Deal of the year nomination!!!

[ww4397]

The most fun I've had for less than $20:

1) $10 5.25% NetBank HEL (saved me thousands)
2) Free AMD 1800+ w/K7T266 (I'm using it now)
3) $5 SBLive! MP3+ (I'm listening to it now)
4) Free Palm m100 (Infinity test drive)
5) Free $50 CDNow GC (Altima TD)
6) $4.28 5 Belkin NICs (shamless plug for my deal )

 

I only used 1 deal this year, and my wife and I thank this forum greatly.

It was a deal at Target where they were blowing out ReplayTV's, and I got the 20 gig version for $179,
and a $100 rebate, with tax for $85.

I called every Target in the Bay Area to no avail, but my Mom up north found it for me.

Schwing !

We love our ReplayTV !

 

[Tonix]

My vote:

Nikko Dandy Dash for $45 at KBToys!!!

 

[whitelight]

one of the few deals i jumped on was the $110 logitechs and my ears are loving it!

 

[Justincase]

>>>No one got in on the Netgear router for -$30 ? I only bought one, but I ended up selling it on e6ay, since I didn't have broadband.<<<

I did. Minus -$34 at CompUSA; one of a handful of things that I didn't EBAY this year. The RT314 is a great router. I didn't mention the deal because there were so many other better deals this year, but this was a good one too.

 

[Justincase]

>>>I am intrigued by Justincase's method of buying at least 2 of every deal and then using Ebay to pay for the first, that's a neat plan. The only fly I can see is that most of these deals involve rebates, so how do you buy 2 of each? Most rebates are 1 per household so you'd need some help from a family member or trusting friend.<<<

GTFan: Sorry if I wasn't clear, but I didn't mean to imply that I get 'at least 2 of every deal' - I usually get 1 of each item that requires a rebate...if no rebate is in involved, I will often get more than one...when I say I bought 15 digital cameras this year, I bought all of them in single purchases (just ordered a single Nikon 995 tonight), except the 2 Dimage 7s. Almost everything I buy goes on Ebay, to pay down a very, very large debt that I'm working my way out of. Every now and then, I snag something nice along the way to reward myself for all that Ebay work.

As far as getting one to pay for the other...lots of people do that here, but you would need a 50%+ discount on a particular item, to make that work.


Bank to the topic at hand - I never even saw the 'Netbank' refinance deal that everyone is talking about...I only noticed a Fleet refinance thread, which I never looked at (Fleet=crap).

 

[misterj]

*yawn* i agree. this stuff pales in comparison to valueamerica/msn deal (didnt get the msn tho). not that they arent great deals too... just.. *yawn*

 

[nealr]

Gateway 6400 for $249 shipped

 

[GTFan]

Ya the prob with the Netbank deal is that it was hidden in the Fleet thread over at FW (which is still going strong, btw - 900+ posts and just now changed to DEAD even tho it died over a month ago. People are still in process due to appraisal delays, Netbank errors, etc.) There never was a separate one for Netbank which is too bad, the Fleet deal died an early death then everyone started posting about Netbank in the same thread. SuckIsStaples was *the man* on this thread, he practically walked/talked all of us through this one since he had done it back in the summer, then did it again at 5.25 or 5.5, can't remember. The best thing about it was that with the $10 closing cost *and* the fact that they'd PAY OFF YOUR CURRENT MORTGAGE, even though it was a HomeEq loan it was really a FREE REFI when all is said and done; they loaned against the appraised value of your house and not against your equity which is unusual I think for an HEL.

Thanks for the info on your methods, Justincase; I am in awe of the consistent way that you and others work the deals here. You guys absolutely are the best. Merry Christmas!

 

[mithrandir2001]

It's definitely the Gateway 6400 deal.

 

[bobclay54]

My nominations are:

Kodak DC4800 Digicam for under $300 after PM and MIR from Staples
Epson Stylus 875 Photo printer for $67 from Officemax
Epson Stylus 880 printer for under $40 from Dell
Fuji Finepix 1300, 32 mb smartmedia card and Printshop Photo Editor software for *free* with Windows XP
Compaq Ipaq 3635 Pocket PC for $150 after MIR from CompUSA

 

[Joony]

Canon S100 - $200
Sony 64mb Memory stick- $15
Linksys 4port wireless router $100
AMD Athlon XP 1800+ giveaway
50 dollar 60gig HD at black friday
15 dollar max payne
15 dollar humvee

 

[conjur]

Gateway 6400 deal (got 4 of 'em and a 7400)
Kodak DC4800 from Staples PMed with other online site and adding in $100 rebate

 

[dp004i]

<< DELL PLASMAS BABY!!!

I ended up getting 3 sony 42" plasma and a epson $7000 projector for $350!!!

(they didnt charge me for the plasmas!!)[/b]

i also posted the s100s for 210 at compusa or pricematched to staples for 160!!! >>


you were the one who posted the $160 s100 deal? hash, you the man! and one lucky bastard

 

[Skip]

Best deal? The $160,000 I'm going to save in interest because of the Netbank deal.

The rebates I have coming from CompUsa and Staples pale in comparison.

 

[Tarobap]

This is the hottest deal ever . . . I kept it all to myself . . . haha . . . screw you all!

$0.50

:Q

 

[Fullhouz]

If your wondering for Skip - $160,000 in interest savings means something like:
he had a $100,000 at 10 percent for 30 years (would pay $215,000 in total interest)
then re-fied to 5 percent for 15 years (which has about $42,000 in total interest):disgust:

 

[TurtleMan]

Justincase, i think DELL is pretty good, consider all those 20% off and the 25 dollar coupon ..

 

[CactusJac]

Thanks to the Hot Deal forum, I am the proud owner of:
Compaq P900
Fuji Finepix 2300
Lite-On 16x10x40 CD-RW
Antec SX1200
High Power 300w PSU
Numerous DVD's

 

[Wozster]

- Gateway 6400
- SMC Router
- JokerSmoker finding every free T-shirt on the internet

 

[Dave101]

my best was my sony vaio fx120 lappy it listed a Sears and BB for 1800.00 got 3 at sears w/pm for 3150.00
sold 2 for 1350.00 got 300.00 mir. the one I kept was only 150.00



or the epson 800 and Ibm viavoice for 20.00


dave

 

[Arkane]

<< The Deal of the Year is~~~

The~~~

$20 off $20 Staples Coupon~~~!!!! >>


Do you guys remember the $20 off $20 Office Depot coupon? That was pretty awesome. I remember it worked for a whole day. I went around town and got 6 Rand McNally Streetfinder GPS's all for free! Then, ebayed them all for ~$80 each. That was sooowwweeeetttt...

 

[boomer6447]

My favorite deal was the Nomad JukeBox from bluelight.com for $23.00.
I had to "complain" quite a bit, but I eventually got it.......

 

[BlueTDimly]

HP 215 digicam for $10
Staples/XP/Fuji deal: FinePix 1300 + XP Upgrade + 32 MB for $30
Much more free stuff from Staples
Dell/Samsung 955DF 19" for $150

Thanks AT!

 

[NeoV]

good to see some people remember me here!



I think Dell and Staples are the "deal of the year" retail winners with all of the coupons and promotions...


Where was I for this Netbank thing? DOH!

Don't even get me started on Plasma 42"!!

I didn't get in on many hot deals this year, but watch out next year!