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Revealed!! What Does “Refurbished” Really Mean?
Joe Warner While you’ll mostly see brand-new products at Ben’s Bargains, you’ll occasionally run across the word refurbished on some of the deals that we post. What exactly does refurbished mean, and...
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Revealed!! Where Have All The Memory Deals Gone?
Joe Warner Over the past few months, you may have noticed that there are very few memory deals (desktop and notebook) appearing on Ben’s Bargains. Did we forget? Did we start adhering to the (Apple)...
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Revealed!! Why LEGO Toys Are So Expensive
Joe Warner Whenever we post LEGO deals on Ben’s Bargains, they’re usually quite popular because regular-price LEGO sets just seem outrageously expensive for children’s toys. The 3,803-piece LEGO Death...
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Revealed!! Why Are Plasma TVs Still Around?
Joe Warner If you’re old enough, you’ll recall that plasma TVs were the first commercially available flat-panel TVs in the late ’90s. A 42-inch Philips set boasted a price tag of $15,000! Fast-forward...
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Revealed!! What’s the Future of Blu-ray?
Joe Warner Even though Blu-ray “defeated” its early rival HD DVD five years ago, it often seems as if Blu-ray is still fighting an uphill battle with public perception. However, that image is changing...
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Revealed!! Why Video Games are So Expensive
Joe Warner Why do we have to pay $60 for a new video game? It seems ridiculous. And don’t get started on downloadable content (DLC) and add-ons which can raise the total price of a game to $80 or $90....
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Revealed!! Battle of the Shopping Search Engines
Joe WarnerIf you’re a regular online shopper, you may have noticed Microsoft’s commercial promoting the Bing shopping search engine over Google Shopping. In it, a couple discuss how “Google sells its...
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Revealed!! What Nintendo’s poor Wii U sales will mean for gaming deals in 2014
Mike Flacy If you haven’t heard, Nintendo had to aggressively slash sales projections by nearly 70 percent after a slow holiday season of Wii U sales. Despite the $50 price cut during late 2013,...
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