Christmas came early this year at Deals Direct. And I am not talking about their Christmas spotlight sales. But instead, check this out — 10% Off Discount Coupon for Deals Direct! Yes, 10% off marked price when you check out. Here is the coupon code: 46378 Thanks to barguy who posted this deal on OzBargain. What I wasn’t [...]

I know these “online bargain retailers” all send out their newsletters during the wee hours of the morning, when everyone else is deep in sleep. I know sending the newsletter to subscribers can be automated, so they do not necessarily need to be up to dispatch them. However they do need to be awake to [...]

You know. Sometimes !@#$ happens to websites which causes them to go offline. Some websites are hosted on crappy oversold servers that go down a few times a day, and some are hosted on geographically isolated clusters that guarantee availability. Achieving the four nine’s — 99.99% availability — can be very costly, so the [...]

PayPal AU has just released their latest merchant offer website. Actually the format is still the same — 9 merchants in random rotation with special offers if you pay in PayPal. Just that the domain name is sort-of new. Moreover, there are new PayPal discount offers! Let me just pick two which I think are very [...]

Another exclusive deal this week — Deals Direct is offering users of OzBargain 10 percent off everything in store with the following coupon code: OZBARGAIN This coupon code is valid for one week only, expiring on Friday, 6th of July. Wow. Indeed. Wow. Thanks Deals Direct for bring in us great deals! That means you can buy [...]

Thanks to Deals Direct who posted this deal on OzBargain, where you can get $20 free voucher when you spend $100 or more and pay with PayPal. Promotion starts on 22 June 2007, and ends on 30 June 2007. You must pay via PayPal. One voucher per customer, and the voucher will be sent via email [...]

It is back!!!!! Deals Direct is offering store wide delivery this weekend (26-27 May 2007), if you pay via PayPal. And from the website: This fantastic promotion will save you from paying any shipping fees for anything purchased via PayPal on the DealsDirect.com.au website! If you’re looking to save a little more on your product items, then [...]

Update: Both these deals have been extended to after Easter, 10 April. Big thanks to Ben L for sending me these. First of all, Deals Direct who has just ran a free shipping promotion with PayPal a few days ago, is continuing free shipping on a special promo page! From the page: As a PayPal Member, we are offering [...]

As mrgq has posted on OzBargain, Deals Direct is having a free-shipping day today when you pay using PayPal! It is today only (29 March 2007) so make it quick :) Best way to purchase from Deals Direct? Sign up MoneyBackCo to get 5% moneyback, and the membership is currently 50% off at $5/year. Pay via PayPal, but [...]

Deals Direct is running a special promotion with free shipping on selected categories. No PayPal required :) Looks like there is going to be quite a bit of browsing for me to do :) So far I have found Creative Zen Micro 8Gb quite a good bargain at $269. However I am not sure whether I [...]

Deals Direct has free delivery on all its music CDs this weekend (10-11 March). We have previously discussed Deals Direct’s music CDs here, concerning how legitimate they are as they were imported from (possibly) China. I guess the conclusion is that they are legit as you can freely sell imported CDs. That does make their CDs quite [...]

It has been a while since I last wrote about printers. After all, who really rely on the dead trees anyway? Oh wait. I am applying for automatic direct debit to pay for my credit card bill today, and I have to print out the form, sign it, and mail it back. Ink on paper [...]

Quite a few interesting deals from Deals Direct’s “Month End Madness Sale”. Big LCD TVs are always good measure of how yesterday’s luxury items are getting ridiculously cheap these days. Here we have Mitsubishi Diamond Digital 68cm Widescreen LCD TV for $799 (OzBargain entry here). Yup. The same company that used to make Zero [...]

Love it when Deals Direct offering those site-wide free delivery via PayPal, because Delivery cost has always been a big hurdle for online shops. Goods might be cheap, but in a big country like Australia, the cost of delivery can sometimes be more than the price of the goods. I happen to have quite a bit of [...]

Last week an old friend messaged me over IM asking about my opinion on plasma TVs. I told him that I preferred LCD because of the higher resolution. I told him that the sweet spot is around 26-32 inch, which you can probably find a good no-brand one for under AUD$1,000. “But 26 inch is [...]

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 [...]

Got my Deals Direct newsletter this morning. Saw an interesting banner ads at the top of the page, clicked on it, and it brought me to The Trove which has just been launched! What is it? The Trove is a great place to sell items for free, because we’ve got the muscle of DealsDirect.com.au behind [...]

Is “doing more exercise” ever your new year resolution? Deals Direct’s latest featured bargain might just be the item that can help you out! For 2 days onlyactually only one day left, you can get Total Body Workout Elliptic Exercise Bike for only $99.95 + $19.95 delivery. If your looking for the perfect workout, then don’t [...]

Deals Direct has its special free shipping for all items site-wide — today only (that’s 15 November 2006 by the way), and only if you purchase with PayPal. I don’t recall any site-wide free shopping from Deals Direct since Socceroos got into World Cup almost 5 months ago, and don’t miss out the opportunity. If you [...]

I am a lover of cheap guitars. I can proudly say that all my guitars at home were under 400 bucks. Well, except for that Seagull solid-top accustic and my Jackson Dinky that was stolen from me a few years ago. But cheap guitar does it for me, as (1) I am cheap (2) [...]

It is Back!!! In March Deals Direct sold these high-end HP iPAQ H5550’s for merely $199. All sold out pretty much overnight. Well, DD promised to bring back more of these beauties, and they are now here!!! They are powered by 400Mhz Intel PXA255 CPU, has a large 3.7″ LCD, and comes with 128Mb RAM, [...]

If you haven’t noticed, I am now putting featured products from Deals Direct and OO.com.au on sidebar, right below the spot currently occupied by Zazz. They alternate between DD and OO. Well, not exactly true as it is all determined by the random generator so you might keep on seeing products from the same company [...]

I once blogged about getting a 20Gb JNC MP3 Player for $180 from Deals Direct. Now you can get a 20Gb MP3 player of different brand for cheaper, without a need of coupon code. Deals Direct gives us Omni 20Gb MP3 Player. Omni has been sold here in Target, Strathfield, etc. It is definitely not the [...]

What fancies me this week has been this Casio Label-Biz CD/DVD Title Printer from Deals Direct. From Deals Direct’s description: This CASIO Label-Biz CD/DVD Printer is the perfect tool for your home or office. It allows you to perfectly title your CDs and DVDs with CASIO’s Advanced Disc Title Printing Technology without compromising your discs [...]

Sometimes you gotta wonder, why would you pay $250 for something like this, when you can buy something like this from Deals Direct that looks almost alike would only set you back for $39.95 + $9 shipping. Obviously an “Eurolab” is different from Altec Lansing. I actually have a set of Altec Lansing at home [...]

Another bargain gadget from Deals Direct spotted today, and it is a PDA this time. Might not be as crazy a bargain as last time, but this Palm TX Handheld PC at $399 is still a good buy, much cheaper than you can find on staticICE and ShopBot. Palm TX is one of the latest [...]

Usually you will not link Australia and World Cup final 16 together — until Socceroos secured their position in this morning’s game against Croatia. And usually you will not link Socceroos and “free delivery” together — until both OO.com.au and Deals Direct’s marketing department made this happen. Go Socceroos — No Delivery Charges from OO.com.au First this [...]

Deals Direct is running a $10 cashback from PayPal if you spend more than $100 in an order, postage included. Here’s the terms and conditions: Promotion starts 12:01AM 22/06/2006 and ends 11:59PM 23/06/2006 AEST $100 spent including shipping Applies to orders paid via PayPal only $10 credit will be directly credited via PayPal into your PayPal account credit will be issued [...]

Last time they had a iPod Shuffle look-alike MP3 player that sold out in 12 hours, Deals Direct has just added a few new MP3 players onto their line-up which look remarkly like the hot-selling iPod Nano, but at a much lower price. Deals Direct are selling those “EZCOOL MP3/MP4 Player” at 512Mb for $74.95, [...]

Getting a personal laser printer can be a very cost effective way to reduce cost for students or home office. They cost slightly more than a colour inkjet printer, but if you keep it for a while (3-4 years of college/uni course for example), the running cost might save you a lot. Read my [...]

Spotted two new gadgets from Deals Direct from their latest news letter that are selling cheaply for less than $30. Nice deal for useful gadget I’ll say and great gift ideas. Doro 840 for $29.95 Firstly we have this Doro 840 Cordless Phone for $29.95 (+$9 delivery). It seems to be Deals Direct’s replacement for Doro [...]

Here’s a tip of getting a JNC SSF-M9 20Gb MP3 player from Deals Direct for merely AUD$180. According to DD it retails for $399, though the cheapest I can find elsewhere is around $275. It has been on the market since Jan/Feb of 2005 I think. Go to Deals Direct’s JNC 20GB Portable MP3 Player [...]

Since one of Deals Direct’s staff gave out 10% off coupon 2 months ago, it has since expired, although we did purchase a few things with that code. I thought the 10% discount code was one of those once-off deal. Now in the latest newsletter they sent out this afternoon, there’s another 10% discount coupon code! Yes, [...]

Every other shops are selling Apple iPod these days, and what set each reseller apart are their price and services. Just got from their news feed, it appears that DealsDirect has also joined the race of iPod reselling. Their service is fine — very usable online interface and relatively fast delivery. And their price? Apple [...]

Deals Direct continues to surprise me. In their latest deal, they have sourced 600 brand new HP iPAQ H5550 and sell them for AUD$199 each. Here’s the basic spec for this Pocket PC: Intel XScale 400Mhz 128Mb RAM and 48Mb ROM 3.8″ QVGA TFT screen at 240×320 Built in stero audio SD/MMCard slot 802.11b (Wiki), Bluetooth, Infra Red 138 x 84 [...]

Dell Computer is big in Australia. We use Dell exclusively at work, from rack servers to notebook computers. I also heard that where I graduated also started dumping white boxes and replaced them with Dell Optiplex. They have reasonable quality, up-to-date technology and good price for branded boxes. Now I also know quite a few [...]

So I thought 5% off from Deals Direct, an already-discounted on-line store, was pretty good. This morning someone from Deals Direct contacted me directly, offering all Bargain Blog readers 10% discount over all purchases from Deals Direct. LEIGHSMATES01 This is in fact I believe the staff rates where families and friends can use to make purchase. [...]

I received Deals Direct’s “deal of the day” email last night, and it featured an “iPod shuffle look alike” at cheap price — $79 free delivery for an 1Gb version ($75 with 5% off coupon code, instead of $149 if you buy a real shuffle from Apple. Almost half price. What you get is a [...]

Got this discount voucher from DealsDirect via email: DealsDirect.com.au Discount Voucher — Exclusive Offer With this voucher you will receive a further 5% OFF already massively discounted price! Sorry! It is probably no longer “exclusive” as I am actually blogging about it here. Basically you use the following promotion/coupon code when you purchase from DealsDirect. EMPCOM1 And they will take [...]

Afternoon at 5:38pm: Received an email from OO.com.au, titled LCD TV 66cm Crazy $999. Gee. When was the LCD TV becoming so cheap? A few years ago it won’t even buy you a 26″ flatscreen CRT at this price. Although not strictly high definition (only at 1280×768 so it will not do 1080i), the [...]

Still using your old Telstra fixed phone that ties you to the line? DealsDirect is selling Doro 530 cordless phone for AUD$29 (plus $9 delivery), which sells elsewhere for around $100 (just do a search on Google Australia. It is even cheaper than the one you rent from Telstra, when you decide to purchase one [...]

Argh! Not sure how I missed out this one, however there is apparently a sale at DealsDirect — 10% off everything at check out, excluding shipping. It started on 19 December, and the sale will end at noon 23 December. That means there’s only 24 hours before you can save 10% from already good prices at [...]

I bought a set of Doro cordless phone (830R with 3 hand sets) last year for $199 at a sale, and I was pretty happy. The phones were small, fully digital, have lots of useful functions and (most importantly) it is cheap. But that was last year. DECT phones are now much more popular and are [...]

A follow up to my previous entry on mono laser printers, I found a shop selling cheap Lexmark E230 Laser Printer in Australia. A good looking, bulky (yeah, looks like a REAL laser printer), 17ppm monochrome laser printer with 250 input tray that talks PCL6 is selling at DealsDirect.com.au for $169 + $9 shipping. [...]