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Books, Movies and More
Who doesn't know of Amazon! Sells books, movies, music, and just about everything else, too. | |
The BBC
America Shop is crammed full of goodies for Anglophiles, including a
massive range of their excellent TV programs such as Fawlty Towers DVDs,Videos and Merchandise |
Ask any computer technician and he will confirm that heat is a computer's greatest enemy. Heat reduces the life of everything in your PC and increases error rates. This company has a wide range of cooling products, including an intriguing water-cooling system that is very moderately priced. Even if you don't buy from this store, at the very least, install another fan or two in your computer. You'll be very pleased you did. |
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Access Your PC from Anywhere - Free Download PC Magazine calls GoToMyPC "Revolutionary." |
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If you are a Maccer rather than a PC person, then this store seems to have a wide variety of everything you might want or need. |
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A huge variety of usually well discounted PC software and hardware and peripheral products. |
Dining and Food
British food sometimes has an undeservedly bad reputation, but you don't have to be British to enjoy the wide range of British and Scottish food items for sale through this website. | |
And, if British food isn't your 'cup of tea', then try EthnicGrocer.com with food items from many other international destinations. | |
Discount
dining certificates. Buy them online, print them out on your own
printer, then head out to the participating restaurant you chose. This is a great program and I've used it successfully myself. There's no catch! |
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Mail order
wine and more. A well established company with a good product
range of wine and accessories. Includes helpful tasting notes on
many of their wines. Note that they can not ship to all states. |
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Yumm!
Rather expensive, but very good; a major indulgence at a relatively
minor price. Makes for great corporate (or any other!) gifts. True French chocolates made in France and couriered to you (with surprisingly low shipping costs). |
eCOST.com offers hundreds of brand name computer hardware, software, peripherals, consumer electronics and office supplies and equipment at very good prices. | |
I've bought a lot of things from uBid - stereo equipment, computers, and (of course) gadgets of all descriptions. Values can sometimes be excellent. |
This
really is a great tool that gets added in to Internet Explorer on any
Windows based machine. I' use it myself and love it. It adds helpful features such as suggesting related sites, auto access to Google, auto access to Amazon (and your Amazon purchases earn credits for us!), and fascinating statistics on each site you visit and how popular it is, plus access to an archive of older versions of each website. Best of all, it stops pop-ups from cluttering up your computer. Recommended. |
Gadgets, Gifts and Things
Do you spend under $5 or over $50 on the cables to connect up your audio and video equipment? If you're interested in high end cabling so as to squeeze every last drop of quality out of your sound and video, then judging by their reviews, this seems to be the best source. | |
I'm the
first to admit that I love electronic gadgets - often completely useless
items but which can be great fun to play with. This site is full
of such things. Makes fun browsing even if you don't buy anything,
and a good source of ideas for inexpensive things to buy 'the person who
already has everything'. If you use this coupon code - 1038011778 - you'll get an extra $5 off orders of $35 or more (expires at the end of Dec 2002). |
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After months of being bombarded by this company's pervasive ads, I eventually ended up buying one of their wireless camera systems, and found it actually did work! I've also bought some of their remote control light switches and other things since then. They have lots of great gadgets at good prices. | |
The
Sovietski Collection appeals to me as a Russo-phile. They have a wonderful range of Soviet and even historical Imperial Russian trash and treasures. |
I use Musicmatch myself to make MP3s for my MP3 player. It is probably the best and most popular of the various different programs available. | |
A very wide range of musical instruments, electronic keyboards, accessories, and music studio equipment. |
Travel Accessories (ie things other than tickets and reservations)
A reputable supplier of just about anything and everything in the way of travel related items and accessories. You'll find things here you never even knew you needed! ☺ | |
Maps, atlases, software, globes; you name it, they probably have it. They also have digital maps that you can download and print yourself, but if you're doing much of that, it might make better sense to buy a map program. | |
Never pay
full price for luggage! It is a very high markup item and you
should always buy at a discount. Here's a good store that sells name brand luggage at great discounts. Which leads me to my second recommendation. Always buy the best possible quality in your luggage - the last thing you want are suitcases breaking open on the conveyor belt! I have Delsey and Samsonite myself - I suspect my Delsey suitcase must have traveled the best part of a million miles with me - so far!
Click here for 15% off your next holiday gift purchase at
Irv's Luggage Warehouse. Coupon code: HOL152002. Expires 12/31/02. |
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This
company sells any quantity of miles you might want at 4c a mile.
They work with the America West, American, Continental and Delta
frequent flier programs. 4c a mile is not very cheap, but if it means the difference between having enough miles to get an award or not, it can be good value. Some airlines sell miles directly for about 2.5c a mile, plus a small surcharge and perhaps subject to restrictions and limitations. Also, when buying miles for business and first class awards, it can be - even at 4c a mile - good value. |