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Best Buy’s answer to Amazon Prime Day is an early Black Friday sale

Best Buy will offer Black Friday deals on Oct. 13 and 14, the retailer announced Thursday. Those just happen to be the same two days as this year’s rescheduled Amazon Prime Day.  “Dozens of deals, straight from Best Buy’s not-yet-released Black Friday ad, will be available for two days next week,” the company said. Included in its …

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Toshiba’s 55

An Amazon Prime subscription offers more than just fast shipping and TV and movie streaming; a membership also affords occasional exclusive deals. If you sign up for an Amazon Prime Rewards Visa card right now, for example, you’ll receive a $100 Amazon gift card. (Non-Prime subscribers get only $50.) Meanwhile, for a limited time, and while supplies last, Prime subscribers …

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Why Walmart Plus thinks it can challenge Amazon Prime

Just ahead of the holiday shopping season, Walmart is making a new push into a subscription service. The concept, called Walmart Plus, launched two weeks ago and so far includes only a handful of perks. But it might someday shake up the e-commerce subscription market that’s thoroughly dominated by Amazon Prime. Walmart is one of the very few companies that …

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Amazon’s Luna cloud gaming already seems much different to Google Stadia

A year after Google launched Stadia, Amazon seems like it’s doing the same thing for cloud gaming. The just-announced Amazon Luna service is entering a streaming games market that’s suddenly quite crowded, alongside Stadia, Microsoft’s Game Pass Ultimate and Sony’s PlayStation Now. Luna has a controller, like Stadia. It has Alexa on it, like Stadia has Google Assistant. Luna has big …

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The Cheapskate Show podcast: The secrets of saving big on Prime Day

In case you haven’t heard (ha!), Prime Day is coming. We know a thing or two about Amazon’s big sale, so we’ve devoted this entire episode to Prime Day tips and tricks — not including this sweet late-breaking deal, which emerged after we’d recorded. We also circled back on a couple earlier discussions. Is it possible I was wrong (gasp!) about …

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Prime Day 2020: Is that deal really the best deal?

Amazon Prime Day 2020, otherwise known as Oct. 13 and 14, will attract zillions of buyers seeking Black-Friday-in-October pricing on zillions of products. But here’s the thing: While there are sure to be some solid bargains, it’s a mistake to assume that every deal is the best deal. This is akin to what I call the “Costco fallacy,” which is …

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Prime Day 2020: The dates, the deals and the smart ways to shop

Save the dates: Amazon Prime Day 2020 starts Tuesday, Oct. 13 and runs through Wednesday, Oct. 14. We’re here to help you cut through all the noise, to find the best deals in all the categories and get the most for your money. First things first: Some Prime Day deals are already available, like a pair of Echo Dot smart …

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Prime Day takes place on Oct. 13 and 14, Amazon announces

CNET revealed the news last week, but now it’s official: Amazon has announced that Prime Day will happen Oct. 13-14. Prime Day usually takes place in mid-July, but was delayed this year as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. This year, as in 2019, the sale event for paid Prime members will last 48 hours as opposed to 36 hours. …

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Save $35 on Samsung’s kidney bean

I hate that we have to compare all true wireless earbuds to Apple’s AirPods, but in this case the comparison really is apt. Samsung’s noise-canceling Galaxy Buds Live are clearly going toe-to-toe with the AirPods Pro. Priced at $170, they’re significantly cheaper than the AirPods Pro’s $250 price tag. And right now that fraction is even smaller than usual: At …

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Amazon’s Prime Day 2020 will take place Oct. 13

Amazon’s Prime Day is finally coming. The annual sale event will be held in the US on Tuesday, Oct. 13, and Wednesday, Oct. 14, according to an internal message Amazon sent employees this week. The message, sent Thursday, said that an official announcement from Amazon is coming Sept. 28. CNET on Tuesday reported that Prime Day would kick off on …

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