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Monday, December 1, 2008

Have you found good cyber deals?

If you are similar to about half of the American workforce, you are buying things online, while logged on at work.

Today is what has become known as Cyber Monday — the day consumers pound the keyboard - not the pavement - in search of good deals online.

Retailers from Amazon.com to Home Depot are offering big Web specials, and hoping more of you shop today to help overall lagging sales this year.

So, are you buying anything? If so, what are you buying? If not, why not? Also, are you buying from work? From home? Are you impressed with the deals? If so, which ones?

Rachel Tobin Ramos, a staff reporter who covers retail, may contact you for an article about Cyber Monday or you can email her at rtramos@ajc.com.

If you’ve found good deals or are looking for a hard-to-find item or suggestions, check out the AJC Twitter feed

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What’s the worst gift you’ve ever received?

As a kid, I remember the fun we used to have whenever time came to open our Christmas gifts from Cousin Louise.

We never knew what surprise the box might hold - a sweater with poodles stitched on the sleeves or a scarf that still smelled of mothballs.

Cousin Louise, you might say, was shopping challenged. She never figured out that what might work for a 60-year-old woman wouldn’t necessarily work for a 13-year-old kid.

I’m sure somewhere in the Christmas gift graveyard there are tons of singing fish, ugly ties and candy dishes. I know, it’s the thought that counts and we do miss Cousin Louise dearly.

But what’s the worst gift you’ve ever received? What did you do with it? Did you save it or pass it on to some unsuspecting person the following year?

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