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Need to unload some used crap, sorry, I mean sell some "preowned" valuables?

As part of the News & Record's unveiling of its revamped classified's section, people who sell goods for less than $1,000 get a shot at some free advertising.

Details here.

Lowes Foods has cases of Budweiser, Bud Light, Budweiser Select, Coors Light or Miller Lite for $12 (limit two).

Deal ends Saturday.

Some action shooter games on sale this week you might want take aim at:

At Best Buy, you can get the third-person, western-style shooter "Gun" for $20 (regular $30).

By the way, you can click here to listen to our review of the game on my podcast "GameBuzz."

I recently mentioned Lowes Foods off New Garden Road near Bryan Boulevard in Greensboro has been giving out $10 discounts if you spend at least $35 because the competition is about to heat up.

Now Harris Teeter is getting in on the discount action. If you live in the New Garden Road area, chances are you got Harris Teeter coupons in the mail the other day.

You get $10 off if you spend at least $40 at its new store, which opens Monday.

A roundup of some frozen pizza deals in time for the game:

Food Lion has a buy 1, get 1 free deal on Red Baron pizzas ($4.89 each). Limit 2.

Harris Teeter has Freschetta pies on sale for $4 (regular $6.20)

Sheetz in Mebane has it for $2.18, a gallon as of this morning, according to GasBuddy.com.

Best Buy has a cordless phone on sale for $5 (after $13 mail-in rebate).

Food Lion has boneless ribeye steak on sale for $5 a pound (regular $10.80).

Harris Teeter has boneless New York strip steak for $6 a pound (regular $10).

Deals end Tuesday.

Go Triad, a weekly arts and entertainment magazine produced by the News & Record, has a cover story this week featuring 10 inexpensive places to take your valentine.

The video game about tennis called "Top Spin" is worth a second look. And for $5 new? That's a deal.

We talk about this a little more on this week's GameBuzz podcast.

Download here.

Stores including Best Buy and Office Depot have a Memorex 1 gigabyte USB drive on sale for $40 after rebates (regular $95-$100).

At least that's how News & Record writer Allison Perkins describes moms in the know about consignment sales.

It's the cover story in today's life section. It includes a list of annual consignment sales in Greensboro.

Maybe she's being honest. What, are you crazy?

Cairo.com, which keeps tabs on store sales, calls a deal on a pendant at Kohl's one of this week's "hot deals."

It's a sterling Silver 1/10 ct. T.W. diamond circle pendant for $20 (regular $75).

The new Harris Teeter off New Garden Road near Bryan Boulevard in Greensboro is giving away 4-packs of Dr. Pepper, including its new diet cherry vanilla flavor, this week.

Cheers.

Does is it work?

Big Lots has a 4-piece stove-top cookware set called "Turbo Cooker" for $20 (regular $50). Claims it can steam, bake, roast and fry food in 15 minutes or less.

Now the price is a deal compared to what it sells for elsewhere.

But will it leave a bad taste in your mouth?

Time to pop open a cold one, fire up the grill (rain or shine, snow, sleet, whatever.) and kick back.

Grill ideas: Harris Teeter has angus beef boneless top round roast or top round London broil on sale for $2.99 a pound (save $3 a pound).

Kmart's supercenter stores have T-bone steaks for $4.69 a pound while Food Lion has buy up to 2 pounds of boneless whole sirloin tip, get 2 pounds free (regular $3.79 a pound).

As far as what to wash it down with, cases of Miller Lite are on sale for $15 at Southern Family Markets.

Oh for breakfast, blueberry pancakes are in order. Harris Teeter has a buy 1, get 1 free deal on 4.4-oz containers of blueberries (regular $4 each).

Harris Teeter also has a buy 1, get 1 free deal on 12 to 13-ounce packages of Eight O'Clock Coffee ($4 each).

Deals end Tuesday.

Best Buy has a 7-inch widescreen portable LCD widescreen display DVD player on sale for $100 (regular $140). Sale ends Saturday.

Office Depot has an Olevia 23-inch flat panel LCD TV (HDTV ready) monitor for $400 (regular $700).

The Flying J in Haw River and the Fuel City in Mebane, both off Interstate 40/85, are selling gas for $2.03 a gallon as of Tuesday morning, according to GreensboroGasPrices.com.

Save some greenbacks at Harris Teeter on asparagus. It's on sale for $1.68 a pound (regular $3.99 a pound) until Tuesday.

After all, what's not to love, so says News & Record features editor Susan Ladd in her article about asparagus in today's Life section.

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That's right.

Peeps are on sale and that can mean only one thing: Spring is around the corner.

Hopefully you didn't throw out all your junk mail this week. That's because Walgreens has 20-cent off coupons for Peeps in packages of 4 or 5 (regular 60 cents). They expire Saturday.

It's time to loosen the belt and let yourself go.

We're talking about all-you-can-eat pancakes, bacon and a beverage for $5 ($3 for the kiddies 12 and under) Saturday in Greensboro.

It's the Cub Scout Pack 600's third annual pancake breakfast from 7:30 a.m. to 11 a.m. at Oak Ridge Presbyterian Church. The address is 2614 Oak Ridge Road, Oak Ridge.

Proceeds will benefit Greensboro Urban Ministry's Pathways Center, a program that provides temporary housing for homeless families in the Greensboro area.

Last year, Pack 600 raised more than $1,100 for Pathways.

The church is also asking people to donate nonperishable food items for Pathways.

Best Buy has an Axion 4.2-inch widescreen portable DVD player on sale for $50 (after rebates including mail-in.) Regular $80.

This might help.

Dick's Sporting Goods has Callaway's "Great Big Bertha II" 415 driver on sale for $160 (regular $400).

Sale ends Saturday.

Food Lion has seedless red grapes on sale for $1 a pound (regular $3 a pound).

Sale ends today.