Shopping Guide
Resources
It’s obvious at first glance these folks love product; let your eyes wander…
Looking to buy something and want to know what some one who already owns one thinks?
Updated several times a day, The Bargainist scours the Web for the best bargains, coupons, and free offers, from garden supplies and beauty products to movies and computers. Click on Tips to read about ways you can save money on gas, eating out, and more. The Stores section reveals bargain links to over 50 retailers and online stores.
If you know exactly what you want, this site will show comparison prices from many online retailers.
Read cathartic rants and learn how to save money on your purchases, deal alerts, recall notices, and businesses that don’t treat their customers right.
Ever want to outsource your chores? A quick post on DoMyStuff.com sends your chore into cyberspace where businesses and individuals (think of them as “temporary assistants”) place bids; the lowest bidder wins.
If you’re into electronics (and who isn’t) and want the latest that Japan has to offer (and they’ve always got leading edge stuff), this is a great place to find next gen laptops and electronics.
User based site where you can read and write opinions about products.
Site for buying and selling all things handmade (crafts).
Online comparison shopping; when out shopping and you find something you like but think there’s got to be a better price, call Frucall’s 800 # and enter the bar code. They’ll read back the best online prices, allow you to buy directly while on the call, or you can bookmark it for when you are online.
Hostesswiththemostest - blog from the next Martha S. Full of party themes, tips, great finds, gifts, etc………
Scans only Amazon reviews and tells you how much a product sucks.
Shop thousands of storefronts from hundreds of stores and find deals and trends online.
Combine the tactile experience of actual brick and mortar with virtual best prices. Using your cell phone, point your cell phone’s web browser to mShopper, then call when you are out shopping and find that special something (but wonder if you can get it for a better price online). They currently have approximately 7 million products in their database.
Online e-commerce company offering more than 25,000 computer hardware and software, consumer electronics and communications products in stock at competitive prices and ready to ship. Available here is EggXpert, an online tech community designed specifically for PC & consumer electronics enthusiasts.
Another object blog, but with a difference; kind of like the Billboard Charts for objects. The site picks topics and users suggest gadgets to go in them (best remote controlled, only laptop to buy, tiniest gadgets…)
Coupon codes for thousands of online stores, ranked by their success rate.
science related: made with/in the shape of molecules.
Site searches for deals from numerous sites
Searches for deals on Amazon.
6 million user reviews on 1 million products - color coded.
Independent reviews on shops and establishments in 150 cities.ThinkGeek
Satisfy your (or someone else’s) geeky appetites for oddball gadgets and USB gizmos.
City and style guides for the fashionably hip.Wists
Short for weblists, Wists is a social shopping site that helps you compile picture bookmarks of shops.
Clothing
Online store that is the “ultimate hookup for the fashion obsessed.”
There’s some fashion, but really it’s more of a shopping site where you can find what your favorite celebrity is actually wearing.
Online shopping for men; users enter in personal measurements to reduce return hassles.
Shopping search engine on steroids; by clicking on product details you’ll get a chart showing whether prices are trending up, and there’s also a free browser plug-in called “shopping companion” that shows you what other retailers are charging for the item you’re viewing.
Online shopping for women; let’s users enter in personal measurements and style preferences to allow better fit and reduce the hassle of returns.
Online shoe shop from the Gap.
As the site says, “Juicy couture.”
A chic fashion site that lets users post images and links to items they like.
Food
Chocolate
Charles Chocolates…check out their pms subscription.
Belgian chocolate for all seasons and reasons.
A wine search engine
Home
Fletcher Capstan Tables amazingly double in size when rotated.
Modern outdoor seating is fashioned with superior grade recycled high density polyethylene.
Coffee tables you can play music with.
Beds, chairs, tables, plus firescreens, trellis, gates and doors, etc.
Sinks and bathtubs with a decidedly different take.
Luxury
Australian based, goal is to help busy, financially astute people from wasting money on luxury items they don’t have time to use anyway.
Paper Goods
Binth makes limited edition or one of a kind prints, neat note cards, etc.GoodOnPaper
Good’s gotta Bday book for jotting down everyone’s birthday day
Hero posters are silk screened on French paper, signed and numbered.
Each week 10copies of a new print is made (limited edition…)
Giant post-it notes (11.81″ x 11.81″)
PopInk is a line of goods from French Paper Company, which by the way makes amazing paper.
Shine Box Print offers the exclusive business card booklet, that helps you stand apart.
Giftwrap, note pads, placemats, wall art and note cards from Whimsy Press.
Personal Care
Soap Leaves, from wrapables
Gift Ideas
Limited edition books, little gems, include one original signed print.
Shopping discoveries that are anything but ordinary.
Singing to the Deaf - if you want something that’s truly a collector’s item, go no further.