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One lucky blood donor will get $1,500 worth of free gas.

Everyone who donates blood at American Red Cross community blood drives in the Carolinas or at the Greensboro chapter of the Red Cross' Nussbaum Blood Center during June can register to win a $1,500 Citgo gift card.

One gas card will be awarded within the Carolinas blood services region, according to a Red Cross press release.

Dealnews.com mentions a sale Dell has on a Casio 8.1-megapixel digital camera it claims can't be beat.

It's $400 shipped but you can use an online coupon code to drop it to $300.

Coupon expires Tuesday after 290 redemptions. Then show off your prized pics here.

Best Buy has an Aiptek digital camcorder for $90 (regular $150). The best part is it's "instant savings," so you're not dealing with that annoying mail-in rebate stuff.

Customer reviews have varied from a lot of features for your money to you get what you pay for. But the customer reviews tend to be more favorable than negative, at least according to feedback submitted at Circuit City and Cnet.

Sale ends Saturday.

Kmart has a 500-piece professional poker set (11.5-gram chips) in an aluminum case for $25. Regular $50.

Sale ends Saturday.

All things gadgets, of course.

Here's an idea that might, ah, light up his life: An LED hand-crank flashlight that never needs batteries. On sale at Kohl's for $12 (regular $25). Or something else that's cool: Get him a hand-crank fan for the same price at Kohl's (also regular $25).

Sales start Thursday and end June 17.

Circuit City has a gadget called WinTV that lets you watch, pause or record TV shows on your PC on sale for $60 (regular $100).

Sale ends Saturday.

Buy two select PS2 or Xbox video games at Best Buy and get a $15 gift card. I'd recommend getting "The Godfather" ($40) and "Black" ($40).

We reviewed both games as part of the "GameBuzz" podcast. Listen to the Godfather review here.

I remember one of my dad's favorite sanctuary's was the backyard hammock, book in hand.

Sports Authority has one of the better deals I've seen on hammocks - $50 for one that seats two adults (Regular $100). Brand is Alpine Design.

Sale ends Saturday.

Staples has a 2-pack of 1-gigabyte secure digital flash drives for $60 (regular $100).

Sale ends Saturday.

Impress your dad by throwing some ribeye steaks on the grill for Father's Day. And make him proud by not singeing your eyebrows off this time.

They're on sale for $6 a pound at Food Lion this week (regular $10 a pound). Throw in some corn (10 for $2), brews (Michelob's on sale for $8 a 12-pack) and ice cream (Edy's on sale - 3 for $5), and he just might get choked up. Or he just might have something in his eye.

Sale ends Tuesday.

You can trade in your Sony notebook and get up to $454 off the purchase of anything at SonyStyle.com, according to dealnews.com.

Here's how it works: Once you've used Sony's online estimator to learn your laptop's value, mail it in or take it to a Sony store and get an e-coupon good toward your next product purchase at SonyStyle.com. Keep in mind, however, that most laptops are worth far less than $454, according to the estimator.

News & Record biz writer Michelle Jarboe talks about last-minute ideas to tell Dad he's cool without breaking your bank in today's Savvy Shopper column.

Circuit City has a car stereo/CD player on sale for $70 (regular $90) that you can also connect to your MP3 player including iPods. Includes wireless remote.

Hayble's Hearth in Greensboro off Spring Garden is a "Cheap Eats" fav.

Prices are $6-$8.

"Inside, the atmosphere is exactly the same as every family dinner I've had at my grandmother's house. And that's what they're going for," writes Luke McIntyre.

Cheap Eats, by the way, runs every other week in Go Triad and the entertainment Web site's newspaper version in Thursday's News & Record.

Just put down the peanut butter and jelly sandwich, son, and no one will get hurt. Got something better for you to chow down in the office cubicle. And it's for adults!

One of my all-time lunch-on-the-run favs is back on sale - Michelina's frozen dinners.

Food Lion has a 10 for $10 deal while Harris Teeter has a buy one, get one free deal on the "Lean Gourmet" brands.

Sales end Tuesday.

Jennifer Openshaw of MarketWatch writes in her column about "three great bargains and one affordable splurge" to keep your wallet from overheating this summer.

Topics are a good massage at a low price, renting a convertable, spa treatments and budget bubbly.

Cheers.

On Fridays, the Life section of the News & Record has a feature called "On the Cheap," where you'll find some good bargains.

Today's deal: The Season 1 boxed set of the popular HBO series "Deadwood" for $30 at Edward McKay Used Books off Battleground Avenue in Greensboro.

Dealnews.com mentions Circuit City is having a "blowout" sale that means up to 40 percent off big-screen TVs, digital cameras and other stuff. A 10 percent coupon is also available.

Dealnews.com reports Best Buy has a 15-percent off deal on discounted open-box desktop and laptop computers including Apple, monitors, and projectors via a printable coupon. Stock varies by store.

Coupon ends July 13.

Sure, back in the day you played Pong while sitting on your comfy bean bag. Ain't going to cut it these days. You need a "bean bag video chair" to get your Xbox or Playstation game on.

Big Lots has them on sale for about $17 each. Regular $20.

Video game tip: Turn down the volume on the boob tube and crank up the iPod, to say, this show.

Sale ends July 4.

Top five most popular bargains, according to readers at dealnews.com:

1. Circuit City Yard Sale Blowout
2. Southwest's Spring Sale: From $44 one-way
3. Geeks.com Half-Yearly Sale: Up to 80% off
4. Best Buy coupon: 15% off open-box hardware
5. HomeDepot.com Super Savings Event

Dealcatcher.com reports CompUSA is having a "midnight madness" sale tonight from 6 p.m. to midnight.

One sale in particular caught my eye: A Compaq Presario notebook for $600 (regular $1,030), but only from 6 p.m. to 7 p.m. Includes a DVD and CD burner, 512 MB RAM and 100 GB hard drive.

But there's a catch (isn't there always?) - you have to deal with the dreaded mail-in rebate stuff. So if you have the bucks up front and the patience to deal with mail-in rebates, this might turn out to be a pretty good deal.