Rich Hanna stands amid a seemingly unending series of long gray metal shelves loaded with a random assortment of items, including trash barrels, stacks of Kibbles ‘n Bits dog food, a stuffed-animal chipmunk sealed in a plastic bag, an LED-glowing underwater stool for a pool and a 35-pound tube of Safe Paw Ice Melter. That’s …
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Amazon on Tuesday introduced a new 10 percent discount on Whole Foods sales items. But you’ll need to be a Prime member to get the deal. The company said it will also start offering “weekly deep discounts on select best-selling items” for Prime members, too. The savings are only available in Whole Foods’ Florida stores and they’ll come to Whole …
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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 …
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The TVs of 2018 just started to hit store shelves, and Netflix has already blessed a few of them. According to Netflix, the following 2018 televisions are officially “Netflix Recommended.” LG 4K UHD TVs with WebOS 4.0 Sony W800F- and WF800-series Android TVs Yep, it’s a short list. In fairness, the first line actually encompasses the vast majority of LG’s 2018 TVs, …
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First things first: If you’re an Arrested Development fan and you haven’t seen this, stop what you’re doing. Go ahead, I’ll wait. “Mr. F.” Did you catch that?! Boba Fett. Mr. F! Oh, my sides. Speaking of Star Wars, and this hallowed May the Fourth “holiday,” I’ve wanted the Sphero R2-D2 App-Enabled Droid ever since it emotively waddled into my …
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Quick update regarding yesterday’s Fitbit Versa deal: Some folks were able to get it, some got a “code not valid for this item” message. For the record, I received and successfully applied my own code yesterday morning. Not sure why Macy’s changed course mid-day. I am sure it was maddening. As of this morning, it appears the Versa is sold …
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Are you an Amazon expert? Do you use tools like Honey to track price-drops and find lower prices from other sellers? Do you use Amazon Smile to automatically give to charity without even trying? That’s all good stuff, but there’s more to the online behemoth than you might think. Here are four things about Amazon you probably didn’t know… You can …
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Amazon is going back to its bookseller roots for its latest Prime program. The online retailer on Tuesday introduced Prime Book Box, a subscription service that offers curated boxes of hardcover books for kids up to age 12. Customers can pick whether to receive the boxes every one, two or three months. Each delivery costs $23, which Amazon says can …
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Amazon Prime rates are going up. It’s been four years since Amazon raised the annual subscription price, which started at $79, then hit $99 in 2014 and will soon cost you $119. Read more: 4 things you didn’t know about Amazon. Given that hike, which goes into effect May 11 and applies to current customers starting June 16, you may …
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With six tweets three weeks ago, President Donald Trump threatened many of the massive gains Amazon has enjoyed throughout its 24-year history. After repeatedly calling out Amazon’s partnership with the US Postal Service — claiming the e-commerce giant was underpaying for shipments and engaging in a “scam” — he ordered a review of USPS finances and operations. The fusillades against …
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