Deal of the week

This is a new feature in my blog, entitled “Deal of the Week.” The idea is, all the other drunks and I go to Sleep Out’s on Sunday and there’s a Sunday paper there which is bought by the bar. So we read the Best Buy, Circuit City, CompUSSR and all the other advertisements. And, if I find anything that’s a particularly outstanding deal, I’ll tell you about it in “Deal of the Week.”

This week’s Deal of the Week is at Circuit City. It’s a SanDisk 1 GB Sansa MP3 player for $87.99. Holding about 240 songs, it has twice the capacity of an iPod shuffle which sells for $12 more. It has a display, which the shuffle doesn’t, as well as an FM radio tuner. There is no mention of rebates in the Sunday ad, so it looks like $87.99 is what you pay. This looks like an excellent deal to me. If you’re in the market for an entry-level MP3 player, this might be a good opportunity to pick one up.