Sunday, November 25, 2012
Please check out these safety tips on precautions you can take when doing your online holiday shopping.
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Sunday, November 25, 2012
CyberMonday is just around the corner, and more people do their holiday shopping online today in ever-growing numbers. But there are risks to online shopping — risks that require the shopper to be savvy to potential threats. IDentity Theft 911, which provides identity management and data risk management services, offers these tips on how online consumers can protect themselves against online scams and identity theft. Top tips include: SOURCE: IDentity Theft 911
Friday, November 23, 2012
Tips for getting the gifts they want without having to hoof it from St. Charles to the North Pole. Small Business Saturday is a great time to start!
Santa’s awesome, but he doesn’t always deliver the hottest toys of the season on demand to St. Charles — no matter how nicely we ask. If the kids — or wannabe kids — in your life happen to have their hearts set on gifts that are hard to come by, it can be torturous running from store to store only to find what they really want just isn’t available. Whether your little girl has her sights on the latest Lalaloopsy, your son wants a Hot Wheels R/C Terrain Twister or that “big baby” in your life is yearning for a copy of Halo 4, here are some ideas for Small Business Saturday, which is Nov. 24, and how to track down what’s in demand without putting miles and miles on your vehicle in the process: If you hate ordering online and love the …
Monday, November 28, 2011
Here are some places to check out as you're shopping online.
Retailers are hoping that those of you who skipped the Thanksgiving weekend crowds at the mall (or maybe didn’t find what you wanted there) will get online and get out your credit cards for so-called Cyber Monday. To see what someo of our local businesses are offering online, visit the St. Charles Chamber of Commerce website or check out Geneva Patch's listings under the Places tab. Follow St. Charles Patch on Facebook! The website CyberMonday.com, created by Shop.org, claims to have the best online deals from more than 700 online retailers. (Shop.org is a division of the National Retail Federation). While many deals last longer than just one day, on Monday the website will offer hourly specials. If you want sneak peeks at those, you can …
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9:48 pm on Saturday, November 24, 2012
Toys R Us is on Randall Road. Learning Express Toys, if it was near Target, was closed. I thought Tuesday Morning near Butera closed as well. American Hobbies near Office Depot (or Office Max) closed. more ›