{"id":505,"date":"2008-11-27T22:05:53","date_gmt":"2008-11-28T05:05:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/aaugh.com\/wordpress\/?p=505"},"modified":"2008-11-27T22:05:53","modified_gmt":"2008-11-28T05:05:53","slug":"finding-the-bargains","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aaugh.com\/wordpress\/2008\/11\/finding-the-bargains\/","title":{"rendered":"Finding the bargains"},"content":{"rendered":"

So here I am, on the same block as a Best Buy, a block away from a Target, two blocks from an Office Depot. Seems like I’m ideally situated to exploit all the day-after-Thanksgiving earlybird sales this year, right?<\/p>\n

Well, no. Not only is there nothing I’m really looking for – my TV setup works fine, I don’t see the need for HD or Blu-Ray. I’ve got the portable MP3 thing working fine. My computer isn’t about to give up the ghost. There’s really not much I need. But more significantly, I’m on the other side of the country from where I live. Shipping anything sizable back to California would raise the effort and kill the savings, particularly given the charge for all luggage on the airline I’m flying. I may still get in the lines for the heck of it and to get a few DVDs, but I may just sleep in (particularly since if the doors open at 5 AM, that’s 2 AM my mental time. And I’m stuffed with turkey and turked with stuffing, so I’m apt to sleep late.) So if I’m looking for bargains tomorrow (probably today by the time you’re reading it), online may be the best way.<\/p>\n

Now, there are the Amazon Black Friday deals<\/a>, a new one every hour. May be great. Odds are, there won’t be Peanuts stuff there, though. So, what Peanuts bargains can I point you to?<\/p>\n

Amazon does have some good deals, some usual good deals and some a-little-better-than-usual deals on Peanutsy stuff. Let’s see, there’s:<\/p>\n