Staff Picks: The Best of the Best
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.
2nd-Gen. Ring Indoor CamStore: Amazon
Price: $25
Shipping: Free shipping w/ Prime
Lowest By: $25
That gentle rapping at your chamber door? It's the sound of Prime Big Deal Days reminding you that it's just around the corner. But! Unable to contain themselves, Amazon has gone ahead and already slashed the 2nd-Gen. Ring Indoor Cam to its best price ever with a 50% discount. Will it be reduced further during the impending Big Deal Days? Is this the lowest it'll ever go? The future is not visible even to me, the humble Staff Picks Skeleton, contrary to rumors. Thus, you must decide for yourself what to believe. Now, decide. Decide!
Frigidaire 12L Retro Mini Drink FridgeStore: Woot! An Amazon Company
Price: $39.99
Shipping: Free shipping w/ Prime
Lowest By: $39
We don't particularly know what makes this mini fridge "retro" — the styling seems sleek and modern. Perhaps the mere idea of keeping drinks refrigerated is outdated? Are the 2020s the decade of the lukewarm Coke? The room temp Budweiser? If that is the case (and to be clear, it's not) then we cast our lot with this retro appliance, with the appropriately chilled beverages of decades past. Listen, we don't seek out these controversies, they find us.
Columbia Clearance Deals at Dick's Sporting GoodsStore: Dick's Sporting Goods
Discount: Up to 80% off
Shipping: Free shipping w/ $49
Those looking for discounted men's and women's Columbia gear will be pleased to hear that Dick's has taken up to 80% off over 100 styles. Those looking for discounted Columbo gear however, will be sadly disappointed. Oh, just one more thing. All seven seasons of the original 1970s run are watchable on Prime Video, hopefully HD transfers from the relatively recent Blu-ray release. If nothing else, you leave having gained that knowledge for free.
Apple iPhone 17, 17 Pro or Air w/ iPad, Watch & $200 GC at VerizonStore: Verizon
Price: Free w/ trade-in and/or Unlimited plan
Shipping: Free shipping
Expiration: October 9
There's probably a word in German for the exact feeling you get when you buy a brand-new Apple iPhone, and get an iPad A16, Apple Watcher Series 11, Series 10, SE 3, or SE 2, and a $200 Verizon gift card all bundled in, and as long as you have the correct Unlimited plan and/or trade-in, you get the whole thing for free. But I last studied German about two decades ago, long before Verizon started offering these bundles, so we'll just have to assume it's something ridiculous like "Staffenpickenschnitzel".
DeWalt Power Tools at Lowe'sStore: Lowe's
Discount: Buy one, get one
Shipping: Free shipping
At long last, you too can do DeWalt... you do DeWalt of Life. And when you do one DeWalt of Life, you get a second DeWalt of Life for free. I'm not entirely sure how far we can stretch this joke, but that's never stopped us before. And you're accessory to it. We're brothers in arms now. On the internet, and what is the Information Superhighway if not basically Telegraph Road. Good lord someone stop this.
Amazon Music UnlimitedStore: Amazon
Price: Free for 4 months w/ Prime
Expiration: October 10
Imagine telling early 2000s Lars Ulrich that in Space Year 2025, people will be able to access almost the entire canon of recorded music for free for four whole months, and it would be entirely legal. He'd probably look at you over an overpriced glass of champagne at an art auction and demand proof. You'd pull out your smartphone and show him this deal, at which point he be like that: "What the H is that, some kind of internet cellphone?" And then he'd get the jump on old man Jobs, and suddenly Metallica have the patent on the iPhone, and they can easily afford to sue anyone they like into nonexistence. So stop imagining that, and just take the free trial. It's safer this way.
