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Black Friday Deals On Thanksgiving Day? Walmart's Havin' At It!

Richie Phillips — Wed, 21 Nov 2012 12:38:22 +0000

No moss grows under the feet of Walmart. They are now offering fantastic Black Friday sales BEFORE Black Friday. Are you happy about that or is it too much, too soon? Take our poll. I kid you not. According to CNNMoney.com, Walmart is wasting no time. According to the article: …the retailer says its best [...]

Woman Takes Her Scooter Up An Escalator. You Read That Right. [VIDEO]

Richie Phillips — Thu, 19 Jul 2012 11:45:33 +0000

I have no words to describe this. I’m speechless. If a picture is worth a thousand words, then in this case, I have something worth the length of “War and Peace” to share with you if you haven’t seen it already. Thanks to CNN.com and the top shelf security camera for this clip, and to this [...]

Items Left Behind In The Checkout line At Walmart

Richie Phillips — Sun, 15 Jul 2012 11:33:52 +0000

We all have our pet peeves. I could make a very long list, but this one has to be one of my top five - people who change their mind in the checkout line and just stuff the item randomly on the shelf. This photo is not staged. The scene? The Walmart on Route 9 in Clifton Park

The Crazy, Random Things You End Up Buying At Sam's Club

Richie Phillips — Tue, 29 May 2012 11:32:19 +0000

Where did YOU shop this holiday weekend? We were going to go to the mall, but I didn’t feel like bucking the crowds. ”Why not just go to Sam’s Club – we can probably find stuff we need right there!” I had only two things in mind that I needed. But it really doesn’t work [...]

Carhartt To Open Store In Crossgates

Sean McMaster — Thu, 12 Apr 2012 18:43:07 +0000

Great news for all the hard working and hard playing people of the Capital Region. Carhartt will be opening a store right here in Crossgates Shopping Center. This will be only the sixth retail store they have opened in the entire country.

Carhartt which began in 1889

Best Buy Plans On Saying Goodbye To 50 Stores

"Brother" Lou Roberts — Thu, 29 Mar 2012 18:53:37 +0000

Some sad news for the world’s largest electronics store. The Best Buy Company is planning to close 50 of it’s U.S. stores. This is to cut costs due to slower than expected sales at the end of 2011. In a story from the Times Union, Best Buy operates two stores around the Albany area. On is [...]

Chaos In Bejing Over The iPhone [VIDEO]

Richie Phillips — Mon, 16 Jan 2012 15:21:05 +0000

Apple has a little bit of an image problem in China right now. It seems that they had an iPhone Sale fail that you would have to see the video to believe. The place: Bejing, China. The day : Jan 13th Time: 7am Scene: Total pandemonium Hundreds and hundreds (and hundreds) of customers line [...]

When's the Best Time To Buy A Mattress? Camera? There Is An Answer!

Richie Phillips — Sun, 08 Jan 2012 17:06:43 +0000

When is the best time of year to make that all important purchase you’ve been holding off for? Black Friday, of course, right? Right! End of blog. Have a nice day. (Sorry, not so fast, folks!) I “STUMBLED UPON” a site from Stumbleupon.com. The site is called Lifehacker.com, and they talk about “The Best [...]

Trader Joe's Coming To Albany

Jake Thomas — Sat, 07 Jan 2012 20:01:06 +0000

Trader Joe’s is an awesome store. I never though we would get one here but it looks like we are. Trader Joe’s is a food lover’s dream with exotic and basic groceries, specialty imported foods and more. Their baked goods are world famous too. According to the story from News 10 ABC they will set [...]

Gift Card Or Real Gift – Sean And Richie Poll

Richie Phillips — Fri, 09 Dec 2011 17:59:31 +0000

It's a simple question. Shouldn't take long to take this very scientific Sean and Richie Poll. Since I'm conducting it, maybe we can call it the 'Lou Hairless Poll'. We had the debate in the studio between songs about giving gift cards versus a 'real gift', you know a tangible item. We talked about this recently as part of our Daily Dilemma even. Someone once told us that gift cards were for junkies but that's a whole other story. Take the poll after the jump.

ABC News Asking Us To Buy American Products For Christmas-Love It! [VIDEO]

Richie Phillips — Wed, 30 Nov 2011 23:00:00 +0000

It’s about time, folks. Now don’t start thinking this is prejudice or protectionism or all that crap. This is about survival right now, and I personally stand up and applaud ABC for this idea-a national challenge for everyone to at least buy SOMETHING that wasn’t produced in China! (I know it’s gonna be tough, but [...]

Top Holiday Gifts For Grade Schoolers? Is This Accurate?

Richie Phillips — Wed, 30 Nov 2011 14:11:41 +0000

Today I’m off on another Readin’, Writin, and Rhymin’ Tour . I’m going to Yates Magnet School in Schenectady. This is a return visit for me. Always have a good time there. But this time I’m trying a grand experiment! I keep seeing these websites, magazine articles and the like telling us what the most [...]

Yet Another App To Help You Decide When To Buy!

Richie Phillips — Fri, 25 Nov 2011 11:13:46 +0000

We’re getting there-the much anticipated (or much dreaded, depending on your point of view) Black Friday. And that begs the question: is Black Friday really the best day to buy everything? Well, here’s a bit of technology to help you decide. It’s called DECIDE.com (genius!) This handy dandy little tool, according to their decide.com website, [...]

The Incandescent Light Bulb Is Not the Only Invention that's History

Richie Phillips — Mon, 15 Aug 2011 15:16:00 +0000

We all know that very soon we'll be replacing the basic light bulb with one of those squiggly ones that will poison the air if you drop it (notice how much I'm advocating THIS move!). But this is not the only invention that's "over" very soon:

According to the Star Tribune.com, there

Are You Excited About the iPhone 5? This Guy's Camping Out! [VIDEO]

Richie Phillips — Fri, 12 Aug 2011 11:28:50 +0000

Are you excited about the iPhone 5? I'm still learning the iPhone 4, so I'm good right now. But this guy isn't. He's PSYCHED. So much so that he's already camping out in front of an Apple store in England. (Can somebody tell him that the phone hasn't even been announced yet?)

This is hysterical- but he has an ulterior motive.

Come And See The Biggest Shopping Malls In The World [VIDEO]

Richie Phillips — Wed, 13 Apr 2011 12:38:00 +0000

I can’t say that I actually mind shopping malls in short doses. But I have to be able to exit really quickly. It’s not claustrophobia, it’s COSTrophobia. I can spend my whole salary in an hour if you let me. So I’d never be caught DEAD in these big honkin’ structures… According to Forbes, these [...]

When Should You Complain & When Should You Let It Go

GNA — Mon, 14 Mar 2011 14:18:42 +0000

With a relatively nice day and the time change yesterday, I slept in a little late, met some friends and went to Saratoga to walk around and grab lunch. In case you have never been to downtown Saratoga, there are numerous boutiques and shops to either window shop or browse, including women’s clothing stores. Now, I have [...]

So Many Choices-So Little Time (AUDIO)

Richie Phillips — Wed, 23 Feb 2011 15:31:46 +0000

Remember when life was more simple? I don’t know how old you are, but I certainly do. I remember only having 3 tv channels , and one of them came in “fuzzy”. The corner grocery store! The local hardware store with maybe 50 paint choices, TOPS!. Big Box store? What’s THAT about? Oh the times, they are [...]

Living In A Macy's Window For A Week

Richie Phillips — Mon, 24 Jan 2011 14:46:35 +0000

We on the Sean and Richie Show are no stranger to stunts. One time we did a commercial for a local motorcycle dealership that featured a live pig! Comedian Mike Birbiglia’s got a stunt of his own. He’s gonna live and sleep in a Macy’s window display for an entire week! (does he have to [...]