Online Shopping & Saving Tips

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Coupons & Rebates

  • The Bargainist
    “Find the best deals” with updates several times a day. One of PC Mag's top 10 coupon sites.
  • Coupon Central
    Register free for bargain alerts and brand name coupons from participating brands.
  • Thecouponclippers.com
    Self-advertised as the “largest online grocery clipping service”, coupons may be ordered for a small handling fee.
  • DailyeDeals.com
    Sign up for discount promotions and coupons to be e-mailed each week.
  • Dealcatcher.com
    Special online deals, comparison prices, rebates and printable coupons from online vendors such as buy.com, bluefly.com and from major U.S. retailers like BestBuy and Sears.
  • E coupons
    Search by category or by store for all types of coupons and promotional deals.
  • Groupon
    Sends daily emails to subscribers with deals from local businesses. Discounts offered typically range from 50%-90%.

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Comparison Shopping

  • BestBookBuys
    “Search dozens of bookstores to find the lowest price.”
  • DealTime.com
    A service of shopping.com owned by eBay, includes consumer reviews and buying guides from eBay.
  • Google Checkout
    Google checkout offers up to $25 promotional savings on select items through various online retailers. All that is required is a gmail account
  • MyGroceryDeals.com
    Sign up for free e-mail alerts on items for sale in your local grocery stores.
  • MySimon.com
    Has links to short reviews from Consumer Reports
  • Shopping.com
    This eBay company offers one-stop online shopping with the “world’s largest product catalog.” Many products have hundreds of customer reviews.
  • Yahoo
    Shop by brand, store or category. Find the latest coupons or promotional codes for a large number of products and featured merchants.

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Product Reviews

  • Consumer Reports
    Consumer Reports features unbiased ratings and recommendations on thousands of products and services in categories including appliances, cars, electronics and computers, home and garden, health and fitness, babies and kids, food, personal finance, and travel.
  • Consumer World
  • The Consumerist
    Independent blog “biased toward the consumer” about a wide variety of consumer issues including, consumer rights, scams, sales and deals. Complain about products or service “We live and die by our reader tips.”
  • Epinions.com
    A service of Shopping.com, a major comparison shopping online service, featuring customer product reviews, buying and how-to guides.

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Social Shopping Sites and Classifieds

  • Craigslist
    Third on Time magazine’s “Sites We Can’t Live Without.” Craigslist remains the largest online classified marketplace in spite of emerging competition and scam alerts.
  • Etsy
    The “place to buy and sell all things handmade.”
  • Freepeats.org
    Swap baby, kid and maternity items through freepeats. Open in 35 major cities.

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