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Until recently, many Americans felt the same way about a DVD player. The digital successor to the VCR was a luxury item, costing hundreds of dollars on average. But that was before Ji, 50, and his partner, Ancle Hsu, 41, burst into the home-electronics market. Since Apex introduced its first model in early 2000, for $179, the price of DVD players has plummeted. Apex, based in Ontario, Calif., remains a low-price leader, with its basic units now selling for about $59 at large retailers like Circuit City and Wal-Mart. The fledgling company has captured...
...Chiclets (the name comes from CHLCs, or "Coalition Humanitarian Liason Cells") are the hot item in America's anti-terrorism campaign in Afghanistan today. Self-described as the "Peace Corps with guns," they carry out high-impact aid missions the locals want and the U.N. and NGOs have somehow missed. Thirteen teams operate across the country right now, with more than 300 projects in the works ranging from building roads and bridges to supplying schools. Chiclet-5 is a typical team: five of its members are civilians, reservists out of the Knoxville-based 489th Civil Affairs Battalion, while the sixth...
...Percentage of adults who say they have given as a gift an item they had received from someone else...
Before you hit the Submit Order button, take note of the shipping charges. Paying $4.95 is fairly standard, but deals abound, particularly during the holidays. SONYSTYLE.COM, for instance, which carries a full line of Sony electronics, charges customers 1¢ per item for regular UPS ground (three to five business days). AMAZON.COM ships free when you spend $25 or more (with some exceptions). Elsewhere, shipping can get pretty steep. If paying CRATEANDBARREL.COM $8.50 to ship a $40 fruit bowl sounds unreasonable to you, check to see if the Crate & Barrel store at your local mall has it in stock...
Make sure the price is right. Use BIZRATE.COM's search engine to see which other Web merchants carry the item and for how much. Bizrate also posts online store ratings based on customer feedback. Sometimes it's better to buy from a reliable outfit than to risk purchasing from a small operation with a poor (or nonexistent) track record just to save a few bucks. Other comparison shopping "bots" include PRICEGRABBER.COM, DEALTIME.COM, PRICESCAN.COM and MYSIMON.COM...