This story is part of Gift Guide, our year-round collection of the best gift ideas. Life is stressful enough without the hassles of lost or misplaced keys, phones, wallets and the like. Once, my daughter dropped a little pouch containing her college room key and student ID, and what followed was 48 hours of frenzied, …
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This story is part of Gift Guide, our year-round collection of the best gift ideas. In the old days, OnePlus made bargain phones. With the arrival of the OnePlus 8 earlier this year, however, the company moved squarely into the premium category. No more bargains, then? Actually, here’s one: For a limited time, and while supplies last, B&H has the …
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This story is part of Gift Guide, our year-round collection of the best gift ideas. It came, it went and now it’s coming back: The Hisense H65 65-inch 4K UHD smart Android TV for $250. In a Black Friday season full of TV deals, this one took the cake. Best Buy teased it several days before Thanksgiving, and it almost immediately …
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Happy Thanksgiving, fellow cheapskates! I’m off tomorrow, of course, but back here Friday wrangling up the last of the Black Friday deals — followed immediately by Cyber Monday deals. Until then, let me wish you and yours a safe, happy, healthy holiday. Before we dive in today, a few odds and ends: Last year’s fantastic Hulu deal returns tomorrow. If …
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Looking for ways to lower your bills? Consider ditching your phone plan in favor of something like this: For a limited time, Red Pocket Mobile is offering a 360-day prepaid phone-service kit for $95. That works out to less than $8 a month. The kit includes a SIM card for your choice of networks: AT&T, Sprint, T-Mobile and Verizon. See …
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This story is part of Gift Guide, our year-round collection of the best gift ideas. Smartwatch maker Amazfit has been busy this year, releasing several new devices — including the Bip S, Bip U and Band 5 — and rebranding its app Zepp, in deference to a wearable-tech firm that Amazfit parent Huami acquired a while back. If you’re keeping …
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This story is part of Gift Guide, our year-round collection of the best gift ideas. Star Wars: Squadrons launched last month for PC, PS4 and Xbox, and surprisingly for a high-profile new release, it was priced at $40, not $60. You can do better. For a limited time, and while supplies last, GameStop has Star Wars: Squadrons (Xbox One) for $17. …
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This story is part of Gift Guide, our year-round collection of the best gift ideas. A few days ago I shared a roundup of my favorite cheap gifts for the holidays. This week’s episode of The Cheapskate Show is like an audio version of that post — but also much more, because Cheapskate Sr. (aka Dave Johnson) weighs in with …
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This story is part of Gift Guide, our year-round collection of the best gift ideas. Think you know everything there is to know about saving money on Black Friday ? Think again. I’ve got a couple tips you might have missed. (While you’re at it, be sure to learn the secret of scoring Amazon deals all year long.) 2020 Holiday Gift Picks …
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Cheeps, there are interesting things afoot: Starting this Sunday, Nov. 22, Target will offer a TCL 4 Series 65-inch 4K UHD Android TV for just $230, which beats the $250 Hisense deal that sold out so quickly yesterday. Of course, you’ll be competing against the entire interwebs to get one (same as with that Hisense), so keep your expectations in …
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