Brokelyn

Watch out Groupon!

If you can’t seem to get enough offers for cheap teeth whitening and brow waxings at salons you’ve never heard of, then you’ll be thrilled that there’s a new “social” deal site in town. Gilt Groupe (friend!) has just unveiled a new NYC-centric site designed to compete with Groupon (um, never mind!). Gilt, for those who don’t know—and lots of you probably shouldn’t—has twice daily “sample” sales on designer clothes and accessories, at noon and 9 every day. (Warning: it can get addictive, because alongside the $350 Tory Burch dresses are $22 earrings from indie designers.) Even though the main Gilt site tends to have schmancy offerings, so far Gilt City‘s deals aren’t all that different from the ones we’re used to seeing from similar sites: yesterday they had discounts on a three-course meal at a restaurant on the Upper East Side, a wine class, a spa treatment and some frozen yogurt. Email us when it’s 90 percent off everything at the Apple store!

[via Racked]

Have you ever been stuck in line at Walgreen’s behind the lady rifling through her purse for that 2-for-1 Purina Cat Chow coupon she clipped from the Sunday circular? And while standing there, did you think,”What a savvy consumer!” Even if you wanted to throttle that penny-pincher, you’ll probably find a Slate article on using coupons for free groceries to be a shopping epiphany.  The author, Alicia Barney, tells of some wondrous coupon feats by some truly thrifty shoppers out there—and she passes along plenty of advice on how to use the internet (and your innate George Costanza-cheapness) to get everything for nothing on your next grocery outing. Read the rest of this entry »