Since Comcast is the largest cable company in the country with twice as many homes-passed as its nearest competitor, many of our readers may be interested these soon expiring deals. From now until October 15th, you can save up to $260 on Broadband, Digital Cable, and Digital Voice services from Comcast through cash back and other freebies. You don’t have to sign up for all three so here are the individual discounts:

• $75 cash back on Comcast High-Speed Internet plus a free modem ($60 value) and free wireless router ($50 value) plus service is only $19.99 a month for 6 months.
• $75 cash back on Comcast Digital Cable.
• $25 cash back on Comcast Digital Voice including first month free, unlimited local and long distance, and free professional installation ($99 value).

Link: Up to $260 off Comcast

Tumi is one of the leading brands of luxury travel, business, and lifestyle accessories. Its innovative and stylish products are of the highest quality and reliability. Here at Shopperism, we own quite a few Tumi products ranging from luggage to laptop bags to accessories and we’ve always enjoyed the look and feel. If you’re interested, click over to Tumi and for a limited time, enjoy free 2nd day shipping.

You may want to take a look at the limited edition Powerpack Backpack designed by sculptor Anish Kapoor. The PowerPack includes a solar panel for charging your phone and PDA, a Tumi Electric Adaptor, a laptop sleeve, and much more. Tumi will donate 100% of the proceeds from sale of the PowerPack to Doctors Without Borders.

Link: Get Free 2nd Day Shipping Upgrade Today

We just received word of two new Office Depot coupons, both of which expire at the end of this month (October). These coupons do not apply to technology products so make sure you read all the terms and condition. Here they are:

• Save $40 off any $200 purchase
• Save $30 off any $150 purchase

I’m leading off this morning with a reminder of the latest discounts at Overstock.com:

• 10% off any order (expires 10/31/06)
• 15$ off any order of $125 (expires 10/15/06)

Apple is now selling refurbished Intel Core Duo MacBooks and MacBook Pros at discounted prices ranging from 14% to 25% off with free shipping. As we previously discussed Apple Certified Refurbished products are pre-owned products that undergo a stringent refurbishment process and are then certified by Apple and covered by Apple’s one-year limited warranty. As these products are each individually refurbished and certified, supplies are limited.

Here is the list of available products:

• Refurbished 17-inch MacBook Pro – $2,399 (15% off)
  2.16GHz Intel Core Duo, 1GB SDRAM, 120GB, SuperDrive, ATI Mobility Radeon X1600 (256MB GDDR3), Glossy Display
• Refurbished 15-inch MacBook Pro – $2,149 (24% off)
  2.16GHz Intel Core Duo, 1GB SDRAM, 100GB, SuperDrive, ATI Mobility Radeon X1600 (256MB GDDR3)
• Refurbished 15-inch MacBook Pro – $2,149 (15% off)
  2.16GHz Intel Core Duo, 1GB SDRAM, 100GB, SuperDrive, ATI Mobility Radeon X1600 (256MB GDDR3)
• Refurbished 15-inch MacBook Pro – $2,149 (15% off)
  2.16GHz Intel Core Duo, 1GB SDRAM, 100GB, SuperDrive, ATI Mobility Radeon X1600 (256MB GDDR3), Glossy Display
• Refurbished 15-inch MacBook Pro – $1,949 (23% off)
  2.00GHz Intel Core Duo, 1GB SDRAM, 100GB, SuperDrive, ATI Mobility Radeon X1600 (256MB GDDR3)
• Refurbished 15-inch MacBook Pro – $1,699 (16% off)
  2.00GHz Intel Core Duo, 512MB SDRAM, 80GB, SuperDrive, ATI Mobility Radeon X1600 (128MB GDDR3), Glossy Display
• Refurbished 15-inch MacBook Pro – $1,699 (16% off)
  2.00GHz Intel Core Duo, 512MB SDRAM, 80GB, SuperDrive, ATI Mobility Radeon X1600 (128MB GDDR3)
• Refurbished 14-inch MacBook Black – $1,299 (14% off)
  2.00GHz Intel Core Duo, 512MB, 80GB, SuperDrive
• Refurbished 14-inch MacBook White – $1,099 (16% off)
  2.00GHz Intel Core Duo, 512MB, 60GB, SuperDrive
• Refurbished 14-inch MacBook White – $949 (14% off)
  1.83GHz Intel Core Duo, 512MB, 60GB, Combo drive

Link: Refurbished MacBooks and MacBook Pros at Apple

Dell is offering 30% off the Aleratec USB Copy Cruiser Plus. This device allows you you to transfer photos, music, and other files between two USB drives without the need of a PC. It includes an LCD screen where you pick which files or folders to transfer. Additionally, the Copy Cruiser Plus is a USB 2.0 8-in-1 Card Reader and Writer which supports Compact Flash (CF I/II and MicroDrive), Memory Stick, Memory Stick Pro, Smart Media, MultiMedia Card (MMC) and Secure Digital (SD) when connected to a computer.

This deal expires on 10/11/06 or after 2,000 have been sold (whichever happens first). To redeem, click here and enter coupon code 58?3B?Z3CB?GTS at checkout

Link: Aleratec USB Copy Cruiser Plus

Symantec’s newly released Norton Internet Security 2007 is available from CompUSA for $9.99 after rebates.

Norton Internet Security 2007 bundles Norton’s Internet Security, AntiVirus, and Personal Firewall products. In an effort to streamline the product (read: reduce memory usage), Norton removed several less popular applications (AntiSpam, Parental Control, Ad Blocking, and Confidential Information Blocking) which can be downloaded from Symantec’s website. NIS7 comes with one-year of Live Update which will download and install software, protection updates, and new antivirus definitions as they become available. This version can be installed on 3 different PCs. Designed for Windows XP, Symantec will offer NIS7 owners a Vista compatibility software update once Windows Vista is released.

Here is how you can get it down from $69.99 to $9.99:

• -$10.00 Instant Savings (Valid: 10/1/2006 – 10/5/2006)
• -$20.00 Mfr. Upgrade Mail-In Rebate (Valid: 9/19/2006 – 2/19/2007)
• -$30.00 Mfr. Mail-in Rebate (Valid: 9/24/2006 – 10/14/2006)

Link: CompUSA: Norton Internet Security 2007

WalMart is taking pre-orders on Zune 30GB MP3 Players for $249.94 (retail price) with expected ship date of 11/14/06. We expect a mad dash for these so you may want to pre-order soon.

As we previously discussed, Zune is a portable media player which stores and plays music, videos, and photos. The device is built by Toshiba and includes a 3-inch screen, WiFi, and an FM tuner. Zune interfaces with the Zune Marketplace software which allows you to manage and download music and other content.

Zune is available in 3 colors:

Link: Zune 30GB MP3 Player on WalMart.com