Gamers: 48-Hour Madness Sale at GoGamer.com

If you enjoy video games and enjoy saving money, GoGamer.com is offering a 48-hour madness sale with savings on a large number of games for $4.90. That's as much as 90% off the original prices!

Among titles that are reduced to $4.90 are:
Black Site: Area 51 (was $49.95)
Spider-Man: Friend or Foe (was $19.95)
Shadownrun (was $49.95)
Battlestations: Midway (was $38.95)
Prey (was $49.95)
CivCity: Rome (was $44.99)
Jade Empire: Special Edition (was $39.99)

There are a variety of other titles too. To see them all, click this link to GoGamer and there is block titled "48 Hr Madness" in the third column, showing all the $4.90 games.

Charlotte Russe 50% Off Sale + 25% Off Coupon + Free Shipping

The 4th of July sales are on at apparel retailers, and Charlotte Russe checks in with savings of 50% on many sale items. On top of that, you can add coupon code COSMO25off at your checkout after you've finished selecting all your items and they take 25% off your total, so your savings get to over 62% off original prices. And the final nice touch is that they have free shipping sitewide.

The sale items show the regular prices with a note in blue showing "take 50% off original price!" These half-price discounts are reflected at checkout.

Don't forget to add your promo code for the extra savings as well.

They have over 500 items in the sale, and if you'd like to take a look, click this link.

Laptop Travel Kit Free After Rebate: Mouse, Mini-USB Cable, 4-Port Hub, 512MB Flash Drive and Travel Case

Have a laptop that you pack along on trips? Sometimes having needed accessories packed along can be a hassle. Right now Circuit City is offering a Nexxtech Laptop Travel Kit on sale from $69.98 down to $39.99. And they have a mail-in rebate of $40.00 for purchases made until July 5th.

The kit contains:
- 1000-dpi retractable USB travel mouse with five buttons
- three-foot retractable mini usb cable
- 512MB USB flash drive
- four-port USB hub
- travel case

If you could use these accessories with your laptop, why not click on Nexxtech Laptop Travel Kit to take a look?

Calphalon Cookware Sale at Amazon, Up to 85% Off

If you cook use some now cookware items in your kitchen, you might want to take a run over to amazon.com. Right now they've got special prices on a wide selection of items by Calphalon, a really highly rated name brand. Some items are reduced as much as 85% off retail.

Some examples:
- commercial hard-anodized 12" everyday pan with lid, $24.99 (retail $168)
- traditional hard-anodized nonstick 2-quart saute pan $9.00 (retail $24.99)
- commercial hard-anodized 2-1/2-quart saucepan with lid 19.99 ($119)
- 6-piece nonstick bakeware set $29.99 (retail $81)

They have pots, pans and kitchen implements in all shapes and sizes. Amazon sometimes drops prices for short time frames, so if you're looking for a lot of cookware or just an item or two, it might be worth clicking Calphalon Cookware.

Another Clothing Sale + Extra Coupon: New York & Co. -- Up to 70% Off, and $25 Off $50 Purchase

Right on the heels of the Gap offer I just posted, here is a July 4th sale at New York & Company with discounts as much as 70% Off -- and there's a coupon available for $25 off a $50 purchase too! So you could combine the sale and the coupon and end up getting an item that started at $175 for just $25! Now that's a nice combination savings!

To use the coupon code on-line, enter code 4461 at checkout. Your discount would appear on the following page. If your purchase happens to total over $75, you can enter code 8091 and the discount would be $30 off your order.

If you prefer to shop in the store and want to get the $25 off $50 deal, print out the coupon found at this link.

To see the sale deals at New York and Company, click these links:
Tops
Bottoms
Dresses and Skirts
Flag Tees and NYC Sport
Accessories

Enjoy the shopping and remember the coupon code!

Gap Sale Plus Extra 25% Off Coupon Code

Here's a nice way to maximize savings: when you can find a sale and also apply additional coupons to get extra discounts. If you like clothes from the Gap, they have a sale going on with a nice selection of items discounted as much as 65% off. And if you apply coupon code GAPSALE25, they knock another 25% off sale items.

Shipping is a flat $7.00 regardless of order size, unless you order over $100. In that case you can apply promo code SHIP4FREE to get the shipping at no charge.

As an example, a woman's Pieced Tie-Back Tank which started at $29.50 is now selling at $9.99 and with the extra 25% code you can drop the price down to $7.49. That ends up at almost 75% off!

If you'd like to see the Women's items on sale, click this link.
For the Men's sale items, click this link.
To see Boys' items they have, click this link.
Girls' sale items can be found at this link.

8GB USB Flash Drive $17.90 After Rebate

Here's a very nice price after rebate for a large capacity USB Flash Drive: amazon.com is selling the Corsair 8GB USB 2.0 Flash Voyager Drive for just $37.90 and they have a $20.00 mail-in rebate that brings your final cost down to just $17.90. That's a really nice price for 8GB of memory to let you move and store oodles of files, pictures, music and more.

The rebate is valid for purchases until July 15th. Since the pre-rebate price is over $25, the item ships to your door for free.

Corsair Flash Voyager USB drives are rugged, compact, and reliable. They're fully Plug-and-Play with most operating systems and are backward compatible with USB 1.1. The durable rubber casing is easy to grip and water resistant, enclosed in the Corsair proprietary all-rubber Flash Voyager housing. Several reviews of the Flash Voyager products have demonstrated the ruggedness, durability, and reliability of these units. The Flash Voyager has been shown laundered, baked, frozen, boiled, dropped, and even run over by a SUV in many third party reviews. After all the punishment it receives, the drive continues to work, so it's a reliable way to store and maintain your data.

To take a look, click Corsair 8GB USB 2.0 Flash Voyager Drive

Larger-Screen GPS with MP3 and Text-to-Speech $119.99

For anyone who wants to get a GPS system but wants a bit more visibility of the maps than the smallest systems, buy.com is offering a GPS with a 4.3 inch screen at a very low price of $119.99. This is lower than most of the prices I've seen for GPS systems that come with a 3.5" screen. Plus, this unit offers text-to-speech, which pronounces the names of streets where it wants you to turn. I've found text-to-speech a handy feature compared to GPS systems that just say, "turn left now."

The system on sale is the Nextar X4-T GPS In-Car Navigation System and it's reduced from $299.99 down to $119.99. It's shipped free as well.

This unit features
- Built-in USA maps
- 1GB Built-in Flash Memory
- 1.6 million points of interest
- 4.3 inch color display
- Text-to-speech (says street names)
- MP3 functionality (use SD card slot to listen to your music)
- convenient vent mount
- rechargeable lithium ion battery

With the price of gas, you can actually save a little mileage on your car by not getting lost or finding nearby gas stations quickly as opposed to just driving and hoping...

To take a look at this GPS system, click this link.

Bonus $10 Gift Card On-Line at The Body Shop

The Body Shop has an on-line sale going on, and there's an extra hidden bonus: they offer a $10 Gift Card with any purchase, when you enter coupon code MYPOINTS at checkout.

This is an on-line offer, not in stores.

There's a wide variety of items on sale, so if you like Body Shop products, this may be a nice chance to combine a low price with an extra item for your next purchase.

Shipping starts at $5.95 but is free for orders over $60.

To take a look at the sale, click this link. And remember to enter the promo code if you buy anything for your $10 gift card bonus.

Book Today Only and Hurry: $2.22 Roundtrips on Spirit Airlines - Lots of Cities

Spirit Airlines finds ways of unleashing ridiculously low airfares on certain flights for specific dates. As some of you know, I was able to snag a 2¢ roundtrip once to Las Vegas! Well, today only, they have some fares reduced to $1.11 each way on specific dates. So if you can get departure/return dates to line up you could snag a roundtrip for $2.22!

Airport/security fees are additional as with any airfare.

Here are some of the city-pairs with $1.11 flights on some specific dates:
Atlantic City - Myrtle Beach
Detroit - Orlando
Columbia SC - Fort Lauderdale
Atlanta - Fort Lauderdale

They also have a variety of other flights on certain dates with airfares of $11.11 each way, making $22.22 roundtrips possible. Itineraries include:
New York (LaGuardia) - Myrtle Beach
Fort Lauderdale - Las Vegas
Detroit - Las Vegas
Fort Lauderdale - Los Angeles
Detroit - Los Angeles
Chicago - Fort Myers
Atlantic City - Fort Lauderdale
Atlantic City - Orlando

Again, these have to be booked before midnight tonight, and the travel is for specific dates only, with the special offer available for various dates in July. They're sure to be going fast, so if you want to score a bargain for a quick, fun trip, head on over to Spirit Airlines.

4-Night Bahamas Oceanview Cruise from $279 with $100 On-Board Credit

You can cruise down to the Bahamas in September without blowing the budget. Travelocity has an offer with Royal Caribbean for a four-night cruise out of Miami for as low as $279 oceanview. (An inside berth would start at $249, but for that difference you'd want to have the view.) The ship is the Majesty of the Seas and all the September sailings are available now at this price.

Other months have slightly higher prices.

There are two bonuses if you book soon. If you book by July 10th and use a MasterCard, there is a $50 on-board bonus, and for bookings by July 23rd there's a separate $50 on-board credit. Thus if you book before July 10th you can get $100 in on-board bonuses. Not too shabby!

The itinerary features a roundtrip from Miami that includes:
Nassau, Bahamas
CocoCay, Bahamas
Key West, Florida

To take a further look at this nice cruise deal, click this link.

Madrid and Barcelona 6-Nights Including Airfare from $665 in November

Update July 30th -- Just checked today and the deal is still available, plus the lowest price from Newark is down to $665.

Is Spain a place you've wanted to visit? How about a vacation that combines three nights apiece in two grand cities? European Destinations is offering a package that includes Madrid and Barcelona with airfare from New York starting at $699 for travel in November.

The package includes:
- round-trip airfare
- flight into Madrid and out of Barcelona
- hotel for 3 nights in Madrid
- flight from Madrid to Barcelona
- hotel for 3 nights in Barcelona
- hotel taxes
- daily breakfast (if stated in info for selected hotel)

The price is based on airfare from New York City but you can select many U.S. departure cities. Various airport/security fees and taxes are additional.

To accommodate people's different travel preferences, they offer a variety of hotel types and price categories you can select. Options for tours in the cities can also be added. The site has reviews by travellers who have taken the itinerary, and the nice feature is that they give you the names of specific hotels at which those people stayed so you can have a better sense.

To take a look at this package, click this link.

Mother Earth 10-Disc IMAX DVD Set $39.99 (60% Off)

If you're fascinated with glorious scenes of our planet and Mother Nature, seeing it photographed and presented in IMAX quality gives you some amazing views. Buy.com is selling the 10-Disc Mother Earth set of DVDs done for IMAX, for $39.99 (the retail is $99.99).

This can be a great way of enjoying scenes from around the world yourself, or also as a great educational and eye-opening tool for your youngsters. They were filmed in large format and remastered from high-definition, so these are unparalleled with anything you have seen before, offering great clarity and sound. They really provide a breathtaking and up-close experience with our planet, totaling 420 minutes of viewing pleasure.

The DVDs show the series as presented in IMAX Theaters 15/70 Collection. Animation, still photos and film footage are combined in a celebration of Earth. Titles included in this 10-Disc collection are:
Africa, The Serengeti
Alaska, Spirit of the Wild
Amazing Journeys
Antarctica, An Adventure of a Different Nature
Great North
Lost Worlds
Ocean Oasis
Australia, Land Beyond Time
Bears
Ocean Origins

It's a very thorough collection with hours of amazing shots throughout the world. To take a look at the set and see if it's for you or that young nature enthusiast, click on the picture below.

Express Coupon $10 Off $20 Purchase, or $20 Off $60, or $30 Off $100

Here's another coupon for you Express and Express Men shoppers out there. It's for in-store use and it's valid until July 6th.

The coupon can be used in any one of three denominations:
If your purchase totals over $20, you get $10 off;
If your purchase totals over $60, you get $20 off;
If your purchase totals over $100, you get $30 off.

The purchase threshold is before any sales tax, and red-lined merchandise is excluded. But if you like the styles at Express, here's a chance to get some items for a bit less dough.

Here's a link to the coupon.

90 Songs by The Doors for $9.99

Update July 10th - The free $10 credit to open an account described in the original post is no longer available. But The Doors 90-Song Perception collection is still at Rhapsody for just $9.99, a bargain considering how many great songs you get. The link to that album is at the bottom of the post.

If you'd like to build up your music collection on MP3s, Rhapsody has a promotion going on where they are offering a $10 credit for new accounts. The first 100,000 to sign up for a new account can claim this credit, but the $10 credit must be used by July 4th. There's a limit of one credit per household so if there's an e-mail account at your home that isn't a Rhapsody member you can sign up under that e-mail.

$10 is enough credit for a free album or ten individual tracks.

You can even find special amazing offers on Rhapsody, such as Perception by The Doors, with 90 songs, all yours for the $9.99 (so if you sign up and make that your purchase, you've gotten 90 songs gratis!).

The new Rhapsody MP3 Store lets you listen to entire songs before you buy, has recommendations, and delivers high-quality MP3s that you can play on your iPod or any other MP3 player.

You have to enter credit card information to register, but your card is not charged anything.

Who knows how long it will take for 100,000 to sign up? If you're interested, move on over to Rhapsody's offer.

And if you're a fan of The Doors and want to look at Perception as your choice, here's a link to that album (but sign up for your free offer first).

Gazebo Swing at 70% Off at Sears, $119.99

Adding a gentle swing to your backyard can help you enjoy the evenings of summertime, and with a gazebo top you can get some shade from the hot sun to swing and relax more during the day. From now till July 5th, Sears has cut the price of its gazebo swing from $399.99 down to $119.99, a reduction of 70%.

The unit is beige in color, and the gazebo frame is steel construction and comes with a vinyl top for the gazebo. They offer home delivery but you can save $65 delivery charge if you are able to pick it up in the store.

One note: a couple of reviews mentioned some issues with screws in the assembly, so you may want to pick up some heavy-duty screws to help make the assembly go well.

If you want to take a look and see if this would be a nice addition to your backyard, click this link.

2GB Kingston Secure Digital SD Card $9.45

Looking for a nice capacity SD card for your digital camera, MP3, photo frame or other digital device? Buy.com has a Kingston brand 2GB SD card on sale now for $9.45 (seems like an odd amount, but that's what it is). Budget shipping is free.

I've bought Kingston memory items and been pleased with the performance. This card features a built-in write-protection switch to help prevent accidental data loss.

To check it out, click on the picture.

2GB SanDisk Cruzer Micro USB Flash Drive $9.99

If you're in the market for a small flash drive with a good amount of storage, buy.com is currently selling the SanDisk 2GB Cruzer Micro USB Flash Drive for just $9.99 (retails at $29.99). They include free shipping so you don't even have to burn any gas to go shopping for it.

This is a very small unit and easy to carry around to bring your files, pictures and videos from one machine to another. The 2GB capacity means you'll have plenty of room for all sorts of files.

To take a look and maybe order one, click on the photo below.