If you’re traveling anytime soon, and need a rental car, check out this deal from Avis and Discover card.
Rent from Avis with your Discover card and get up to 25% off plus a FREE upgrade!
Avis is one of my favorite places to rent from and always gives excellent service. At times, they’re more expensive than the other guys, but this deal makes it worth it. Happy travels.
Shopping for tires should be a simple and relatively painless process. Unfortunately, for many tire shoppers, they may be unknowingly buying a driving hazard. Tires are made of rubber and composite materials that break down over time. This means that they have a life expectancy outside of normal tread life. It’s likely that your tire retail center, especially the national chains, won’t discuss this with you, but it can be deadly. The link below is to a 20/20 news story discussing this matter. Purchasing tires directly from a tire distributor like Tire Rack who will drop ship to a recommended tire installer in your area is one way to make sure that you’re getting the newest tires possible. This is how I purchase my tires and Tire Rack makes it a simple process, as long as you plan a few days ahead.
News Link: Aged Tires: A Driving Hazard? – ABC News.
In short, make sure that when you shop for tires you check the manufacture date. Now that you’ve watched that video it should be simple for you to find. In no way should you buy tires that are older than a year or two. An informed consumer is a good consumer, especially when it comes to the safety of your family. Remember, tread life is different than tire life. Let the retailer know this when you’re shopping for tires and you and your family will be much safer as a result.
So, it’s the day after Christmas and we’re getting inundated with hundreds of stores notifying us of their amazing sales to clear out Christmas inventory excesses. Whatever you’re looking for, we’re sure our community will help you find the best buy on it.
Here are just a couple of examples. (More …)
For just a second, we’d like to toot our own horn a little bit. Yesterday, November 30, 2009, Talkbuys.com was featured on KillerStartups.com. Why do we think this is a huge deal? Well, yesterday was 2009′s Cyber Monday, which by all indications will set records as the largest single internet shopping day to date, with sales of over $900 Million. So, on the biggest shopping day in the internet’s history, Talkbuys.com was featured as a killer start-up. Cool.
Talkbuys.com is a site where people can engage each other in conversation about shopping. They can converse about what they’re buying, use our personal shopping services to find the best deals and communicate with others about (More …)
Talkers, we just received the following information from Tiger Direct regarding their Black Friday Deals. This page may not be live yet, but it will be soon. Check back to TalkBuys.com often for the latest in Black Friday sales and deals, for both online and offline merchants. Here’s a link to the Tiger Direct Page that shows early pricing on their Black Friday sales. Also, when you purchase products from TigerDirect, donations are made to the Susan G Komen Breast Cancer Foundation. See the site for details.
Tiger Direct Early Black Friday Deals Page
