Things Online Stores Can Do to Help Bargains Blogging

scotty on 30/12/2006 at 8:11 pm, filed under Bargain Blog

Bargains and deals blogging is getting more and more prominent in Australia. I started this blog 18 months ago when I could not find any, but there are more and more on the horizon. They talk about the latest deals and great bargains that they can find in both brick & mortar stores and online [...]

End of Year Christian Book Sale from Koorong and Word

scotty on 23/12/2006 at 3:33 pm, filed under Uncategorized

Koorong is running a similar end-of-year super sale like last year, starting from 26th of December 2005 to 6th of January 2007. You get: 15% off all purchases up to $100 20% off all purchases $100-$300 25% off all purchases over $300 50% off all Christmas cards, calendars, and other selected Christmas items. You can [...]

12 More Hours to Go to Post Your Bargains!

scotty on 22/12/2006 at 10:54 am, filed under Competition, OzBargain

Yes! Last day at work for the year 2006. I will be taking three days off next week + 4 more days the week after. New posts here will be more sparse while I am in the “holiday mood”. Meanwhile, there are only 12 more hours to go to contribute your bargain findings on OzBargain, [...]

Jonk’s Bargains Under Legal Threat

scotty on 22/12/2006 at 10:13 am, filed under Website

Jonk’s Bargains is an interesting Australian bargain site. First of all, it is what it claims: This website turns grown men into excited school-girls. While I do not completely agree with this statement, but I have no doubt that whoever runs this site do “spend THAT many hours on the internet finding the best, cheapest [...]

ELX.com.au 20% Off, until this Friday

scotty on 20/12/2006 at 12:29 pm, filed under Uncategorized

Tell you a secret. While I am not finding bargains on the net, I am actually a Linux geek. Since 1995, Slackware 2.2 and kernel 1.2.8, but I guess I won’t go into details. So I was pretty happy to know that ELX.com.au (formally EverythingLinux for those who remembered) is having a 20% off everything [...]

Daily Deals / COTD Catch-A-Thon 24 Hours Deals Today

scotty on 18/12/2006 at 11:21 am, filed under Daily Deals

Catch of the Day is having a Catch-A-Thon today!! Heaven for Bargain Shoppers — We have compiled some of our past CRAZY Catches (33 to be exact) and put them all, up for the taking for 24 HOURS ONLY. They have listed all their past deals on their other website, Daily Deals. It’s all on [...]

Buckscoop — Cashback shopping community

scotty on 17/12/2006 at 9:56 pm, filed under Website

Just found another great Aussie cashback shopping site — Buckscoop, with its tagline “shopping… with a cherry on top”. It’s a new website (since Nov 2006), and WA-based. Its front-page pretty much tells us what this site is: Scoop: Earn cashack at loads of major online shopsSave: Browse the hottest member-submitted dealsShare: Hang out with [...]

Cheap Imported CDs and Legality

scotty on 14/12/2006 at 7:44 pm, filed under Daily Deals

How much do you pay for a normal music CD from well-known publishers? $30? $24.95? $19.95? Or maybe you buy all your music from iTunes Music Store. Recently I have seen shops like Deals Direct and Daily Deals selling popular CDs for $9.95 (+ $2 shipping). Take Robbie Williams’ “Intensive Care” for example (not his [...]

Double Team Member Discount at Target, 15-17 December

scotty on 13/12/2006 at 11:37 am, filed under Coupon

Thanks to Anthony and Shan who both sent me the discount voucher for this weekend’s Team Member Double Discount at Target. It’s “double discount” because you get an extra 10% off on top of regular discount and sales off catalogue. Download Double Discount coupons (PDF, 968kb). The coupons are on page 2, which you need [...]

Koorong One Day 20% Off Websale, 14 Dec 2006

scotty on 13/12/2006 at 10:00 am, filed under Uncategorized

(Thanks to Peter G for forwarding the message to me.) Koorong, a Christian bookshop which I featured here frequently, is having a one day only web sale — everything in stock 20% OFF! It’s only available on their online store, and the purchase must be made with a credit card. It’s one day only — [...]

10% Off Discount from Cheap Memory

scotty on 12/12/2006 at 11:26 pm, filed under Computer

Cheap Memory, as its name has suggested, is an Australian shop that sells cheap memory (surprise!), which includes RAM sticks in your computer, memory cards and solid state USB keys. They have a 10% off special this week — basically you get to say No to Johnny’s GST (in fact they do list ex-GST price [...]

Review: WebbyPlanet, Discount Coupons Listing Site

scotty on 12/12/2006 at 11:06 am, filed under Coupon, Website

WebbyPlanet is a relative new comer in discount coupon code listing sites. Launched by German company AZ73 LLC, its aim is to have an easy to use interface to allow users quickly find coupons offered by their favourite shops. Currently boasting 5,000 business affiliating with them, shoppers can easily find what they need through its [...]

Tedelex 8″ Portable DVD Player for $112 from Toys ‘R’ Us, 12 Dec Only

scotty on 11/12/2006 at 10:12 pm, filed under Uncategorized

Yet another Toys R Us crazy Christmas one day sale. Tedelex 8″ Portable Tablet DVD Player is on sale tomorrow, Tuesday 12 December, for $111.99, reduced from $279.99 Great for holidays and long car trips! LCD screen, compatible with CD/DVD/CD-R/CD-RW/OSD. Parental lock, built in speakers, headphone jack and more. It’s even cheaper than most 7″ [...]

10% Off Everything From TWOdollars.com.au

scotty on 11/12/2006 at 9:42 am, filed under Coupon

Last week they had a $10 off deal, and this week TWOdollars.com.au is now doing a 10% off everything Christmas sale, if you place your order before Friday 15 December 2006. You need to quote the following coupon code: 214-43153246 Also for orders placed after 15 December, you probably won’t expect shipment until early January, [...]

DailyDeals Site-Wide Free Delivery, ends this Saturday

scotty on 08/12/2006 at 2:50 pm, filed under Daily Deals

DailyDeals, the company that’s behind the one-day-deal website Catch of the Day, is certainly challenging OO.com.au’s free delivery today — it is also running its own site-wide free delivery, until 11:59pm Saturday night, 9 December 2006. And you don’t need to purchase by PayPal. DailyDeals is a new shopping website based in Melbourne, and it [...]