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Mr. Cheap's Washington, D.C.: Bargains, Factory Outlets, Deep Discount Stores, Cheap Places to Stay, Cheap Eats, and Cheap Fun Things to Do (Mr. Cheap's Series) [Paperback]

Corey Sandler (Author), Michael Lawrence (Author), Mark Waldstein (Other Contributor)
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Mr. Cheap's Series September 2002
Don’t get ripped off in the capital!

Native Washingtonians and tourists alike know that it’s easy to get cheated in our nation’s capital. With a rich heritage and the best collection of historical museums in the country, Washington attracts high prices as surely as it attracts newcomers and tourists. Fortunately, there’s Mr. Cheap® and his team of unstoppable bargain hunters to provide a complete insider’s guide to finding good prices and high quality.

Mr. Cheap’s® Washington D.C., thoroughly revised and updated for this second edition, saves you weeks of time that would have been wasted going to overpriced malls and tourist traps. In this handy, accessible volume, you can find all the best outlets, department stores, and deep discount stores-none of which you’ll find in standard guides to Washington.

Mr. Cheap’s® saves you a bundle with insider tips on how to:

-Have a romantic dinner with good ambience and spectacular food-at the cost of takeout!

-Hunt down cool vintage clothing-without raking up credit card debt!

-Stay at a four-star hotel-at a no-frills price!

-Buy everything from gifts to necessities-without getting rooked!

With Mr. Cheap’s® in hand, you’ll go home with money left in your wallet!


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About the Author

Corey Sandler, author of more than 150 books on business and travel topics, created the Econo Guides® series. He lives well above his means in Nantucket, Massachusetts.

Product Details

  • Paperback: 335 pages
  • Publisher: Adams Media Corporation; 2 Updated edition (September 2002)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 1580626939
  • ISBN-13: 978-1580626934
  • Product Dimensions: 7.2 x 4.5 x 0.9 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 8.6 ounces
  • Average Customer Review: 1.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,841,846 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Corey Sandler is the author of more than 100 books on history, travel, computer, and business topics with more than two million copies in print. He has appeared on NBC's "Today Show" and National Public Radio, and has been profiled on CNN.

His fascination with the mystery of the life and death of Henry Hudson took him on a year-long, 25,000-mile journey to England, the North Pole, and deep into Canadian wilderness areas accessible only by boat or bush plane. His book, "Henry Hudson Dreams and Obsession" retraces the four known voyages of the Age of Exploration's least-known adventurer.

He is co-author, with Red Sox broadcaster and former star second baseman Jerry Remy, of "Watching Baseball."

Earlier in his career, his experience as a reporter for the Associated Press and Gannett Newspapers made him one of the pioneers of computer journalism. He was the first Executive Editor of "PC Magazine".

He turned his passion for travel into the "Econoguide Travel Book" series.

His websites:
www.hudsondreams.com

www.econoguide.com

 

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1.0 out of 5 stars Not up to expectations., June 8, 2003
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This review is from: Mr. Cheap's Washington, D.C.: Bargains, Factory Outlets, Deep Discount Stores, Cheap Places to Stay, Cheap Eats, and Cheap Fun Things to Do (Mr. Cheap's Series) (Paperback)
I thought the author would actually REVIEW the outlet malls, not just tell us where they are (you can get that for free on the Internet!) He warns that not all "outlets" really offer great bargains -- but you have to check 'em all out yourself to find out which ones do.

And guess what -- he says you can get great prices at Sams, KB Toys, and Tuesday Morning. Well, "duh".

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9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:
1.0 out of 5 stars Where are the useful sources??, April 24, 2005
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This review is from: Mr. Cheap's Washington, D.C.: Bargains, Factory Outlets, Deep Discount Stores, Cheap Places to Stay, Cheap Eats, and Cheap Fun Things to Do (Mr. Cheap's Series) (Paperback)
"Mr. Cheap" doesn't seem to know anything about most of the wonderful bargain sources that exist in the DC/NoVA area. In this area, we have LOTS of places where people can get end-of-season clothes, returned and unused items of all types, leftovers from building jobs, furnishings from places that have closed (not the scam ones listed in this book, some of which I checked out only to find ancient junk and NOT the superbuys he claimed), cooking supplies, hardware, jewelry supplies, hard-to-find clothing sizes, and many more. Also, his restaurant listings are a joke. Readers would be better off with the archived reviews from the Washington Post. And the paeans to Tuesday Morning and similar chain stores?? What a joke! Who needs what are basically Sunday paper ads? Books like this should have NEW information about one-of-a-kind places, not chains. Whoever put this second edition together copied the good info from the first book but forgot to research almost anything new. Maybe a third edition, with input from REAL investigation will be upcoming. I'll be waiting.
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