Tag archive: holiday shopping

Racking up over one million YouTube views in approximately 24 hours, a YouTube user named Goobie55 posted a video (shown below) recording a FedEx employee chucking a Samsung computer monitor over a fence in order to deliver the package. The camera was mounted next to the front gate and pointed at the doorbell buzzer designed to view anyone visiting the residence. The video captures the FedEx employee removing the Samsung monitor from the back… Read More

A short note, but even Prime members may be happy about this news. Beginning tomorrow, Amazon is giving free one-day shipping on “thousands of top-selling items.” The discount begins Dec. 17 at 12:00am (Pacific time) and ends on Dec. 21, 2011 at 11:59pm (Pacific time). To get the discount, simply select one-day shipping (it will still have a price) at checkout. The discount will be applied in your order summary. This Amazon page has… Read More

The holiday shopping season has begun, and now that Black Friday has come and gone, Cyber Monday is in full swing. We’ve already gotten the full feedback on this weekend’s numbers (which revealed most people decided to shop from the couch), but here’s an early peek at how online retailers’ favorite day of the year is shaping up. According to an IBM Benchmark report, e-sales are up 20-percent for this same time period from Cyber Monday 2010. Most… Read More

We've already seen examples of holiday shopping getting out of control; some of you perhaps facing said craziness first-hand. This year, more people are planning on hassle-free shopping online than in the past, and Daily Deals sites are planning on grabbing a good portion of that traffic by pumping out scores of more offers than last season. Groupon has returned with another round of its Wintertime celebration Grouponicus, where Groupo the… Read More

Now that the holidays are over, you probably have a nice stockpile of gifts from friends and family, but as we all know, some are better at gift-giving than others. What do you do with those gifts that were not exactly on your wish list? We've got some ideas to make sure that they don't just get stuck in the storage closet. Regifting We know it's cliche and a bit taboo, but regifting can be a great way to recycle a gift that… Read More

Computer hardware has accounted for $27.46 billion in online shopping sales during the first 47 days of the 2010 holiday shopping season, according to a new report released by comScore. The report specifically mentions the iPad as a driving force behind this year's 25 percent increase in online computer hardware sales compared to the same period in 2009. “Computer Hardware ranks as the top growing category for the holiday season to… Read More

Best Buy is known as one the Black Friday’s staple stores, but this year it’s going to extend its bargains through the entire month of December. The retailer will be offering free smartphones starting today up until January 1, and that includes new models from major carriers. The electronics superstore ran a similar gimmick in October, with free phones every Friday. This month, that same deal will apply to every day and will be available at all… Read More

EBay has posted an interactive “global heat map” showing where mobile shopping is popular this holiday shopping season (and where it's not). The site lists 20 eBay categories and the total values for purchased items in a given region. The data only covers transactions that occurred through eBay's mobile apps during Thanksgiving week and Black Friday through Cyber Monday. The map, which is powered by Google, lets users… Read More

It never fails. This time of year brings a month-long, manic search for the perfect gifts. All the browsing and coupons in the world won't help if you don’t know what you’re looking for, and asking for a gift list is a futile effort. Say you do actually get one: half of the items don’t mention a brand name, and the rest fail to include important specifications, like color or size, where to buy them, or you know, price. “What do you want… Read More

The iPad is a success. Sure, we have known that for a while — ever since the doors opened the first morning that it was released and people were ripping other people’s fingers off to get a hold of one — but the iPad now appears to be such a success that it is making people turn away from more conventional forms of technology in favor of Apple's tablet. In an interview with the Wall Street Journal, Best Buy CEO Brian Dun… Read More

Worldwide shipments of personal computers came back strongly in the fourth quarter of 2009, researchers said Wednesday, led by U.S. consumers lured by low prices during the holiday shopping season. Analysts at IDC said worldwide PC shipments climbed 15.2 percent from the prior year. In the U.S., PC shipments rose a whopping 24 percent. That's much better than expected. IDC, a technology market research group, had predicted global shipments… Read More

You only have a couple days left to do your last minute shopping and gifting. Here’s our weekly installment of the best weekly deals on electronics and gadgets. Walmart, Best Buy and Target are having weekly and daily sales on the majority of their electronics and tech products. So we decided to be helpful this gift-giving season and put a little holiday cheer in you day by doing a last minute round up of the best sale items and sale info we… Read More

Weekly Holiday Deals The Black Friday and Cyber Monday madness may be all over, but most major retailers are still having some killer holiday deals. Walmart, Best Buy and Target are having weekly and daily deal and sales on the majority of their electronics and tech products. So we decided to be helpful this gift-giving season, and put a little holiday cheer in you day by rounding up the best sales items and sale infowe could find for this… Read More

During this time of year, we just want to give Best Buy a hug for making holiday shopping a little less stressful with its sales and deals. If you’re looking for a BlackBerry this holiday season, then you’ll probably want to hug Best Buy too. Starting this weekend, Best Buy will give the gift of “additional holiday savings” on a bunch of mobile products—especially RIM’s BlackBerry smartphones. The retailer says it has special savings on four… Read More

Target has invented a gift that actually keeps on giving. The remote control Target Gift Card is now available and it’s too festive to pass up. Target is offering the world’s first remote control gift card for the 2009 holiday season. The remote control card looks and is shaped like a slice of Swiss cheese—cheesy indents and all—and it