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Is Apple fiddling while Rome is Burning?

 

Is Apple fiddling While Rome is Burning?

The most curious hype is going on about the new iPhone5. Is it about the hot quad core processor upgrades, new displays, new connectivity, new apps, new support; nope! All the buzz is about the new home button. What is the new shape? Is it still round? Concave or convex? Maybe even virtual which will leave space for a larger screen...

The Apple's Worldwide Developers Conference in June was sold out in seconds recently with everyone looking for iPhone launch details, so you do not have long to wait.

My issue is that all of the Apple buzz is around something that almost NOBODY really cares about! A HOME BUTTON? really? So the question is, Is Apple fiddling while Rome is burning? The fact is Apple might actually lose the LTE patent war and once the iPhone form/service package functionality is truly provided by 8 manufacturers, the price will drop like a rock and Apple will move on to innovate in another space.

So if your a "got to have the latest hyped tech geek" Get ready to buy! Your going to have a lot to talk about with your friends. I can see the Superbowl ads now.... apple geeks showing their new HOME button to friends that are less fortunate. Now Now..... don't hate..

Actually, we have an iPhone and love it, but when it comes time to replace it..

Best Buy iPhone deals.

Apple iPhone deals at Amazon.

Sprint iPhone deals.

Update: VERIZON DEALS!

 

$79 Kindle with $30 Walmart Gift Card starting 4/29 (Kindle deal)

 

Is there a Walmart near you Savvy Shoppers? Of course there is right? Don't have a cool Kindle? Have you seen the Kindle reviews? If you love to read, you'll want one. Didn't like the price of the Kindle? Check out this Kindle deal at Walmart starting 4/29

At the moment this is an in store Walmart deal, we don't see it available online YET.

Purchase this kindle with wi-fi for only $79 and get a $30 Gift Card.
Click here and take a look at the weekly ad w/ Kindle deal in it..

Will Amazon match this offer? Now that would be nice wouldn't it? Here is Amazon's link to the Kindle in case they match Walmarts Kindle deal Savvy Shoppers.

 

Free Kindle Book - Your Credit Score: How to Improve the 3-Digit Number That Shapes Your Financial Future (More Free (100) Kindle Books to read)

 

Ahhh yes, another free Kindle Book to enjoy. Want to improve your Credit Score Savvy Shoppers? Of of course you do.

Free Kindle Book - Your Credit Score: How to Improve the 3-Digit Number That Shapes Your Financial Future.

More free Kindle Books at Amazon.

 

If you google or search for free kindle books you will find quite a few sites that claim to offer free kindle books. Don't believe it. Most of these sites are bogus and not genuine. They ask you for an up front fee (no way!) and give you nothing in return that you couldn't have found elsewhere for free. So beware Kindle book fans.

With millions of people getting Kindles for Christmas, they'll all want something to read I'm sure, and of course many of them won't  necessarily want to pay a lot of money, either. We found the right links to get you those free Kindle Books at Amazon.

 

 

Don't get addicted to reality wedding shows

Yes, I’ll admit…I’ve found myself plopped on the couch once or twice watching a “Say Yes to the Dress” marathon on TLC. When you are in the business, it’s almost cathartic to watch the consultants deal with the same problems I do on a daily basis (i.e. brides who can’t make a decision, moms who control the daughter’s choices, bridesmaids who are more trouble than they are worth). But you can certainly get sucked in to all the glamour and maybe start doubting some of your own choices. Keep in mind girls on these shows are buying a gown at a high-end salon and sometimes have unlimited budgets. You shouldn’t compare your wedding to theirs or second guess your decision if a girl on TV has on a dress similar to your own and calls it hideous!

Between the cable networks there is a plethora of shows from the relatively tame to the outlandish (think “My Big Fat Gypsy Wedding” and “Bridezillas”). It can be fun to watch a few times and maybe even get an idea or two, but keep all things in perspective. They are often going to extremes to make good television…the more drama the better. This certainly isn’t reflective of the typical wedding. And you shouldn’t focus all your spare time on wedding “research.” You had a life before your engagement and you will have to get back to it after the wedding, so try not to fall in the trap of becoming so consumed with wedding plans that you forget what’s really important in life!

The Subwoofer Dilemma

The Subwoofer Dilemma

So it turn out I was driving my neighbors crazy. Not intentionally, mind you. But unitl recently, they were definitely going nuts. How did I accomplish this, you may ask? (or at least I hope you will or I'll have nothing left to do with my evening)

It all started with a really good deal on a subwoofer. I had built a decent surround sound system thanks to the Home Theater Department at Amazon. As is often the case, I had saved quite a bit of money by shopping there. I picked up a Yamaha receiver, Energy CF-30 Floorstanding Speakers for the front (I saved $130 on the pair!), and Polk Monitor 30 Bookshelf Speakers for the back. Finally, I added a Polk CS20 Center Channel speaker to make sure I was getting the dialog from movies the way it was supposed to sound. I saved about $250 over the best in store prices I could find on those and was very happy. Finally I had surround sound. Or so I thought.

I kept hearing from friends and people in the know that the only way to achieve true sonic perfection in your home was with a subwoofer. All of those other speakers put out bass, you see. But for movies, you really needed a subwoofer to properly hear an explosion, or a bass guitar, or dew drops falling from a blade of grass on a Spring morning. OK, that last doesn't have any bass I imagine, but I really felt like writing the words "dew drops" in a sentence for the first time in my life.

Anyway, I ordered my subwoofer from Amazon, of course. I got the Polk PSW110 for more than $60 less than they were selling for at my local "Big Box" (not to mention big price!) store. I hooked it up and basked in the glory of true surround sound. The amount of bass it kicked out was unbelievable, even at low volumes. I was in Heaven, until...

The phone call from my neighbor Doris came at about 6 PM on an evening last week. "Jerry, I don't mean to be a pain, but I can't take the boom, boom thing. Please turn it down" she said in her usually adorable but now almost angry German accent. "It's annoying" she said. To avoid an International incident, I sighed and turned it down.

So there I was, at a crossroads. I had built my beautiful sound system to give myself the joy of great sound. Only I couldn't turn it up. And as a former singer in a heavy metal garage band, that was something I could not stomach. I was stuck. And then, it came to me. The solution.

The very next day, based on the phenomenal user reviews at Amazon (which have never failed me in more than 300 purchases) I bought the JVC HARX700 Precision Sound Full Size Headphones for the very low price of $35.50 with free shipping. In just 4 days they arrived at my home. I plugged them in, and cranked them up. And now I'm in Heaven. Again.

There are only two places I go now for electronics. To my laptop. And to Amazon.com. And how's my neighbor? I'll ask her when she wakes up from her nap.

Jerrito

 

 

FREE $2 Amazon MP3 Credit (MP3 Store Credit) Code MOMROCKS

 

If you are like me and download your mp3 music via Amazon instead of iTunes  here is a deal for you.

Ok it's not a deal, it's actually a freebie. Yup, $2 free Amazon music. 

Get it while it's free Savvy Shoppers. Click THIS LINK and enter the code below.
$2 Amazon MP3 Credit with promo code MOMROCKS.

Expires at 11:59 p.m PST on April 22, 2012.

After you redeem the code, take a look at these $2 or less deals at Amazon.

 

 

Brides: Be honest about your size!

I can’t tell you how many times I’ve had a bride walk in to my store and tell me she is a size 10, when clearly she’s not. To determine where to start looking on the racks, I ask the bride what size she normally wears in street clothes, because typically wedding gowns run quite small and often you need a size that is one to two larger than normal. I know…it’s unfair. But I don’t make the gowns, and I can’t explain why it’s so. The only explanation I’ve ever come across was that many years ago sizing was much smaller and designers started to realize they would sell more clothes if they started “vanity sizing” to make customers feel better about themselves. Bridal designers, however, did not change their sizing. Though a few bridal makers have come around to vanity sizing, for the most part, you will wear a larger size in a wedding gown than you do in your everyday wear.

Alas, it does nobody any good to lie about your actual size. We really don’t care if you are a size 2 or 22. As consultants we don’t want to insult you by saying “Oh, really, are you sure that’s your size?” but we also don’t want to stretch out or rip the seams of our bridal gowns by trying to stuff you in to a gown that is two sizes too small. And we don’t want to waste our time pulling size 10’s when it’s clear you need a 14. So please be honest about what your current size is (not what you plan to be on your wedding day after you lose the 20 pounds you say you will) and don’t be discouraged when we tell you to try on gowns that are larger than you normally wear. After all, it is just a number. When you put on a gown you love, it shouldn’t matter what the tag says. Nobody is going to know!

iMac Attack (Apple Macbook Sale)

 

iMac Attack

You have to love a brand that becomes so powerful, so much a part of American life, and so darned popular that there are stores (not owned by them, mind you) dedicated to nothing but selling that brand's products.And so we give you MacMall...the self proclaimed "Number 1 Apple Superstore."

The most frustrating thing about the purchase of an Apple product has always been that the price is pretty much controlled, and retailers sell them for prices which are almost identical, down to the last penny. This makes it difficult it seems to find an iMac, iPod, or iAnything on sale. I have friends who shop at our site and ask if we ever find deals on Apple products. Thanks to sites like MacMall (and of course our pals at Amazon), the answer is yes.

Right now MacMall is having a 3 Day Sale on Apple Macbooks. You can get up to $749 off on new and refurbished Macbooks and free overnight shipping. If you don't think these deals are good you might want to head to your local Electronics store and ask them to give you a discount. You will very quickly see why we love sites like MacMall...

So head to MacMall for all things Apple and to pick up that shiny new iMac you thought you would never see on sale, or maybe some accessories for your new iPad or iPod. Tell them the guys at CTD sent you because they think paying full price for ANYTHING is just nuts. 

iMac Sale

jerrito

 

New 30% off Kohl's (Kohls.com) Coupon Code (w/ Charge Card) 4/18-4/25

Update: Extra 20% off thru 5/3 w/ Kohl's promo code SUNSHINE20

Click here for the Kohl's Sale, use 30% off coupon code SAVE30 at checkout for an extra 30% off your total.

For those of you that do NOT have a Kohls Charge Card, Coupon SPRINGBLOSSOM saves you 20%.

For everyone, use free shipping stackable coupon SHIPFREE

Get ready to break out your Kohl's Credit Cards Savvy Shoppers. It's time to save some big money once again at everyones favorite department store. This 30% off Kohl's (Kohls.com) Promo Code is valid 4/18 -4/21. Use it at checkout (code: SAVE30) , even works on hot clearance items.

Get Kohl's Cash 4/18 - 4/21 as well. ($10 for every $50 you spend.)

Once again, you can save huge on nearly anything for your home at Kohls.com, and even more with this 30% off coupon. Shop their site to save a whopping 50% on select bed sets, up to 30% on kitchen electrics and 50% on select curtains and window coverings. Remember this is before using the 30% off code. As we mentioned earlier you get $10 kohls cash for every $50 you spend. Big savings here.

Always expect Great Things when you shop Kohl's for great apparel, nice shoes, accessories, home products and much more Savvy Shoppers. You will find top brands at great prices at Koh's every single day.

Kohl's (Kohls.com) deals. Make sure to use this awesom3 30% off card at checkout: SAVE30

 

Sears Craftsman Club - Craftsman Wrench and Ratchet Sets On Sale - Big Discounts

 

Wanna know how you can save big on Craftsman tools Savvy Shoppers? Check out these deals below.

Sears Craftsman Club (FREE TO JOIN!)

Next click THIS SEARS link for their Deal of The Day.

Craftsman 9 pc. Standard 12 pt. Full Polish Long Pattern Combination Wrench Set $30

Craftsman 9 pc. Metric 12 pt. Full Polish Long Pattern Combination Wrench Set $30

Craftsman 8 pc. Inch Dual Ratcheting Wrench Set $40

Craftsman 8 pc. Metric Dual Ratcheting Wrench Set $40

Craftsman 7 pc. Standard Locking Flex Ratcheting Combination Wrench Set $62.49

Craftsman 7 pc. Metric Locking Flex Ratcheting Combination Wrench Set $62.49

Craftsman 12 pc. metric deep impact sockets w/ laser etch $45

Craftsman 12 pc. Standard deep impact sockets w/ laser etch $45

 

Did you know you can save big $$ if you join the Sears Craftsman Club? Did you know it's 100% free to join? Did you know you can use coupon codes for additional savings?

The prices you see above on those tools are for Sears Craftsman Club members. You will see the prices when you log into your account.

Sears Coupon Codes: s $15 off $100 with APRILSAVINGS, $10 off $75 with SAVE10, or $5 off $50 with SEARS2012. Free in store pickup at Sears. 

Again If you don't have a account , you can join for free via this link. 

Make sure to click THIS SEARS link for their Deal of The Day!!!!!