Frys.com - Black Samsonite Quad Backpack $9.99

Frys.com is having a huge year end clearance. One of the deals they are offering is a Samsonite Quad Backpack for only $9.99. The regular price of this backpack is $29.99. Ship it to a Frys store and it's free. Nice!

Today’s "Afternoon Pick Me Up" Recipe

I'm having a late afternoon pick me up right now. I'm a master of creating meals from random ingredients I have lying around the kitchen. Here's one of my recipes.

Ingredients:

- Toasted Mini Bagel
- Cream Cheese
- Pepperoni x 3
- Avocado
- Basil

Preparation:

1) Toasts mini bagel
2) Spread with a thin layer of cream cheese
3) Add 3 pieces of Pepperoni
4) Cut up Fresh Avocado Pieces
5) Sprinkle with the tiniest amount of basil

Enjoy!

Holiday Bonus’ 2008 Reflection

One of my favorite things about the holidays is getting Christmas Cards from companies that I promote and the occasional gift. This year while other companies were cutting back a very generous company sent me an amazing gift basket. The gift basket included candy, snacks, smoked salmon, caviar, and 2 bottles of wine! The food was delicious and the gesture left a lasting impression. I hope this company sets a trend of things to come!

Beware Fake Apple iPods on eBay

Before you buy a new Apple iPod on eBay beware that it could be a fake. When you think of fakes you might think of similar products that look and function in the same way, but did you know that they make identical knock offs? Please check out this video from Mike Mozart of Jeepers Media on the topic of iPod fakes. The thing that shocked me the most in this video is the U2 Special Edition iPod knock off. This video is a wake up call. I don't think I'll ever buy an iPod from eBay. There's no way to know what you're really getting.

Gucci 5505 Women's Watch Model # YA055506 $238

Get a Gucci 5505 Women's Watch Model # YA055506 for only $238 you save: $612 (72%) off the list price of $850.00. This is Ashford.com's deal of the day so this will go really fast. Overstock.com has this same watch at the much higher price of $449.99. One customer at Overstock rated the watch a 4 out of 5 stars. Get the watch here at Ashford.com.

Get Ready For After Christmas Sale 2008

If stores are already marking down items pre Christmas 2008, just think what the sales will be like after. Typically the best deals come around after Christmas. Items that are marked down the most will be seasonal items, also stores will be clearing out inventory to get ready for Spring 2008. Items predicted to be the most heavily discounted include video game consoles, HDTV’s and more. Toys will be discounted heavily and so will clothes and jewelry.

$100 Off Amazon Ponies

You can get $100 off at checkout on Butterscotch or Smores. Simply click on the pony that you want, add the pony to your cart, and Amazon.com will automatically give you $100 off. You pay only $79.99 or $99.99 with free Amazon super saver shipping. Click here to see Butterscotch and Smores on Amazon.

Mamma Mia Worse Than Torture

I literally got dragged kicking and screaming by my GF to see Mamma Mia at one of those discount 2nd run movie theaters last night. I wanted to find something redeeming in Mamma Mia, I really did. Instead I sat there eyes wide open, horrified at what was taking place before my eyes on screen. I tried to dose off, but Mamma Mia being a musical was simply too grating to shut out. At moments I felt as if I was a prisoner of war being subjected to cruel and unusual punishment in the form of psychological torture. The worst part is it's the next day and I still have the god awful Abba songs stuck in my head! Oh... the only redeeming quality I could find in the movie was the lead chick, Amanda Seyfried, is hot... that's it.

Amazon.com Crap at Huge Discounts and I Won!

I never win anything, until yesterday. Amazon.com e-mailed me that I had actually won the Amazon.com customer vote for round 6. I will be going for a KitchenAid Professional Stand Mixer (Licorice) for only $69.00 Reg. $499.00. I ashamed of it, but it’s a fact.. I don’t bake so I don’t have any use for a mixer. May be I’ll give it away on 9malls.com or sell it on Craigslist. Anyone out there need a mixer? There are only 500 units available so there’s still no guarantee I’ll win. I’ll let you know what happens tomorrow. Stay tuned!!!

Overstock.com PayPal 15% Off

Overstock.com is a great store to purchase gifts for the holidays. For the past several years I’ve bought at least one gift from Overstock.com. Right now Overstock.com is taking 15% off your purchase just for using PayPal and a chance to win $5,000.

PropertyRoom.com “eBay Like” Police Auctions Online

Finally a free to join auction site to browse and buy police seized goods. PropertyRoom.com is a web site where you can buy seized, recovered, and abandoned police property.

The site claims that auctions are 100% safe and fraud free. Auctions may be fraud free, but I’m seeing a lot of knock off, look a like products, such as the auction for a “New Portable Gaming System and FM Radio.” The portable gaming system looks identical to a Play Station Portable, but only costs a fraction of the MRSP of the authentic PSP. Warning to those that visit PropertyRoom.com many items if not the majority of products are look a like, knockoff junk.

It’s definitely a site worth visiting despite the flaws in product selection. It’s the easiest way to find and buy police seized merchandise that I’ve ever seen.

Amazon.com Up to 50% Off Men’s Fragrances

This is a great deal! Good name brand fragrances are never on sale by more than 50%. I just purchased Black Jeans By Gianni Versace For Men. Eau De Toilette Spray 2.5 Ounces $23.00 and Lucky Number 6 By Lucky Brand For Men. Eau De Toilette Spray 3.4 oz $16.25 with free shipping. Shop Amazon.com now and also visit Basenotes.net to find reviews on cologne, I use this site whenever I make a fragrance purchase.

Black Jeans By Gianni Versace

Lucky Number 6 By Lucky Brand

eBay $1 Holiday Doorbusters

15 days of deals November 24 - December 8. eBay just launched a promotion where hundreds of buy it now items start at just $1.00 with free shipping. There will be brand new buy with no reserve and no shipping starting at 1.00, daily deals, best offers, items with free shipping, and $1.00 buy it now holiday door busters. If you’re looking for a good deal start shopping this promotion.

Amazon.com $10,000 Black Friday Shopping Spree Contest

This morning when I registered for the 10K Amazon.com Black Friday contest there were so many people visiting Amazon they had to shut down. To enter simply visit Amazon.com fill in your name, e-mail, and phone number. The contest ends 11/30/08.

Don’t Read This Blog Post It Sucks

Reverse psychology in marketing

Did that title of this blog post get you to click on it? My article still may suck, but it illustrates the advantages of using reverse psycology in your marketing campaigns. The internet is full of marketers trying to sell you products. What your Internet marketing campaigns really needs is something that shocks the person you’re trying to reach. You need to surprise the visitor and one of the ways to do this is use reverse psychology. The more you say you don’t want the visitor to do something the more curious they become and want to do what your saying.

How to apply reverse psychology to your marketing campaign?

Lets say you are an SEO firm. On your home page you could have something like, “If you don’t want to get ranked in the top 10 Google search results than don’t buy this product.” Or “If you want your web site to continue sucking than don’t get us to help you.” Or “If you want your competition to continue to kick your ass in search result rankings don’t hire us.” It’s fun to think of these and the possibilites are endless!

Rant on Fees, T-Mobile Just Charged me $45 to Text, WTF?

T-Mobile Text Charges

Company fees are one of my biggest pet peeves. Fees are a company’s back door way to increase earnings by screwing their customers. Companies surprise the customer with charges that unless you read the fine print didn’t know existed or how much those charges would be. Take for example my T-Mobile cell phone bill this month. I called customer service regarding my $45 charge in text messaging. Even the customer service women at T-Mobile didn’t know what T-Mobile charged per text, she thought it was $0.15. I said T-Mobile charged me $0.20, and then she remembered that T-Mobile did recently increase the overage charge for text messaging to $0.20. My question is I own a Blackberry and pay for the “data package” and have 500 text messages included in my plan why the f*** does T-Mobile charge extra to text? Shouldn’t I have unlimited text? Why is text considered a separate entity from data?

Another pet peeve of mine… ATM Charges

The bank should be paying me for putting money into their depository. Banks shouldn’t be trying to take it away. Banks across the country are raising ATM fees because they so horribly mismanaged your money by loaning it out to people that couldn’t pay it back that they need to raise even more money. Banks want to screw you even more so they can stay afloat. Citibank, Chase, Bank of America and Wells Fargo are all starting to charge non-customers as much as $3 per transaction to use their ATM machines. On top of the fee the other bank charges me my bank adds an additional $2.00 charge. I sometimes pay as much as $5.00 to take money out of my bank account.

I think people need to get more upset about fees all they are is a sneaky way to raise revenue for companies with broken business models and shrinking revenues.

Kohls.com Has Elmo Live $59.99, Free Shipping

Do yourself a favor if you want Elmo Live buy it now before Christmas nears. Elmo Live WILL be the hottest toy of Christmas 2008 and if you don’t like waiting in lines buy it now. Kohls.com just sent me an e-mail stating that Elmo Live is in stock. Limit 3 Elmo Dolls per customer and receive free shipping on each order.

MGN Grand Hotel Las Vegas $59/Night

This is an unheard of Las Vegas hotel deal. Stay at the MGM Hotel for only $59 a night. The promotion runs from Nov. 17th 2008 - April 30th 2009. The offer is non-refunable and may not be cancelled or changed. You must book by December 4th 2008. If you do make it to Vegas try the buffet at Le Village Buffet at Paris, it’s amazing. CitySearch.com gives the Paris buffet 4.5 out of 5.

Black Friday Ads - Complete Black Friday Resource

Find Black Friday ads for all retail stores at BlackFriday.info. Black Friday or the day after Thanksgiving marks the beggining of the Christmas shopping season. I’ve found that you save more after Christmas than the day after Thanksgiving. If you really want to save money wait to buy your gifts. Visit BlackFridayAds.info.

Order From PizzaHut.com and Get 30% Off on Pizza

Order from the Pizza Hut web site and receive 30% off your pizza order.The minimum order in order to get 30% off is $15.00 and is good only through this Monday - Wednesday. Click here to get 30% off from PizzaHut.com.