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When you see a Staff Pick deal, you know someone at Castle DealNews has declared it a particularly noteworthy bargain. So allow us to quickly highlight some of the... um... highlights. (Of what are already highlights. It recurs.)

Pro Deal Tip: There's many more Staff Pick deals beyond the ones we've highlighted here. Keep scrollin' to see them all.


Best Buy 4-Day SaleBest Buy 4-Day Sale
Store: Best Buy
Discount: Up to 60% off
Shipping: Free shipping for members
Expiration: January 21

Of course, not every Buy can be your Best. But a sale like this can make it a pretty good horse race — discounts on Apple gimmicks, laptops, TVs, video games, and such, all precious distractions from the tedium and drudgery that may otherwise consume us. No better time to stock up on big screen TVs and fancy projectors and such, with that Biggest of Games less than a month out. Kendrick Lamar is the halftime show, so expect Drake to sue the NFL at some point shortly thereafter.



The North Face Clearance Deals at Going, Going, GoneThe North Face Clearance Deals at Going, Going, Gone
Store: Going, Going, Gone
Discount: Up to 85% off
Shipping: Pickup, or free shipping w/ $65

Going, Going, Gone is actually a better name for what eBay used to be than "eBay" ever was, but admittedly less snappy, and anyway, it's probably a bit late to do it right. Ah well. It shall remain a site for some last chance deals from within the larger Dick's Sporting Goods ecosystem, and here we find The North Face bargains starting from just $10. But never forget that you can't spell The North Face without "No Face", the villain from Bat Thumb, the thumb-based Batman parody that seemed like the funniest thing in the world when I was about 15 years old, and presumably holds up absolutely perfectly so long as I never, ever watch it again.



Succulent Candles 60-PackSucculent Candles 60-Pack
Store: Woot! An Amazon Company
Price: $26
Shipping: Free shipping w/ Prime
Lowest By: $36
Expiration: January 30

They're succulents! But not really. They're candles? Or are they? Yes. It's 60 succulent themed candles from the deal maestros at Woot (An Amazon company, lest we forget) and they're down to $26. If you were to buy the same quantity elsewhere, you'd end up paying $36 more. It's a great deal if you're in the market for 60 succulent looking candles. This has to describe only a very small subset of shoppers but this matters not for all niches of the shopping spectrum shall be catered to here. Next, we laser target the crafty consumer wanting to hunt down a Pepsiman body pillow at an affordable price.



Cole Haan End of Season DealsCole Haan End of Season Deals
Store: Cole Haan
Discount: Up to 60% off + extra 25% off via code "EXTRA25"
Shipping: Free shipping for members
Expiration: January 22

By all acounts, we have until March to enjoy winter and all its earthly delights. But as Cole Haan's sale is eager to remind us, Tom Waits for no man, and the season will end, just like every season before it. It's undoubtedly intended as a metaphor, a powerful reminder of impermanence, of the intangible, cruelly curling finger of time. But, as an enormous error, they've decided to remind us via the medium of discounted apparel and shoes and bags and such, and that's all we're going to focus on. Coupon code "EXTRA25" does the damage to the prices, and Above & Beyond members get free shipping. And how about this: it's free to join.



Holiday Clearance at Macy'sHoliday Clearance at Macy's
Store: Macy's
Discount: Up to 75% off
Shipping: Pickup, or free shipping w/ $25 for members

The unspoken tyranny of Christmas is to have made having a brightly lit tree in your living room a faux pas outside of the holiday season. But without Christmas, a tree is just a tree, and an underrated decor choice in the modern living room. And so this is actually a perfect early January sale: flaunt your brazen shopping in the face of the just-past holidays as you stuff a newly holiday-agnostic tree in your cart and relish your savings.

Alternatively: early savings for next Christmas. Whatever you like.



Microsoft Xbox Elite Series 2 Core Wireless ControllerMicrosoft Xbox Elite Series 2 Core Wireless Controller
Store: Amazon
Price: $98
Shipping: Free shipping
Lowest By: $32

Compared to the Steel Battalion controller experience, this Microsoft Xbox Elite Series 2 Core Wireless Controller does seem a bit limited but what wouldn't? Instead of focusing on what isn't, focus on what is. Namely, the best price we've seen yet for this games interacting doohickey.