long time to come. Whether you make a lot of online purchases, sign up for contests, freebies, or simply want a convienient place to find things… Once you use this program, you will wonder how you ever survived without it!

This offer is open to all of our readers, old and new. Be sure to tell all your friends and family about this discount, and the website that works hard to save you money. If you are new to the site, be sure to check back regularly or subscribe to our feed to hear about future specials. This offer may be discontinued at any time without warning. Act now, while you still can!

If you already know what RoboForm is, just click this link and the coupon code NEVR1 should already be applied. This 20% off will bring the cost down from the normal price of $30 to a mere $23. This coupon has no maximum limit applied to it, so if you have a big family, or wanted to buy copies for your office, this is the perfect time!

If any of you missed the original post, RoboForm is a fantastic tool that remembers your passwords, and other personal information. It will recall any of it whenever you need it. Whether you frequently sign up for contests, freebies, or simply buy things online … this program should be able to detect all of the form fields and seamlessly enter the information which you dread repeating.

We’re very proud to be able to bring this excellent software to you, our readers, at such a fantastic price. This offer is open to all of our readers, old and new. If you are new to the site, be sure to check back regularly or subscribe to our feed to hear about future specials. This offer may be discontinued at any time without warning. Act now, while you still can!

If you choose to set a password on this information (we suggest you do), all your information will be securely encrypted. If you want, you can tweak the settings or use a secure encryption password for even greater security. This means that if the information should ever fall into the wrong hands, they won’t be able to read your bank data, or other personal information without the correct password. At least, not unless they have a spare supercomputer at their disposal; not many internet theives do.

It also can help protect against keyloggers. Keyloggers work by monitoring keystrokes which you type. Some evil-doer who has infected your computer with this virus will look over the logs of every key typed. At some point, he will see that you typed the website of your bank, followed by two strings (presumably a username and password. This can lead to disasterous effects, as you might imagine. RoboForm solves this because, you no longer have to type anything to log into your bank. You simply go to the website and press login. You may then be wondering, if they are monitoring my keystrokes, won’t they detect the RoboForm password too? Well, the great people at SyberSystems have thought of everything; you can either type the password with your keyboard, which is convienient, or you can type it with an on-screen keyboard, which can not be read by the keyloggers.

Where do you like to shop? What do you like to buy? Let us know in the form below, and we’ll try to make it hurt less the next time.

If you are interested in the sale, just click this link and the coupon code NEVR1 should already be applied. This 20% off will bring the cost down from the normal price of $30 to a mere $23. This coupon has no maximum limit applied to it, so if you have a big family, or wanted to buy copies for your office, this is the perfect time!

We’re very proud to be able to bring this excellent software to you, our readers, at a great price to boot. This offer is open to all of our readers, old and new. If you are new to the site, be sure to check back regularly or subscribe to our feed to hear about future specials. We are still migrating ongoing specials from our old site.

This offer may be discontinued at any time without warning. Act now, while you still can!

I could not even begin to guess how many hours this program has saved me doing routine online shopping, and signing up accounts at various websites. That is not even including the convenience it adds by remembering and encrypting your passwords for you.

This program truly stands by itself in this category. I have tried and researched a lot of form filling and password remembering programs through the years. Not to name names, most of RoboForm‘s "competition" has at LEAST one problem on this list.

1. Many programs do not fill forms very reliably, or have a limited number of supported fields. In very few circumstances does RoboForm ever let me down. Usually its quite easy to finish my self.
2. Many other programs are bundled with either adware or spyware. RoboForm is completely clean.
3. Many alternatives store your personal information "securely" on a remote server, while they sell any information they get to their "strategic partners." RoboForm does not store ANY of YOUR personal information on their site. It is all kept safely on YOUR personal computer. They also would not engage in the blatant privacy violations that some of their less reputable of their competition do.

In closing, this is excellent software to have on your computer. I believe it is one of the most useful, and important programs to own. Hope you love it half as much as we do, and enjoy the discount.