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Grocery Store Charging $5 Fee Just to Browse

Jeremy Taylor — Tue, 26 Mar 2013 23:56:56 +0000

A food specialty store in Australia is sick of folks “just looking” at theirÂ merchandiseÂ without buying anything. So, starting last month, Celiac Supplies instituted a policy in which shoppers pay a five dollar door fee, which will then be deducted from any purchase. It’s to combat a phenomenon called showcasing, which is when customers check out [...]

Store Raises Eyebrows By Charging a $5 'Just Looking' Fee

Drew Weisholtz — Tue, 26 Mar 2013 15:02:29 +0000

The economy is getting so tough one store is actually charging customers who don’t buy anything. A specialty food store in Brisbane, Australia has taken the controversial measure of informing people they will be charged $5 just for browsing. And word of the policy has spread, since someone snapped a photo of a sign explaining [...]

'Shop Waterville' Website is Ready to Go

Renee Nelson — Tue, 18 Dec 2012 08:23:56 +0000

I live so much of my life online. If a business does not have some sort of online offering I often don’t give them a second thought. Even if it is enough to get their phone number and address, I will still look for that information online. Waterville is making it easier for us to get this information about area business with mico-websites. Oh, and they are free.

Best Buy Sends Lucky Shoppers Five iPads Instead of One

Jeremy Taylor — Sun, 09 Dec 2012 22:03:45 +0000

An iPad would normally be considered a prettyÂ substantial gift this holiday season. Thanks to a fortunate error by Best Buy, a couple of shoppers can now use the tablet computer for stocking stuffers. Best Buy customer Alexa had ordered one iPad and was shocked when a neatly packed box of five showed up at her [...]

How to Get the Best Deals From the Retailers' Price-Matching Wars — Dollars and Sense

Mike Adams — Mon, 03 Dec 2012 17:44:15 +0000

Retailers are competing hard to get inside your wallet this holiday season, and as a result, there are big savings to be found in checkout lines all across the country. We know a few ways you can take advantage of this. Most major retailers have taken the gloves off and are now in a full-blown, [...]

Would You Do Your Christmas Shopping in January to Save Money? — Survey of the Day

Chris Chaberski — Thu, 29 Nov 2012 21:01:53 +0000

We all know some of the best sales of the year come right after Christmas. So here's an interesting thought: Why not do your holiday shopping in early January and get more bang for your gift-giving buck?

Improv Everywhere Creates Black Friday Buzz for Dollar Store

Cameron Simcik — Tue, 27 Nov 2012 22:10:10 +0000

Black Friday brings out some of the most hilariously strange antics of us Americans. On Thanksgiving we give thanks for all the great stuff in our lives, and just hours later, we're waiting in massive lines and getting in spats with fellow consumers over the latest deals on video games. That's the good ol' USA for you.

Walmart Employees Confront Shoplifter, Shoplifter Winds Up Dead

Jeremy Taylor — Mon, 26 Nov 2012 20:08:26 +0000

An unidentified man has died after a confrontation with two Walmart employees and a contract security guard at the superstore’s Lithonia, Georgia, location. At 1:30 Sunday morning the man exited through the front door of the store with two DVD players he allegedly hadn’t paid for. The trio then tracked him down in the parking lot and jumped on top [...]

Where to Find the Best Cyber Monday Deals — Dollars and Sense

Mike Adams — Mon, 26 Nov 2012 16:49:12 +0000

For those holiday shoppers wanting a second chance at the deals they might have missed over Thanksgiving weekend, Cyber Monday awaits. And while there may be a bit less hand-to-hand combat involved, industry experts say that Cyber Monday is great for bargains—as long as you know where to look.

Here's A Black Friday Stampede To Make You Glad You Didn't Leave The House

Dan Seitz — Sat, 24 Nov 2012 15:00:52 +0000

Here’s the Saturday-after-Thanksgiving tradition: a smartphone video of a Black Friday riot. This is in Moultrie, GA, and the swarms of people are grabbing cheap pay-as-you-go smartphones. But it’s not the only shame to be happening, as the clip you’ve seen elsewhere isn’t legit. The Daily Telegraph, you know, an august news organization paid to [...]