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Office Vista Ultimate Available to Students for $59.95 with “Ultimate Steal” Offer

Posted on 20 August 2008

Microsoft is once again kicking off its “The Ultimate Steal” offer in which students can purchase Microsoft Office Ultimate for the bargain price of $59.95, or 91% off the suggested retail price.  A check of Amazon.com for the current price on Office Ultimate 2007 shows that it costs $519.99.
Last school year when Microsoft ran this [...]

iWaveCube Microwave Perfect Size for College Dorm Rooms

Posted on 18 August 2008

When you’re in a dorm room or tiny apartment you can be sure that space will be tight.  Being highly organized and having stuff that takes up minimal space is key.  Now, many of us these days have things we simply can’t live without, and a microwave falls under that heading.  But who wants to [...]

Sam’s Club Offering $15 Gift Card to Students with $40 Membership Sign-Up

Posted on 29 July 2008

If you’re in college and like to buy in bulk at Sam’s Club ($15 can buy you a lot of Hot Pockets there!) then now is the time to renew your membership or join up with Sam’s.  For any college student that presents a student ID and has a valid college e-mail address you’ll get [...]

Travel to Korea Provides Lots of Student Discount Options

Posted on 16 July 2008

While Europe is looking more and more expensive to travel to as the Euro currency continues to get stronger against the dollar and prices in that area of the world remain high, some parts of Asia might start to look more attractive to travel to.   Especially countries there that offer lots of cheap methods for [...]

Custom Textbooks are a Rip off for Students

Posted on 12 July 2008

The cost of textbooks going up year after year is nothing new, it’s been happening for a long time.  One way to avoid the high price of new textbooks is of course to buy used books.  Many students visit on campus used book stores, or online alternatives such as Amazon.com or eBay.  But of course [...]

FREE Batman the Dark Knight Movie Ticket for Buying Candy!

Posted on 08 July 2008

How can you go wrong with a deal that includes buying 3 bags of Hershey’s Reeses candy and getting a (sort of) free movie ticket to see the upcoming Batman the Dark Knight?  Well, the offer is true, and as a poor student that needs both an entertainment and candy fix this has you written [...]

Dell Studio with Free Backpack and $115 Off Coupon Sale

Posted on 03 July 2008

Dell recently released a new line of laptops called Studio. The Studio line is basically a multimedia laptop that fits in between the Inspiron and XPS lineup as a mid-range class notebook. Right now Dell has a pretty killer deal on the Studio 15 15.4″ screen notebook. If you use the following link:
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PacSun.com has 50% Off Shirts and Tees Plus Free Shipping with Code

Posted on 01 July 2008

PacSun.com has a killer sale going on right now with Shirts and Tees for both women and men at 50% off. Might be time to get your back to school shopping on early! After you add a shirt to the cart and go to checkout the price will show up as 50% off what [...]

Lenovo Offering up to 45% off of X61 Tablet PC with coupon code

Posted on 01 July 2008

Lenovo is offering up to 45% off of their ThinkPad X61 Tablet PC which can be a great deal. The X61 Tablet PC is on sale at Lenovo.com right now for 30% off, so the price starts at $1,506 instead of the normal $2,000. However, if you apply coupon code USPGREATSAVINGS at checkout [...]

Texas Instruments TI-83 Plus Review

Posted on 27 June 2008

If you’ve made it as far as Algebra in high school there’s a good chance that you’ve reached the point where a graphing calculator is a necessity. While a regular old simple $20 business calculator is good for quickly multiplying 72 x 7 (504) or doing the square root of 73 (~8.544), it’s no [...]