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 Last-Minute Savings SaleStore: Best Buy
Discount: New doorbusters now live
Shipping: Free shipping
Expiration: December 25
It's beginning to look a lot like post-Christmas. But we still have a precious few days to stock up on last-minute savings, thanks to good ship Best Buy. Doorbuster deals on laptops and TVs and other fancy electronics abound, with in-store pickup available right up until 5 pm local time on December 24. At that point, a lot of the DealNews staff will already be excitedly hanging up our stockings and setting out a plate of chicken nuggets and a pint of Jack Daniels Honey Liqeuer as we wait for visibly jolly colleague N. Gosker to enter the correct cheat code and "become" Santa.
Last Minute Seasonal Decor & Party Deals at WalmartStore: Walmart
Discount: Up to 80% off
Shipping: Free shipping w/ $35
Time has not expired for getting for last minute Christmassy stuff, Walmart is declaring loudly and proudly. At the time of writing, Lowe's is also declaring this as you might be able to see below, unless that deal has since expired and I've ended up looking very foolish. Now, back to Walmart.
An inflatable elf riding an equally inflatable polar bear at a price that has been reduced by $14, from $54 to $40? Just one of the wondrously festive item on offer here. And major respect must be given to the ceramic pumpkin bowl who is valiantly out there still making the cause for the aesthetically superior holiday. I'm with you pumpkin, and not just because you're offering a savings of $5 having been cut down from an asking price of $20 to $15.
Last Minute Christmas Decoration Deals at Lowe'sStore: Lowe's
Discount: 50% off most
Shipping: Free shipping w/ $35
You hit a point sometimes where you've consumed so much internet that you find yourself watching a 30-minute video about the qualities and drawbacks of LED Christmas lights, and worse, armed with new knowledge, judging LED string lights a little more harshly moving forward, for their overpowering blues and unnatural color bandwidths. Spare yourself this knowledge and browse these Lowe's last minute decoration deals with the innocent eyes of a child. A child who not only has been tasked with purchasing Christmas decorations online, but has left it till the last minute, and has browsed popular website DealNews dot com to find the optimum solution to their careless procrastination. That kind of child.
Frigidaire Gallery Artisinal Clear Sphere Ice MakerStore: Walmart
Price: $248
Shipping: Free shipping
Lowest By: $131
Not only do these clear ice spheres look real suave in a cocktail, it also makes the ice machine itself look like the ball machine Mr. Freeze uses for the Secret Society of Super Villains weekly lotto draw. This is good, we say, because it gives me a tenuous launching point from which to spend the rest of this paragraph discussing the reasons why Batman should not be considered a superhero. They are several and they are long-winded. Reason the first: If damaging criminals bodily whilst missing your parents can be considered a superpower, then Kevin from Home Alone qualifies. Reason the seco[Snip — a more reasonable editor]
Skechers Men's Go Walk Max Slip-On ShoesStore: Amazon
Price: $32
Shipping: Free shipping
Lowest By: $17
Goga Max insoles? 5GEN cushioning midsole and outsole? SlipWrapTightSeal technology? Only one of those three features has been made up on the spot but I'll never tell which. Instead, I'll tell you that the Skechers Men's Go Walk Max Slip-On Shoes are $32 at Amazon, which is the best price we could find by $17. Down with laces and down with high prices. This shoe, as things currently strand, fits both criteria magnificently.
