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BLOG NEWS: We’re Expanding into Las Vegas! Visit JustVegasDeals.com for Hot Deals & Travel Tips

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I’m proud to announce that we’re expanding and will be launching a deals blog in the beautiful city of Las Vegas! Las Vegas is the most exciting and entertaining city in the world and gets over 39M tourists per year.

JustVegasDeals.com will feature Las Vegas’ best daily deals, flight deals, hotel deals, show deals, freebies, guides, reviews and travel tips.

Make sure you join the Vegas VIP Mailing List for a chance to win great prizes including a trip for 2 to Las Vegas (more details to follow)!

I encourage you to visit JustVegasDeals.com if you have a future trip planned or know of anyone going to Vegas. There will be lots of hot deals and travel tips that will save you money and help plan your trip.

I go to Vegas 3-4 times a year and know a lot about the city, but I don’t know everything. So I’ve partnered with Vegas insiders and experts who will share their insight and tips.

Please help spread the word and tell your friends and family about www.JustVegasDeals.com.

Click here to check out JustVegasDeals.com

Cheers,

Raymond Lau

PS – What happens in Vegas, stays in Vegas.

BLOG NEWS: LivingSocial’s Starbucks Deal Becomes Daily Deals All-Time Best Selling Deal!

LivingSocial's Starbucks Deal Becomes Daily Deals All-Time Best Selling Deal

LivingSocial.com recent $5 for $10 Starbucks Card eGift deal smashed records and becomes the new all-time best selling daily deal! The deal sold 150,000 vouchers in Canada and 1.5 million in the US! What makes these numbers even more amazing  is deal sold-out in less then 48 hours and there was a limit of only 1 per person. If it weren’t for the limit of 1 per person, they would have sold a ton more because everyone would have stocked up on the deal and bought as many as they could.

This is exciting news for the daily deals industry as it’ll hopefully encourage more brand name companies like Starbucks to offer more deals on daily deals sites like Groupon, TeamBuy, DealFind, LivingSocial, etc…

Congrats LivingSocial, Starbucks and to everyone that got in on the deal!

Click here to view LivingSocial’s latest deals.

Click here to view Groupon’s latest deals.

Click here to view TeamBuy’s latest deals.

Click here to view DealFind’s latest deals.

 

 

BLOG NEWS: Teambuy.ca and Dealfind.com have Merged!

TeamBuy Logo

DealFind Logo

TeamBuy.ca and DealFind.com have merged! This is major news in the daily deals industry! TeamBuy and DealFind are the 2 biggest daily deals sites based in Canada. I thought something was up when I started noticing some overlapping deals on both sites last week. None the less, I was surprised when I first heard the news.

TeamBuy.ca and Dealfind.com, two of Canada’s leading e-commerce companies, are pleased to announce a transformational merger that creates Canada’s largest online deals destination.

The transaction—the largest ‘daily deal’ merger in North American history—brings two of the strongest brands in the industry together to offer an unrivaled array of unbeatable deals to over 3.5 million members combined—including a million throughout the United States. Both companies began as ‘deal-a-day’ sites, evolving rapidly to become leaders in the broader flash sales and e-commerce space across various categories.

“From a consolidation perspective, this merger gives us a rock solid foundation where one in every 10 Canadians is signed up to our service,” says Ghassan Halazon, CEO of TeamBuy. “Over the past few years, both TeamBuy and Dealfind have chosen to re-imagine the original daily deal model in very similar ways. This makes the merger a perfect fit from an operational standpoint.”

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According to TeamBuy’s blog, here’s a summary of some of the details:

  • TeamBuy’s user base and company has just grown A LOT (TeamBuy had approx 800K users, DealFind has over 3.5MM users)
  • The TeamBuy.ca brand and URL will remain for Canadian deals & users. Visitors to www.DealFind.ca will be redirected to TeamBuy.ca.
  • The DealFind.com brand and URL will remain for US deals & visitors/users.
  • The merger will take a few months to integrate.

If I’m reading it correctly, it sounds more like TeamBuy acquired DealFind, then merged with DealFind. I thought it would have been the other-way around because DealFind had stronger sales and was the larger company. This means TeamBuy is now a major player in the industry and the 2nd biggest daily deals site behind Groupon in Canada. I don’t know the details of how long it will take the 2 sites to merge so I will continue to post and feature deals from both sites until they complete the transition. This means if you see the same deal featured on TeamBuy and DealFind, it’s probably a better idea to buy the deal on TeamBuy.ca. This should hopefully mean better deals for us moving forward since it’ll give TeamBuy the power to negotiate better deals with local businesses and with large brand name retailers. Congrats TeamBuy!

Click here to visit TeamBuy.ca

Click here to visit DealFind.com

Happy New Year Vancouver!

I hope that you and your loved ones had an amazing holiday season and wish you all the best in the New Year.

Happy New Year from my family to yours.

Sincerely,

Raymond, Le, Baby Emma and Mocha
VancouverDealsBlog.com Family

Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays!

Best Present Ever!

Merry Christmas everyone! Have a safe and happy holidays!

I hope everyone got what they wished for from Santa. I know I did – my wife and I are celebrating our baby girl’s first Christmas. Emma got a ton of presents.

Stay tuned for a comprehensive list of all the best local and online Boxing Day deals! Check back later as I’ll be updating the blog throughout the day with all the hottest Boxing Day sales.

Regards,

Raymond Lau

Cyber Monday Online Shopping Sales in Canada (Nov 26, 2012)

Today is Cyber Monday (Monday, Nov 26, 2012)! Cyber Monday (first Monday following Black Friday) is the biggest online shopping day of the year. In 2011, Cyber Monday generated over $1.2 billion in sales! Over 80% of Canadian on-line retailers are expected to take part in the festivities by offering terrific 1-day online sales today. If you haven’t started holiday shopping yet, today’s the perfect day to start with all the great deals.

I will update this post throughout the day with all the best and hottest Cyber Monday sales that I can find so check out back often. Since it’s Cyber Monday, most deals will be available online only today.

Here’s all of Canada’s best Cyber Monday sales:

Recently Added:

Electronics

Online

General

Apparel

Enjoy all the Cyber Monday savings! Please help tell your friends, family and co-workers about this site so they can take advantage

I’m a daddy!

Already smiling for the camera

Her Room

I would like to introduce all of you to Emma! She was born on October 17, 2012 (her due date). She weighed 7lbs, 5oz. My wife and I are super excited to be parents. We know it’s going to be a lot of work and many sleepless nights, but we’re looking forward to the journey.

I’m currently blogging from the hospital tethering Internet from my iPhone :)

I’ve always wanted to make the blog a little more personal and thought this would be the perfect time to do it. First off, I would like to thank all of you for reading and supporting my blog. Thanks to your loyalty and continued support, I quit a nice corporate office job a couple years ago and pursued my passion of became a full-time blogger! It was a risky and scary decision at the time, but I haven’t looked back.  It’s been an amazing ride. Since I work from home now, the thing that I’m most grateful for is the opportunity to be able to help take care and raise Emma.

I likely won’t have as much free time as before with the new baby, but I promise I’ll continue to work hard for you guys and update this blog on a regular basis.

Sincerely,

Raymond Lau

LOTTO MAX: Join our Lottery Pool and we’ll split $50 MILLION if we win! (Draw is this Friday, July 6)

DRAW UPDATE: According to the LOTTO MAX official website, one lucky ticket purchase in Quebec won the jackpot and only 17 of the 50 MaxMillion prizes won. Unfortunately, our tickets didn’t win anything. Thanks to everyone who joined the pool and those who posted in the comments what they would do with the money had we won. I’ll buy more tickets and do the same thing once the jackpot hits $50 Million again so stay tuned!

Vancouver Deals Blog wants to thank you for your support and help us all get a little richer!

Lotto Max has set a new record with $100 Million in total Jackpot Prizes this week!  This week’s draw on Friday, July 6, 2012 is for $50 Million + 50 individual MaxMillion prizes! I’ve purchased $100 worth of tickets and will split our winnings with you if you join our lottery pool by doing the 2 things below (it’s free and will only take a minute). Let’s do this and take home the Jackpot!

If you want a piece of the pie, you have to do 2 things (it is a little different from our previous giveaway so make sure you follow the instructions carefully):

1. “Share” this week’s Lotto Max photo on our Facebook page.

2. Subscribe to our Free Daily Deals Newsletter (you can skip this step if you are already subscribed).

REMINDER: LOTTO MAX: Like and Share us on Facebook and we’ll split $50 MILLION with you! (Draw is Tonight – Friday, June 15)

UPDATE: According to the LOTTO MAX website, nobody won the Lotto Max jackpot. The Jackpot has been carried forward to next Friday, June 22, 2012. Next week’s draw is for $50 Million and 20 MaxMillion prizes. Thanks to everyone who posted in the comments and shared what they would do had we won. I’ll buy more tickets for next week’s draw so stay tuned!

Reminder Update: I originally posted about this on Wednesday. Here’s a reminder that today is the big draw! If you haven’t “Liked” our Facebook page and “Shared” our Lotto Max Facebook photo yet, please do so now so you’re entered in the pool. You don’t want to miss out if we win and get to share $50 Million! I’ll update this post on Saturday afternoon when I get a chance to scan/check all the tickets.

Vancouver Deals Blog wants to thank you for your support and help us all get a little richer!

This weeks LottoMax jackpot has reached $50Million again!  Due to the popularity of the last LottoMax promo, I bought more lotto tickets giving us a chance to win and share the big prize!  This week’s draw on Friday, June 15, 2012 is for $50 Million + 7 MaxMillion prizes! I purchased $100 worth of tickets giving us 60 lucky chances to win! Let’s do this and take home the Jackpot!

If you want a piece of the pie, all you have to do is “Like” Us on Facebook and “Share” this week’s Lotto Max photo on our Facebook page prior to the draw on Friday, June 15, 2012 at 6pm PT and you’ll automatically be entered into our pool. If one of our tickets hits the $50 Million Jackpot or any one of the 7 MaxMillions prizes, I’ll equally split the winnings with everyone who Liked Us on Facebook and Shared this week’s LottoMax image on our Facebook page across my network of Deals Blogs across Canada!

If you Liked and Shared previous LottoMax posts, you must Share this week`s new Lotto Max image if you want to qualify for this weeks draw.

Good luck to all of us! Please tell and share this with everyone you know. The more people that enter, the more tickets I’ll buy for the next Max Jackpot!


How will you spend the money if we win?
Post in the comments below.

Click here to visit our Facebook page to “Like Us” and “Share” this weeks new Lotto Max image to enter our pool.

 

Disclaimer: You must “Like” Us on Facebook and “Share” this week’s new Lotto Max image on Facebook prior to the draw on Friday, June 15, 2012 at 7pm MT, 6pm PT, 9pm ET to qualify. There’s a limit of 1 entry per person and you must be of legal age according to the gaming commission. Only the winnings from hitting 7 of 7 in the Main Draw or 7 of 7 in the MaxMillions draw will be shared with everyone who Liked and Shared this week’s Lotto Max post on Facebook across my network of Deals Blogs across Canada (Ie. Calgary, Toronto, Vancouver, Edmonton, Ottawa, Winnipeg and Montreal). 

LOTTO MAX: Like and Share us on Facebook and we’ll split $50 MILLION with you! (Draw is this Friday, June 15)

Vancouver Deals Blog wants to thank you for your support and help us all get a little richer!

This weeks LottoMax jackpot has reached $50Million again!  Due to the popularity of the last LottoMax promo, I bought more lotto tickets giving us a chance to win and share the big prize!  This week’s draw on Friday, June 15, 2012 is for $50 Million + 7 MaxMillion prizes! I purchased $100 worth of tickets giving us 60 lucky chances to win! Let’s do this and take home the Jackpot!

If you want a piece of the pie, all you have to do is “Like” Us on Facebook and “Share” this week’s Lotto Max photo on our Facebook page prior to the draw on Friday, June 15, 2012 at 6pm PT and you’ll automatically be entered into our pool. If one of our tickets hits the $50 Million Jackpot or any one of the 7 MaxMillions prizes, I’ll equally split the winnings with everyone who Liked Us on Facebook and Shared this week’s LottoMax image on our Facebook page across my network of Deals Blogs across Canada!

If you Liked and Shared previous LottoMax posts, you must Share this week`s new Lotto Max image if you want to qualify for this weeks draw.

Good luck to all of us! Please tell and share this with everyone you know. The more people that enter, the more tickets I’ll buy for the next Max Jackpot!


How will you spend the money if we win?
Post in the comments below.

Click here to visit our Facebook page to “Like Us” and “Share” this weeks new Lotto Max image to enter our pool.

 

Disclaimer: You must “Like” Us on Facebook and “Share” this week’s new Lotto Max image on Facebook prior to the draw on Friday, June 15, 2012 at 7pm MT, 6pm PT, 9pm ET to qualify. There’s a limit of 1 entry per person and you must be of legal age according to the gaming commission. Only the winnings from hitting 7 of 7 in the Main Draw or 7 of 7 in the MaxMillions draw will be shared with everyone who Liked and Shared this week’s Lotto Max post on Facebook across my network of Deals Blogs across Canada (Ie. Calgary, Toronto, Vancouver, Edmonton, Ottawa, Winnipeg and Montreal). 

REMINDER: LOTTO MAX – Like and Share us on Facebook and we’ll split $50 MILLION with you! (Draw is this Friday, May 18)

UPDATE: According to the LOTTO MAX website, one lucky ticket purchased in Ontario finally won the $50M Jackpot on May 18. Also 3 of the 20 MaxMillion prizes were won. Sadly it was not one of the tickets I had purchased. Thanks to everyone who posted in the comments and shared what they would do had we won. I’ll do this again when Lotto Max reaches the $50M Jackpot again so stay tuned!

Reminder Update: I originally posted about this on Wednesday. Here’s a reminder that today is the big day! If you haven’t “Liked” our Facebook page and “Shared” our Lotto Max Facebook photo yet, please do so now so you’re entered in the pool. You don’t want to miss out if we all win and get to share $50 Million! I’ll update this post on Saturday afternoon when I get a chance to scan/check all the tickets.

Vancouver Deals Blog wants to thank you for your support and help us all get a little richer!

Since no one won the Lotto Max Jackpot again for the second consecutive week, the Jackpot has carried forward to this Friday, May 18. This week’s draw is for $50 Million plus 20 MaxMillion prizes! I purchased another $100 worth of tickets (we didn’t win any free play ticket last week) for the draw this Friday (May 18, 2012) giving us 60 lucky chances to win! Let’s do this and take home the Jackpot! The 3rd time’s a charm!

If you want a piece of the pie, you must “Like” Us on Facebook and “Share” this week’s new Lotto Max photo on our Facebook page prior to the draw on Friday, May 18, 2012 at 6pm PT and you’ll automatically be entered into our pool. If one of our tickets hits the $50 Million Jackpot or any one of the 20 MaxMillions prizes, I’ll split the winnings with everyone who Likes Us on Facebook and Shared this week’s LottoMax image on our Facebook page across my network of Deals Blogs across Canada!

If you Liked and Shared last week’s post you must Share this week`s new Lotto Max image if you want to qualify for this weeks draw.

Good luck to all of us! Please tell and share this with everyone you know. The more people that enter, the more tickets I’ll buy for the next Max Jackpot!

How will you spend the money if we win? Post in the comments below.

Click here to “Like” Us on Facebook and “Share” the new Lotto Max image on Facebook to enter!

Disclaimer: You must “Like” Us on Facebook and “Share” this week’s new Lotto Max image on Facebook prior to the draw on Friday, May 18, 2012 at 7pm MT, 6pm PT, 9pm ET to qualify. There’s a limit of 1 entry per person and you must be of legal age according to the gaming commission. Only the winnings from hitting 7 of 7 in the Main Draw or 7 of 7 in the MaxMillions draw will be shared with everyone who Liked and Shared this week’s Lotto Max post on Facebook across my network of Deals Blogs across Canada (Ie. Calgary, Toronto, Vancouver, Edmonton, Ottawa, Winnipeg and Montreal). 

LOTTO MAX: Like and Share us on Facebook and we’ll split $50 MILLION with you! (Draw is this Friday, May 18)

Vancouver Deals Blog wants to thank you for your support and help us all get a little richer!

Since no one won the Lotto Max Jackpot again for the second consecutive week, the Jackpot has carried forward to this Friday, May 18. This week’s draw is for $50 Million plus 20 MaxMillion prizes! I purchased another $100 worth of tickets (we didn’t win any free play ticket last week) for the draw this Friday (May 18, 2012) giving us 60 lucky chances to win! Let’s do this and take home the Jackpot! The 3rd time’s a charm!

If you want a piece of the pie, you must “Like” Us on Facebook and “Share” this week’s new Lotto Max photo on our Facebook page prior to the draw on Friday, May 18, 2012 at 6pm PT and you’ll automatically be entered into our pool. If one of our tickets hits the $50 Million Jackpot or any one of the 20 MaxMillions prizes, I’ll split the winnings with everyone who Likes Us on Facebook and Shared this week’s LottoMax image on our Facebook page across my network of Deals Blogs across Canada!

If you Liked and Shared last week’s post you must Share this week`s new Lotto Max image if you want to qualify for this weeks draw.

Good luck to all of us! Please tell and share this with everyone you know. The more people that enter, the more tickets I’ll buy for the next Max Jackpot!

How will you spend the money if we win? Post in the comments below.

Click here to “Like” Us on Facebook and “Share” the new Lotto Max image on Facebook to enter!

Disclaimer: You must “Like” Us on Facebook and “Share” this week’s new Lotto Max image on Facebook prior to the draw on Friday, May 18, 2012 at 7pm MT, 6pm PT, 9pm ET to qualify. There’s a limit of 1 entry per person and you must be of legal age according to the gaming commission. Only the winnings from hitting 7 of 7 in the Main Draw or 7 of 7 in the MaxMillions draw will be shared with everyone who Liked and Shared this week’s Lotto Max post on Facebook across my network of Deals Blogs across Canada (Ie. Calgary, Toronto, Vancouver, Edmonton, Ottawa, Winnipeg and Montreal). 

REMINDER: LOTTO MAX – Like and Share us on Facebook and we’ll split $50 MILLION with you!!! (Draw is tonight Friday, May 11)

UPDATE: Nobody won the Lotto Max jackpot again. It has been carried forward to next Friday, May 18. Next week’s draw is for $50 Million plus 20 MaxMillion prizes. Stay tuned for a new post for next week’s draw. 3rd time’s a charm?

Reminder Update: I originally posted about this on Wednesday. Here’s a reminder that today is the big day! If you haven’t “Liked” and “Shared” our Facebook photo yet, please do so now so you’re entered in the pool. You don’t want to miss out if we all win and get to share $50 Million! I’ll update this post on Saturday afternoon when I get a chance to scan/check all the tickets.

Vancouver Deals Blog wants to thank you for your support and help us all get a little richer!

Since there was no winner for last weeks Lotto Max Jackpot, I purchased another batch of tickets for the draw this Friday (May 11, 2012)! I’ve got $130 worth of tickets including 6 free play tickets from last weeks draw giving us 78 lucky chances to win! I’ve got a good feeling about this weeks draw because it happens to fall on my birthday!

If you want a piece of the pie, you must “Like” and “Share” this week’s new Lotto Max post on our Facebook page prior to the draw on Friday, May 11, 2012 at 6pm PT and you’ll automatically be entered into our pool. If one of our tickets hits the $50 Million Jackpot or one of the 10 MaxMillions prizes, I’ll split the winnings with everyone who Liked and Shared this week’s post on Facebook across my network of Deals Blogs across Canada!

If you Liked and Shared last week’s post, you must Like and Share the new post again if you want to qualify for this weeks draw.

Good luck to all of us! Please tell and share this with everyone you know. The more people that enter, the more tickets I’ll buy for the next Max Jackpot!

How will you spend the money if we win? Post in the comments below.

Click here to “Like” and “Share” the new Lotto Max post on Facebook to enter!

Disclaimer: You must “Like” and “Share” this week’s new Lotto Max post on Facebook prior to the draw on Friday, May 11, 2012 at 7pm MT, 6pm PT, 9pm ET to qualify. There’s a limit of 1 entry per person and you must be of legal age according to the gaming commission. Only the winnings from hitting 7 of 7 in the Main Draw or 7 of 7 in the MaxMillions draw will be shared with everyone who Liked and Shared this week’s Lotto Max post on Facebook across my network of Deals Blogs across Canada (Ie. Calgary, Toronto, Vancouver, Edmonton, Ottawa, Winnipeg and Montreal). 

LOTTO MAX: Like and Share us on Facebook and we’ll split $50 MILLION with you!!! (Draw is this Friday, May 11)

UPDATE: Nobody won the Lotto Max jackpot again. It has been carried forward to next Friday, May 18. Next week’s draw is for $50 Million plus 20 MaxMillion prizes. Stay tuned for a new post for next week’s draw. 3rd time’s a charm?

Vancouver Deals Blog wants to thank you for your support and help us all get a little richer!

Since there was no winner for last weeks Lotto Max Jackpot, I purchased another batch of tickets for the draw this Friday (May 11, 2012)! I’ve got $130 worth of tickets including 6 free play tickets from last weeks draw giving us 78 lucky chances to win! I’ve got a good feeling about this weeks draw because it happens to fall on my birthday!

If you want a piece of the pie, you must “Like” and “Share” this week’s new Lotto Max post on our Facebook page prior to the draw on Friday, May 11, 2012 at 6pm PT and you’ll automatically be entered into our pool. If one of our tickets hits the $50 Million Jackpot or one of the 10 MaxMillions prizes, I’ll split the winnings with everyone who Liked and Shared this week’s post on Facebook across my network of Deals Blogs across Canada!

If you Liked and Shared last week’s post, you must Like and Share the new post again if you want to qualify for this weeks draw.

Good luck to all of us! Please tell and share this with everyone you know. The more people that enter, the more tickets I’ll buy for the next Max Jackpot!

How will you spend the money if we win? Post in the comments below.

Click here to “Like” and “Share” the new Lotto Max post on Facebook to enter!

Disclaimer: You must “Like” and “Share” this week’s new Lotto Max post on Facebook prior to the draw on Friday, May 11, 2012 at 7pm MT, 6pm PT, 9pm ET to qualify. There’s a limit of 1 entry per person and you must be of legal age according to the gaming commission. Only the winnings from hitting 7 of 7 in the Main Draw or 7 of 7 in the MaxMillions draw will be shared with everyone who Liked and Shared this week’s Lotto Max post on Facebook across my network of Deals Blogs across Canada (Ie. Calgary, Toronto, Vancouver, Edmonton, Ottawa, Winnipeg and Montreal).