If you don’t know what www.fatwallet.com is, you need to get your butt there right now and check it out.

DO IT!

What the? Still here!? *whacks butt with volume 5 of the Britannica Encyclopedia*

Anyhow I’m going to steal Wikipedia’s description of Fatwallet, because it’s a good one:

FatWallet is a bargain hunter website that allows users to publish deals and rebate offers on a comprehensive range of products and services, though computer related products dominate the listings. FatWallet also features a Cash Back rebate shopping section, where users can receive a percentage of purchases back from merchants.

Now there’s lots of bargain hunter websites out there, but the best part about Fatwallet is its community of users. Although the forum functionality may be lacking, the response from the community lets you know instantly if a deal is HOT or COLD. For instance take the recent Dell 700M purchase I made (not for me). I would usually have to do a lot more research to make sure the product is worth the price, but the immediate feedback from users on the Fatwallet forum really saved me lots of time (and money). So far I have received $56.79 in cash back from Fatwallet.

$56.79 cash back from $4195.43 of purchase. Sweet!
$56.79 cash back from $4195.43 of purchase. Sweet!

So it’s not really that much. 1% cash back from Expedia.com for that Hawaii trip I took 2 months ago, and 2% cash back for a Dell purchase. But saving money is saving money!

The Dell 700M was a pretty good deal. $750 off if you configure it to more than $1499; plus another $35 off for a coupon I bought off ebay for $4. (Pentium M 1.8 ghz, DVD burner, 60 gig HD and 256MB for $820 after tax & shipping – bought another 512MB from Newegg.com).

Their finance forums are also pretty popular, they have an extensive user feedback for many of the popular online banking accounts. All the latest credit card sign-up bonus can also be found in Fatwallet’s finance forum. You should of course take caution when soliciting advice from strangers online. Be prepare if there aren’t nice responses too, the larger the user base, the larger its amount of mean people.

So er.. go check it out, por favor.