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Monday, June 15, 2009

13 Awesome Money Saving Sites

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Wise Bread, a website that hasn't yet made it to our feed reader, put out a recent article that highlights thirteen of their favorite money-saving websites. Of course we're sad that Shirts on Sale didn't make the list, but we understand that people --silly, silly people-- still see inexpensive boutique t-shirts as a limited-audience sort of pursuit.

We use most of these in our regular deal hunting, but there were a few new sites as well:

There are 3 reasons we really like Retail Me Not: Huge database of online coupon codes and printable in-store coupons; It's like a virtual coupon organizer that's always there when you're shopping; Users vote on the reliability of coupons, so the coupon usually works the first time we try it.

Sure, Fat Wallet's got a huge forum community helping us weed out the bad deals and find the really hidden gems. Yeah, there's a big coupons database too. Those are both awesome parts of Fat Wallet, but what gets us really excited is... cashback shopping!

Forget about manually comparing dozens of confusing plans. Let BillShrink do the work for you and save money within 5 minutes.

eCoupons has a no nonsense website that looks very similar to hundreds of other online coupon resources. But if you look closer, you'll find three hidden gems of the bargain hunting world.

Weird name but incredibly cool concept. Zilok is basically "Craigslist for rentals". You can rent your stuff out or rent someone else's stuff for a day.

Brad's Deals is unique because there's one passionate bargain hunter behind it all -- Brad Wilson.

Sweepstakes Advantage is really the only choice for sweepers looking for a site that is both comprehensive and trustworthy.

One of the easiest way to save money is to setup an automatic transfer from your checking to your savings account at regular intervals (for example, when paychecks are deposited). That way, you're paying yourself before you have a chance to spend all that money in your checking account. You can do that and more with SmartyPig.

Deal Catcher is one of the largest deals websites around. The deals are published by a full-time staff, which ensures that they're of the highest quality.

Current Codes is a no nonsense coupons and discount code database. There's no complex navigation, image-heavy decoration, or any of the other non-essential things that clutter up websites.

Online since 1999, TechBargains has been saving me money on computer components and other electronics since the last decade.

Do you love entering giveaways on blogs? Then Prizey was built just for you.

Prices and Coupons bridges the gap between price comparison and coupon codes.

Sunday, June 14, 2009

Why Buy Your Shirts One at a Time?

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Chop Shop wants to make your wardrobe shopping easier by offering up collections of teeshirts so you don't have to buy everything one at a time. Why not save 25% off your tees when you order three theme shirts together? You can choose from either a sci-fi theme or rock music theme and outfit the whole family or band in fell swoop --assuming everyone wears the same size (boy do you have a weird family).

If that's not your style, you can also use the coupon givemeabreak for 15% off anything else in their store, including their deeply-discounted sale t-shirts.

Friday, June 12, 2009

FTM: B/D JUNE T-SHIRT OF THE MONTH (their caps, not ours)

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One of our beloved former interns, Lyndsey Lesh, recently designed the shirt “Music Mountain” during her stay here at Beautiful/Decay. We were blown away by Lyndsey’s drive & talent and one of her final projects before venturing out into the great, wide, world was to design June’s T-Shirt of the month! (In case you haven’t heard, we are releasing a limited edition, 300 print run T-Shirt in a unique color way each month on the online shop for 33% off retail price- $20 a shirt!)

Lyndsey’s illustration style can best be described as whimsical works that depict a world of idiosyncratic fancy, sweetness and charm. Her images have a soft spoken quality that reflect the hand-rendered application of her materials. Her shirt, “Music Mountain” depicts a sincere DJ atop a landscape of stereo equipment, musical gear and chubby hands holding records, drum sticks and microphones.
Methinks they may have been taken in by the well-placed "Beautiful/Decay"

Wednesday, June 10, 2009

FTM: Free Shipping Week at Ex-Boyfriend

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This just landed in our inbox and we thought it would be nice to share:

Stay cool all summer in awesome new Ex-Boyfriend t-shirts, and take advantage of our free shipping deals. Now through Sunday get free shipping on all orders going to the US and Canada with coupon code FREE2USCA (Free shipping worldwide, now through Sunday, on orders over $49.00 with coupon code FREE2WORLD)

Be sure to check out our newest designs, featuring cute critters like white rabbits and polar bears.



Win a free t-shirt! We're giving away a free t-shirt every month to one of our Facebook fans. To be eligible to win just become an Ex-Boyfriend Facebook fan. A winner will be selected randomly each month. Congrats to Danielle Lopenski, our winner from May.

Tuesday, June 9, 2009

Fan Crazy Dog T-shirts For Free Tees

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We got a note from Crazy Dog T-shirts (home of a truckload of $9 t-shirts) letting us know that they're giving away free t-shirts to their Facebook fans:

By the way we started a Facebook fan page. We are giving away t-shirts on it and giving out discount codes. There is (sic) going to be trivia and funny stories too....The more fans the more tees we are giving away.
When we surfed by their site, though, we also noticed that they've got a progressive sale going on as well. The more shirts you buy, the more you save -- up to 18% off.

Swing on by if you're looking for some quality TV, movie or pop-culture reference shirts and other funny designs.

Thursday, June 4, 2009

Am I the Only Eden Rock in America?

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Eden Rock, your Power Animal is the Peruvian Pelican.  Discover more at www.IsThisYour.Name
Alright. So I know this is super-lame, but I couldn't believe that I'm likely the only Eden Rock in all of America. According to Is This Your Name:

Top 5 Facts for this Name:


  1. 38% of the letters are vowels. Of one million first and last names we looked at, 38.4% have a higher vowel make-up. This means you are well envoweled.
  2. In ASCII binary it is... 01000101 01100100 01100101 01101110 00100000 01010010 01101111 01100011 01101011
  3. Backwards, it is Nede Kcor... nice ring to it, huh?
  4. In Pig Latin, it is Edenway Ockray.
  5. People with this first name are probably: Female. So, you are constantly overcharged for beauty products.


Name Origin and Meaning:


Forename:
Origin:
Hebrew
Meaning: Paradise


3 Things You Didn't Know:


  1. Your personal power animal is the Peruvian Pelican
  2. Your 'Numerology' number is 3. If it wasn't bulls**t, it would mean that you are enthusiastic, creative, optimistic, and fun-loving. You seek self-expression through words or the arts, and enjoy learning through life experiences.
  3. According to the US Census Bureau°, 0.003% of US residents have the first name 'Eden' and 0.0076% have the surname 'Rock'. The US has around 300 million residents, so we guesstimate there are 1 Americans who go by the name 'Eden Rock'.

Tuesday, June 2, 2009

Vintage Vantage Goes Retail!

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Okay, so we're a few weeks late to the party (they opened on May 13th), but online shirt-'tailer Vintage Vantage has gone RL, opening up their own brick-and-mortar store in San Francisco. Check it:

After 8 years on the internets, you can now visit Vintage Vantage in real life! Introducing the Vintage Vantage Shirt Shop and Hug Emporium! Where the shirts are cheap and the hugs are free!

Come visit us in San Francisco - 1736 18th St in Potrero Hill. We've got in-store specials ($15 originals and 3 for $20 sale shirts) and we've got mini-bikes that you can ride up and down the street! Seriously. Bring a helmet.

More info on the blog here.