October is almost over so don’t miss out on these soon expiring coupons from Buy.com. Act now as all the coupons below expire on 10/31/06 and as always make sure you read all the terms and conditions.

Also, don’t forget that Buy.com sells books for 10% off Amazon’s prices.

Links:  

• $10 off $30 when you use Google Checkout
• $10 off $175 in all stores
• $5 off $50 on electronics, computers, and clearance items
• $5 off $50 on software
• $5 off $50 on electronics
• $5 off $50 on music, movies, and games
• $10 off $150 on computers
• $10 off $100 on bags, sports, and toys
• $15 off $200 on computers, software, home networking, digital cameras, and electronics
• 10% off Amazon book prices

Another busy week at Shopperism is in the books and once again we’ve learned much. Our conclusions so far:

• The only think better than reading a book is buying that book with a coupon
• We can always rely on Dell to send us great coupons.
• Printing photos is fun. Printing Photos with a coupon is funner.
• Everyone is still loco for Elmo.
• A violent movie also makes for a violent video game.
• You can never have enough shoes… or coupons for shoes.

Alibris (pronounced “uh-LEE-briss”) is an online store selling books, music, and movies from thousands of independent sellers and merchants around the world. Their collection includes 60 million new, used, and out-of-print books.

For example, you can buy new or used copies of the book Confessions of an Economic Hitman or a used copy of the hard-to-find album Nuevo Boogaloo by The Iguanas.

Links:  

• Save $3 on orders of $30 or more. To redeem, click here and use coupon code THANKS3 at checkout. (Expires 10/31/06)
• Save $5 on orders of $50 or more. To redeem, click here and use coupon code THANKS5 at checkout. (Expires 10/31/06)
• Save $10 on orders of $100 or more. To redeem, click here and use coupon code THANKS10 at checkout. (Expires 10/31/06)

Overstock.com has just extended its 12% off plus $1 shipping coupon until 10/22/06. With so many categories at Overstock, you could use this coupon to pickup jewelry, home decor, electronics, books, music, and even musical instruments.

Link: 12% off entire order plus $1 shipping at Overstock.com

Once again, Buy.com has extended its new customer coupons. All the coupons below now expire on 10/31/06.

• $10 off $175 in all stores
• $5 off $50 on electronics, computers, and clearance items
• $5 off $50 on software
• $5 off $50 on electronics
• $5 off $50 on music, movies, and games
• $10 off $150 on computers
• $10 off $100 on bags, sports, and toys
• $15 off $200 on computers, software, home networking, digital cameras, and electronics

Lonely Planet’s travel guides have always been our first choice for in-depth information on our many travel destinations. The style and presentations of the guides combined with the insightful information provided to us by the writers has served us well in our journeys. With this in mind, we are happy to talk about Lonely Planet Bluelist: 618 Things to Do & Places to Go, a fun and useful book which inspires us to continue traveling.

The book compiles 618 of the best places to go to and things to do in the world today as recommended by the authors, staff, and travelers at Lonely Planet. Covering every country in the world, this book lists the best travel experiences ranging from the normal (best place to drink) to the bizarre (best place to get naked). Individual country reviews provide great insight into the travel experience while also discussing the impact of global events and trends. And, of course, the book includes the great photos you would expect to see in a Lonely Planet guide. Lonely Planet is offering the book for free with a $40 purchase. Amazon is offering the 2006-07 version for $13.59. The 2007 version is available for pre-order.

Lonely Planet Bluelist: 618 Things to Do & Places to Go | Lonely Planet
Amazon | $13.59

In our travels of the world, we’ve discovered that Knopf’s Mapguides are the most useful travel guide and map. These mini-books divide cities and regions into 5-7 different sections. Each section contains a map of the area and summaries of suggested attractions, restaurants, bars, and shopping. The Mapguides are simple, effective, colorful, and easy to use for both tourists and travelers and can serve as the only walk around travel guide and map you’ll need. At about 5″ by 7″, a Mapguide will fit comfortably into your pocket or purse.

From what we can tell, guides are available for the following: New York, London, Paris, Munich, Rome, Venice, Milan, Barcelona, Stockholm, Normandy, Shanghai, Istanbul, Moscow, Hong Kong , Athens, Dublin, Rio de Janeiro, San Francisco, Washington, D.C., Vienna, Naples, Budapest, Italian Lakes, Hawaii, Majorca, Beijing, Berlin, Provence and Cote D’Azur, Brussels, Miami, Bangkok, St. Petersburg, Dubrovnik, Crete, Warsaw, Havana, Montreal, Budapest, Boston, Edinburgh, and Marrakesh.

Interested? Find it at the following stores:

• Amazon
• Barnes & Noble
• Powell’s

WalMart.com is offering 97 cent shipping on 15,000 DVDs and 600,00 books.

What I want to know is why 97? Probably random (less than $1 but not 99 cents, I guess). Anyone know?

Anyway, here are the links:

• 97 cent shipping on over 15,000 DVDs
• 97 cent shipping on over 600,000 Books

Instead of buying magazines at a store, why not save a bunch and subscribe on Magazines.com?

Here’s another good reason: take $5 off on large selection of popular titles.

As you all probably know, Pluto was recently demoted to a dwarf planet leaving our universe with only 8 planets. Unfortunately, the experts from the International Astronomical Union (IAU) concluded that Pluto is nothing more than a ball of ice orbiting Neptune. Attempting to please Pluto-files, the IAU considered modifying the definition of planets to include Pluto, but that would have promoted Ceres (formerly an asteroid) and 2003 UB313. Elementary school teachers would have rebelled if they had to teach kids about that last one.

So now the old mnemonic “My Very Educated Mother Just Served Us Nine Pizzas” has to change. Since I’m no longer enjoying my nine pizzas, I’m opening it to you to tell me what I’m being served (be nice, I’m moderating comments).

Pluto may no longer be a planet in our solar system, but it is a superstar in the Shopperism universe.

Join us as we all wear our I Love Pluto T-Shirts (see photo above).

Like a baseball card with a typo on it, maybe one day this book – Pluto the Ninth Planet – will be considered a collectors’ item.

Want to show your kids and grandkids what the universe used to look like? Try this stunning Astro Lab Planetarium from the Smithsonian.

Gustav Holst was ahead (or actually behind) the times when he composed The Planets in 1917, 13 years before Pluto’s reign of phony planet-dum. Riding the wave of Pluto euphoria, composer Colin Matthews added Pluto to Holst’s work in 2000. Even Matthews admitted that Holst’s family would “amused and dismayed by this venture”.

But, there is no better way to say goodbye to the stinkin’ ex-planet by smelling like it. Thanks to our good friends at Disney, now you can smell like Pluto — the dog. (FYI – this fragrance is described as a “fresh, clean citrus, very youthful”)