Don’t worry, we’re not talking about some diamond-encrusted Barbie or a mini-Lamborghini. No, these toys are somewhere in a closet and, quite possibly, you might have played with them in your childhood. They are hard-to-find toys and collectibles that, for whatever reason, are holy grails in the collecting world. Right now they could be sitting in your [...]
Posted by TopTenz Master on Wednesday, May 16, 2012 at 12:01 am
Filed under All, Comics, Entertainment, Games, iPhone, Movies, Shopping, Television · Tagged with 55 PB Teddy Bear, astronaut PEZ dispenser, Beanie Baby, Black Lotus Magic Card, Boba Fett, collectible toys, Eric Yosomono, Gaijinass.com, gi joe manimals, Margarete Steiff, Nintendo Stadium Events, Pez, Rear-Loader Beach Bomb, Richard Garfield, Rocket Fett, Royal Blue Peanut, Star Wars POTF Tri-Logo Ewok Combat Playpack, superman vs the robot
Times are tough these days, and every little way to save a few extra dollars is a welcome one. While we may try our best to keep up with the Joneses, it may well be that the Joneses are just as broke as you are and are merely hiding it better. The trick, aside from [...]
Posted by Ryan Thomas on Tuesday, February 28, 2012 at 12:01 am
Filed under All, iPhone, Misc, Shopping · Tagged with Amazon.com, cheap college textbooks, classified ads, Craigslist, Daddy’s Junkie Music, eBay, Gamestop, garage sales, Ryan Thomas, thrift store, used cars, Vintage clothing, vinyl records
If you begin any subject matter with the adjective “extreme”, then a particular kind of thought is probably going to form in your mind – and probably not nice thoughts. Add the extreme tag to the fairly mundane and generally ignored practice of couponing and a smirk, if not a full blown out laugh, might [...]
Posted by Lee Standberry on Thursday, August 18, 2011 at 6:02 pm
Filed under All, iPhone, Shopping · Tagged with addiction, America, charitable donations, Coupon, coupon savings, couponing, coupons, donate goods, extreme couponing, food banks, generic products, hoarders, lee standberry, local food bank, reality television, resale, Sales promotion, save money, Shopping, Shopping Addiction, stockpile, Supermarket, wal mart
Judging by the many, many, many VH1 specials chronicling one-hit wonders, it’s obvious people love the idea of a musician striking gold once and then fading away into utter obscurity. That one song is usually a hook-laden earworm that won’t leave your head for the next week after hearing it, and thus most one-hit wonders [...]
Posted by Jason Iannone on Friday, July 29, 2011 at 12:01 am
Filed under All, iPhone, Music, Shopping · Tagged with 80's music, Big Country, Bow Wow, Come On Eileen, Crash Test Dummies, Entertainment_Culture, Hit single, hit songs, I Ran (So Far Away), I Touch Myself, I Want Candy, Island Of Misfit Toys, Jason Iannone, Lou Bega, Mambo, mickey you're so fine, Mmm Mmm Mmm Mmm, MTV, Music, Natalie Imbruglia, one hit, one hit wonders, One-hit wonder, Singles, Songs, That Funky Music, the Brits, Toni Basil, vanilla ice, Wishing (If I Had A Photograph Of You)
Arts, culture, stunning architecture, open spaces, shopping galore – Vienna has it all. All of the above make Vienna a great vacation destination, but what Vienna has and other cities lack is charm. This list barely scratches the surface of things – Vienna really has something for everyone: there’s a place to go if you [...]
Posted by TopTenz Master on Friday, May 20, 2011 at 12:01 am
Filed under All, iPhone, Shopping, Travel · Tagged with Austria, bakery of Emperor Franz Joseph, Belvedere, Danube Island, Demel, Demel Bakery, Demel Museum, Donauinselfest, Empress, Eugene, Franz Joseph, Freud Museum, Gustav Klimt, Hall of Mirrors, hospitality_Recreation, Imperial bakery, Innere Stadt, Knights of the Golden Fleece, Kunsthistorische Museum, Landstraße, Leopoldstadt, Museum of Fine Arts, Orangery, Prater, Prince Eugene of Savoy, Roberta Striga, Schnaps Museum, Schönbrun Palace, Spanish Riding School, Stephen's Cathedral, things to do vienna, Travel, Upper Belvedere, vacations in austria, Vienna, Vienna State Opera
“Hooked on Internet? Help is a just a click away.” – Unknown The quote truly says it all. When it comes to the Internet, there is nothing that you can’t do. In today’s world, we are run by technology and the flow of updates to already existing technology seems to be never-ending. With that said, [...]
Posted by TopTenz Master on Monday, January 31, 2011 at 12:01 am
Filed under All, Internet, iPhone, Shopping · Tagged with already existing technology, Amazon, Amazon.com, Asia, California, canada, cell phones, Computing, e-encyclopedia, e-shop, earliest web designers, eBay, eBay Inc, Entertainment_Culture, facebook, Facebook Inc, favorite retail store, food, food products, Google, Google Inc., Inc., instant messaging, instant messaging services, Internet, internet accessibility, Internet users, Japan, live real time auctions, LiveJournal, LiveJournal Inc, local newspaper, Mark Zuckerberg, online phenomenon, online radio station, online shopping, online social networking, online store, Publicly traded companies, retail shopping, Seattle, social networking site, Southern California, Technology_Internet, United States, USD, Virtual communities, Washington, Web 2.0, web-hosting, website, world wide web, Yahoo, Yahoo! Inc., youtube, YouTube Inc
We might like to pretend we’re above the infomercial, but recent research shows as many as 1 out of 3 Americans have pulled their credit cards out during a pitch. The track record of success spans nearly every aspect of business: beauty, personal care, business opportunities, collectables, weight loss products and house wares. The appeal [...]
Posted by TopTenz Master on Thursday, December 30, 2010 at 12:01 am
Filed under Advertising, All, iPhone, Shopping · Tagged with Advertising, advertising campaign, Bowflex Home Gym, Bowflex Machine, Charles Klein, Direct marketing, Infomercial, infomercial products, Jessica Simpson, Justin Bieber, marketing, PitchMen, Ron Popeil, Salespeople, vince offer, Vince Shlomi, weight loss products
The holiday season is here once again and with its arrival our anticipation begins… “What am I going to get?” Yes, it is the season of good cheer and brotherly love and all of that – but we know – we really know (wink, wink) what the excitement is all about. And nothing can spoil [...]
Posted by Lee Standberry on Wednesday, December 22, 2010 at 12:01 am
Filed under All, Holidays, iPhone, Shopping · Tagged with Christmas, Christmas and holiday season, Christmas music, Gift, Gift economy, giving, lee standberry, presents, Salvation Army
This list encompasses the top 10 hot Christmas toys of all time. When I say ‘hot,’ I mean the ones flying off the shelves, that every kid just HAS to have, the kind of toy that brings out the best in everyone. Kids (and some adults) spend their time feverishly begging and pleading for the [...]
Posted by Tanya Bennett on Friday, December 17, 2010 at 12:01 am
Filed under All, Holidays, iPhone, Shopping · Tagged with armored car, Asia, Atari, Atari S.A., Atari Teenage Riot, Australia, average video game player in the U.S., awesome80s.com, Blu-Ray, Bret Easton Ellis, Cabbage Patch Kids, Childhood, Christmas, christmas gifts, christmas season, Coleco, eBay, eBay Inc, encouraged online play, Entertainment, Entertainment Software Association, even President, Frank Black, Furbies, Furby, Game Boy Color, Hasbro, hot christmas gifts, internet access, James Quinn, Jimmy Carter, Jimmy Kimmel, Kansas City, Larry Dahl, marketing, media coverage, media-awareness.ca, Newsweek, Nintendo, Nintendo Co.,Ltd., Play Station, Playstation 3, Pong, popular christmas gifts, Potato Head, PS3, Recreation, san francisco, Shopping, shopping frenzy, Snopes.com, St. Louis,Missouri,United States, Teenager of the Year, Terese Polletti, Tickle Me Elmo, Tiger Electronics, Time Warner Inc., toy history, toy industry, Toy Industry Association, toys, Tyco, Tyco International Ltd., USD, Video game developers, Video game publishers, Waller, Warner Communications, Worcester, Yahoo, youtube, YouTube Inc, Zhu Zhu, Zhu Zhu Pets
I used to have one of the items on this list painted on my bass guitar case – a gift from an ex-boyfriend. I confess this to prevent readers from getting their cartoon boxers in a knot as they try to justify how classy they really are. 10. Trucker Style Accessories First let me point [...]
Posted by Tanya Bennett on Thursday, December 16, 2010 at 12:01 am
Filed under All, iPhone, Shopping · Tagged with beer, beer mugs, belt buckle, Christmas, christmas eve, christmas gifts, corn chips, cowboy hat, exotic dancer, funny, gifts, girls, guitar, hank williams, hats, madonna, mud flap girls, Playboy, Santa, Shopping, Simpsons, toys, trucker hat, tv