Staff Picks: The Best of the Best
When you see a Staff Pick deal, you know someone at Castle DealNews has declared it a particularly noteworthy bargain. So allow us to quickly highlight some of the... um... highlights. (Of what are already highlights. It recurs.)
Pro Deal Tip: There's many more Staff Pick deals beyond the ones we've highlighted here. Keep scrollin' to see them all.
Best Buy Outlet Event HeadphonesStore: Best Buy
Discount: Up to 70% off
Shipping: Free shipping w/ $35
Expiration: October 26
It's strange how calming it feels just to look at Sennheiser over-ear headphones. A lot of these earbuds and headphones are wireless and noise-cancelling, designed to wear on the go — to make your music or podcast audible over the terrible din that is everyday life. Compared to that, the idea of sitting quietly at home listening to some Borodin is super relaxing. (Please note: I am old.) Even better than relaxing? Saving money. Not just on Sennheiser, but also on Apple, Beats, Samsung, Sony, and more, with clearance, open-box, and refurbished prices on offer.
Small Appliance Deals at TargetStore: Target
Discount: Up to 70% off
Shipping: Free shipping w/ $35
The appliances are small, the savings are big, and the juxtapositions present and accounted for. Nespresso, Kenmore, Black+Decker, and Crock-Pot are just four of the notable brands that Target is opting to discount by up to 70% off. Coffee fiends? Welcome. Air fryer sickos? You'll be looked after. Toaster fanatics seeking a toaster with a touchscreen? Whether or not it's a good idea, you're covered. Meanwhile, Dalmatian toasters? Ok.
Polly Pocket x The Office Compact PlaysetStore: Amazon
Price: $24.98
Shipping: Free shipping
It seems highly unlikely that the upcoming Polly Pocket live action film adaptation will be able to reach the heights that Barbie did but Mattel is going to try anyway. Before that, a crossover release with The Office in the form of the Polly Pocket x The Office Compact Playset. All your favorites are here like Michael and Dwight, along with a vending machine that I'm assuming is fondly and iconically regarded. Meanwhile, there have been three Polly Pocket film adaptations before, all animated, released between 2004 and 2006. Disappointingly they all opted for a 2D animated look and don't feature now horrifically aged 3D animation. We'll have to turn to the waking nightmare of Foodfight! for that, which looked at least 10 years out of date the moment it launched on June 15th 2012. I've seen it one and a half times. I regret nothing.
Amazon AutosStore: Amazon
Price: $1,000 Amazon Gift Card w/ car purchase
How long would it take you to burn through a $1,000 Amazon gift card? Assuming you keep it to regular purchases and don't feel the urge to splurge because a gift card always feels like "free money". Buy a new car via Amazon Autos and you can find out. This offer expires October 12, but the gift card you'll get never expires, so you really can just wait around and find out how long it takes to spend normally. It will be the dumbest science experiment I've ever organized on a nationwide scale. Let's assume I'll follow up on the data and forget about it four seconds after I hit publish right now.
Lowe's Members Week SaleStore: Lowe's
Discount: Up to 50% off + up to an extra 40% off
Shipping: Free shipping
Expiration: October 15
Lowe's MyRewards, is it? Well how about this: your reward is an extra discount, and your bonus reward is that you don't even have to enter a coupon code for it. Automatic In-Cart Discount City, population you. Savings on paint and appliances and grills and tools and kitchen gimmicks and such, all for the price of a free membership. Be churlish to turn it down, really.
Green Man Gaming One Special Day 8-Game BundleStore: Green Man Gaming
Price: $12
Lowest By: $104
This 8-game bundle includes titles like Old World, an acclaimed strategy game, and Citizen Sleeper, which is some kind of RPG with lots of words. But more importantly, it includes Robocop: Rogue City, which casts you as the messed-up metal metropolitan policemen, meting out justice via pistol and heavy mechanical fists as stomp around satisfyingly slowly. Sure, it tries to wrestle with thoughts about Alex Murphy's humanity, but beans to that: Alex Murphy could never stomp an ED-209 to death like Robocop can. He couldn't even stomp the dad from That 70s Show to death.
