Frugal Family

Frugal Family

This week, Frugal Family scoured our local sources to come up with great deals on food, auto care, and electronics.

1.      Diamond Automotive, 614 Moody Street, Waltham Deal: Coupon for oil change for $18.99 on most cars Good Through:  See Web site or store for more details, print coupon here:  diamonddiscountauto.com. 2.      Best Buy, 550 Arsenal St., Ste. 2, Watertown Deal: Best Buy Credit Card – No Interest Storewide on all purchases totaling $429 and up and when paid in full within 18 months. Good Through:  See store and Web site for details. 3.      Almodo, Arsenal Mall, 485 Arsenal Street, Watertown Deal: $10.00 off body piercing and $5 off ear and nose piercing. Good Through: July 31. See Web site for details www.almodabodypiercing.com 4.      CVS, 27 Main Street, Watertown Deal: Hellman’s Mayonaisse, buy 1 get 1 free. Good Through: March 26 …

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Black Friday Deals Abound, but Consumer Response is Uncertain

Retailers are upping the ante this Black Friday with bigger deals and longer store hours, but pollsters and economists disagree over the extent to which consumer spending will follow suit.

In an effort to lure more shoppers through their doors, retailers in and around Watertown are raising the stakes this Black Friday with bigger deals and longer store hours than last year. Both the Target at Watertown Mall and The Home Depot at Arsenal Mall will open an hour earlier than they did last year, at 4 a.m. and 5 a.m. respectively. Outside the town, Kohl's stores will open at 3 a.m. and Walmarts at midnight. Moreover, retailers are driving up their door-buster deals: Target is offering 25 time-sensitive specials on Friday, up from 11 last year – although these are dwarfed by Kohl's 400 early-bird bargains, 100 more than last year, which will run for an extra hour. But as chain stores up the ante, pollsters and economists disagree …

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