OzBargain Bookmarklet – Quick Access to Bargains

scotty on 30/01/2008 at 9:09 pm, filed under OzBargain

OzBargain has long been able to list deals from a specific domain — just add the domain name after http://www.ozbargain.com.au/deals/! For example: Deals Direct deals www.ozbargain.com.au/deals/dealsdirect.com.au OO.com.au deals www.ozbargain.com.au/deals/oo.com.au ShoppingSquare deals www.ozbargain.com.au/deals/shoppingsquare.com.au Moreover, you can append /feed at the end of URL to get the RSS feed for all the deals from that particular domain! [...]

New Feature – Top Users

scotty on 25/01/2008 at 11:18 am, filed under OzBargain

Just in case you have not noticed a little new feature on the front page of OzBargain, I have created a little sidebar-item Top Users, showing the top contributors on this collaborative bargain hunting website. OzBargain has been getting many great contributors over the last 14 months and I thought it would be a nice [...]

OzBargain Gets a New Theme

scotty on 22/01/2008 at 1:32 pm, filed under OzBargain

Last night, Neill @ Melbourne Metblogs asked on OzBargain about opening deals in a new window. He also asked: Also, surely OZbargain has grown enough to be out of beta? OzBargain has been sitting on beta release for as long as it has been alive. It has gone through regular updates and I consider that [...]

ShoppingSquare $1 Postage Sitewide (Exclude Computer IT)

scotty on 19/01/2008 at 9:03 am, filed under General

Woke up to a great bargain this morning. ShoppingSquare has won HitWise‘s Australia Top 10 Online Store, so they are offering $1 Postage Site-wide until Monday 21st January, excluding the Computer IT category! I think the tricky thing is to figure out what belongs to Computer & IT, and what does not. It can be [...]

Weekly Bargains – Back to School

scotty on 10/01/2008 at 11:10 pm, filed under Weekly

It is the week where all the major retailers start their “Back to School” campaign. Having someone at home who is going to school for the first time in 2 weeks, it has certainly been very exciting! There are heaps of things you need to buy for a new student, like… Hmm. Exercise book?! They [...]

HP Colour LaserJet for Under $150

scotty on 09/01/2008 at 11:02 pm, filed under General

I like to talk about my ever-so-reliable laser printer, a Brother monochrome that has lasted me almost 8 years now and is still going strong. Paid around $600 back in 2000 and thought it was a bargain. Colour laser printer? You probably need a budget of a small car back in 2000 to ever consider [...]

Top 6 Tips on Getting Freebies, from FreeSampleDirect

scotty on 04/01/2008 at 11:20 am, filed under Freebie

Alissa from Free Samples Direct has given out a few great tips on getting freebies online: Keep your Personal Information Private Read Everything Before Requesting a Sample Make Sure You Are Ordering Direct or from a Quality Source If You Like The Sample Buy The Full Product Make Life Easier when filling out Forms If [...]

Weekly Bargains – Free AVG Pro, Free Movies, 8% Off Big W Entertainment

scotty on 04/01/2008 at 9:34 am, filed under Weekly

Some of the most voted bargains this week. Free Antivirus Software Do you find your Windoze-powered computer infested by virus most of the time? Your 30-day free trial antivirus package that came with your computer has already expired? Maybe it is time to grab some commercial grade antivirus software — for free! You can either [...]

Cheap Lappy around $500 — Asus Eee PC or Compaq C710TU?

scotty on 02/01/2008 at 10:22 pm, filed under Computer

I have got a problem to solve here. I want a cheap low-end notebook — not something I need, but just something that is nice to have. I want it for my 3 1/2 year old daughter who spent around 1-1.5 hour a day in front of computers playing with sites such as Sesame Street [...]

2007 Out, 2008 In

scotty on 01/01/2008 at 9:08 pm, filed under Bargain Blog, OzBargain

Happy New Year everyone! How is your Christmas/New Year holidays? For me it is a matter of staying at home, playing with kids, enjoying the family time and not doing anything (including blogging and updating my websites). Life will hopefully get back to normal tomorrow when I head back to work, and I will hopefully [...]