Still hanging onto your home phone? Worse, still paying for it? I suspect this is pretty common. It’s a hassle to give up a landline, if only because that number you’ve had for so many years is “on file” at so many places. It’s your home number — and you need to keep that, right? …

Let’s do some good today. The $59.99 Cheapskate Mystery Box is packed with hand-picked goodies from yours truly. But in another way it’s packed with food, because all net proceeds from each box will be donated to The Hunger Project — a global, nonprofit organization committed to the sustainable end of world hunger. The idea for this was born from …

Cheeps! Mark your calendars, if you please: On Monday, at 12 p.m. ET / 9 a.m. PT, I’ll be unveiling the first-ever Cheapskate Mystery Box. It’s a straight-up fundraiser, so you can help a worthy cause while scoring some amazing loot. Supplies are limited, though, so do try to hit the blog right at go-time. In fact, you can keep …

Yet another update on that uber-popular headphone deal: It quickly sold out again, but the vendor is working to score some additional inventory for Cheapskate readers! It may be a few weeks, but that deal will return. Stay tuned! Today’s deal is a rerun, but my favorite kind of rerun: Same product, lower price. Ever heard of the KeySmart? It’s …

Can a $40 over-the-ear headphone possibly rival one costing 2-3 times as much? No. Don’t be silly. However, a $40 over-the-ear headphone can look gorgeous, feel comfortable and sound pretty darn good. And because you read the headline, you already know that I’ve roped one for half that price. Check it out: For a limited time, and while supplies last, …

If you’re not an Amazon Prime subscriber, meaning you don’t get free shipping with nearly every order, you’ve probably encountered this dilemma: You have just under $25 worth of stuff in your cart — not quite enough to qualify for free shipping —  so you go trolling the site for something to tip the scales. And that’s never easy, so …

Vinyl. Back in my day, that’s how we consumed music. We trolled record stores for new releases, pored over liner notes and carefully arranged our albums in stacks of milk crates. Today, in the era of Spotify and all the music of the world at your fingertips, what could anyone possibly want with vinyl records? Beats me, but they’re hip …

The new Oculus Go ($352 at Amazon) VR headset is earning high marks from reviewers and users alike, with CNET’s Scott Stein awarding it an 8/10 rating and Best Buy customers scoring it 4.5 stars (out of 5) on average. Already got a Go? Let’s take a look at some ways to make the most of it, from adding your …

This is hard for me to believe, but Cheapskate Jr. is graduating high school in a few weeks. (And, ahem, going to my alma mater, Michigan State, with an honors scholarship. #crazyprouddad) That means there’s a backyard graduation party in our future, which means we’ll need tunes, which means today’s deal is perfect. Today only, and while supplies last, Meh …

Quick housekeeping note: We’re doing a little experimenting in the coming weeks, meaning you might see some bonus deals that appear as short, standalone posts. Today, for example, there’s a pretty sweet Parrot Swing deal, but you won’t find it below; it’ll appear separately on the Cheapskate page and in the newsletter. The idea is simply to give bonus deals …