All who know me know that i am a serious bargain hunter and a shrewd shopper. In every circle there ia someone who knows where to get the best and the cheapest. I am that person. I can tell you what day and where to get a great deal on potato chips, what the best cell phone rate is or where to go for a new BBQ.

I am well loved by the neighborhood kids who thanks to me all have brand new Nintendo DS systems for next to nothing.

My hands down favourite haunt for any kind fo a shopping deal in Canada is Red Flag Deals an online deal sharing forum. I have a killer home theater thanks to the reader and posters at Red Flag. I don’t go grocery shopping without checking where the best deals are that weeks. I pay next to nothing for blank DVD’s and I have even bought items from other readers ( at prices less than ebay). I have been a member for almost 5 years and probably saved hundred if not thousands of dollars.

I am a stay at home mom and take pride in being able to buy stuff for my family at a great price. I am not sexist but on some level I feel like by taking time to find a good deal it is a to show my husband how much I appreciate his slogging it out every day earning a living.

I have had countless deals but a couple stand out at the ones that gave me most satisfaction. I bought a fantastic Ridgid brand shop-vac at Home Depot for 19.95 that was regularly priced at 69/00 It was a double whammy because it was a great sale and I was able to price match with a 10.00 coupon. Not many women would be so thrilled at a shop-vac purchase but I was grinning from ear to ear all weekend over that one.

The deal that I most known for within are family is the week all our kids and the neighbourhood kids got dirt cheap brand new Nintendo DS’s from EB Games. They had a promo on where you traded in 5 games with a trade in value of 8.00 and got a brand new Nintendo DS.

t was also the same week RFD ( Redflag Dea;_ posters were posting that Blockbuster had Playstation2 games on for 7.99. I went in and not only did they have quite a few used PS2 games for sale at 7.99 ( and had at least an 8.00 trade in value at EB Games) but they had a slew of Nintendo DS games for 8.99. Games that normally had a very high ticket price- Drawn to Life, Sponge Bob, etc. I bought a few to supplement our collection and was able to trade-in and get new DS’ for all our kids- which we really needed. The only one we had had a cracked screen. So for about 50.00 and couple of used games we made out pretty well.

Further more- I explained the deal to some neighbourhood kids and went through their games with them and took them to Blockbuster to buy games they could trade in… They went in with their parents and go new DS”s as well. i was a HUGE hero on our street for quite while.

This was by far the most satisfying deal for many reasons. One of the kids down the street was having a really rough time at home and they didn’t have a lot of money . He was 13 and all his friend had a Nintendo DS and he was using an OLD OLD gameboy . I know not exactly a tragedy- but to him it was a big deal.

When I brought home my kids kids new DS’s he asked if he could have our old one with the broken screen- it just broke my heart . I went back to Blockbuster and bought 5 games for 7.99. The cost was under 40.00. I then went and got him a brand new Cobalt Blue DS that no one else had. It was by far the best 40.00 I have ever spent. Seeing the look of that kids face will be with me for a long long time. As a footnote, the boy ended up giving me his old game boy- which my girlfriend took to Cuba with her and was gave to her foster child she sponsors. The whole experience was memorable very satisfying and was a case where money did buy a little bit of happiness.

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Must be Coscto member use promo code CWSM0218 on checkout. Up to 100 digital photos. You can submit several times. Costco photo centre: http://www.costco.ca/PhotoCenter/PhotoCenter.aspx?cat=2781&cmre=1fr--TopRightNav2--Top_photo&lang=en-CA

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Todays Woot.com deal is a pairt of Power Sentry 5 Outlet PowerSquid for 7.99+ 5.00 shipping, these are great to use instead of strip power bars- they can handle large power adapters/transformers because of their admittedly odd looking “squid” design.

Features:

<li>5 Flexible Power Outlets</li>

    <li>3 Foot, 14 Gauge Grounded Power Cord</li>

<li>Lighted Switch with 15-Amp Circuit Breaker</li>

<li>Built-In Keyhole Slots (On Back)</li>

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Tomorrow Dell starting its 10 Days of Deals.

here is the 10 Days fo Deals Link In the past they have featired good deal on sewing machines, microwaves and oh ya- computers.

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Costco has promotion on now, good until January 20, 2008. Submit your prints with their online photo processing service and get your 10 prints free. You can just order 10 prints.

Link to Costco Photo Site

Enter coupon code MICR1210 to get 10 free 4×6 photos.

You do need to be a member of Costco to use.

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Some GREAT prices this week with Amzaon Boxing Week Sales

Will try and compile a better list.. stock does keep changing, though.

Syphon Filter: Dark Mirror Sony Computer Entertainment Platform: PlayStation2 Our Price: CDN$ 12.99

Kane & Lynch Dead Men Eidos Platform: PLAYSTATION 3 Our Price: CDN$ 39.99 You Save: CDN$ 20.00 (33%)

Halo 3 Limited Edition Microsoft Platform: Xbox 360 Our Price: CDN$ 44.99 You Save: CDN$ 35.00 (44%)

In Stock Avatar The Last Airbender THQ (Video Games) Platform: Xbox Our Price: CDN$ 14.99

In Stock

The Sims 2: Castaway Electronic Arts Platform: Nintendo Wii Our Price: CDN$ 39.99

Tom Clancy’s Splinter Cell Double Agent UBI Soft Platform: GameCube Our Price: CDN$ 19.99

The Settlers 6 UBI Soft Platform: Windows Our Price: CDN$ 39.99 You Save: CDN$ 10.00 (20%)

HB Powerpuff Girls 2 Princess Snorebucks (PC and Mac) Riverdeep - Learning company Platform: Windows 2000 / XP / 98, Mac OS 9 and below Our Price: CDN$ 2.99 You Save: CDN$ 2.00 (40%)

Game Boy Wireless Adapter Nintendo of America Platform: Game Boy Advance Our Price: CDN$ 7.99 You Save: CDN$ 17.00 (68%)

Flash Focus: Vision Training in Minutes a Day (vf) Nintendo Platform: Nintendo DS Our Price: CDN$ 14.99 You Save: CDN$ 5.00 (25%)

In Stock Castlevania Dracula X Chronicles Konami Platform: Sony PSP Our Price: CDN$ 29.99

The Sims 2: Castaway Electronic Arts Platform: PlayStation2 Our Price: CDN$ 29.99 You Save: CDN$ 10.00 (25%)

Lair Sony Computer Entertainment Platform: PLAYSTATION 3 Our Price: CDN$ 34.99 You Save: CDN$ 25.00 (42%)

Halo 3 Limited Edition French (vf) Microsoft Platform: Xbox 360 Our Price: CDN$ 29.99 You Save: CDN$ 50.00 (63%)

Mortal Kombat Armageddon Midway Platform: Xbox Our Price: CDN$ 19.99 You Save: CDN$ 5.00 (20%) 6 used & new from CDN$ 18.99 In Stock Donkey Kong Barrel Blast Nintendo Platform: Nintendo Wii Our Price: CDN$ 29.99 You Save: CDN$ 20.00 (40%)

Happy Feet Midway Platform: GameCube Our Price: CDN$ 19.99 You Save: CDN$ 15.00 (43%) 7 used & new from CDN$ 19.99 In Stock Heroes of Might & Magic 5 Tribes of the East UBI Soft Platform: Windows Our Price: CDN$ 24.99 You Save: CDN$ 5.00 (17%)

Virtual Villagers Aspyr Media Platform: Macintosh Our Price: CDN$ 9.99 You Save: CDN$ 20.00 (67%)

Naruto Ninja Council 2 D3 Publisher Platform: Game Boy Advance Our Price: CDN$ 7.99 You Save: CDN$ 17.00 (68%)

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Microsoft Xbox 360 Pro Console Holiday Bundle

it’s the Xbox 360 Pro, the Marvel Ultimate Alliance game, and the 300-car Forza Motorsport 2. $349.94 and — with free shipping Limited quantities available.

Microsoft Xbox 360 HD DVD Player

Best price on Xbox 360 HD DVD player? Watch movie after movie after movie $156.99— with free shipping*

Above woot sidedeals here

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Deal On Dreamhost Web Hosting

You get a free domain registration, Disk Storage at sign up 500 GB, Monthly Bandwidth at sign up 5.0 TB, unlimited MySQL databases and more.

For the feature details go to http://www.dreamhost.com/hosting.html

Use the Dreamhost promo code 101010 when you sign up to get $110.10 discount which bring the cost down to $9.30 for 1 year subscription

Here is the link to sign up https://dreamhost.com/signup/

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