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Get a refurbished Toshiba 56-inch, 1080 p HD DLP television for $950, according to Bargainjack.com.

It's a Lexington-style barbecue for a good cause for 7 buckaroos.

A fundraiser for the Relay for Life, which benefits the American Cancer Society, will be held March 10 from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Providence Place Mall in High Point.

Plates inclue barbecue (well, duh), slaw, green beans, rolls, dessert and tea. Tickets are $4 for the kiddies.

Call 887-7880, 887-7934 or 887-7901 for tickets.

I got a set of Taylor Made ICW 11s that's been missing a 4-iron for a while now.

So I did a little research on the Internet and came across ironfinder.com, a Web site that sells used irons.

Ordered it last Monday and it arrived at my doorstep via FedEx on Friday, just in time for golf this past weekend. Cost of the club plus shipping was under $20, so not bad at all.

But it's going to cost you a lot more to replace a more sought-after club such as a 9-iron. It's $50 just for the club.

We missed last week's episode of the ABC series "Lost" and figured we'll just pay a few bucks to watch it on iTunes. But it turns out ABC is now brodcasting them for free on its Web site.

Sure, there's a catch - you have to sit through commercials. Big deal. Give it to me for free and I'll be happy to sit through 'em.

Office Depot has a Compaq laptop (60 GB hard drive, 512 MB DDR2 memory) for $400. Regular $700. Deal ends Saturday.

"The absolute best of the bunch came from New York Deli and Pastry on Battleground Avenue, which was suggested by multiple readers," Luke McIntyre writes in today's Cheap Eats column in Go Triad.

Reubens are $6.45.

As noted on Dealspl.us, Amazon.com has an electric mini motorcyle on sale for $200 (regular $350). Travels up to 19 mph.

Office Depot has an Akai 42-inch plasma HDTV for $900 (regular $1,300).

Deal ends Saturday.

Circuit City has an 80-GB Gateway laptop for $500. Regular $670. Includes 4:1 media reader, CD-R (plays DVDs but doesn't burn them). And it's instant savings. Deal ends Saturday.

Get a continental breakfast for free at Earth Fare from 7 a.m. to 8 a.m. Thursday as part of its store relaunch celebrations.

In interest of full disclosure, my better half works there. Debbie is Earth Fare's regional marketing coordinator. So be sure to say hi to her if you happen to head over.

Office Depot has a Compaq notebook with a 60 GB hard drive (burns CDs, plays DVDs) for $400 (regular $500).

Not as easy as I thought.

I've been searching high and low for a softball glove that doesn't cost an arm and a leg. Finally found something at Target. It's a McGregor 13-inch softball glove for $20, which beats anything I found here, here, here, and here.

Share your bargain hunting tips here.

The Kiwanis Club of Asheboro is hosting its annual all-you-can eat pancake event, its biggest fundraiser of the year, for $5.

Ends at 8 p.m.

Ooh my little pretty one, pretty one.
Can you be on sale please, Michelina's?
Ooh you make my motor run, my motor run.
$10 for $10 at Food Lion, Michelina's
Never gonna stop, give it up.
Such a starvin' mind. Always get it up for the sale
of the better kind. My my my i yi woo. M M M Michelina's...

Buy a 42-inch Magnavox Plasma HDTV (720p) at Office Depot for $1,200 (reg. $1,300 - good deal regardless) and get a 20-inch Magnavox LCD HDTV for free (regular $350).

Deal ends Saturday.

We've come a long way, baby, since the dawn of the video rental stores.

Today, you can rent a movie for a buck - unheard of back in the 1980s - at the grocery store no less. And we're talking new movies. Not just new, but good. Titles including Casino Royale and Blood Diamond. Where is this magical place, you ask?

Well, at least in Greensboro, you may have spotted these red DVD rental kiosks at your local Harris Teeter.

They're run by a company called Redbox.

Here's the deal: Just pick a movie on the touch screen, then enter some info. including your e-mail address, slide your debit card in the machine, and the movie pops out. You get to keep it for 24 hours. Then just go back to the kiosk, press the touch screen to return it, then slide it back in the same slot. Presto.

This is a great alternative to the traditional video rental places, which sometimes require you rent a movie for 7 days minimum at close to $10. Or through your digital cable, which runs about 4 bucks a movie. Or you're the rare movie renter and can't justify subscribing to a DVD rental service such as Netflix if you're like us and are spending a ridiculous amount of money per month for cable anyway.

Belk is launching its discount shopping event for charity later this week, Michelle Jarboe writes in today's Savvy Shopper.

Attention! The Greensboro Children's Museum is hosting an "Honor Our Troops Day" on Saturday.

That means families of active military, veterans and reserves can go for free. Cadets from the Oak Ridge Military Academy will be there at 10:15 a.m.

A new McDonald's in Oak Ridge will feature a McCafe to provide a "more upscale ambience," Carl Wilson writes in tomorrow's "Short Orders" column.

Hey, so long as the price doesn't go upscale, call it what you want. It's a pretty good bargain as far as good coffee goes.

Nothing beats the taste of charcoal-flavor steak, chicken breasts, burgers or dogs. Yes, I know, gas grills are pretty convenient (except the refilling your propane tank part). And we grew up with a gas grill. But lava rock-flavor steaks versus charcoal-flavor? Is there really any contest?

And with gas grills, all you do is press a button and poof (well, on some of 'em you got to stick one of those long matches through a hole and turn on the gas). Yawn.

Come on now. Don't you miss piling on those black fossils, then dousing them with liquid fun (I make sure they're drenched), then lighting them (each corner, spread 'em out), then watching as flames shoot 5 feet into the air? Then - crack - the sound of a beer opening - sit back and watch the show.

Gulp. Man, it don't get no better than this. Sorry Hank.

It's also gotten a little cheaper this week. At least one grocery store chain in the Triad - Harris Teeter - has Kingsford on sale for $6 ("Match Light" or original). Regular $10.

Guilford County residents can drop off old appliances, computers, tires and other goods at one location on Friday for free. Details here.

Confused about Microsoft's point system you're forced to use on Xbox Live? Join the club. It's part of our "rants and raves" segment in our latest GameBuzz video Webcast. Speaking of confusion, studies about the effects of video games on behavior seem to be popping up everywhere. (5:49)

We all scream for free ice cream.

Get one free cone or cup of the "Our Funky, Chunky" flavor ice cream at the new Ben & Jerry's at The Shops at Friendly Center on April 17 from noon to 8 p.m.

Donations are also being accepted to benefit the Greensboro Children's Museum and Habitat for Humanity.