Strangely enough, drugstore.com has all kinds of stuff that would make great presents. Electric shavers, HoMedics products, bath & skincare products, even home automation stuff. They have quite a variety of deals, including free shipping going on now too.
Smarthome has a nicely organized set of gift ideas for you. Before you dismiss Smarthome as just a store for home automation goodies, think again. They have thousands of very useful gadgets for not just your home, but your pets, traveling, the garden, and for your very own personal comfort. One nice thing about Smarthome is that they personally test products before they include it for sale on their site – we know, we’ve actually seen them in action!
Order quickly (and enough!) and you’ll get free shipping, as well as discounts starting at $15 up to $60 off your total order.
More TV and DVR ideas here. Both DirecTV and Dish Network have deals this holiday season. Take a look-see, as they both have some nice receivers with DVRs built in, HD as an option, and are offering some great deals for signing up and getting new service.
Got a gamer or computing nerd in the house? Then you need to know about Newegg. They have what you need – games, accessories, every computer part you need, even TVs! Take a look at their Stocking Stuffers deals which incidentally change constantly, so you’ll always be surprised.
Here’s another great selection of gift ideas, this time hosted by Best Buy.
Time to stop procrastinating and get shopping!
Ok, so you just got a TiVo from the last suggestion, but now you’ve got to watch all of that recorded material on something good. No, something great. Something big. Something in a flat-screen: LCD or Plasma!
Both LCDs and Plasmas have come way down in price over the last few years. After all, you can find deals for 42″ screens for well under $1000 now.
We like the 52″ LCD Samsung pictured, but you can get your choice of LCD or Plasma. If you can afford it, then try to get a 1080p TV and heck if you have the room, get something that is at least 37″!
Once you start watching TV using a DVR, you know you can’t go back. It beats watching live TV by oh, at least 1 million miles!
If you’ve got a friends or family who don’t have a DVR (TiVo or built into their cable/satellite box, or a homebrew system or something similar), then this can be a great gift.
Right now TiVo is offering a deal of 3 months FREE with a subscription.
A brand new TiVo Series2â„¢ Dual Tuner DVR is $149.99 or a brand new TiVo HD DVR is $299.99.
In case you didn’t know, Dell sells way more than just their computers, primarily electronics, gadgets, and computer accessories, but as you well know, that’s a ton of stuff! Anyway, they’ve done a nice job of putting together a nice collection of gadgets sorted by price.
There are 3 price ranges: under $100, under $200, under $300 and everything else above that which they are cheekily calling “Ultimate gifts”. Products include everything from USB Flash drives, cameras, monitors, printers, MP3 players, laptops, GPS all the way to high-end big screen TVs.
Get your giftee a magazine subscription on their favorite subject or hobby. This time, go cool, get it cheaper and be green by getting a digital subscription that never gets lost in the mail and is always on time. Choose from hundreds of magazines.
Zinio digital magazines – many subscriptions start under $10!
Considering the number of sub-$500 products there are in this category, it’s no wonder that these are still on people’s wishlists given the faltering economy. The 2 biggest splashes this year arguably came from Apple with their new MacBook and the brand-new MacBook Air, but Dell also joined the still hot mini-laptop/netbook field with their Inspiron Mini 9 and 12, and other makers improved upon their existing minis or jumped on the bandwagon as well.
We also liked the HP tx2z which is a tablet notebook with multi-touch. Here are some ideas and prices on a few of these laptops/notebooks/netbooks.
Apple MacBook Pro (unibody Aluminum case, 17″ TFT LCD, Intel Core 2 Duo 2.6GHz 4GB 320GB NVIDIA GeForce 8600M GT) – $3200
Apple MacBook Air (2nd gen. 13″ LCD, 1.6Hz Intel Core 2 Duo CPU, 2GB DDR2 SDRAM, 120GB Serial ATA hard drive, NVIDIA GeForce 9400M graphics card) – $1700
Dell Inspiron Mini 9 (Glossy 8.9″ LED screen, Intel® Atom Processor® N270 1.6GHz,Intel Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) 950,Wireless 802.11g Mini Card, Win XP Home, 512MB DDR2 SDRAM, 8GB SSD) – $399.
Dell Insprion Mini 12 (Intel®Atom®Processor Z530 1.6GHz, Windows® Vista Home, 40GB PATA Hard Drive, 12.1″ widescreen TrueLife® Display (1280×800), Intel®Graphics Media Accelerator 500, 1GB DDR2 SDRAM, Wireless 802.11g Mini Card, Bluetooth 2.1, Integrated 1.3M Pixel Webcam) – $599.
Dell Studio Laptops – starting around $1250
Asus Eee PCs – starting at $249!
HP tx2z tablet notebook – starting at $1150
Vaio CR Series – starting at $799
