Amazon, Temu, eBay, and AliExpress deals and buying guides.
Short answer: A real Amazon deal is a price that is low compared with that item’s own history. Start with a specific search. Check who sells it and who ships it. Look for a clippable coupon. Then compare against the price history before you click Buy. This post contains affiliate links. If you buy through…
Short answer: A good AliExpress deal is the lowest total price from a seller you can trust. Compare the full price with shipping. Read the delivery promise. Check the store before the product. Then pay inside the app or site so the protection applies. This post contains affiliate links. If you buy through them we…
Short answer: Black Friday 2026 is November 27. An Oxylabs study of Black Friday 2024 found 60% of assessable products most likely had fake discounts. Check a 90-day price history on a tracker, compare the sale price with the lowest price in that window, and log prices weekly starting now. A red tag is not…
Short answer: Yes, the Cleo AI refund is real. The FTC announced it on October 8, 2026. Notice emails come from no-reply@consumersentinel.gov and go out through October 26. PayPal payments start October 27. You have 30 days to accept yours. You never pay a fee to get it, and you don’t fill out a claim…
Short answer: Discovery+ went up on October 13, 2026. The plan with ads is now $6.99 a month. Ad-Free is $11.99. If you already subscribe, the new price hits on your first billing date on or after November 12, 2026. Promo prices stay put until the promo ends. If Amazon, Roku, DIRECTV, or Sling bills…
Short answer: Existing Disney+ subscribers pay the new prices from their first bill on or after October 21, 2026. Premium goes from $18.99 to $21.49 a month. The plan with ads goes from $11.99 to $12.49. Here’s the odd part: the Disney+ and Hulu Premium bundle is $21.99, just 50 cents more than Disney+ Premium…
The short version: Costco will refund a membership fee when you cancel. Gold Star members usually get the full $65 back. Executive members are different. Costco subtracts any 2% Reward you’ve earned from the refund. Stopping auto renewal is a separate step, and it has to happen at least 72 hours before your renewal month…
The FTC Amazon Prime settlement cap rose from $51 to $200. See who gets the automatic October 2026 payments and why letting one expire can cost you the extra $149.
Short answer: Gifts bought during Prime Big Deal Days (October 6–7, 2026) get Amazon’s standard return window. For most items that’s 30 days. Last year’s extended holiday window only covered purchases from November 1. So an October gift can stop being returnable in early November, weeks before anyone opens it. Check the exact “return by”…
Short answer: ChatGPT’s new Try on button shows you a generated picture of yourself in a jacket or pair of sunglasses. It’s useful for color and style. It does not check fit or size, and OpenAI says so. Pick your size from the brand’s own chart, not the picture. Your selfie stays saved as a…