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Today's Two-Fer adds Guitar Center and Saks Fifth Avenue to our list of supported retailers. If you've never shopped at Saks Fifth Avenue, there's no better way to start than this $125 key chain.

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We hit a huge milestone this weekend, protecting over $15 million in purchases. Thanks to all our users, and don't forget to tell your friends if we've helped you save some money!

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Tonight we're happy to announce the launch of our Price Protectr Toolbar for Firefox! I've been playing around with it for the past few weeks and I don't know how I ever lived without it. Here are some of the great features:

• One-click protection. When you visit a supported retailer, a "Protect" button is enabled which will open a new tab at Price Protectr and automatically fill in your URL.
  
  
• Never forget to protect a purchase. The toolbar will stay up to date with all our supported retailers, so you never have to wonder whether or not a site is supported.
  
  
• Retailer ratings. When you visit a supported retailer, their price protection rating will show up letting you know how accurate out users have found the price protection policy.
  
  
• Save some dough with coupons. When you visit a supported retailer, we'll automatically show you any coupons we currently have available.
  
  
• Much more. The toolbar also provides easy access to the deals search, price protectr pages, full retailer profiles, and more!

Here's an example of what the toolbar looks like for Amazon.com:


Give it a try, install the toolbar today! And send us any feedback you might have.

P.S. - We're working on a version for IE.

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Tonight we've added Foot Locker and hhgregg. Keep the suggestions coming!

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Best Buy is now offering a 90 day price protection period for HDTV purchases now through March 1st. There's never been a better time to pick one up!

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Today we welcome Buy.com and LEGO Shop to our family of supported retailers!

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Price drop of the day for January 14th: £80.50 off DKNY NY1311 Gents Analogue Watch, Stainless Steel Bracelet & Case, Black Dial with Separate 'Seconds' Dial, now just £34.50 from Amazon UK.

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Washington Post has a great article on how to make sure you get your money back from that price drop; Ten Tips for Hassle-Free Tech Merchandise Returns. Definitely worth a read... it might save you a buck or two!

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Price drop of the day for January 10th: $18.99 off Jakks VMIGO Console with Dog - Handheld, now just $23.23 from Amazon.

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Price drop of the day for January 9th: $40.00 off Delphi SKYFi3, now just $29.99 from Crutchfield.

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Price drop of the day for January 8th: £63.51 off 18ct White Gold Ladies 0.25ct Trilogy Diamond Pendant & 18" Chain, now just £99.99 from Amazon UK.

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Today we've added BabyCenter and Neiman Marcus to our list of supported retailers!

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Drop of the day is back! Hope everyone had a great vacation.

Now, without further ado; price drop of the day for January 7th: $60.00 off Kensington FM Transmitter & Car Charger, now just $39.99 from Future Shop.

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There's a great article in The Chicago Tribune today about Price Protectr and the price protection phenomena; Price Protection Guards Against Regret.

It's informative and has some great quotes. Here are a couple from James, our CEO:

"If a store has a price-protection policy that allows a consumer to buy something before Christmas and then take advantage of after-Christmas sales, how great is that?" Wallace said. "Money is tight. People don't want to be spending money and finding out later that they paid too much."

Taking advantage of price guarantees should be part of every smart spender's routine.

"At the end of the day, it's up to you and me as consumers," Wallace said. "If we want to save money, we have to be aggressive about it."

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Christopher Price named us Best of Web for 2007!

I have to say that Price Protectr is probably the best new innovation in consumer advocacy of last year. In case you haven't checked out Price Protectr... you really should. It offers instant, free price monitoring for all your online (and most in-store) purchases. You simply paste in the URL of the product from the online store, and give them your email address. They don't even require registration.

We agree :-) Thanks Chris!

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