If You Gotta Get That New Videogame

Gears of War III just came out.  If you were salivating for it and had to have it launch day, you had a lot of options for pre-order.  But the best option?  Probably Amazon.

While GameStop, one of the worst videogame retailers, will give you a fairly lame download, with Amazon you generally get some form of money or credit (in the case of GOWIII, it was a $20 videogame credit plus some other cheesy download.  What do you get elsewhere?  Cheesy download.

Recommendation - at least check Amazon for what extras they'll be giving you on the big game titles.

Avoid Sales Tax (Sort Of)

If you have a Discover Card, after logging onto your online account, you can then access ShopDiscover.  And what pray tell will ShopDiscover get you?  Anywhere between 5% to 20% cash back from select retailers.  Here's how it works:  Let's say you want a Nano from Apple.  Log onto Discover and go to ShopDiscover.  Select Apple (they are one of the dozens of retailers).  Shipping is free, and because you are going through ShopDiscover, you are going to get 5% back.  So if you have to pay sales tax, it's kinda like getting a rebate on your sales tax...

If You Like Amazon and Have Some Patience, Ride a Camel

This is pretty cool.  CamelCamelCamel (I guess I could write it cooler with superscript if I knew how to do that on the web (or just 3xCamel)) will set up a price alert for you on Amazon.

Let's say you are looking for a certain watch.  You go and tell 3xCamel that you want to know when the price drops.  3xCamel will send you an email when that happens.  No more going back to Amazon waiting for your price-point!